Skandapurana 16.194
Skandapurāṇa 16.194
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16.194.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ devaiḥ pratiṣṭhitam ..
jñātvā prabhāvaṃ kṣetrasya sarvapātakanāśanam .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the liṅga installed by the gods, / having recognized the power of the sacred field which destroys all sins.
16.194.2
tatra kṛtvā tapaścograṃ liṃgaṃ devaiḥ pratiṣṭhitam ..
taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi kṛtakṛtyaḥ prajāyate .. 2 ..
Having performed severe austerity there, the liṅga was installed by the gods; / having seen it, O goddess, a man accomplishes his purpose.
16.194.3
godānaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu brāhmaṇe vedapārage ..
samyakca labhate devi yātrāyāḥ phalamūrjitam .. 3 ..
A gift of a cow should be given there to a brahmin who has mastered the Vedas; / and one properly attains, O goddess, the abundant fruit of the pilgrimage.
16.194.194
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye'mareśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturṇavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 194 ..
Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-fourth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Amareśvara', in the first [part], 'Glory of the Prabhāsa Field', of the seventh [section], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.
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