Skandapurana 16.288
Skandapurāṇa 16.288
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16.288.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi bālādityamiti śrutam ..
agatsyasthānataḥ pūrve gavyūtidvitayena tu.. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to that which is renowned as Bālāditya, / two gavyūtis to the east of Agastya's place. // 1
16.288.2
sthānaṃ sapāṭikānāma tasyadakṣiṇataḥ sthitam ..
gavyūtimātraṃ deveśi bālārka iti viśrutam .. 2 ..
South of that place named Sapāṭikā, / at a distance of a single gavyūti, O ruler of the gods, is that celebrated as Bālārka, // 2
16.288.3
yatra cārādhitā vidyā viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā ..
saṃsthāpya liṃgatritayaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya tathā ravim .. 3 ..
where the sacred lore was mastered by the wise Viśvāmitra / after establishing a triad of liṅgas and consecrating the Sun. // 3
16.288.4
vidyāyāḥ sādhanaṃ cakre siddhiṃ sūryādavāptavān .
bālādityeti tenāsau tataḥ khyātimagātprabhuḥ .. 4 ..
He accomplished the mastery of the sacred lore and obtained perfection from the Sun; / hence that lord attained renown by the name Bālāditya. // 4
16.288.5
taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi bhāskarapāpataskaram..
na dāridryamavāpnoti yāvajjīvati mānavaḥ .. 5 ..
Having beheld that Sun, who steals away sins, O goddess, / a mortal never encounters poverty as long as he lives. // 5
16.288.288
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bālārkamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭāśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 288 .. ..
Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-eighth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Bālārka', 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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