Skandapurana 16.150
Skandapurāṇa 16.150
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16.150.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato brahmeśvaraṃ gacchettasya dakṣiṇataḥ sthitam ..
brahmaṇā sthāpitaṃ pūrvaṃ brahmakuṇḍasamīpataḥ ..
triṣu lokeṣu vikhyātaṃ rakṣyamāṇaṃ gaṇairmama .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then one should go to Brahmeśvara, situated to the south of it, / established formerly by Brahmā near the Brahmakuṇḍa, / renowned in the three worlds and guarded by my gaṇas.
16.150.2
tatra snātvā caturdaśyāmamāvāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ ..
śrāddhaṃ ca vidhivatkṛtvā brahmeśaṃ pūjayettataḥ .. 2 ..
Having bathed there on the fourteenth day, especially on the new moon day, / and having performed the ancestral rites according to rule, one should then worship Brahmeśa.
16.150.3
viprebhyaḥ kāṃcanaṃ dadyātprītaye śaṃkarasya ca .. 3 ..
One should give gold to the brahmins for the gratification of Śaṃkara.
16.150.4
evaṃ kṛtvā naro devi labhate janmanaḥ phalam ..
vipulāṃ kīrtimāyāti modate brahmaṇā priye .. 4 ..
Having done this, O goddess, a man obtains the fruit of his life; / he attains extensive renown and rejoices with Brahmā, O beloved.
16.150.150
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye brahmakuṃḍamāhātmye brahmeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcāśadu ttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 150 ..
Thus ends the one hundred fiftieth chapter, entitled "The Description of the Māhātmya of Brahmeśvara" in the Māhātmya of Brahmakuṇḍa, in the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa Sacred Field, the first [part] in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa of the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses.
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