Skandapurana 16.142
Skandapurāṇa 16.142
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16.142.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi citreśvara manuttamam..
dhanuṣāṃ saptake tasya sthitamāgneyadakṣiṇe .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the unsurpassed Citreśvara, / situated at a distance of seven bows to the southeast of it. // 1
16.142.2
liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi sarvapātakanāśanam ..
tatra citreśvaraṃ pūjya narakānna bhavedbhayam .. 2 ..
Indeed, it is a liṅga of great power, destroying all sins. / Having worshipped Citreśvara there, one has no fear of hell. // 2
16.142.3
paṭasthitaṃ tasya pāpaṃ citro mārjayati priye ..
tasmātsarvaprayatnena citreśaṃ pūjayetsadā ..
yaḥ syātpāpayuto vāpi narakaṃ naiva paśyati .. 3 ..
O dear one, Citra wipes away his sin recorded on the cloth. / Therefore, with all effort one should always worship Citreśa. / Even one who is endowed with sins never sees hell. // 3
16.142.142
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye citreśvara māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvicatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 142 ..
Thus ends the one hundred and forty-second chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Citreśvara,' in the first [part], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh [section], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses]. // 142
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