Skandapurana 16.144
Skandapurāṇa 16.144
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16.144.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi tṛtīyaṃ puṣkaraṃ mahat ..
tasyaiva pūrvadigbhāge kiñcidīśānagocare ..
kanīyaḥ saṃsmṛtaṃ kuṃḍaṃ puṣkaraṃnāma nāmataḥ .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the great third Puṣkara, / in the eastern direction from it, slightly within the range of the northeast, / a small pool traditionally known by the name Puṣkara. // 1
16.144.2
yatra madhyāhnasamaye brahmaṇā samupāsitā ..
sandhyā trailokyajananī pratiṣṭhārthaṃ gatena ca .. 2 ..
Where, at midday, the Sandhyā, the mother of the three worlds, / was worshipped by Brahmā who had gone there for the sake of the consecration. // 2
16.144.3
tatra yaḥ kurute snānaṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ samāhitaḥ ..
samyakkṛtaṃ bhavettena snānaṃ tatrādipuṣkare .. 3 ..
Whoever, composed in mind, takes a bath there on the full moon day, / by him a bath is truly performed as if in the primal Puṣkara there. // 3
16.144.4
hiraṇyaṃ tatra dātavyaṃ sarvapāpāpanuttaye .. 4 ..
Gold should be gifted there for the destruction of all sins. // 4
16.144.5
iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ tava pauṣkaram ..
śrutaṃ pāpaharaṃ nṝṇāṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ tathā .. 5 ..
Thus has the māhātmya of Puṣkara been told to you in brief; / when heard, it removes people's sins and likewise grants all desires. // 5
16.144.144
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye puṣkarakuṇḍamāhātmya varṇanaṃnāma catuścatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 144 ..
Thus ends the one hundred and forty-fourth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Puṣkarakuṇḍa,' in the first [part], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh [section], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses]. // 144
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