Skandapurana 6.3.238

6.3.238.p1

athāvantyakhaṇḍe tṛtīya revākhaṇḍam .. ( 5-3) ..

6.3.238.p2

1 maṅgalācaraṇam, revāvarṇanam, sūtaśaunakasaṃvādaprasaṅgena purāṇadharmaśāstrātmavidyānāṃ mukhyatvavarṇanam, aṣṭādaśamahāpurāṇopapurāṇānāṃ saṃkhyāvarṇanaṃ nāmanirdeśaśca, purāṇaśravaṇaphalavarṇanam. ...... ..... ... 276 1

6.3.238.p3

2 janamejayavaiśaṃpāyanasaṃvādaprasaṅgena vanavāsasamaye yātrārthaṃ gatānāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ vindhyaparvataṃ prati gamanam, tatra vindhyāraṇyasthasya mārkaṇḍeyarṣerdarśanama, svātithyakāriṇaṃ mārkaṇḍeyaṃ prati dharmarājasya tīrthakṣetrādimāhātmyasaṃbandhipraśnavarṇanam, mārkaṇḍeyena gaṅgādisarvatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam, revāmāhātmyasya tato'pyadhikatva-
varṇanam... ... 177 1

6.3.238.p4

3 mārkaṇḍeyena nijavṛttāntavarṇane pralayakālīnasthitivarṇanam, salile bhramato mārkaṇḍeyasyāgre naukāṃ gṛhītvā kasyāścidabalāyā āgamanam, manunā saha mārkaṇḍeyasya nāvi samārohaṇam, mārkaṇḍeyena bhagavatstutivarṇanam... ... 178 1

6.3.238.p5

4 mārkaṇḍeyasya trikūṭaśikharasthamahādevadarśanam, abalāvṛttāntavarṇane narmadotpatti-
kathanam, śaṃkaraprasādānnarmadāyā akṣayyatvasya varṇanam, narmadāpañcadaśanāma-
varṇanam ............ ... .. 179 1

6.3.238.p6

5 yudhiṣṭhiramārkaṇḍeyasaṃvādaprasaṅgena saptakalpavarṇanam, saptakalpaparyaṃtaṃ narmadāyā āsthānam, tato mārkaṇḍeyaṃ prati yudhiṣṭhireṇa narmadāmāhātmyajijñāsayā praśnavarṇanama, mārkaṇḍeyena narmadāmāhātmyakathanam, tatra prathamaṃ narmadānāmaniruktivarṇanam .. 180 1

6.3.238.p7

6 māyūrakalpe mayūrarūpasya mahādevasya narmadāyāśca saṃvādapūrvakaṃ narmadayā svasyā akṣayyatvādivarṇanam, trikūṭasya śikharadvandvato narmadāgaṃgayorutpattivarṇanam? trikūṭasya bhagnībhatatṛtīyaśikharataḥ saptakulaparvatānāmutpattivarṇanam, narmadāyāḥ sahetukanāma māhātmyavarṇanam . ..... ... ..... 181 3

6.3.238.p8

7 kūrmakalpasamaye nadyādiparvatasamudbhavavarṇanam.. .. .. .. 182 1

6.3.238.p9

8 kalpakāle kasyacidbakasya mārkaṇḍeyena darśanam, kastvamiti mārkaṇḍeyapṛṣṭena bakena jagatsthitirakṣāpralayādikartāhamityādyuttarapradānavarṇanam, mārkaṇḍeyasya kiṃcicchabdaśravaṇam, daśadikṣu sthitāyāḥ kanyāyā darśanam, tato mahāśivaliṃgadarśanam, śivaligārcanakāriṇyāḥ kanyāyā darśanam, tayā mvasyā narmadānāmakathanam, itthaṃ bakakalpasamudbhavavarṇanam.. .. .... ... 183 2

6.3.238.p10

9 kalpasamaye śayānaṃ bhagavantaṃ dṛṣṭvā tathā kāṃcitkanyakāṃ dṛṣṭvā śaṃkaraṃ ca samālokya mārkaṇḍeyeneśvarastutikaraṇam, śaṃkaranarmadāsaṃvādavarṇanam. narmadotpattisnānaphalādikathanam. ....... .. 183 2

6.3.238.p11

10 sarvakalpeṣu narmadāyāḥ sthitivarṇanam, narmadāsnānaphalaśrutika - ... .. 185 1

6.3.238.p12

11 narmadātīre vedādhyayanapaṭhanaphalam, narmadāyāṃ snānadānajapahomahavanādiphalam, narmadādarśanapuṇyaphalam, narmadāsahavāsena sarvasiddhyādimanorathaprāptiphalakathanam, narmadātīre bhasmalepanādyāhnikakarmaphalakathanam, narmadāyāḥ sarvato'pyadhikatvarūpamāhātmyavarṇanam.... 186 2

6.3.238.p13

12 narmadātīre saṃprāptairṛṣibhirnarmadāstotrakaraṇama. ... ... 188 2

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13 ekaviṃśatisaṃkhyākānāṃ kalpānāṃ yathākrameṇa nāmanirdeśapūrvakaṃ varṇanam, teṣu kalpeṣu narmadāvasthānavarṇanam...... 189 1

6.3.238.p15

14 kālarātrikṛtasṛṣṭisahārasaṃraṃbhavarṇanama ............. 190 1

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15 saṃvartasamaye vātopṇaśītādīnāṃ prakopanapūrvakasṛṣṭisaṃhāravarṇanama, ..... .. 191

6.3.238.p17

16 kālarātrisāhāyyena śivena kṛtājjagannāśāntrastānāṃ devānāṃ brahmaṇā samāśvāsanam, brahmaṇā kālavarṇanam, brahmaṇā śivastutikaraṇavarṇanam . 192 1

6.3.238.p18

17 saṃvartakāle dvādaśādityapratapanavarṇanam, pañcamahābhūtaprakopavarṇanam, jagatsaṃharaṇavarṇanam.... .... .. 193 1

6.3.238.p19

18 caturudadhīnāmekībhavanam, gajaśuṃḍāparimitadhārāsaṃpātavṛṣṭivarṇanam, caturdaśabhuvanānāṃ salilamadhya ekatrā''vāsavarṇanam, mārkaṇḍeyena bhayādbhagavatstavanakaraṇavarṇanam 193 2

6.3.238.p20

19 bhagavatstavanenaṃ mārkaṇḍeyaṃ prati kayācidgorūpadhāriṇyā narmadayā'bhivacanadānam, mārkaṇḍeyakṛtā narmadāstutiḥ, śrīvārāhakalpavṛttāṃtavarṇanam ... .... 194 1

6.3.238.p21

20 prajāsaṃhāracihnalakṣaṇavarṇanam, pralayakāla ekākinā mārkaṇḍeyena bhiyā śeṣaśāyinaḥ stavakaraṇam, tadā kasyāściddevyā darśanam, tato mārkaṇḍeyopadeśakāriṇyā pṛthvyā devyā antardhānama.... .. .. ... .. 195 1

6.3.238.p22

21 narmadātīrasthatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanopakrame prathamataḥ kapilāsaritsaṃbhavavarṇanam- .. 197 1

6.3.238.p23

22 gaṃgādiṣoḍaśanadīnāṃ patnītvena prāptaye'gnineśvaramuddiśya tapaḥkaraṇam, tena tapasā saṃtuṣṭena śaṃkareṇāgnaye varapradānam , viśalyāsaṃbhavavarṇanam. .. ... 198 2

6.3.238.p24

23 kapilāviśalyānadyoḥ saṃgame snānadānaphalamāhātmyavarṇanam- ... ... 199 2

6.3.238.p25

24 karānarmadāsaṃgamamāhātmyavarṇanam .... .. ... ... ... 200 1

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25 nīlagaṃgāyāḥ saṃgamamāhātmyavarṇanam .... .. ...... ... 200 2

6.3.238.p27

26 jāleśvarotpattikathanamāhātmyavarṇane bāṇāsurādyasurapīḍiteṣu sendrādideveṣu brahmāṇaṃ viṣṇuṃ prati ca śaraṇagamanam, tataśca sabrahmaṇā viṣṇunā sārdhaṃ sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ kailāsa āgamanam, tatra sarvairdevarṣibhirmaheśvarastavanam, śivājñayā nāradasya bāṇāsurasamīpa āgamanam; bāṇāsuravacanānnāradasya bāṇāṃtaḥpure bāṇadārāndraṣṭukāmasya praveśaḥ, bāṇastriyā pṛṣṭena nāradena tāṃ prati madhūkatṛtīyāvratasnānadānādiphala māhātmyakathanam ... ... ... ... ... ... 200 1

