Skandapurana 14.62
Skandapurāṇa 14.62
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14.62.1
.. pulastyasya uvāca .. ..
tataḥ kaṭeśvaraṃ gacchelliṃgaṃ gaurīvinirmitam ..
tathā gaṃgeśvaraṃ cānyadgaṅgayā nirmitaṃ svayam .. 1 ..
Pulastya said: / Then one should go to Kaṭeśvara, the liṅga fashioned by Gaurī, / and likewise to another, Gaṅgeśvara, fashioned by Gaṅgā herself. 1.
14.62.2
purā samabhavadyuddhamumāyāḥ saha gaṃgayā ..
saubhāgyaṃ prati rājendra tato gaurītyabhāṣata .. 2 ..
Long ago, a rivalry arose between Umā and Gaṅgā / regarding good fortune [with their husband], O best of kings; then Gaurī spoke: 2.
14.62.3
yayā saṃpūjitaḥ śaṃbhuḥ śīghraṃ yāsyati darśanam ..
sā saubhāgyavatī nūnabhāvayoḥ saṃbhaviṣyati .. 3 ..
"She by whom Śambhu is worshipped and will swiftly grant darśana, / she indeed of the two of us will be the one possessing good fortune." 3.
14.62.4
evamuktā tato gaṃgā satvaraityātra parvate ..
liṃgamanveṣayāmāsa cirakālādavāpa sā .. 4 ..
Addressed thus, Gaṅgā then went quickly to this mountain; / she searched for a liṅga and found one after a long time. 4.
14.62.5
dṛṣṭvā gauryātha kaṭakaṃ parvatasya manoharam ..
liṃgākāraṃ mahārāja pūjayāmāsa sā tadā .. 5 ..
Then Gaurī, having seen a delightful slope of the mountain / shaped like a liṅga, O great king, worshipped it at that time. 5.
14.62.6
samyakchraddhāsamopetā tatastuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ ..
pradadau darśanaṃ tasyā varado'smīti cābravīt .. 6 ..
She was endowed with complete faith; pleased with that, Maheśvara / granted his darśana to her and said, "I am the granter of boons." 6.
14.62.7
.. gauryuvāca .. ..
sāpatnyajerṣyayā deva mayā liṃgaṃ prakalpitam ..
tasmātkaṭeśvarākhyā ca loke cāsya bhaviṣyati .. 7 ..
Gaurī said: / "O God, this liṅga was fashioned by me out of jealousy arising from having a co-wife; / therefore, its name in the world shall be Kaṭeśvara. 7.
14.62.8
yā nārī patinā muktā sapatnīduḥkhaduḥkhitā ..
asya saṃdarśanādeva sā bhaviṣyati vijvarā ..
sutasaubhāgyasaṃpannā bhartṛprāṇasamā tathā .. 8 ..
Whatever woman is abandoned by her husband or afflicted by the sorrow caused by a co-wife, / merely by seeing this [liṅga] she will be free of sorrow, / endowed with sons and good fortune, and as dear to her husband as his own life." 8.
14.62.9
gaṃgayārādhito deva evameva varaṃ dadau ..
tasmālliṃgadvayaṃ tacca draṣṭavyaṃ manujādhipa .. 9 ..
Worshipped by Gaṅgā, the god granted the very same boon; / therefore, that pair of liṅgas must be seen, O lord of men, 9.
14.62.10
viśeṣataśca nārībhiḥ sapatnīdoṣahānidam ..
sukhasaubhāgyadaṃ nityaṃ tathā'bhīṣṭapradaṃ nṛṇām .. 7.3.62.10 ..
especially by women, as it destroys the afflictions caused by a co-wife, / constantly bestows happiness and good fortune, and grants the desires of humans. 7.3.62.10.
14.62.62
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe kaṭeśvaragaṃgeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dviṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 62..
Thus ends the sixty-second chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Kaṭeśvara and Gaṅgeśvara,' in the third [section], the Arbudakhaṇḍa, in the seventh [section], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. 62.
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