Skandapurana 16.174
Skandapurāṇa 16.174
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16.174.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi kuntīśvaramanuttamam ..
sāvitryāḥ pūrvabhāgasthaṃ khātamadhye vyavasthitam .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the unsurpassed Kuntīśvara, / situated in the eastern quarter of Sāvitrī, within a ditch. (1)
16.174.2
kuntyā pratiṣṭhitaṃ devi kṣetre prābhāsike priye ..
pāṇḍavāstu yadā pūrvaṃ prabhāsakṣetramāgatāḥ .. 2 ..
It was installed by Kuntī, O goddess, in the sacred field of Prabhāsa, O dear one, / when the Pāṇḍavas formerly came to the sacred field of Prabhāsa (2)
16.174.3
tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena kuntyā caiva samanvitāḥ ..
tasminkāle mahādevi jñātvā kṣetramanuttamam..3..
accompanied by Kuntī in the course of a pilgrimage. / At that time, O great goddess, having recognized the sacred field to be unsurpassed, (3)
16.174.4
kuntyā pratiṣṭhitaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvapāpabhayāpaham..
kārtikyāṃ tu viśeṣeṇa yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ..
sa sarvakāmatṛptātmā rudraloke mahīyate..4..
the liṅga that dispels fear of all sins was installed by Kuntī. / The man who worships it especially on the full moon of Kārttika, / with all his desires satisfied, is glorified in the world of Rudra. (4)
16.174.5
vācikaṃ mānasaṃ pāpaṃ karmaṇā yadupārjitam..
tatsarvaṃ naśyate devi tasya liṃgasya darśanāt..5..
Whatever sin has been acquired through speech, mind, or action, / all of that is destroyed, O goddess, upon seeing that liṅga. (5)
16.174.174
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye kuntīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catuḥsaptatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 174 ..
Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-fourth chapter, named “Description of the Māhātmya of Kuntīśvara,” in the first [part], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh [khaṇḍa], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. (174)
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