6.3.238.p28

27 rājñīnāradasaṃvādaprasaṃgena tripurakṣobhavarṇanam -.. ...... .. 203 2

6.3.238.p29

28 narmadātaṭa umayā sārdhaṃ krīḍamānasya śivasyāgre nāradagamanam, kṛtakāryasya nāradasya śivena satkārakaraṇam, tripuravadhārthaṃ śivena mantrapūrvakaśarapreraṇam, śaṃkarapreritapattriṇā sarvaśatrūṇāṃ bhasmīkaraṇam, mastake śivaliṃgaṃ dhṛtvā bāṇena śivastutikaraṇam, īśvareṇa bāṇāsurāya varapradānam, jvāleśvaratīrthasya jvālānāmakanadyāśca utpattimāhātmyavarṇanam, amareśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam ... ... .. 203 2

6.3.238.p30

29 yudhiṣṭhiramārkaṇḍeyasaṃvādaprasaṃgena kāverīsaṃgamasnānadānaphalamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra kāverīsaṃgame snānaṃ kartuṃ kuberasya cāndrāyaṇāditīkṣṇatarataponiyamāndṛṣṭvā parameśvarasyāgamanam, kubereṇeśvarastavanam, tuṣṭeneśena tattīrthasnānamāhātmyakathanam-. .. 206 2

6.3.238.p31

30 atha dārutīrthamāhātmyam..... ... ... ... ... 207 2

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31 brahmāvartatīrthamāhātmyam.... ... ... .... ... 207 2

6.3.238.p33

32 patreśvaramāhātmyam, śakreśvaramāhātmyam ... ... ... - 208 1

6.3.238.p34

33 agnitīrthamāhātmyam, tatra pūrvakālikasya duryodhanākhyasya kasyacidrājñaḥ kanyāṃ sudarśanānāmnīṃ yācitumāgatasya dvijarūpadhāriṇo vahnerasavarṇatvādrājñā duryodhanena niṣedhakaraṇam, tato duḥkhitasyāgneradarśanam, yajñaṃ cikīrṣorduryodhanasya rājño yajñakuṇḍe vahnyabhāvaṃ dṛṣṭvā savismayībhavanam, tatkāraṇaṃ jñātvā agninā samaṃ svasutāyā vivāhakaraṇam ... ..... .... .. ...0 208 2

6.3.238.p35

34 kenacidbrāhmaṇena sūryopāsanāṃ kṛtvā narmadātīre śivaliṃgasthāpanavarṇanam, ravitīrthe snānadānamāhātmyam .... .. ... . .. 209 2

6.3.238.p36

35 mandodarīrāvaṇavivāhavarṇanapūrvakaṃ tayorvimānena krīḍāvihāravarṇanam, rāvaṇasya putreṇa meghanādena śivārādhanāṃ kṛtvā svanāmnā śivaliṃgasthāpanam, meghanādatīrthe snānadānamāhātmyam ..... 210 1

6.3.238.p37

36 dārukākhyena śakramitreṇa śivaprasādena talliṃgasthāpanam, dārutīrthe snānādimāhātmyavarṇanam.. ..... ......... ... 21. 2

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37 devatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam ... ... ... ... ... 211 1

6.3.238.p39

38 dāruvane pārvatyā saha vimānena śaṃkarasyāgamanam, śaṃkarapārvatīsaṃvādapūrvakaṃ dāruvanamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ narmadeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ ca.... .. ... 211 2

6.3.238.p40

39 kuṇḍātsamutthitāyāḥ kapilāyā brahmadevena stutikaraṇam, brahmājñayā kapilāyāḥ svargato mṛtyulokaṃ pratyāgamanam, kapilāyāḥ pratyaṅge bhinnabhinnadevatāsthāpanavarṇanam, kapilātīrve snānādimāhātmyavarṇanam ... ... - - 213 1

6.3.238.p41

40 karaṃjanāmakena danoḥ putreṇa īśvarārādhanāṃ kṛtvā tatprasādena svanāmnā śivaliṃgasthāpanam, karaṃjeśvaratīrthe snānamāhātmyam. ... ... .... 214 1

6.3.238.p42

41 viśravasaḥ putreṇa kuṇḍalena sthāpitasya kuṇḍaleśvaratīrthasya māhātmyavarṇanam ... 214 2

6.3.238.p43

42 yājñavaktyakṛtatapaścaraṇavarṇanam, bhrātaramanveṣantyā yājñavalkyabhaginyāstatrāgamanam, yājñavalkyasya svapne vastrāntaḥ śukraniḥsaraṇam, prātarvastramitastato'nveṣayamāṇasya yājñavalkyasya samīpe tadbhaginyā āgamanam, bhaginīpraśnavacanātsarvavṛttāntakathanam, mṛtabhartṛkayā yājñavalkyabhaginyā tadvastrasaṃlagnaretaḥsaṃparkavaśādgarbhadhāraṇe jāte sati lajjayā'śvatthavṛkṣamūle gatvā tadgarbhatyāgavarṇanam, pippalamūle vardhitena
pippalādanāmakabālamuninā nāradenoktāṃ svasya śanaiścaragrahakṛtāṃ pīḍāṃ dṛṣṭvā''kāśapathā gacchataḥ śanaiścarasya nijadṛṣṭiprakṣepamātreṇādhaḥpātanam, bālakasyāṣoḍaśādvarṣācchanaiścarapīḍā na bhaviṣyatīti nirbandhakathanam, āgneyīdhāraṇayā'gniṃ samutthāpya pippalādasya kṛtyānirmāṇam, pituryājñavalkyasyopari kṛtyāyāḥ preraṇam, kṛtyābhītena yājñavalkyena svasya paritrāṇārthaṃ brahmavaikuṇṭhādilokeṣu gamanam, śaṃkareṇa tasyāḥ kṛtyāyā yogīśvarīti nāmakaraṇama, pippalādasya tapaścaraṇavarṇanama, śivaprasādena pippalādena svanāmnā pippalādeśvareti liṃgasthāpanam, tanmāhātmya varṇanam.. ... 215 1

6.3.238.p44

43 vimaleśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam ... 216 2

6.3.238.p45

44 śūlabhedapraśaṃsāvarṇanam ..... 217 1

6.3.238.p46

45 śūlabhedatīrthotpattivarṇaneṃ'dhakāsuravarapradānavṛttāntavarṇanam 218 1

6.3.238.p47

46 śūlabhedatīrthotpattivarṇane'ndhakāsureṇa devāñjitvā śacīharaṇavarṇanam ... 219 1

6.3.238.p48

47 devānāṃ brahmaloke gamanam, devairbrahmaṇaḥstuti kṛtvā svāgamanakāraṇakathanam, brahmadevena saha devānāṃ viṣṇuloke gamanam, brahmādidevairviṣṇustutikaraṇam, viṣṇunā devānpratyabhayavacanadānam 219 2

6.3.238.p49

48 uttānapādaśaṃkarasaṃvāde aṃdhakaviṣṇvoryuddhavarṇanam, tatra paraspareṇa parasparoparyastrapreṣaṇam, yuddhaṃ kartumasamarthasyāndhakasya bhagavatā sāmakaraṇam, andhakena bhagavatstutikaraṇam, viṣṇorājñayā śaṃkareṇa samaṃ yuddhaṃ kartuṃ gatenāndhakena kailāsaparvatasya kampanam, kopāviṣṭena śivena sākamandhakasya mahadyuddham, śaṃkaraprārthitāyā durgāyāstatrāgamanam, durgāsāhāyyenāndhakasya parābhavakaraṇama, aṃdhakena śivastutikaraṇam, śaṃkareṇāṃdhakasya svasāmyakaraṇavarṇanam. .. .. 220 1

6.3.238.p50

49 aṃdhakāsuraṃ hatvomayā sārdhaṃ śaṃkarasya kailāse gamanama, kailāse prāptairdevaiḥ śaṃkarastutikaraṇam, tatoṃ'dhakāsurayuddhasthāne śūlabhedatīrthasthāpanam, śūlabhedatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam,... .... .. ......... ... 222 1

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50 pātrāpātraparīkṣādānādiniyamavarṇanam .... .. ... ... 223 1

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51 śūlabhedatīrthe dānadharmapraśaṃsāmāhātmyavarṇanam. .. .. .... ... ... 224 1

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52 dīrghatapomunyākhyānavarṇanam. ..... ... .... ... 222 1

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53 ṛkṣaśṛṃgasvargagamanavṛttāntavarṇanam . ... 225 5

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54 dīrghatapasaḥ svargārohaṇavṛttāntavarṇanam .... ... ... ... 226 2

6.3.238.1

55 śūlabhedamāhātmye kāśīrājamokṣagamanavṛttāntavarṇanam ..... .... 22. 1

55. Account of the story of the King of Kāśī attaining liberation in the māhātmya of Śūlabheda. — 227 1

6.3.238.1_56

56 uttānapādeśvarasaṃvādaprasaṃgena viṃdhyācale devaiḥ śivārādhanayā bhūmyāṃ gaṃgāyā āhvānakaraṇam, gaṃgāyā bhuvyāgamanam, gaṃgātīre snānādimāhātmyavarṇanam,
devaśilāmāhātmyavarṇanam, cedināthasya vaidhavyaṃ gatāyā bhānumatīnāmnyāḥ kanyakāyā revātaṭe gamanam, bhānumatyā oṃkāreśvarāmarakaṃṭakacakratīrtha-
śūlabhedāditīrtheṣu gamanavarṇanam, atha devaśīlāmāhātmyavarṇanam, tatprasaṃgena bhāryayā saha śabaravyādhasya mṛgayārthamaraṇye gamanam, mṛgānalabdhvā bhāryāvacanātpadmāni grahītuṃ sarastīre śabarasya gamanaṃ padmagrahaṇaṃ ca, śūlabhedāditīrtheṣu gatvā śabareṇa padmaiḥ śivārcākaraṇam, bhānumatīśabarabhāryayoḥ saṃvādaḥ, śabareṇa sarvatīrtheṣu śrāddhavidhikaraṇam, tīrthasnānadānādiphalamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ... 229 1

56. In the course of the dialogue between Uttānapāda and Īśvara, the summoning of Gaṅgā to the earth by the gods through worship of Śiva on Mount Vindhya; Gaṅgā's descent to the earth; account of the māhātmya of ritual ablution and other rites on the bank of the Gaṅgā; account of the māhātmya of Devaśilā; the departure to the bank of the Revā of the maiden named Bhānumatī, [daughter] of the lord of Cedi, who had fallen into widowhood; account of Bhānumatī's visits to sacred fords such as Oṃkāreśvara, Amarakaṇṭaka, Cakra-tīrtha, and Śūlabheda; then the account of the māhātmya of Devaśilā; in that connection, the Śabara hunter's departure into the forest for hunting along with his wife; failing to find game, the Śabara's departure to the edge of the lake to gather lotuses at his wife's word and his gathering of lotuses; the Śabara's worship of Śiva with lotuses after going to sacred fords such as Śūlabheda; the dialogue between Bhānumatī and the wife of the Śabara; the Śabara's performance of the ancestral rites at all the sacred fords; account of the fruits and māhātmya of ritual ablution, gifts, and other rites at the sacred fords. — 229 1

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57 bhānumatyā trayodaśyāṃ mārkaṇḍeyahrade gatvā snānadānādikaraṇam, vyādhasvargagamanavṛttāntavarṇanam - .... .... ... ... 232 1

57. Description of the account of Bhānumatī going to Mārkaṇḍeya's pool on the thirteenth day, performing ritual ablution, giving gifts, and so forth, and of the hunter going to heaven … 232 1

6.3.238.1_58

58 uttānapādaśivasaṃvādaprasaṅgena bhānumatyāḥ śūlabhede tapaḥkaraṇam, bhānumatyāḥ svargagamanavṛttāntavarṇanam, śūlabhedamāhātmyavarṇanam. .... .. ... 232 2

58. In the context of the dialogue between Uttānapāda and Śiva, description of Bhānumatī performing austerity at Śūlabheda, the account of Bhānumatī going to heaven, and the description of the māhātmya of Śūlabheda … 232 2

6.3.238.1_59

59 puṣkariṇītīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam, ādityatīrthamāhātmyam. ... ... ... 233. 1

59. Description of the māhātmya of Puṣkariṇī sacred ford; the māhātmya of Āditya sacred ford … 233 1

6.3.238.1_60

60 revātīrthāgatabrāhmaṇairnarmadāyāḥ stotrakaraṇam, revātīrasthasyādityeśvarasya māhātmyavarṇanam, brahmahatyādipāpayuktānāṃ brāhmaṇānāmādityeśvarakṣetre snānādinā pāpanivṛttipūrvakamokṣaprāptivṛttāntavarṇanam........... 233 2

60. Brahmins who had arrived at the Revā sacred ford composing a hymn of praise to the Narmadā; description of the māhātmya of Ādityeśvara situated on the bank of the Revā; description of the account of brahmins tainted with the sin of killing a brahmin and other [sins] achieving liberation preceded by the cessation of sins through ritual ablution and other [rites] in the sacred field of Ādityeśvara … 233 2

6.3.238.1_61

61 indrakṛtatapaścaryāvarṇanapūrvakaṃ śakreśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam-. ... ... 235 1

61. Description of the māhātmya of Śakreśvara sacred ford preceded by the description of the practice of austerities performed by Indra … 235 1

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62 indrasthāpitakaroḍīśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam-.... .... 235 5

62. Description of the māhātmya of Karoḍīśvara sacred ford established by Indra … 235 5

6.3.238.1_63

63 kumāreśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ...... .... 236 1

63. Description of the māhātmya of Kumāreśvara sacred ford … 236 1

6.3.238.1_64

64 agastyeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... -...... 236 1

64. Description of the māhātmya of Agastyeśvara sacred ford … 236 1

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65 ānandeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanama, ....... .... .-- 236 1

65. Description of the māhātmya of Ānandeśvara sacred ford … 236 1

6.3.238.1_66

66 mātṛtīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam.... ......... 236

66. Description of the māhātmya of Mātṛ sacred ford … 236

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67 luṅkeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaprasaṅgena kālapṛṣṭhadānavasya tapaścaryāvarṇanam, śivena tasmai varapradānam, dānavavṛṣabhayoryuddhe vṛṣabheṇa lāṃgūlena dānavasya parābhavakaraṇam, dānavamāgataṃ dṛṣṭvā vṛṣabhaṃ samāruhya devasyomayā saha kailāse gamanam, śaṅkareṇa svapṛṣṭhato'nudhāvantaṃ dānavaṃ dṛṣṭvā indrabrahmādilokeṣu palāyanam, śivavacanānnāradena viṣṇave dānavapīḍanādisarvavṛttāntakathanam, māyayā nyagrodhasamīpe viṣṇordānavamohārthaṃ kanyārūpadhāraṇam, kanyāṃ dṛṣṭvā mohitena kālapṛṣṭha-dānavena svamastakopari hastaṃ kṛtvā bhasmabhavanam, tato viṣṇoḥ svasthāne gamanam, luṃkeśvarasthāpanam, luṃkeśvaratīrthasnānamāhātmyavarṇanam ... .. 236 2

67. In the context of describing the māhātmya of Luṅkeśvara sacred ford: description of the practice of austerities by the Dānava Kālapṛṣṭha; the granting of a boon to him by Śiva; the Dānava being defeated by the bull with its tail during a battle between the Dānava and the bull; seeing the Dānava arrive, the god mounting the bull and going to Kailāsa with Umā; Śaṃkara seeing the Dānava pursuing behind him and fleeing to the worlds of Indra, Brahmā, and others; on Śiva's word, Nārada reporting the entire account of the torment by the Dānava and so forth to Viṣṇu; by illusion Viṣṇu assuming the form of a maiden near a banyan tree to bewilder the Dānava; seeing the maiden and being bewildered, the Dānava Kālapṛṣṭha placing his hand upon his own head and turning to ashes; then Viṣṇu returning to his own place; the establishment of Luṃkeśvara; and description of the māhātmya of ritual ablution at the Luṃkeśvara sacred ford … 236 2

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68 dhanadatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. .. ............ 239 1

