Skandapurana 14.55
Skandapurāṇa 14.55
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14.55.1
.. pulastya uvāca .. ..
tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha puṇyaṃ rudrahradaṃ śubham ..
yatra snāto naro bhaktyā gaṇādhīśatvamāpnuyāt .. 1 ..
Pulastya said: / Then one should proceed, best of kings, to the meritorious and auspicious Rudrahrada, / bathing where with devotion a person attains the status of a lord of Gaṇas. // 1
14.55.2
purā hatvāṃ'dhakaṃ daityaṃ sagaṇo vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ ..
tataḥ snāto hradaṃ kṛtvā tato rudrahrado'bhavat .. 2 ..
Long ago, having slain the Daitya Andhaka, he whose banner bears a bull, together with his Gaṇas, / bathed there after creating the pool; hence it became known as Rudrahrada. // 2
14.55.3
caturddaśyāṃ mahārāja yastatra kurute naraḥ ..
snānaṃ tasya bhavetpuṇyaṃ sarvatīrthasamudbhavam .. 3 ..
O great king, whatever person bathes there on the fourteenth day, / his merit becomes equivalent to that arising from all sacred fords. // 3
14.55.55
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe rudrahradamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcapañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 55 ..
Thus ends the fifty-fifth chapter, entitled "Description of the Greatness of Rudrahrada", in the third section, the Arbudakhaṇḍa, of the seventh book, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses. // 55
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