Skandapurana 16.218
Skandapurāṇa 16.218
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16.218.1
.. .. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tatraiva mānavaṃ liṃgaṃ manunā saṃpratiṣṭhitam ..
pūrvaṃ hatvā sutaṃ devi manuḥ pāpasamanvitaḥ .. 1 ..
Īśvara said:
In that very place is the liṅga of Manu, consecrated by Manu.
Formerly, having slain his son, O goddess, Manu was accompanied by sin.
16.218.2
kṣetraṃ pāpaharaṃ jñātvā tatra prātiṣṭhadīśvaram..
muktaścaivābhavatpāpāttasmātputravadhodbhavāt..2..
Knowing the sacred field to remove sins, he established Īśvara there
and was freed indeed from that sin arising from the murder of his son.
16.218.3
pūjayenmānavo yastu sa muktaḥ pātakairbhavet .. 3 ..
Whatever human worships it becomes freed from sins.
16.218.218
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekā śītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye mānaveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭādaśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..218.. ..
Thus ends the two hundred and eighteenth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Mānaveśvara', in the first [part], the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the seventh [book], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.
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