Skandapurana 16.136
Skandapurāṇa 16.136
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16.136.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi lomaśeśvaramuttamam ..
duḥkhāntakāriṇīpūrve dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam .. 1 ..
Īśvara said:
Then, O great goddess, one should go to the excellent Lomaśeśvara,
situated seven bows' lengths east of Duḥkhāntakāriṇī. (1)
16.136.2
sthāpitaṃ tatra deveśi lomaśena maharṣiṇā ..
guhāmadhye mahāliṃgaṃ tapaḥ kṛtvā suduścaram .. 2 ..
It was installed there inside a cave, O ruler of gods, by the great seer Lomaśa,
after performing austerity that was exceedingly difficult to accomplish. (2)
16.136.3
koṭīnāṃ tritayaṃ sārdhamiṃdrādyāḥ svarbhujaḥ priye ..
yadā nāśaṃ gamiṣyaṃti tadā tasya kṣayo dhruvam .. 3 ..
When three and a half crores of heavenly beings, Indra and the others, O beloved,
come to destruction, only then does his death certainly occur. (3)
16.136.4
yāvaṃti deharomāṇi indrāstāvanta eva ca ..
kramādindre vinaṣṭe tu tallomapatanaṃ bhavet .. 4 ..
As many hairs as there are on his body, just so many are the Indras;
with the successive destruction of each Indra, one hair of his falls out. (4)
16.136.5
evamīśaprasādena cirāyurlomaśo'bhavat ..
brahmāṇaḥ ṣaḍvinaśyanti samagrāyuṣi lomaśe .. 5 ..
Thus by the grace of Īśa, Lomaśa became long-lived.
Six Brahmās perish during the entire lifespan of Lomaśa. (5)
16.136.6
ya evaṃ pūjayedbhaktyā talliṃgaṃ lomaśārcitam ..
so'pi dīrghāyurāpnoti nirvyādhirnīrujaḥ sukhī .. 6 ..
Whoever worships with devotion this liṅga venerated by Lomaśa,
he too attains long life, free from affliction, free from disease, and happy. (6)
16.136.136
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye lomaśeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭtriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 136 .. .. .. .. ..
Thus ends the one hundred thirty-sixth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Lomaśeśvara', in the first [part], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. (136)
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