Skandapurana 16.182
Skandapurāṇa 16.182
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16.182.1
tato mātṛgaṇānpaśyedvasunandādināmataḥ ..
arka sthalasamīpasthāndakṣiṇe nātidūrataḥ .. 1 ..
Then one should view the host of Mothers beginning with Vasunandā, / situated near Arkasthala, not far to the south. 1
16.182.2
āśvayukchuklapakṣe tu navamyāṃ niyatātmavān ..
yastāḥ pūjayate mātṝrvidhinā bhāvitātmavān .. 2 ..
A self-controlled person of purified soul who worships those Mothers / according to rule on the ninth day of the bright fortnight of Āśvina, 2
16.182.3
sa samṛddhimavāpnoti durāpāmakṛtātmabhiḥ ..
tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ paśyecchrīmukhaṃ vivarapriyam .. 3 ..
he attains prosperity that is difficult to obtain by the undisciplined. / Stationed right there, one should view Śrīmukha who is fond of the cavern. 3
16.182.4
tasminneva dine pūjyaṃ siddhikāmairnaraiḥ sadā ..
etatpūrvaṃ mayākhyātaṃ tava vistarataḥ priye .. 4 ..
On that very day it must always be worshipped by men seeking perfection. / This has been recounted by me previously in detail to you, my beloved. 4
16.182.5
tasminneva dine pūjyaṃ tīrthayātrāprasaṃgataḥ .. 5 ..
It should be worshipped on that very day in the context of the pilgrimage to the sacred ford. 5
16.182.182
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye vasunandāmātṛgaṇaśrīmukhavivara māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvyaśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 182 ..
Thus ends the hundred and eighty-second chapter, named 'Description of the māhātmya of the Mother-Host Vasunandā and the Śrīmukha Cavern', in the first [part], the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa Sacred Field, of the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. 182
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