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Skandapurana 1.4.65.47

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.65.47

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1.4.65.47

46 bahūdakakuṃḍasamīpavartikapileśvaramabhyarcya svatanutyāgārthamudyatasya naṃdabhadravaiśyasya samīpe kuṣṭharogārtena kenacidbrāhmaṇaputreṇāgatya naṃdabhadrāya jñānopadeśakaraṇam, atha naṃdabhadrapṛṣṭena brāhmaṇabālakena nijacaritravṛttāṃtakathanam, tasmādbrāhmaṇabālakādupadeśaśravaṇena suprasannena naṃdabhadreṇa gurudakṣiṇārthaṃ gurūpadeśena gurunāmnā bālādityasthāpanavṛttāṃtavarṇanam

46 Description of a certain brahmin's son afflicted with leprosy coming to the vaiśya Nandabhadra—who was prepared to abandon his body after worshipping Kapileśvara situated near the Bahūdaka pool—and imparting spiritual instruction to Nandabhadra; then the brahmin boy, questioned by Nandabhadra, relating the story of his own life; and Nandabhadra, delighted by hearing the instruction from that brahmin boy, installing Bālāditya in the name of his guru according to his guru's instruction as guru-dakṣiṇā.

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