68. Description of the māhātmya of Dhanada sacred ford … 239 1

6.3.238.1_69

69. maṅgalasthāpitamaṃgaleśvarotpattivarṇanapūrvakaṃ maṃgaleśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam. -. ... 239 1

69. Description of the māhātmya of Maṅgaleśvara preceded by the description of the origin of Maṃgaleśvara established by Maṅgala … 239 1

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70- ravinirmitaravitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam .... ... .... ...... 239 2

70. Description of the māhātmya of Ravi sacred ford made by Ravi … 239 2

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71- kāmeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam .. ...... ....... 239 2

71. Description of the māhātmya of Kāmeśvara sacred ford … 239 2

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79- maṇināgeśvaratīrthavarṇane kadrūvinatayoruccaiḥśravohayaṃ dṛṣṭvā hayavarṇanirṇayasaṃbandhikaṃ mithaḥ pratijñākaraṇam, svasvapratijñāṃ satyāṃ kartumubhayoḥ prayatnaḥ, tatra kadrā nāgebhyaḥ śāpe datte tacchāpanivāraṇāya maṇināgena tapaḥ kṛtvā śivaliṃgasthāpanam, maṇināgeśvaratīrthe snānadānādimāhātmyavarṇanam. .. ... ... 239 2

72. In the description of Maṇināgeśvara sacred ford: Kadrū and Vinatā seeing the horse Uccaiḥśravas and making a mutual wager concerning the determination of the horse's color; the effort of both to make their own wager true; Kadrū placing a curse on the serpents there, and Maṇināga performing austerities and establishing a Śiva-liṅga to ward off that curse; description of the māhātmya of ritual ablution, gifts, and other [rites] at Maṇināgeśvara sacred ford … 239 2

6.3.238.1_73

73- kāmadhenutapaścaraṇe godehānniḥsṛtasya gopāreśvarasya tīrthasya māhātmyavarṇanam.. 241 1

73. In the practice of austerity by Kāmadhenu, description of the māhātmya of the Gopāreśvara sacred ford which issued from the cow's body … 241 1

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74- gautamasthāpitagautameśvaraliṃgatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam .... ... 241

74. Description of the māhātmya of Gautameśvara-liṅga sacred ford established by Gautama … 241

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75- śaṃkhacūḍatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam ........... 242 1

75. Description of the māhātmya of Śaṅkhacūḍa sacred ford … 242 1

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76- pāreśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇane putraprāptyarthaṃ parāśaramunitapaścaryyāvṛttāntavarṇanam, tattapastuṣṭena śaṃkareṇa parāśarāya varapradānam, tatra parāśareṇa liṃgasthāpanam, pāreśvara- tīrthe snānadānādimāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ....... ... 242 1

76. In the description of the māhātmya of Pāreśvara sacred ford: description of the account of the sage Parāśara's practice of austerities to obtain a son; Śaṃkara, pleased by that austerity, granting a boon to Parāśara; the establishment of a liṅga there by Parāśara; description of the māhātmya of ritual ablution, gifts, and other [rites] at Pāreśvara sacred ford … 242 1

6.3.238.1_77

77- bhīmeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam ............ 242 2

77. Description of the māhātmya of Bhīmeśvara sacred ford … 242 2

6.3.238.1_78

78- revāyā uttare tīre nāradena tapaścaraṇam, tattapaḥsaṃtuṣṭena śivena nāradāya vara-
pradānam, īśvaravacanānnāradena śivaliṃgasthāpanam, nāradeśvaratīrthe snānadānā-
diphalamāhātmyavarṇanam...... ... ... ... 242 2

78. Nārada performing austerity on the northern bank of the Revā; Śiva, pleased by that austerity, granting a boon to Nārada; on Īśvara's word, Nārada establishing a Śiva-liṅga; description of the fruits and māhātmya of ritual ablution, gifts, and other [rites] at Nāradeśvara sacred ford … 242 2

6.3.238.1_79

79-dadhiskandamadhuskandayostīrthayordadhimadhudānamāhātmyavarṇanam, dadhiskandamadhuskandatīrthasnānadānamāhātmyavarṇanam....... ...... 243 2

79. Description of the māhātmya of giving curd and honey at the two sacred fords Dadhiskanda and Madhuskanda; description of the māhātmya of ritual ablution and gifts at the Dadhiskanda and Madhuskanda sacred fords … 243 2

6.3.238.1_80

80- dadhiskandamadhuskandatīrthaprabhāvotkarṣaṃ pradarśayituṃ nānātīrthānbhrāntvā''gatena naṃdinā tapaḥ kṛtvā tatraiva svanāmnā liṃgasthāpanam, naṃdikeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam.. 243 2

80. In order to display the superior power of the Dadhiskanda and Madhuskanda sacred fords, Nandin, having arrived after wandering to various sacred fords, performing austerities and establishing a liṅga in that very place under his own name; description of the māhātmya of Nandikeśvara sacred ford … 243 2

6.3.238.1_81

81- varuṇeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam... ....... ..... 243 2

81. Description of the māhātmya of Varuṇeśvara sacred ford … 243 2

6.3.238.1_82

82 vahnitīrthavarṇanapūrvakaṃ dadhiskandādintyatīrthānāṃ māhātmyavarṇanam.. 244 1

82. Description of the māhātmya of Dadhiskanda and other sacred fords preceded by the description of Vahni sacred ford … 244 1

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83- hanumateśvaramāhātmyavarṇane rāmeṇa rāvaṇādīnāṃ vināśe kṛte hanumataḥ śivadarśanārtha kailāse gamanam, rākṣasānāṃ vināśe brahmahatyādoṣāropīkaraṇānnandinā dvāre hanumatstaṃbhanam, brahmahatyānibarhaṇārthaṃ hanumato narmadāyāmāgamanam, hanumatkṛtena tapasā tuṣṭeneśvareṇa hanumata āśīrvacanam, īśvarājñayā hanumatā liṃgasthāpanam, suparvanāmakasya rājñaḥ putrasya śatabāhusaṃjñakasya bhramato hanumadvana āgamanam., tatrāsthikṣepārthamāgatasya piṃgalakadvijasya rājaputreṇa saha samāgama: saṃvādaśca, asthikṣepakāraṇaṃ pṛcchantaṃ rājputraṃ prati brāhmaṇena śikhaṃḍirājatatkanyāsaṃvādapuraḥsaravṛttāntakathanapūrvakaṃ hanumaṃteśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam.... ....

83. In the description of the māhātmya of Hanumateśvara: when Rāvaṇa and others were destroyed by Rāma, Hanumat going to Kailāsa to see Śiva; Hanumat being restrained at the gate by Nandin because of the imputation of the fault of killing a brahmin in the destruction of the Rākṣasas; Hanumat coming to the Narmadā to eradicate the killing of a brahmin; Īśvara, pleased by the austerity performed by Hanumat, giving a blessing to Hanumat; on Īśvara's command, Hanumat establishing a liṅga; the son of King Suparva, named Śatabāhu, wandering and arriving in Hanumat's forest; the meeting and conversation of the prince with the twice-born Piṅgalaka, who had come there to cast bones; to the prince asking the reason for casting the bones, the brahmin describing the māhātmya of Hanumanteśvara by narrating the account preceded by the dialogue between King Śikhaṇḍin and his daughter …

6.3.238.1_84

84- kapitīrthamāhātmyam, rāmeśvaralakṣmaṇeśvarakumbheśvaratīrtheṣu snānadānādiphalamāhātmyavarṇanam

84. The māhātmya of Kapi sacred ford; description of the fruit and māhātmya of ritual ablution, gifts, and other [rites] at the Rāmeśvara, Lakṣmaṇeśvara, and Kumbheśvara sacred fords.

6.3.238.1_85

85- dakṣeṇendave saptaviṃśatikanyā dattvā rohiṇī vinā cānyāsu candrasyāprītiṃ dṛṣṭvā nijakanyāsu kāruṇyāccandrāya kṣayitvarūpaśāpadānam, tataścandreṇa śāpanivṛttyarthamīśvarastutikaraṇam, tata īśānujñayā somanātheti liṃgasthāpanam, somanātheśvaraliṃgaprabhāvadarśanārthaṃ brahmahatyāyutasya kaṇvarṣerbrahmahatyāvināśanapūrvakakathāvarṇanam, somanātheśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam--- ---

85. Description of Dakṣa giving twenty-seven daughters to the Moon; seeing the Moon's lack of affection for the others besides Rohiṇī, out of compassion for his own daughters he pronounces a curse of consumption upon the Moon; then the Moon praises Īśvara to remove the curse; then by Īśa's permission he installs the liṅga named Somanātha; in order to show the power of the Somanātheśvara liṅga, a narration beginning with the destruction of the sin of killing a brahmin belonging to the seer Kaṇva who was afflicted with the sin of killing a brahmin; description of the māhātmya of the Somanātheśvara liṅga.

