Skandapurana 14.0.p32
Skandapurāṇa 14.0.p32
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14.0.p32
adhyāyaḥ 34 mahattvākāṃkṣayā brahmaviṣṇvoḥ parasparaṃ kalahāyamānayoryudhyatośca madhya ekasyānādyantasya liṃgasyotpattivarṇanam, tata ākāśavāṇyā tayoryuddhaparāvartanaṃ kārayitvā 'yo liṃgāntaṃ paśyetsa mahān ' iti paṇakathanam, tatra brahmaṇā śivasaṃnidhau mithyā liṃgordhvaparyantadarśanavṛttakathanācchivena brahmaṇe'pūjyatvaprāpakaśāpadānama, tathaiva brahmaṇo mithyāsākṣyaṃ dātuṃ pravṛttasya ketakasyāpi śāpadānam, tato viṣṇave śaṃkareṇa varapradānam, kṛṣṇatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam
Chapter 34: Description of the origin of a single liṅga without beginning or end in the midst of Brahmā and Viṣṇu, who were quarrelling and fighting with each other out of a desire for greatness; then, an incorporeal voice causing their fight to stop, stating the wager: 'He who sees the end of the liṅga shall be the greater'; there, because Brahmā falsely related in Śiva's presence the incident of seeing the upper limit of the liṅga, Śiva gave Brahmā a curse causing him to be unworthy of worship; likewise, the giving of a curse also to the Ketaka flower who had come forward to give false witness for Brahmā; then Śaṃkara granting a boon to Viṣṇu; description of the māhātmya of the Kṛṣṇatīrtha.
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