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Skandapurana 14.0.p5

Skandapurāṇa 14.0.p5

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14.0.p5

adhyāyaḥ 5 arbudācale nāgatīrthamāhātmyavarṇane yayātipulastvasaṃvāde gautamyā nāgatīrthe snānārthaṃ gamanavarṇanam, tatra snātuṃ pravṛttāyāstasyāḥ putrecchāvyākulitahṛdayatvātkevalasnānena garbhadhāraṇam, tato lajjayā citāṃ praveṣṭukāmāyāstasyā nabhovāṇīśravaṇānmaraṇato nivartanam, nāgatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam

Chapter 5: In the description of the māhātmya of the Nāgatīrtha on Mount Arbuda, in the dialogue of Yayāti and Pulastya, the description of Gautamī's going to the Nāgatīrtha for a ritual ablution; of her who had set out to bathe there, because her heart was agitated by the desire for a son, the conceiving of a child merely by bathing; then, of her who wished out of shame to enter the funeral pyre, the turning back from death upon hearing a voice from the sky; the description of the māhātmya of the Nāgatīrtha.

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