Skandapurana 16.164
Skandapurāṇa 16.164
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16.164.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi tasmātpūrveṇa saṃsthitam ..
mahāpāpaughaśamanaṃ pūjitaṃ sarvakāmadam .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to that situated to the east of that, / which calms the flood of great sins, is worshipped, and grants all desires.
16.164.2
aśvineśvaranāmānaṃ dhanuṣāṃ paṃcake sthitam ..
sarvarogapraśamanaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ sarvārthasādhakam .. 2 ..
Named Aśvineśvara, situated within five bows' length, / it alleviates all diseases; seen, it accomplishes all aims.
16.164.3
ye kecidrogiṇo loke teṣāṃ tadbheṣajaṃ mahat ..
māghamāse dvitīyāyāṃ darśanaṃ tasya durlabham .. 3 ..
Whatever diseased people there are in the world, for them it is a great medicine. / In the month of Māgha, on the second [lunar day], the darśana of it is hard to attain.
16.164.4
tasmātpaśyecca tadbhaktyā yadi śreyo'bhikāṃkṣitam ..
mahāpāpaughaśamanaṃ pūjitaṃ sarvakāmadam .. 4 ..
Therefore, one should behold it with devotion if the highest good is desired; / it calms the flood of great sins, is worshipped, and grants all desires.
16.164.5
iti liṅgadvayaṃ devi sūryaputrapratiṣṭhitam ..
tasminneva dine paśyetsaṃyatātmā narottamaḥ .. 5 ..
Thus, O goddess, the pair of liṅgas was installed by the sons of the Sun. / On that very day, with self restrained, the best of men should behold [them].
16.164.164
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye'śvineśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catuḥṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 164 ..
Thus ends the one hundred sixty-fourth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Aśvineśvara', in the first [section,] the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh [book,] the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand [verses].
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