Skandapurana 16.230
Skandapurāṇa 16.230
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16.230.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi devaṃ gaṇapatipriyam ..
tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ samyaṅmayā tatra niyojitaḥ .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the deity who is dear to Gaṇapati, / situated right there properly; he was appointed there by me,
16.230.2
gaṅgāyā dakṣiṇe devi kṣetrarakṣaṇatatparaḥ ..
māghe kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ .. 2 ..
to the south of the Gaṅgā, O goddess, intent upon protecting the sacred field. / Whichever man worships him on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of Māgha,
16.230.3
divyamodakanaivedyaiḥ puṣpadhūpādibhiḥ kramāt ..
na tasya jāyate vighnaṃ yāvatkṣetre vasatyasau .. 3 ..
successively with celestial food offerings of sweetmeats, flowers, incense, and the like, / no obstacle arises for him as long as he dwells in the sacred field.
16.230.230
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye gaṇapatimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma triṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 230 .. ..
Thus ends the two hundred and thirtieth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Gaṇapati', in the first [part], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh [section], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses].
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