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Skandapurana 16.156

Skandapurāṇa 16.156

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16.156.1

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi vainateyapratiṣṭhitam ..
ratneśvarāduttarato dhanuṣāṃ tritaye sthitam .. 1 ..

Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to [the liṅga] consecrated by the son of Vinatā, / situated three bows to the north of Ratneśvara.

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16.156.2

vainateyaśca deveśi jñātvā kṣetraṃ tu vaiṣṇavam ..
liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhayāmāsa sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .. 2 ..

And the son of Vinatā, O ruler of the gods, knowing it to be a Vaiṣṇava sacred field, / consecrated a liṅga that destroys all sins.

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16.156.3

yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā paṃcamyāṃ tu vidhānataḥ ..
na viṣaṃ kramate tasya sapta janmāni sarpajam .. 3 ..

Whoever worships it with devotion on the fifth lunar day according to rule, / snake poison will not affect him for seven births.

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16.156.4

paṃcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ ..
prāpnuyātsakalaṃ puṇyaṃ modate divi devavat .. 4 ..

Having bathed it with the five nectars and worshiped it according to rule, / one attains all religious merit and rejoices like a god in heaven.

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16.156.156

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye ratneśvaramāhātmye garuḍeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭpaṃcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 156 ..

Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-sixth chapter, named "Description of the Greatness of Garuḍeśvara within 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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