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.
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.
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.
16.158.4
tasyānvaye'pi na bhavetkurūpo durbhago'pi vā .. 4 ..
In his lineage, moreover, no one will be ugly or unfortunate.
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.
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.
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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