Skandapurana 16.168
Skandapurāṇa 16.168
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16.168.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi devīṃ śālakaṭaṃkaṭām ..
sāvitryā dakṣiṇe bhāge raivatātpūrvataḥ sthitām .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, the wise person should go to Goddess Śālakaṭaṅkaṭā, / situated to the south of Sāvitrī and to the east of Raivata, (1)
16.168.2
mahāpāpopaśamanīṃ sarvaduḥkhavināśanīm .. pūjitāṃ sarvagandharvaiḥ sphuraddaṃṣṭrograbhīṣaṇām .. 2 ..
who alleviates great sins, who destroys all sorrows, / who is worshiped by all gandharvas, and who is fierce and terrifying with flashing fangs, (2)
16.168.3
mahāpracaṇḍadaityaghnīṃ paulastyena pratiṣṭhitām ..
mahiṣaghnīṃ mahākāyāṃ kṣetre prābhāsike sthitām .. 3 ..
the slayer of the exceedingly fierce Daityas, installed by the descendant of Pulastya, / the slayer of Mahiṣa, having a huge body, situated in the sacred field of Prabhāsa. (3)
16.168.4
māghe māse caturdaśyāṃ yastā mārādhayennaraḥ ..
sa bhavetpaśumāndhīmām̐llakṣmīvānputravānsudhīḥ .. 4 ..
A man who worships her on the fourteenth day in the month of Māgha / becomes rich in cattle, wise, prosperous, endowed with sons, and intelligent. (4)
16.168.5
yastāṃ paśupradānena santarpayati bhaktitaḥ ..
balipūjopahāraiśca sa syācchatru vivarjitaḥ .. 5 ..
He who propitiates her with devotion by offering beasts / and with animal offerings, worship, and gifts, becomes free of enemies. (5)
16.168.168
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyā saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye śālakaṭaṃkaṭā māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭaṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 168 ..
Thus ends the one hundred sixty-eighth chapter, named ‘Description of the Māhātmya of Śālakaṭaṅkaṭā,’ in the first [sub-section], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses. (168)
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