Skandapurana 16.220
Skandapurāṇa 16.220
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.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi devaṃ trailokyapūjitam ..
vṛṣadhvajeśvaraṃ nāma sthitaṃ dakṣiṇatastathā .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the god worshipped by the three worlds, / known as Vṛṣadhvajeśvara, situated likewise to the south.
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yattadakṣaramavyaktaṃ paraṃ yasmānna vidyate ..
yogagamyamanādyaṃtaṃ vṛṣabhadhvaja saṃmitam .. 2 ..
That which is imperishable, unmanifest, than which nothing is higher, / accessible by yoga, without beginning or end, equal to the bull-bannered [Lord],
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sarvāścaryamayaṃ devi buddhigrāhyaṃ nirāmayam..
viśvataḥ pāṇipādaṃ ca viśvato'kṣiśiromukham .. 3 ..
consisting of all wonders, O goddess, graspable by the intellect, free from disease, / having hands and feet everywhere, eyes, heads, and faces everywhere—
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taṃ ca devaṃ ciraṃ sthāṇuṃ vṛṣabhadhvajasaṃjñitam ..
pṛthurmarucca bharataḥ śaśabindurgayaḥ śibiḥ .. 4 ..
that eternal god, the pillar, known as Vṛṣabhadhvaja: / Pṛthu, Marutta, Bharata, Śaśabindu, Gaya, Śibi,
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rāmoṃ'barīṣo māṃdhātā dilīpo'tha bhagīrathaḥ ..
suhotro raṃtidevaśca yayātiḥ sagarastathā .. 5 ..
Rāma, Ambarīṣa, Māndhātṛ, Dilīpa, and Bhagīratha, / Suhotra, Rantideva, Yayāti, and Sagara—
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ṣoḍaśaite nṛpā dhanyāḥ prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāśritāḥ ..
vṛṣadhvajeśamārādhya yajñairiṣṭvā divaṃ gatāḥ .. 6 ..
these sixteen blessed kings, having taken resort in the sacred field of Prabhāsa / and worshipped Vṛṣadhvajeśa, having offered sacrifices, went to heaven.
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satyaṃ vacmi hitaṃ vacmi sāraṃ vacmi punaḥpunaḥ ..
asāre dagdhasaṃsāre sāraṃ tatra śivārcanam .. 7 ..
I speak what is true, I speak what is beneficial, I speak what is essential again and again: / In this worthless, burnt worldly cycle, the worship of Śiva is the essence there.
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punarjanma punarmṛtyuḥ punaḥ kleśaḥ punarjarā ..
aharaharghaṭīnyāyo na kadācidapīdṛśaḥ .. .. 8 ..
Rebirth, redeath, re-affliction, re-decay; / day by day the analogy of the water-wheel goes on, never otherwise.
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tadā śvetasya saṃsāragrantheratyantadurbhidaḥ ..
paraṃ nirmūlavicchedi kriyatāṃ tadbhavārcanam .. 9 ..
Therefore, let that worship of Bhava be performed, which cuts entirely at the root, / for [severing] the knot of transmigration of Śveta, which is exceedingly hard to untie.
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tasya cintāmaṇirgehe tasya kalpadrumaḥ kule ..
kuberaḥ kiṃkarastasya bhaktiryasya śive sthitā .. 7.1.220.10 ..
In his home is the wish-fulfilling jewel; in his family is the wish-granting tree; / Kubera is his servant—he in whom devotion to Śiva is established.
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seyaṃ lakṣmīḥ purā puṃsāṃ seyaṃ bhaktiḥ samīhitā ..
seyaṃ śreyaskarī mūrtirbhaktiryā vṛṣabhadhvaje .. 11 ..
This is that fortune of men of old, this is that devotion desired; / this is the form conferring well-being: the devotion directed toward the Bull-bannered Lord.
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puṣpaiḥ paṃcabhirapyatra pūjayitvā maheśvaram ..
daśānāmaśvamedhānāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 12 ..
Having worshipped the great Lord here even with five flowers, / a person attains the fruit of ten horse sacrifices.
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vṛṣabhastatra dātavyo vṛṣabhadhvaja saṃnidhau ..
sarvapātakanāśārthaṃ samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ .. 13 ..
A bull should be given as a gift there in the presence of the Bull-bannered Lord, / for the destruction of all sins, by those who desire the full fruit of pilgrimage.
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye vṛṣabhadhvajeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma viṃśatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 220 ..
Thus ends the two hundred and twentieth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Vṛṣabhadhvajeśvara', in the first [part], 'Māhātmya of Prabhāsakṣetra', in the seventh [book], 'Prabhāsakhaṇḍa', in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.
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