6.3.238.1_86

86- piṃgaleśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ... .... ... ...

86. Description of the māhātmya of Piṅgaleśvara tīrtha.

6.3.238.1_87

87- ṛṇatrayamocanatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. .... ---- --- ---- ...

87. Description of the māhātmya of Ṛṇatrayamocana tīrtha.

6.3.238.1_88

88- kapileśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ... ...

88. Description of the māhātmya of Kapileśvara tīrtha.

6.3.238.1_89

89- pūtikeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ..

89. Description of the māhātmya of Pūtikeśvara tīrtha.

6.3.238.1_90

90- cakrinirmitacakratīrthamāhātmyavarṇane tālameghadānavajitāndevāndṛṣṭvā brahmaṇo viṣṇusamīpe gamanam, devakṛtāṃ svastutiṃ śrutvā bhagavatā devebhyo'bhayavacanadānam, tato viṣṇutālameghayoryuddhe mithaḥ śastrāstrapreraṇam, tato bhagavatā svacakreṇa tālameghaśiraśchedkaraṇam, tadbhagavaccakraṃ narmadāmbhasi patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā tatra tīrthanirmāṇam, tasya tīrthasya jalaśāyītyaparanāmakacakratīrthetināmnā prasiddhiḥ, tatra snānadānādiviśeṣavidhividhānamāhātmyavarṇanam. .... .... ....

90. In the description of the māhātmya of Cakra tīrtha created by the Discus-bearer: Brahmā goes near Viṣṇu upon seeing the gods conquered by the Dānava Tālamegha; hearing the praise offered by the gods, the Blessed One grants an assurance of safety to the gods; then in the battle between Viṣṇu and Tālamegha, there is the mutual hurling of weapons and missiles; then the Blessed One cuts off Tālamegha's head with his discus; seeing that discus of the Blessed One fallen into the waters of the Narmadā, a tīrtha is created there; the fame of that tīrtha under the name Cakra tīrtha, another name being Jalaśāyin; description of the māhātmya of the specific rules for ritual ablutions, gifts, and the like there.

6.3.238.1_91

91- caṃḍādityatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... --- ----

91. Description of the māhātmya of Caṇḍāditya tīrtha.

6.3.238.1_92

92- yamahāsyatīrthemāhātmyavarṇanam. ... --- - - - - - - - - - -

92. Description of the māhātmya of Yamahāsya tīrtha.

6.3.238.1_93

93- kalhoḍītīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. --- ---- ---- - ----

93. Description of the māhātmya of Kalhoḍī tīrtha.

6.3.238.1_94

94- naṃdikeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ...... ... ... 254.

94. Description of the māhātmya of Nandikeśvara tīrtha. 254.

6.3.238.1_95

95- naranārāyaṇasthāpitanārāyaṇatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam ... ... ... 254 2

95. Description of the māhātmya of Nārāyaṇa tīrtha installed by Nara and Nārāyaṇa. 254 2.

6.3.238.1_96

96- koṭīśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. - - ... .... ... ... 255 1

96. Description of the māhātmya of Koṭīśvara tīrtha. 255 1.

6.3.238.1_97

97- vyāsatīrthotpattivarṇanaprasaṅge parāśaramunitapaścaraṇavṛttāntavarṇanam, tapasoṃ'te parāśaramuninā kasyāścidbālāyā dāśakanyāyā darśanam, tāṃ prati ttvaṃ rājakanyāsi' ityuktvā tasyāḥ prāksarvavṛttāntakathanam, tataḥ parāśarasya tayā matsyagaṃdhayā saha saṃgame tatkṣaṇameva parāśaramunivīryaprabhāvādvyāsasyotpattivarṇanam, vyāsena narmadātaṭe tapaścaraṇam, tattapaḥsaṃtuṣṭeneśvareṇa vyāsāya varapradānam, vyāsena narmadāstotrakaraṇaṃ vyāsena narmadātaṭe śivaliṃgasthāpanaṃ ca,. vyāsatīrthe snānadānādiphalamāhātmyavarṇanam. .... .. ...... ... .... 255 1

97. In connection with describing the origin of Vyāsa tīrtha, the account of the sage Parāśara's practice of austerity; at the end of his austerity, the sage Parāśara's sight of a certain young maiden of the fishermen; saying to her, 'You are a king's daughter,' he relates all her past history; then in the union of Parāśara with that Matsyagandhā, immediately, through the potency of the sage Parāśara's semen, the description of the birth of Vyāsa; Vyāsa's practice of austerity on the bank of the Narmadā; Īśvara, pleased by that austerity, grants a boon to Vyāsa; the composition of a hymn of praise to the Narmadā by Vyāsa and the installation of a Śiva liṅga on the bank of the Narmadā by Vyāsa; description of the māhātmya and the fruit of ritual ablution, gifts, and the like at Vyāsa tīrtha. 255 1.

6.3.238.1_98

98- prabhāsatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... .. ..... ... .... 259 1

98. Description of the māhātmya of Prabhāsa tīrtha. 259 1.

6.3.238.1_99

99- nāgeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ........... - .. 260 1

99. Description of the māhātmya of Nāgeśvara tīrtha. 260 1.

6.3.238.1_100

100- mārkaṃḍeyasthāpitamārkaṃḍeyeśamāhātmyavarṇanam ....... -.... 260 2

100. Description of the māhātmya of Mārkaṇḍeyeśa installed by Mārkaṇḍeya. 260 2.

6.3.238.1_101

101- saṃkarṣaṇatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. - -.... -.. ... -. - 260 2

101. Description of the māhātmya of Saṃkarṣaṇa tīrtha. 260 2.

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102- manmatheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam.. ... .... ...... 261

102. Description of the māhātmya of Manmatheśvara. 261.

6.3.238.1_103

103- eraṃḍīsaṃgamamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatrānapatyatvādanasūyābhyāṃ śokakaraṇam, atreranujñayā narmadātīrasthairaṃḍīsaṃgame'nasūyayā taporthaṃ gamanam, tapaso'nte trayāṇāṃ brahmādidevatānāmāgamanam, devaiḥ putraprāptyarthamanasūyāyai varapradānam, tato'nasūyāyā durvāsodattasomākhyaputratrayaprāptivṛttāntavarṇanam, tatastattīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaprasaṃgena putraśokena saṃtaptasya govindanāmnaḥ kṛṣīvalasya kathāvarṇanam, tatra tasyaiva bhūmau śayānasya kṛmitvaprāptivarṇanam, tatastasya patnyā samameraṇḍīsaṃgame snānādyarthaṃ gamanam, tatra gobhūhiraṇyādidānena tayorduḥkhānmuktiḥ, goviṃdākhyānaśravaṇaphalavarṇanam, eraṇḍīsaṃgamamāhātmyavarṇanam ...... ... 2611

103. Description of the māhātmya of the confluence of the Eraṇḍī; there, Atri and Anasūyā mourn because of childlessness; with Atri's permission, Anasūyā goes to the confluence of the Eraṇḍī on the bank of the Narmadā for the sake of austerity; at the end of the austerity, the arrival of the three deities headed by Brahmā; the gods grant a boon to Anasūyā for obtaining sons; then the account of Anasūyā's obtaining three sons named Durvāsas, Datta, and Soma; then in connection with describing the māhātmya of that tīrtha, the story of a farmer named Govinda, tormented by grief for his son; there, the description of his attaining the state of a worm while lying on the ground; then his going with his wife to the confluence of the Eraṇḍī for ritual ablution and the like; there, by giving cattle, land, gold, and other gifts, both are freed from suffering; description of the fruit of hearing the story of Govinda; description of the māhātmya of the confluence of the Eraṇḍī. 261 1.

6.3.238.1_104

104- suvarṇaśilātīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ...

104. Description of the māhātmya of Suvarṇaśilā tīrtha.

6.3.238.1_105

105- karañjatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ---- ---- ----

105. Description of the māhātmya of Karañja tīrtha.

6.3.238.1_106

106- kāmadatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ------ --- ..

