Skandapurana 16.295
Skandapurāṇa 16.295
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16.295.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tasmādīśāna digbhāge indrasthānamanuttamam ..
gavyūtipañcamātreṇa yatra candrasaraḥ priye .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / To the northeast of that is the supreme abode of Indra, / at a distance of five gavyūtis, where the Moon's Lake is situated, O dear one. (1)
16.295.2
tasmāduttaradigbhāge nātidūre vyavasthitam ..
yatra candrodakaṃ devi jarādāridryanāśanam .. 2..
To the north of that, situated not very far away, / is where Candrodaka is, O goddess, which destroys old age and poverty. (2)
16.295.3
candrānuvṛddhyā tadvṛddhiḥ kṣayastatsaṃkṣaye bhavet..
tasminpāpayuge'pyevaṃ kadācitsaṃpradṛśyate..3..
Its increase occurs with the waxing of the moon, and its waning with the waning [of the moon]; / even in this sinful age [the Kaliyuga], it is seen thus at times. (3)
16.295.4
tatra snātvā mahādevi yadi pāpasahasrakam..
kṛtaṃ so'tra samāyāti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā..4..
Having bathed there, O great goddess, even if a thousand sins / have been committed, he attains this [purification] here; there should be no doubt about this. (4)
16.295.5
tatrāhilyāprasaṃgotthamahāpātakabhīruṇā..
gautamodbhavaśāpena vilakṣyīkṛtacetasā .. 5 ..
There, afraid of the great sin arising from his intercourse with Ahalyā, / his mind humiliated by the curse originating from Gautama, (5)
16.295.6
indreṇa ca purā devi iṣṭaṃ vipuladakṣiṇaiḥ ..
tatra varṣasahasrāṇi saṃsthāpya śivamīśvaram ..
indreśvareti nāmnā vai sarvapātaka nāśanam .. 6 ..
sacrifices with generous gifts were performed long ago by Indra, O goddess, / having established Śiva, Īśvara, there for a thousand years / under the name Indreśvara, the destroyer of all sins. (6)
16.295.7
candratīrthe naraḥ snātvā saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ ..
indreśvaraṃ ca saṃpūjya mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 7 ..
A person having bathed in Candratīrtha, having satisfied the ancestors and deities, / and having worshipped Indreśvara, is liberated; there is no doubt about this. (7)
16.295.295
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye candrodakatīrthamāhātmya indreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcanavatyuttara dviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 295 ..
Thus ends the two hundred and ninety-fifth chapter, named the Description of the Māhātmya of Indreśvara in the Māhātmya of Candrodakatīrtha, in the first [part], the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsakṣetra, in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa. (295)
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