Skandapurana 14.33
Skandapurāṇa 14.33
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14.33.1
.. pulastya uvāca .. ..
tataḥ pārtheśvaraṃ gacchedevaṃ pātakanāśanam ..
yaṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavaḥ samyaṅmucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 1 ..
Pulastya said: / Then one should go to Pārtheśvara, which destroys sins in this way, / seeing which a human being is completely freed from all sins. .. 1 ..
14.33.2
pārthānāmnyabhavatsādhvī devalasya priyā satī ..
tayā pūrvaṃ tapastaptaṃ tatra sthāne mahīpate .. 2 ..
A virtuous wife named Pārthā was the beloved, faithful wife of Devala. / Formerly, austerity was practiced by her at that place, O protector of the earth. .. 2 ..
14.33.3
sā pūrvamabhavadvaṃdhyā ṛṣipatnī yaśasvinī ..
vairāgyaṃ paramaṃ gatvā tataścaivārbudaṃ gatā .. 3 ..
Formerly she, the illustrious wife of the seer, was barren. / Having attained supreme detachment, she then went to Arbuda. .. 3 ..
14.33.4
vāyubhakṣā nirāhārā samacittā''sane sthitā ..
tato varṣasahasrāṃte bhaktyā tasyā mahīpate .. .. 4 ..
Feeding on air, taking no food, remaining on her seat with an even mind, / then, at the end of a thousand years, through her devotion, O protector of the earth, .. 4 ..
14.33.5
udbhidya dharaṇīpṛṣṭhaṃ sahasā liṃgamutthitam ..
etasminneva kāle tu vāguvācāśarīriṇī .. 5 ..
bursting through the surface of the earth, a liṅga suddenly arose. / At that very time, a bodiless voice spoke: .. 5 ..
14.33.6
pūjayaitanmahābhāge śivaliṃgaṃ supāvanam ..
tvadbhaktyā dharaṇīpṛṣṭhānniḥsṛtaṃ kāmadaṃ mahat .. 6 ..
"Worship this very purifying Śiva-liṅga, O highly fortunate lady! / Through your devotion, it has issued forth from the surface of the earth, great and granting desires. .. 6 ..
14.33.7
yo yaṃ kāmamabhidhyāyanpūjayiṣyati mānavaḥ ..
anyopi tadabhipretaṃ prāpsyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. .. 7 ..
Whatever desire any human being contemplates when worshipping [it], / he too will obtain what is desired; there is no doubt about this. .. 7 ..
14.33.8
pārtheśvarākhyametaddhi loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati ..
evamuktvā tato vāṇī virarāma mahīpate ..8..
Indeed, this shall attain renown in the world under the name Pārtheśvara." / Having spoken thus, the voice then ceased, O protector of the earth. ..8..
14.33.9
tataḥ sā vismayāviṣṭā pūjayāmāsa tattadā ..
tataḥ putraśataṃ prāptaṃ divyaṃ vaṃśadharaṃ tathā .. 9 ..
Then, filled with wonder, she worshipped it at that time; / thereafter, she obtained a hundred divine sons who carried on the lineage. .. 9 ..
14.33.10
tataḥ prabhṛti talliṃgaṃ vikhyātaṃ dharaṇītale ..
tatrāsti nirmalaṃ toyaṃ girigahvaraniḥsṛtam .. 7.3.33.10 ..
From that time forward, that liṅga became renowned on the surface of the earth. / There is pure water there, issuing from a mountain cave. .. 7.3.33.10 ..
14.33.11
tatra snātvā naraḥ samyagyastaṃ paśyati bhāvataḥ ..
na sa paśyati saṃsāre duḥkhaṃ saṃtānasaṃbhavam .. 11 ..
Having bathed there, the person who beholds it properly with devotion / does not experience sorrow arising from offspring in worldly existence. .. 11 ..
14.33.12
śuklapakṣe caturddaśyāṃ jāgaraṃ tasya cāgrataḥ ..
yaḥ karoti nirāhāraḥ sa putraṃ labhate dhuvam .. 12 ..
Whoever, fasting, keeps a vigil in front of it / on the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight, he certainly obtains a son. .. 12 ..
14.33.13
piṃḍanirvāpaṇaṃ tatra yaḥ karoti samāhitaḥ ..
tasya putratvamāyāti pitarastatprasādataḥ .. .. 13 ..
Whoever performs the offering of ancestral rice-balls there with concentration, / through its grace, his ancestors attain the state of sonship [for him]. .. 13 ..
14.33.33
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe pārtheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma trayastriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 33 ..
Thus ends the thirty-third chapter, titled 'Description of the Greatness of Pārtheśvara', in the Arbuda Section of the third part, within the seventh book, the Prabhāsa Section, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses]. .. 33 ..
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