Skandapurana 16.110
Skandapurāṇa 16.110
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16.110.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchedvarārohe prabhāseśvaramuttamam ..
gaurītapovanāddevi paścime samudāhṛtam ..1..
Īśvara said:
Then, O fair-hipped woman, one should go to the excellent Prabhāseśvara, / declared to be to the west of the ascetic grove of Gaurī, O goddess, 1
16.110.2
dhanuṣāṃ saptake devi nātidūre vyavasthitam ..
sthāpitaṃ tanmahāliṃgaṃ vasūnāmaṣṭamena hi .. 2 ..
situated not very far away, at a distance of seven bows, O goddess. / That great liṅga was established by the eighth among the Vasus, 2
16.110.3
prabhāsa iti nāmnā hi śivapūjāratena vai ..
sa putrakāmo deveśi prabhāsakṣetramāgataḥ ..3..
named Prabhāsa indeed, who was devoted to the worship of Śiva. / Desiring a son, O queen of gods, he came to the sacred field of Prabhāsa. 3
16.110.4
pratiṣṭhāpya mahāliṅgaṃ cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ ..
āgneyamiti vikhyātaṃ divyābdānāṃ śataṃ priye .. 4 ..
Having consecrated the great liṅga, he performed vast austerity / renowned as Āgneya, for a hundred divine years, O beloved. 4
16.110.5
tatastasya mahādevi samyakchraddhānvi tasya vai ..
tutoṣa bhagavānrudro dadau yanmanasīpsitam ..5..
Then, O great goddess, the blessed Rudra was pleased with him / who was endowed with complete faith, and gave what his heart desired. 5
16.110.6
bṛhaspatestu bhaginī bhuvanā brahmavādinī ..
prabhāsasya tu sā bhāryā vasūnāmaṣṭamasya ca .. ..6..
Bṛhaspati's sister was Bhuvanā, a speaker of the sacred truth; / she was the wife of Prabhāsa, the eighth of the Vasus. 6
16.110.7
viśvakarmā sutastasyāḥ sṛṣṭikartā prajāpatiḥ..
devānāṃ takṣako vidvānmanormātāmahaḥ smṛtaḥ ..7..
Viśvakarman was her son, the creator of creatures, a Prajāpati, / the wise architect of the gods, remembered as the maternal grandfather of Manu. 7
16.110.8
takṣakaḥ sūryabiṃbasya tejasaḥ śātano mahān..
evaṃ tasyā'bhavatputro vasūnāmaṣṭamasya vai .. 8 ..
He was the great fashioner of the solar orb, reducing its brilliance. / Thus a son was born to that eighth among the Vasus, 8
16.110.9
prabhāsanāmno deveśi talliṃgārādhanodyataḥ ..
iti te kathitaṃ devi prabhāseśvarasūcakam .. 9 ..
named Prabhāsa, O queen of gods, who applied himself to the worship of that liṅga. / Thus has been related to you, O goddess, that which indicates Prabhāseśvara. 9
16.110.10
māhātmyaṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ śubham ..
yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. 7.1.110.10 ..
This auspicious māhātmya destroys all sins and grants all desires. / Whoever worships it with devotion, endowed with complete faith,
16.110.11
bhūmiśāyī nirāhāro japanvai śatarudriyam ..
māghe māsi caturdaśyāṃ snātvā sāgarasaṃgame .. 11 ..
Sleeping on the ground, fasting, and reciting the Śatarudriya, / having bathed at the confluence with the ocean on the fourteenth day of the month of Māgha,
16.110.12
paṃcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ .. 12 ..
Bathing [the liṅga] with the five nectars, and having worshipped [it] according to the ritual rules,
16.110.13
ya evaṃ kurute devi samyagyātrāmahotsavam ..
sa muktaḥ pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ sarvakāmaiḥ samṛddhyate ..
vṛṣastatraiva dātavyaḥ samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ .. 13 ..
Whoever performs this great festival of pilgrimage properly, O Goddess, / is freed from all sins and thrives with all desires. / A bull should be given right there by those who desire the full fruit of the pilgrimage.
16.110.110
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye prabhāseśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma daśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 110 ..
Thus ends the one hundred and tenth chapter, titled “The Description of the Māhātmya of Prabhāseśvara,” in the first [part], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh [section], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa in the collection of eighty-one thousand [verses].
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