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Skandapurana 16.109

Skandapurāṇa 16.109

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16.109.1

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi anileśvaramuttamam..
tasyottareśānadiksthaṃ dhanuṣāṃ tritaye priye .. 1 ..

Īśvara said:
Then, O great goddess, one should go to the excellent Anileśvara, / situated to the north-east of it at a distance of three bows, O beloved. 1

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16.109.2

liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi darśanātpāpanāśanam ..
vasūnāṃ pañcamo yo'sāvanilaḥ parikīrtitaḥ .. 2 ..

The liṅga is of great power indeed, destroying sins upon darśana. / He who is celebrated as Anila is the fifth among the Vasus. 2

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16.109.3

sa cā''rādhya mahādevaṃ pratyakṣīkṛtavānbhavam ..
liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhayāmāsa samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. 3 ..

Having worshipped Mahādeva, he made Bhava visible before him, / and consecrated the liṅga endowed with full faith. 3

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16.109.4

evamīśaprabhāvena sutastasyā'pyabhūdbalī ..
manojaveti vikhyāto hyavijñātagatistathā .. 4 ..

Thus, by the power of the Lord, a mighty son was born to him as well, / renowned as Manojavā, and likewise [a son named] Avijñātagati. 4

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16.109.5

taṃ dṛṣṭvā vyādhinā martyo pīḍyate na kadācana ..
nāndho na badhiro mūko na rogī na ca nirdhanaḥ ..
kadācijjāyate martyastena dṛṣṭena bhūtale .. 5 ..

Upon seeing it, a mortal is never afflicted by disease; / blind, deaf, mute, sick, or destitute— / no mortal on earth ever becomes so upon seeing it. 5

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16.109.6

puṣpamekaṃ tu yo dadyāttasya liṃgasya copari ..
sukhasaubhāgyasaṃpannaḥ sa sadā rūpavānbhavet .. 6 ..

Whoever offers even a single flower upon that liṅga / becomes endowed with happiness and good fortune, and will always be handsome. 6

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16.109.7

ityevaṃ kathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam..
śrutvā'numodya bhāvena sarvakāmaiḥ samṛddhyate .. 7 ..

Thus has the sin-destroying māhātmya been told, O goddess; / having heard it and approved of it with devotion, one flourishes with all desires fulfilled. 7

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16.109.109

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye 'nileśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma navottaraśatata mo'dhyāyaḥ ..109..

Thus ends the one hundred and ninth chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of Anileśvara,” in the first part, the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses. 109

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