Skandapurana 16.155
Skandapurāṇa 16.155
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16.155.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi ratneśvaramanuttamam ..
tatra taptvā tapo devi viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā ..
sthāpitaṃ tatra talliṃgaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ priye .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the unsurpassed Ratneśvara. / Having performed austerity there, O goddess, by the all-powerful Viṣṇu / that liṅga granting all desires was established there, O beloved. // 1
16.155.2
ratnakuṃḍe naraḥ snātvā yastaṃ pūjayate sadā ..
sarvopacārairbhaktyā sa prāpnuyādīpsitaṃ phalam .. 2 ..
A man who bathes in Ratnakuṇḍa and constantly worships it / with all services and devotion, obtains his desired reward. // 2
16.155.3
atra kṛtvā tapo ghoraṃ kṛṣṇenāmitatejasā ..
prāptaṃ sudarśanaṃ cakraṃ sarvadaityāntakārakam .. 3 ..
Having performed severe austerity here, by Kṛṣṇa of boundless splendor / was obtained the Sudarśana discus that brings an end to all daityas. // 3
16.155.4
etatsthānaṃ mahādevi sadā priyataraṃ mama ..
vasāmi tatra deveśi pralaye'pi na saṃtyaje .. 4 ..
This place, O great goddess, is ever very dear to me; / I dwell there, O ruler of the gods, and even at universal dissolution I do not abandon it. // 4
16.155.5
smṛtaṃ tadvaiṣṇavaṃ kṣetraṃ nāmnā devi sudarśanam ..
dhanvaṃtarāṇi ṣaṭtriṃśatsamaṃtātparimaṇḍalam .. 5 ..
That Vaiṣṇava sacred field is known by the name Sudarśana, O goddess; / its circumference on all sides is thirty-six bow-lengths. // 5
16.155.6
etadantaramāsādya ye kecitprāṇino'dhamāḥ ..
mṛtāḥ kālavaśāddevi te yāsyaṃti paraṃ padam .. 6 ..
Whosoever the base living beings that reach this space / and die under the power of Time, O goddess, they shall go to the supreme state. // 6
16.155.7
kāṃcanaṃ tatra garuḍaṃ pītāni vasanāni ca ..
viṣṇumuddiśya yo dadyātsa tu yātrāphalaṃ labhet .. 7 ..
Whoever offers there a golden Garuḍa and yellow garments / dedicated to Viṣṇu, he obtains the fruit of the pilgrimage. // 7
16.155.155
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye ratneśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcapaṃcāśadu ttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 155 ..
Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-fifth chapter, named "Description of the Greatness of Ratneśvara", in the first [part], the "Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya", in the seventh section, the "Prabhāsakhaṇḍa", of the glorious Skandamahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses].
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