Skandapurana 16.284
Skandapurāṇa 16.284
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16.284.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi sukanyāsara utamam ..
yatrāśvinau nimagnau tau cyavanena sahāṃbike ..
samānarūpo hyabhavaccyavano yatra so'śvinā .. 1 ..
Īśvara said:
Then, O great goddess, one should go to the excellent Sukanyāsaras, / where those two Aśvins plunged together with Cyavana, O Ambikā, / and where Cyavana came to have a form identical to that of the Aśvins. // 1
16.284.2
yatra prāptavatī kāmaṃ sukanyā varavarṇinī ..
saraḥsnānaprabhāvena tena kanyāsaraḥ smṛtam ..
tatra snātā śubhā nārī tṛtīyāyāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 2 ..
Where Sukanyā, of fair complexion, obtained her desire / through the power of bathing in the pool; therefore it is known as Kanyāsaras. / A virtuous woman who bathes there, especially on the third [lunar day], // 2
16.284.3
saptajanmasahasrāṇi gṛhabhaṃgaṃ na cāpnuyāt ..
daridro vikalo dīno nāṃdhastasyā bhavetpatiḥ .. 3 ..
shall not suffer the ruin of her household for seven thousand births; / nor shall her husband ever be poor, deformed, wretched, or blind. // 3
16.284.284
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye cyavaneśvaramāhātmye sukanyāsaromāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturaśītyuttara dviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 284 ..
Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-fourth chapter, named 'The Description of the Glory of Sukanyāsaras in the Glory of Cyavaneśvara', in the first [part], the Glory of Prabhāsa Field, in the seventh [section], the Prabhāsa Section, in the compilation of eighty-one thousand [verses] in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.
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