Skandapurana 6.3.94

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adhyāya 94

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śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tasyaivānantaraṃ rājannanditīrthaṃ vrajecchubham .
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṃsāṃ nandinā nirmitaṃ purā .. 94.1 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Immediately after that, O king, one should go to the auspicious Nanditīrtha, / which removes all sins of men and was created by Nandin of old,

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pāpaughahatajantūnāṃ mokṣadaṃ narmadātaṭe .
ahorātroṣito bhūtvā nandināthe yudhiṣṭhira .. 94.2 ..

bestowing liberation on the bank of the Narmadā to creatures stricken by a flood of sins. / Having fasted for a day and night at Nandinātha, O Yudhiṣṭhira,

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pañcopacārapūjāyāmarcayennandikeśvaram .
ratnāni caiva viprebhyo yo dadyāddharmanandana .. 94.3 ..

one should worship Nandikeśvara with a fivefold offering of worship. / And whoever gives jewels to brahmins, O son of Dharma,

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sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra vāsaḥ pinākinaḥ .
sarvasaukhyasamāyukto'psarobhiḥ saha modate .. 94.4 ..

goes to the supreme abode where the wielder of the Pināka dwells; / endowed with all comforts, he rejoices together with the apsarases.

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.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe nandikeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma caturnavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the ninety-fourth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Nandikeśvaratīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses.