Skandapurana 16.269
Skandapurāṇa 16.269
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16.269.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi vidurasyāśramaṃ mahat ..
yatrākarottapo raudraṃ viduro dharma mūrttimān .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the great hermitage of Vidura, / where Vidura, righteousness embodied, performed terrible austerity, 1
16.269.2
pratiṣṭhāpya mahādevaṃ liṃgaṃ tribhuvaneśvaram ..
taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt ..2..
having installed Mahādeva, the liṅga that is lord of the three worlds. / Seeing him, O goddess, a mortal obtains all desires. 2
16.269.3
vidurāṭṭālakaṃ nāma gaṇagaṃdharvasevitam ..
dvādaśasthānakaṃ sthānaṃ nālpapuṇyena labhyate .. 3 ..
Named Vidurāṭṭālaka, it is served by the hosts of attendants and Gandharvas. / A station of twelve stations, it is not gained with small merit. 3
16.269.4
nāvarṣaṇaṃ bhavettatra kadācidapi pārvati ..
liṃgāni tatra divyāni paśyetpāpopaśāṃtaye .. 4 ..
Drought never occurs there at any time, O Pārvatī. / One should look upon the divine liṅgas there for the pacification of sins. 4
16.269.269
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye vidurāśrama māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonasaptatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..269..
Thus ends the two hundred and sixty-ninth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Vidura's Hermitage,' in the first [part], the 'Glory of Prabhāsa-kṣetra,' of the seventh section, Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses.
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