106. Description of the māhātmya of Kāmada tīrtha.

6.3.238.1_107

107- bhaṇḍārītīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. --- ---- ••• 266 :

107. Description of the māhātmya of Bhaṇḍārī tīrtha. 266.

6.3.238.1_108

108- rohiṇītapaścaraṇapūrvakaṃ rohiṇītīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... 266

108. Description of the māhātmya of Rohiṇī tīrtha preceded by Rohiṇī's practice of austerity. 266.

6.3.238.1_109

109- cakratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam... - - - . 266

109. Description of the māhātmya of Cakra tīrtha. 266.

6.3.238.1_110

110- dhautapāpatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ..

110. Description of the māhātmya of Dhautapāpa tīrtha.

6.3.238.1_111

111- skandatīrthavarṇanaprasaṅgena skandajanmavṛttāntakathanam, skandasya senāpatitve sthāpanam, skandena śivaliṃgasthāpanam, skandatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam....

111. In connection with describing Skanda tīrtha, the narration of the account of Skanda's birth; the appointment of Skanda to the status of army commander; the installation of a Śiva liṅga by Skanda; description of the māhātmya of Skanda tīrtha.

6.3.238.1_112

112- agnirasatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam

112. Description of the māhātmya of Agnirasa tīrtha.

6.3.238.1_113

113- koṭitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. - - - -

113. Description of the māhātmya of Koṭi tīrtha.

6.3.238.1_114

114- ayonisaṃbhavatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam, ..... .... .... ..

114. Description of the māhātmya of Ayonisaṃbhava tīrtha.

6.3.238.1_115

115- aṅgārakatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... .... ...

115. Description of the māhātmya of Aṅgāraka tīrtha.

6.3.238.1_116

116- pāṃḍutīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ..

116. Description of the māhātmya of Pāṇḍu tīrtha.

6.3.238.1_117

117- trilocanatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. --- - - - - ---- ---- ---

117. Description of the māhātmya of Trilocana tīrtha.

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118- devadaityayuddhe vṛtraṃ hatvā brahmahatyābhibhūtasyendrasya tapaḥkaraṇārthaṃ narmadātīre gamanam, tatra tasya tapaso'nte brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāṇāmāgamanam, tadājñayendreṇa śivaliṃgasthāpanam, indratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. -- - - - - - - - - ---

118. In the battle between gods and Daityas, Indra, having slain Vṛtra and being overcome by the sin of killing a brahmin, goes to the bank of the Narmadā to perform austerity; there, at the end of his austerity, the arrival of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara; by their command, Indra's installation of a Śiva liṅga; description of the māhātmya of Indra tīrtha.

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119- kahloḍītīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ------ ---- ---- ----

119. Description of the māhātmya of Kahloḍī tīrtha.

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120- kaṃbunāmakasya dānavasya tapo'rthaṃ narmadātīre gamanam, tattapasaḥ prabhāveṇa tuṣṭena śaṃkareṇa tasmai varapradānam, kaṃbukṛtaṃ śivaliṃgasthāpanam, kaṃbukeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam

120. A Dānava named Kambu goes to the bank of the Narmadā for the sake of austerity; Śaṃkara, pleased by the power of that austerity, grants a boon to him; the installation of a Śiva liṅga performed by Kambu; description of the māhātmya of Kambukeśvara tīrtha.

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121- kṣayitvaṃ prāptena somena tapastaptvā śivaliṃgasthāpanam, somatīrthacandrahāsatīrthayormāhātmyavarṇanam

121. Soma, having contracted consumption, performs austerity and installs a Śiva liṅga; description of the māhātmya of Soma tīrtha and Candrahāsa tīrtha.

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122- kohnasvatīrthamāhātmyavarṇane brahmanirmitasṛṣṭivarṇanam, cāturvarṇyavyavasthāvarṇanam, sadācārasaṃpannena vipreṇa hanasveti vākyaṃ śrutvā bhiyā kṛtaṃ mahiṣārūḍhasya yamasya darśanam, śatarudrīyajapastavaneneśvaradarśanaṃ, yamaparābhavavarṇanam, kohnasvaliṃgasthāpanam, kohanasvatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. . ... ---- ---- ...

122- In the description of the māhātmya of Kohnasvatīrtha: description of the creation produced by Brahmā; description of the system of four castes; hearing the words "kill [him]!" by a brahmin endowed with good conduct, and his terrified seeing of Yama mounted on a buffalo; seeing Īśvara through praise and recitation of the Śatarudrīya; description of the defeat of Yama; the establishment of the Kohnasvaliṅga; description of the māhātmya of Kohanasvatīrtha.

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123- karmadeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. .... ---- --- .... ....

123- Description of the māhātmya of Karmadeśvaratīrtha.

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124- narmadeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ... ... ... ... 272 1

124- Description of the māhātmya of Narmadeśvaratīrtha.

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125- raverādityabhāskaretināmadvayaprāptikāraṇakathanam, ravikṛtasya tapaso varṇanam, raviṇā śivaliṃgasthāpanam, ravitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ---- ---- . ..

125- Account of the reason for Ravi obtaining the two names Āditya and Bhāskara; description of the austerity performed by Ravi; the establishment of a Śivaliṅga by Ravi; description of the māhātmya of Ravitīrtha.

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126- ayoniprabhavatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. .... ... .... ... ....

126- Description of the māhātmya of Ayoniprabhavatīrtha.

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127- agnitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam, --- ---- ---- --- ...

127- Description of the māhātmya of Agnitīrtha.

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128- bhṛkuṭeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ... ... ... ... 273 2

128- Description of the māhātmya of Bhṛkuṭeśvaratīrtha.

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129- brahmatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ... ... ... ... ... 274 1

129- Description of the māhātmya of Brahmatīrtha.

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130- devatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ---- ...

130- Description of the māhātmya of Devatīrtha.

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131- nāgatīrthotpattikathane vinatākadrvorvādaprasaṃgakathanam, nāgeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. 274 2

131- In the account of the origin of Nāgatīrtha: the narrative of the dispute between Vinatā and Kadrū; description of the māhātmya of Nāgeśvaratīrtha.

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132- ādivārāhatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ... .... ... ....

132- Description of the māhātmya of Ādivārāhatīrtha.

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133- caturbhirlokapālairīśvarārādhanāṃ kṛtveśvarataḥ sveṣṭavaragrahaṇakathanam, taireva caturbhirlokapālaiḥ śivaliṃgasthāpanam, kuberādiliṃgacatuṣṭayamāhātmyavarṇanam. ...

133- Account of worshiping Īśvara by the four world-guardians and receiving their desired boons from Īśvara; the establishment of Śivaliṅgas by those same four world-guardians; description of the māhātmya of the four liṅgas beginning with Kubera.

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134- rāmeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ---- --- ---- -

134- Description of the māhātmya of Rāmeśvaratīrtha.

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135- siddheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam.... ... ... --- ---

135- Description of the māhātmya of Siddheśvara.

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136- ahilyāsaṃgakāriṇamindraṃ prati gautamena śāpapradānam, ahilyāyāḥ patiśāpenāśmaśmatvaprāptivarṇanam , rāmeṇa padā spṛṣṭāyā ahilyāyā: śāpamocanam, ahilyayā svanāmrā śivaliṃgasthāpanam, ahilyeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... .

136- The pronouncing of a curse by Gautama upon Indra, who had union with Ahalyā; description of Ahalyā becoming a stone through the curse of her husband; the release of Ahalyā from the curse upon being touched by the foot of Rāma; the establishment of a Śivaliṅga in her own name by Ahalyā; description of the māhātmya of Ahalyeśvaratīrtha.

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137- karkaṭeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanama, --- - - - - - - :

137- Description of the māhātmya of Karkaṭeśvara.

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138- śakreṇa gautamadattaśāpanivṛttyarthaṃ tapastaptvā śivaliṃgasthāpanam, śakreśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam

138- The performing of austerity by Śakra in order to dispel the curse given by Gautama, and his establishment of a Śivaliṅga; description of the māhātmya of Śakreśvaratīrtha.

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139- somatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. - - - --- ---

139- Description of the māhātmya of Somatīrtha.

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140- nandādevyutpattivarṇanapūrvaka naṃdāhṛdatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ... ...

140- Description of the māhātmya of Nandāhṛdatīrtha, preceded by the description of the origin of goddess Nandā.

