Skandapurana 16.245
Skandapurāṇa 16.245
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16.245.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi tatraivoparisaṃsthitam ..
sarasvatyāstaṭe devi parṇādityasya paścime .. 1 ..
Īśvara said:
Then one should go, O great goddess, situated right there above, / on the bank of the Sarasvatī, O goddess, to the west of Parṇāditya.
16.245.2
tatrāste sumahalliṃgaṃ sthāpitaṃ brahmaṇā purā ..
brahmeśvareti vikhyātaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 2 ..
There is a very great liṅga installed anciently by Brahmā, / renowned as Brahmeśvara, the destroyer of all sins.
16.245.3
tatra snātvā dvitīyāyāṃ sopavāso jiteṃdriyaḥ ..
arcayeddevadeveśaṃ nāmnā brahmeśvaraṃ śubham..
tarpayecca pitṝñchrāddhe yadīcchecchāśvataṃ padam .. 3 ..
Bathing there on the second day [of the lunar fortnight], fasting, with senses subdued, / one should worship the auspicious god of gods named Brahmeśvara, / and propitiate the ancestors in a funeral rite if one desires the eternal abode.
16.245.245
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame pramāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye brahmeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcacatvāriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 245 ..
Thus ends the two hundred and forty-fifth chapter, titled ‘Description of the Māhātmya of Brahmeśvara,’ in the first [part], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.
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