Skandapurana 6.3.69

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adhyāya 69

6.3.69.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchettu rājendra maṅgaleśvaramuttamam .
sthāpitaṃ bhūmiputreṇa lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā .. 69.1 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
Then one should go, O best of kings, to the excellent Maṅgaleśvara,
installed by the son of the earth out of desire for the welfare of the worlds.

6.3.69.2

toṣitaḥ parayā bhaktyā śaṅkaraḥ śaśiśekharaḥ .
caturdaśyāṃ gururdevaḥ pratyakṣo maṅgaleśvaraḥ .. 69.2 ..

Śaṅkara, who bears the crescent moon on his crest, was pleased through supreme devotion.
On the fourteenth day, the guru, the lord, Maṅgaleśvara became visible [and said]:

6.3.69.3

brūhi putra varaṃ śubhraṃ taṃ te dāsyāmi maṅgala .. 69.3 ..

"Speak, O son, an auspicious boon; that I shall give to you, O Maṅgala."

6.3.69.4

maṅgala uvāca -
prasādaṃ kuru me śambho pratijanmani śaṅkara .
tvadaṅgasvedasambhūto grahamadhye vasāmyaham .. 69.4 ..

Maṅgala said:
"Be gracious to me, O Śambhu, birth after birth, O Śaṅkara!
Born of the sweat of your body, I dwell among the planets.

6.3.69.5

tvatprasādena īśāna pūjyo'haṃ sarvadaivataiḥ .
kṛtārtho hyadya saṃjātastava darśanabhāṣaṇāt .. 69.5 ..

By your grace, O Īśāna, I am worshipful to all deities.
Indeed, today I have achieved my goal from seeing and speaking with you.

6.3.69.6

sthāne'smin devadeveśa mama nāmnā maheśvaraḥ .
evaṃ bhavatu te putretyuktvā cāntaradhīyata .. 69.6 ..

[May] Maheśvara [dwell] in this place by my name, O Lord of the gods of gods!"
Saying, "So be it for you, O son," he then disappeared.

6.3.69.7

maṅgalo'pi mahātmā vai sthāpayitvā maheśvaram .
ātmayogabalenaiva śūlināpūjayattataḥ .. 69.7 ..

The noble Maṅgala, having installed Maheśvara,
then worshipped the bearer of the trident by the power of his own yoga.

6.3.69.8

sarvaduḥkhaharaṃ liṅgaṃ nāmnā vai maṅgaleśvaram .
tatra tīrthe tu vai rājanbrāhmaṇānprīṇayetsudhīḥ .. 69.8 ..

The liṅga, named indeed Maṅgaleśvara, removes all sorrow.
At that sacred ford, O king, the wise man should gratify brahmins

6.3.69.9

sapatnīkānnṛpaśreṣṭha caturthyaṅgārake vrate .
patnībhartārasaṃyuktaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ śrotriyaṃ dvijam .. 69.9 ..

along with their wives, O best of kings, during the vow on a Tuesday fourth [tithi],
to a learned, Vedic scholar brahmin accompanied by his wife and husband.

6.3.69.10

vratānte caiva gaurdhuryaiḥ śivamuddiśya dīyate .
prīyatāṃ me mahādevaḥ sapatnīko vṛṣadhvajaḥ .. 69.10 ..

And at the end of the vow, a cow along with draft oxen is given dedicated to Śiva:
"May Mahādeva, whose emblem is the bull, be pleased along with his consort!"

6.3.69.11

vastrayugmaṃ pradātavyaṃ lohitaṃ pāṇḍunandana .
dhūrvahau raktavarṇau ca śubhraṃ kṛṣṇaṃ tathaiva ca .. 69.11 ..

A pair of red garments should be given, O son of Pāṇḍu,
and two draft oxen that are red-colored, or white or black as well.

6.3.69.12

chatraṃ śayyāṃ śubhāṃ caiva raktamālyānulepanam .
dātavyaṃ pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha viśuddhenāntarātmanā .. 69.12 ..

An umbrella, an auspicious bed, and red garlands and ointments
should be given, O best of Pāṇḍavas, with a purified inner soul.

6.3.69.13

caturthyāṃ tu tathāṣṭamyāṃ pakṣayoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ .
śrāddhaṃ tatraiva kartavyaṃ vittaśāṭhyena varjitaḥ .. 69.13 ..

On the fourth as well as on the eighth day of both fortnights, bright and dark,
a śrāddha should be performed right there, free from dishonesty regarding wealth.

6.3.69.14

pretā bhavanti suprītā yugamekaṃ mahīpate .
saputro jāyate martyaḥ pratijanma nṛpottama .. 69.14 ..

The deceased spirits remain well-pleased for an entire yuga, O lord of the earth;
the mortal is born with sons in every birth, O best of kings.

6.3.69.15

tasya tīrthasya bhāvena sarvāṅgaruciro nṛpa .
maṅgalaṃ bhavate vaṃśo nāśubhaṃ vidyate kvacit .. 69.15 ..

Through the power of that sacred ford, O king, with all limbs handsome,
his lineage becomes auspicious, and inauspiciousness is never found anywhere.

6.3.69.16

bhaktyā yaḥ kīrtayennityaṃ tasya pāpaṃ vyapohati .. 69.16 ..

Whoever constantly recites [this] with devotion, his sin is dispelled.

6.3.69.16_2

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe maṅgaleśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the sixty-ninth chapter, entitled "The Description of the Greatness of Maṅgaleśvaratīrtha," in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand [verses].