Skandapurana 16.251
Skandapurāṇa 16.251
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16.251.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi śaṃkarādityamuttamam ..
gaṃgeśvarasya pūrveṇa śaṃkareṇa pratiṣṭhitam .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Next, O great goddess, one should go to the excellent Śaṃkarāditya, / installed by Śaṃkara to the east of Gaṅgeśvara.
16.251.2
ṣaṣṭhyāṃ caiva tu śuklāyāmenaṃ yaḥ pūjayiṣyati ..
gamiṣyati paraṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo divākaraḥ .. 2 ..
And whoever worships this [deity] on the sixth lunar day of the bright fortnight / will go to the supreme abode where the divine Sun resides.
16.251.3
raktacaṃdanamiśraiśca raktapuṣpaiḥ samāhitaḥ ..
tāmrapātre samādhāya yo'rghyaṃ dāsyati mānavaḥ ..
sa yāsyati parāṃ siddhiṃ na ca yāti daridratām.. 3 ..
Having collected [them] in a copper vessel, with red sandalwood mixed with red flowers, / the attentive person who offers the guest water / will attain supreme perfection and never suffer poverty.
16.251.4
tasmātsarvaprayatnena tasminkṣetre varānane ..
pūjayecchaṃkarādityaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam .. 4 ..
Therefore, O fair-faced goddess, with every effort in that sacred field / one should worship Śaṃkarāditya, who grants the fruits of all desires.
16.251.251
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye śaṃkarādityamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikapañcāśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 251 ..
Thus ends the two hundred fifty-first chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Śaṃkarāditya,' in the first section, the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.
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