Skandapurana 16.235
Skandapurāṇa 16.235
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16.235.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ paśyelliṃgatrayamanuttamam ..
śatamedhaṃ sahasramedhaṃ koṭimedhamiti kramāt .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / In that very place, one should behold the three unexcelled liṅgas / situated in sequence: Śatamedha, Sahasramedha, and Koṭimedha.
16.235.2
dakṣiṇe śatamedhaṃ tu śatayajñaphalapradam ..
kārtavīryyeṇa tatraiva kṛtaṃ yajñaśataṃ purā .. 2 ..
To the south is Śatamedha, which grants the fruit of a hundred sacrifices; / a hundred sacrifices were performed there in ancient times by Kārtavīrya.
16.235.3
pratiṣṭhāpya mahāliṃgaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam ..
madhyabhāge'tra yalliṃgaṃ koṭimedheti viśrutam .. 3 ..
having installed a great liṅga that destroys all sins. / The liṅga situated in the central part here is renowned as Koṭimedha.
16.235.4
tatreṣṭā brahmaṇā pūrvaṃ koṭi saṃkhyā makhottamāḥ ..
saṃsthāpya tu mahādevaṃ śaṃkaraṃ lokaśaṃkarama .. 4 ..
There formerly one crore of the best sacrifices were offered by Brahmā, / after having installed Mahādeva, Śaṃkara, who brings welfare to the world.
16.235.5
tasya uttarabhāgasthaṃ sahasrakratusaṃjñakam ..
śakraśca devarājo'pi sahasraṃ yaṣṭavānkratūn .. 5 ..
The one located in its northern part is named Sahasrakratu; / Śakra, the king of the gods, also offered a thousand sacrifices [there],
16.235.6
pratiṣṭhāpya mahāliṃgaṃ devānāmādidaivatam ..
gaṃdhapuṣpādividhinā paṃcāmṛtarasodakaiḥ .. 6 ..
having installed a great liṅga, the primal deity of the gods, / according to the rite, with fragrant powders, flowers, and the like, with the five nectars and water.
16.235.7
sa prāpnuyātphalaṃ devi liṃganāmodbhavaṃ kramāt ..
godānaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ ..7..
He obtains, O goddess, the fruit born of the name of the liṅga in order. / A gift of a cow should be given there by those desiring the full fruit of pilgrimage.
16.235.8
daśalakṣāṇi tīrthānāṃ tatra tiṣṭhaṃti bhāmini ..
liṃgatrayaṃ tathā madhye sarvapātakanāśanam .. .. 8 ..
Ten hundred thousand tīrthas stay there, O passionate lady, / and likewise in the center the three liṅgas, which destroy all sins.
16.235.235
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye daśāśvamedhamāhātmye śatamedhādi liṃgatrayamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcatriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 235 ..
Thus ends the two hundred and thirty-fifth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of the Three Liṅgas Beginning with Śatamedha in the Māhātmya of Daśāśvamedha,' in the first [part], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand [verses].
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