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141- tāpeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. --- --- - -

141- Description of the māhātmya of Tāpeśvaratīrtha.

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142- rukmiṇītīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaprasaṃgena rukmiṇyāḥ śrīkṛṣṇena kṛtasya pāṇigrahaṇasya vṛttāntavarṇanam, tatra śrīkṛṣṇacaidyamāgadhādīnāṃ yuddhaprasaṃgavarṇanam, śrīkṛṣṇakṛtarukmiparābhavavarṇanama, rukmiṇīkṛṣṇayorvivāhavidhivarṇanam, rukmiṇīsthāpitasya rukmiṇītīrthasya māhātmyavarṇanam --- ---- ---- ・・・

142- In the course of describing the māhātmya of Rukmiṇītīrtha: account of the marriage of Rukmiṇī performed by Śrī Kṛṣṇa; in that connection, description of the battle between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and the kings of Cedi, Magadha, and others; description of the defeat of Rukmin by Śrī Kṛṣṇa; description of the marriage rite of Rukmiṇī and Kṛṣṇa; description of the māhātmya of Rukmiṇītīrtha established by Rukmiṇī.

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143- yojaneśbaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanama. .... .... ---

143- Description of the māhātmya of Yojaneśvaratīrtha.

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144- dvādaśītīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ---- ---- ---- ---

144- Description of the māhātmya of Dvādaśītīrtha.

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145- śivatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanama. ---- - - - ... ... ...

145- Description of the māhātmya of Śivatīrtha.

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146- asmāhakatīrthe snānadānajapahomādipitṛśrāddhavṛṣotsargādyanekakṛtakarmaṇāṃ vistareṇa phalamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ... ... ...

146- Detailed description of the fruit and māhātmya of various rites performed at Asmāhakatīrtha, such as ritual ablution, gifting, recitation, oblations, śrāddha for the ancestors, releasing a bull, and others.

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147- siddheśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ...

147- Description of the māhātmya of Siddheśvaratīrtha.

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148- maṃgaleśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. . ... ...

148- Description of the māhātmya of Maṅgaleśvaratīrtha.

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149- liṃgavārāhatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ... . ..

149- Description of the māhātmya of Liṅgavārāhatīrtha.

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150- śaṃkareṇa kāme bhasmīkṛte sati tadutthānārthaṃ devairīśvarastutikaraṇam, anaṃgasya punaraṅgakaraṇama, kāmadevena tapaḥ kṛtvā śivaliṃgasthāpanama, kusumeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam ... ... ... ... ... .

150- When Kāma had been reduced to ashes by Śaṃkara, the gods praising Īśvara for his resurrection; giving a body again to the Bodiless One; Kāmadeva performing austerity and establishing a Śivaliṅga; description of the māhātmya of Kusumeśvaraliṅga.

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151- śvetavārāhatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam

151- Description of the māhātmya of Śvetavārāhatīrtha.

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152- bhārgaleśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ... .

152- Description of the māhātmya of Bhārgaleśvaratīrtha.

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153- ādityeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ...

153- Description of the māhātmya of Ādityeśvaratīrtha.

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154- kalakaleśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ...

154- Description of the māhātmya of Kalakaleśvaratīrtha.

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155- śuklatīrthotpattivarṇane vāyasābhyāṃ vañcitasya cāṇakyasya kathānakam, cāṇakyasya kauṭilyavarṇanam, cāṇakyasiddhiprāptivṛttāntavarṇanam

155- In the description of the origin of Śuklatīrtha: the story of Cāṇakya who was deceived by two crows; description of Cāṇakya's cunning; account of Cāṇakya's attainment of perfection.

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156- śuklatīrthe snānadānādimāhātmyavarṇanam. ...

156- Description of the māhātmya of ritual ablution, gifting, and so forth at Śuklatīrtha.

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157- hum̐kārasvāmitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ...

157- Description of the māhātmya of Huṃkārasvāmitīrtha.

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158- saṃgameśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ..

158- Description of the māhātmya of Saṅgameśvaratīrtha.

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155- anarakeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇane karmavipākavarṇanam, garbhāvalivarṇanam, vaitaraṇyādimahādānānāṃ phalamāhātmyavarṇanam, āśvinakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ yamasya dīpādidānamāhātmyam, anarakeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam

159- In the description of the māhātmya of Anarakeśvaratīrtha: description of the ripening of actions; description of the series of wombs; description of the fruit and māhātmya of the great gifts such as Vaitaraṇī; māhātmya of offering lamps and other gifts to Yama on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of Āśvina; description of the māhātmya of Anarakeśvaratīrtha.

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160- mokṣatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ---- ---

160- Description of the māhātmya of Mokṣatīrtha.

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161- sarpatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... --- ---- ---

161- Description of the māhātmya of Sarpatīrtha.

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162- gopeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. --- - - - - -

162- Description of the māhātmya of Gopeśvaratīrtha.

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163- nāgatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam.... --- ---- --

163- Description of the māhātmya of Nāgatīrtha.

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164- sāṃvaureśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ... ----

164- Description of the māhātmya of Sāṃvaureśvaratīrtha.

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165- siddheśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanama. .... ...

165- Description of the māhātmya of Siddheśvaratīrtha.

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166- siddheśvarītīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ...

166- Description of the māhātmya of Siddheśvarītīrtha.

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167- mārkaṇḍeyena tapastaptvā śivānujñayā śivaliṃgasthāpanama, mārkaṇḍeyeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam

167- Austerity performed by Mārkaṇḍeya, and his establishment of a Śivaliṅga by permission of Śiva; description of the māhātmya of Mārkaṇḍeyeśvaraliṅga.

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168- aṃkūreśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇane kuberajanmakathāvarṇanam, rāvaṇāditrayāṇāṃ janmakarmavarṇanam, rāvaṇādibhistapaḥ kṛtvā śivato varādigrahaṇam, tairaṃkūreśvaraliṃgasthāpanam, aṃkūreśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ...

168- In the description of the māhātmya of Aṅkūreśvaratīrtha: narration of the story of the birth of Kubera; description of the birth and deeds of the three beginning with Rāvaṇa; performing of austerity by Rāvaṇa and others and receiving boons and the like from Śiva; the establishment of the Aṅkūreśvara liṅga by them; description of the māhātmya of Aṅkūreśvaratīrtha.

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169- māṃḍavyaśūlāropaṇakathāprasaṃgeneśvarārādhanayā jātakanyakasya devapannākhyasya rājñaḥ kāmapramodinyākhyāyāḥ kanyāyāḥ śyenarūpadhāriṇā śaṃbareṇa haraṇam. .... .

169- In connection with the story of Māṇḍavya being impaled on a stake: the abduction of the maiden named Kāmapramodinī, born to King Devapanna through the worship of Īśvara, by Śambara who assumed the form of a hawk.

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170- kāmapramodinīsaṃjñakarājakanyāharaṇena tatsakhībhiḥ kṛtasya vilāpasya varṇanama, devapannena rājñā tadvṛttāṃtaṃ śrutvā tacchodhanārthaṃ maṃtryādīnāṃ preṣaṇam, māṃḍavyāśrame rājakanyakāyā ābharaṇāni dṛṣṭvā sarvai rājñe tadvṛttāntanivedanam, tato rājājñayā māṃḍavyasya śūlāropaṇavarṇanam, --- - - - -

170. Description of the lamentation made by the companions [of the princess] upon the abduction of the princess named Kāmapramodinī; the sending of ministers and others by King Devapanna to search for her after hearing that report; upon seeing the princess's ornaments in Māṇḍavya's hermitage, everyone reporting that news to the king; then, by order of the king, the impaling of Māṇḍavya upon a stake.

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171- śūlāropitasya māṇḍavyasya darśanārthamṛṣīṇāmāgamanam, rājñe śāpaṃ dātumṛṣīṇāṃ pravṛttivarṇanam, tato māṇḍavyena maharṣiṇarṣibhyaḥ karmavipākavarṇanam, māṃḍavyājñayarṣīṇāṃ svāśrame gamanam, tatra patnyā: skandhe sthitasya rogiṇa: śāṇḍilyarṣerāgamanam, śāṃḍilyapatnyā'jānantyā skhalanavaśātsvapadbhyāṃ śūladaṇḍasya sparśane kṛte sati tajjanyapratighātena śūladaṇḍakampanādvyathitasya māṃḍavyasya śāṃḍilyapatnyāśca saṃvāda varṇanam, mitha: parasparābhyāṃ parasparayoḥ śāpapradānam. ... .... 。

171. The arrival of the seers to behold the impaled Māṇḍavya; description of the seers preparing to curse the king; then the great seer Māṇḍavya describing the ripening of karma to the seers; the seers returning to their own hermitages by Māṇḍavya's command; the arrival there of the sick seer Śāṇḍilya carried on the shoulder of his wife; when Śāṇḍilya's wife inadvertently stumbled and touched the pole of the stake with her feet, the dialogue between Māṇḍavya—who was tormented by the shaking of the stake caused by that collision—and Śāṇḍilya's wife; the mutual pronouncing of curses upon each other.

