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Skanda Purana 16.260

Skandapurāṇa 16.260

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16.260.1

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi devaṃ siddheśvaraṃ param ..
tasyaiva paścime bhāge siddhaiḥ saṃsthāpitaṃ purā ..1 ..

Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the supreme god Siddheśvara, / established in ancient times by the Siddhas in its western part.

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16.260.2

siddhā nāma surāḥ pūrvaṃ tatrāgatya varānane ..
liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsuḥ siddhyarthaṃ sarvavastuṣu .. 2..

In ancient times, the gods known as Siddhas came there, O fair-faced woman, / and installed the liṅga for the sake of attaining perfection in all things.

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16.260.3

tatastuṣṭo mahādevi teṣāṃ dṛṣṭvā tapo mahat ..
aṇimādikamaiśvaryaṃ teṣāṃ sarvaṃ dadau śivaḥ .. 3 ..

Then, pleased upon seeing their great austerity, O great goddess, / Śiva granted them all sovereign powers, beginning with the power of becoming atomic.

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16.260.4

abravīdatra me nityaṃ sānidhyaṃ ca bhaviṣyati .. 4 ..

He said: “And here my presence will be perpetual.

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16.260.5

caitre śuklacaturddaśyāṃ yo'tra māṃ pūjayiṣyati ..
sa yāsyati paraṃ sthānaṃ prasādānmama puṇyakṛt .. 5 ..

Whoever worships me here on the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight of Caitra, / that merit-maker shall go to the supreme abode through my grace.”

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16.260.6

evamuktvā'tha bhagavāñjagāmādarśanaṃ tataḥ ..
siddhāścaiva tadā''gatya pūjayaṃti maheśvaram .. 6 ..

Having spoken thus, the Lord then vanished from sight; / and the Siddhas, having come, worship Maheśvara.

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16.260.7

yastamārādhayedbhaktyā saṃsiddhiṃ labhate'dbhutām..
īpsitāṃ ca suraśreṣṭhe tasmāttaṃ pūjayetsadā .. 7 ..

Whoever worships him with devotion attains wondrous perfection, / and what is desired, O best among the gods; therefore, one should always worship him.

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16.260.260

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye siddheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṣṭyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 260 ..

Thus ends the two hundred and sixtieth chapter, entitled “The Description of the Māhātmya of Siddheśvara,” 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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