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Skandapurana 16.158

Skandapurāṇa 16.158

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16.158.1

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi anaṃgeśvaramuttamam ..
ratneśvarādagrataḥsthaṃ dhanuṣāntaramāsthitam .. 1 ..

Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the supreme Anaṅgeśvara, / situated in front of Ratneśvara at a distance of one bow.

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16.158.2

sthāpitaṃ kāmadevena talliṃgaṃ viṣṇusūnunā ..
jñātvā tadvaiṣṇavaṃ sthānaṃ kalau pātakanāśanam .. 2 ..

That liṅga was established by Kāmadeva, the son of Viṣṇu, / knowing it to be a Vaiṣṇava place that destroys sins in the Kali age.

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16.158.3

taṃ dṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā tu kāmadevasamo bhavet ..
svargavidyādharīṇāṃ ca jāyate cittamohakaḥ .. 3 ..

Having seen and worshiped it, one becomes equal to Kāmadeva, / and becomes one who captivates the minds of the heavenly Vidyādharīs.

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16.158.4

tasyānvaye'pi na bhavetkurūpo durbhago'pi vā .. 4 ..

In his lineage, moreover, no one will be ugly or unfortunate.

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16.158.5

tatrānaṃgatrayodaśyāṃ vratena varavarṇini ..
viśeṣārādhanaṃ tatra janmasāphalyakāraṇam .. 5 ..

There, on the thirteenth lunar day sacred to Anaṅga, by observance of the vow, O fair-complexioned one, / special worship is the cause of making one's birth fruitful.

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16.158.6

śayyādānaṃ tu dātavyaṃ tatra viprāya śīline ..
viśeṣādviṣṇubhaktāya samyagyātrāphalaṃ labhet .. 6 ..

A gift of a bed should be given there to a virtuous brahmin, / especially to a devotee of Viṣṇu; one thereby obtains the full fruit of the pilgrimage.

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16.158.158

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye ratneśvaramāhātmye'naṃgeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭapaṃcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 158 ..

Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-eighth chapter, named "Description of the Greatness of Anaṅgeśvara 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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