Skandapurana 16.287
Skandapurāṇa 16.287
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16.287.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi ajāpāleśvarīṃ śubhām ..
agastyasthānapūrveṇa nātidūre vyavasthitām .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the auspicious Ajāpāleśvarī, / situated not very far to the east of Agastya's place. // 1
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raghuvaṃśasamudbhūto hyajāpālo nṛpottamaḥ ..
sa tatra devīmārādhya pāparogavaśaṃkarīm .. 2 ..
There was a king, best among rulers, named Ajāpāla, born in Raghu's lineage. / He, having propitiated the goddess there who subdues sinful diseases, // 2
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ajārūpāṃśca rogānvai cārayāmāsa bhūmipaḥ ..
tatra tāṃ sthāpayāmāsa svanāmnā pāpanāśinīm ... .. 3 ..
and having tended the diseases that had assumed the form of goats, that ruler of the earth / installed her there, the destroyer of sins, after his own name. // 3
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yastāṃ pūjayate bhaktyā tṛtīyāyāṃ vidhānataḥ ..
bala buddhiryaśo vidyāṃ saubhāgyaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ .. 4 ..
Whoever worships her with devotion according to the prescribed rites on the third lunar day / will obtain strength, intellect, fame, learning, and good fortune. // 4
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye'jāpāleśvarīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptāśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 287 .. ..
Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-seventh chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Ajāpāleśvarī', in the first [part], the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, of the seventh [section], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.
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