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172 devarṣīṇāṃ māṃḍavyāśrame punarāgamanam, teṣāṃ bhāṣaṇam, dèvapannarājāgre śambareṇa kanyāyā ānayanam, māṃḍavyasya śāpato muktivarṇanam, tayā viprapatnyā nijapātivratyaprabhāveṇa pratibandhīkṛtasya sūryasya bandhato mocanam, śāṃḍilyarṣeḥ punarjīvapradānavarṇanam, māṃḍavyatīrthe snānadānādimāhātmyavarṇanam. .... -

172. The celestial seers returning to Māṇḍavya's hermitage; their discourse; Śambara bringing the maiden before King Devapanna; description of Māṇḍavya's release from the curse; by the power of her chastity, that brahmin's wife releasing the sun which had been restrained from its bond; description of restoring the seer Śāṇḍilya to life; description of the māhātmya of ritual ablution, giving gifts, and the like at Māṇḍavyatīrtha.

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173- śuddheśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam _ _

173. Description of the māhātmya of Śuddheśvaratīrtha.

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174- gopeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. --- ---- --- ---

174. Description of the māhātmya of Gopeśvaratīrtha.

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175- sagarātmajānāmuddhārāya kapilena narmadārodhasi tapastaptvā nirmitaṃ kapileśvaratīrtham, kapileśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. .... -

175. For the deliverance of Sagara's sons, Kapileśvaratīrtha established by Kapila after performing austerity on the bank of the Narmadā; description of the māhātmya of Kapileśvaratīrtha.

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176- piṃgaleśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ....

176. Description of the māhātmya of Piṅgaleśvaratīrtha.

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177- bhūtīśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ... ... ... ... 303

177. Description of the māhātmya of Bhūtīśvaratīrtha.

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178- gaṃgāvahakatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... --- --- ---

178. Description of the māhātmya of Gaṅgāvahakatīrtha.

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179- gautameśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ---- --- ---

179. Description of the māhātmya of Gautameśvaratīrtha.

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180- daśāśvamedhikatīrthamāhātmyaprastāve śaṃkarapārvatīsaṃvāde kenaciddvijena tapastatvā liṃgasthāpanavarṇanam, daśāśvamedhikeātpattivarṇanapūrvakaṃ daśāśvamedhikatīrthemāhātmyavarṇanam. 304

180. In the context of the māhātmya of Daśāśvamedhikatīrtha, in a dialogue between Śaṃkara and Pārvatī, description of a certain twice-born performing austerity and installing a liṅga; description of the māhātmya of Daśāśvamedhikatīrtha preceded by the description of the origin of Daśāśvamedhika.

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181- bhṛgutīrthamāhātmyavarṇene bhṛgukathāvarṇanapūrvakaṃ bhṛguṃ hantuṃ prāptasya naṃdino'nu bhṛguṛṣergamanam, kvāpi svarakṣitāramadṛṣṭvā devasamīpe vṛṣabhasya gamanam, bhṛguṇā śivasya stutikaraṇam, īśvareṇa bhṛgave varapradānam, bhṛguṇā liṃgasthāpanam, bhṛgukacchotpattivarṇanapūrvakamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... --- - -

181. In the description of the māhātmya of Bhṛgutīrtha, preceded by the narration of the story of Bhṛgu, the seer Bhṛgu pursuing Nandin who had come to kill him; seeing no protector anywhere, the bull approaching the god; Bhṛgu praising Śiva; Īśvara granting a boon to Bhṛgu; Bhṛgu installing a liṅga; description of the māhātmya preceded by the account of the origin of Bhṛgukaccha.

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182- bhṛgukacchatīrthe snānadānādimāhātmyavarṇanam. .... --- - -

182. Description of the māhātmya of ritual ablution, gifts, and the like at Bhṛgukacchatīrtha.

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183-kedāreśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... --- --- ---

183. Description of the māhātmya of Kedāreśvaratīrtha.

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184-brahmaṇaḥ paṃcamaśiraśchedanena brahmahatyopadrutena śaṃbhunā dhautapāpākhyatīrthasthāpanam, dhautapāpatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. --- ... .... ... ...

184. The establishment of the sacred ford named Dhautapāpa by Śambhu, afflicted by the sin of killing a brahmin due to severing Brahmā's fifth head; description of the māhātmya of Dhautapāpatīrtha.

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185- eraṇḍītīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. --- - - - - - - ... 310

185. Description of the māhātmya of Eraṇḍītīrtha.

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186- garuḍena cāmuṃḍāstavanakaraṇam, cāmuṃḍāprasādena garuḍena kanakhaleśvaraliṃgasthāpanakaraṇama, kanakhaleśvararligamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... --- --- ... 310

186. Garuḍa praising Cāmuṇḍā; Garuḍa installing the Kanakhaleśvara liṅga by the grace of Cāmuṇḍā; description of the māhātmya of the Kanakhaleśvara liṅga.

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187- kālāgnirudratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... - - - ---- - - -

187. Description of the māhātmya of Kālāgnirudratīrtha.

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188- śāligrāmatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. .... ... • • • • • • • ••• 311

188. Description of the māhātmya of Śāligrāmatīrtha.

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189- varāheātpattivarṇanapūrvakamudīrṇavarāhatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ........ 311

189. Description of the māhātmya of Udīrṇavarāhatīrtha preceded by the description of the Boar's incarnation.

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190- candrahāsyāparanāmakacandraprabhāsatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. . . 312

190. Description of the māhātmya of Candraprabhāsatīrtha, also known as Candrahāsya.

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191- dvādaśādityatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ... ... ... ... 313

191. Description of the māhātmya of Dvādaśādityatīrtha.

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192- naranārāyaṇayostapovighnārthamiṃdreṇāpsaraādīnāṃ preṣaṇama, apsarobhirnaranārāyaṇastavanam, naranārāyaṇābhyāmapsaraādīnāmupadeśādikaraṇam, svavirāḍdehe nānāvarāṃganādīnāṃ brahmāṇḍasthavastūnāṃ ca darśanam, taddarśanavismitairvasaṃtakāmāpsarobhirvirāḍrūpanaranārāyaṇastotrakaraṇam, apsaraāādīnāṃ svarge gamanam, indrāya sarvavṛttāntakathanam, śrīpatimāhātmyavarṇanam. ... -----

192. Indra sending apsarases and others to obstruct the austerity of Nara and Nārāyaṇa; the praising of Nara and Nārāyaṇa by the apsarases; Nara and Nārāyaṇa instructing the apsarases and others; their beholding various noble maidens and the objects within the cosmic egg in their cosmic body; astonished by that sight, the apsarases along with Spring and Kāma reciting a hymn of praise to Nara and Nārāyaṇa in their cosmic form; the return of the apsarases and others to heaven; relating the entire account to Indra; description of the māhātmya of Śrīpati.

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193- śrīpatikṣetre snānasya gavādidānasya ca phalavarṇanam. ... ... ... 315

193. Description of the fruits of ritual ablution and giving gifts such as cows in the sacred field of Śrīpati.

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194- nārāyaṇaprabhāvaṃ śakramukhācchrutvā te nārāyaṇaṃ kāmayamānayā lakṣmyā tatprāptyarthe sāgarānte tapaścaraṇam, tupṭena nārāyaṇena lakṣmyā samaṃ vivāhakaraṇam, śrīpativivāhassamāraṃbhavarṇanam, ---- - - - --- -- ... 317

194. Hearing the greatness of Nārāyaṇa from the mouth of Indra, Lakṣmī, desiring Nārāyaṇa, practicing austerity on the shore of the ocean to attain him; the pleased Nārāyaṇa marrying Lakṣmī; description of the celebration of Śrīpati's marriage.