Skandapurana 6.3.89

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adhyāya 89

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śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchettu rājendra pūtikeśvaramuttamam .
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram .. 89.1 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O king of kings, to the excellent Pūtikeśvara / on the southern bank of the Narmadā, which brings about the destruction of all sins,

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sthāpitaṃ jāmbuvantena lokānāṃ tu hitārthinā .
rājā prasenajinnāma tasyāṃ vakṣasthalānmaṇau .. 89.2 ..

established by Jāmbavat, who desired the welfare of the worlds. / A king named Prasenajit [was struck] by him on the chest for the jewel,

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samutkṣipte tu tenaiva sapūtirabhavadvraṇaḥ .
tatra tīrthe tapastaptvā nirvraṇaḥ samajāyata .. 89.3 ..

and when it was seized, a putrid wound formed. / Having performed austerity at that sacred ford, he became free of the wound.

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tena tatsthāpitaṃ liṅgaṃ pūtikeśvaramuttamam .
yastatra manujo bhaktyā snāyādbharatasattama .. 89.4 ..

Therefore that excellent liṅga, Pūtikeśvara, was established by him. / The man who bathes there with devotion, O best of the Bharatas,

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sarvānkāmānavāpnoti sampūjya parameśvaram .
kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ caturdaśyāṃ sarvakālaṃ narādhipa .
ye'rcayanti sadā devaṃ te na yānti yamālayam .. 89.5 ..

attains all desires after worshipping the Supreme Lord. / On the eighth and fourteenth days of the dark fortnight, at all times, O ruler of men, / those who constantly worship the god do not go to the abode of Yama.

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.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe pūtikeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the eighty-ninth chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of the Sacred Ford Pūtikeśvara', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth book, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.