Skanda Purana 16.301
Skandapurāṇa 16.301
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16.301.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi siddheśvaramanuttamam ..
tasyaiva pūrvadigbhāge nātidūre vyavasthitam .. 1 ..
The Lord said: / Then one should go, O Great Goddess, to the unexcelled Siddheśvara, / situated on its eastern side, not very far away. (1)
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yadā devaiḥ sametyāśu śivaliṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhitam ..
saṃgāleśvara nāmāḍhyaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ śubham .. 2 ..
When the gods assembled and swiftly consecrated the Śiva-liṅga, / richly named Saṅgāleśvara, auspicious and dispelling all sins, (2)
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tadā siddhagaṇāḥ sarve samārādhya vṛṣadhvajam ..
sthāpayāṃcakrire liṃgaṃ sarvasiddhipradāyakam .. 3 ..
then all the hosts of Siddhas, having propitiated him whose banner bears a bull, / established a liṅga that bestows all perfections, (3)
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tatsiddheśvara nāmāḍhyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam ..
tuṣṭuvurvividhaiḥ stotraistadā siddhagaṇāḥ śivam .. 4 ..
richly named Siddheśvara, the destroyer of great sins. / Then the hosts of Siddhas praised Śiva with various hymns. (4)
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tatastuṣṭo mahādevo yācyatāṃ varamuttamam ..
namaskṛtya tataḥ sarve procuśca śaśiśekharam .. 5 ..
Then Mahādeva was pleased: 'Ask for an excellent boon!' / Bowing down, they all then said to the moon-crested Lord: (5)
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ihāgatya naro yastu snātvā ca vidhipūrvakam ..
arcayetsiddhanāthaṃ ca japecca śatarudriyam .. 6 ..
'Whoever, coming here and bathing according to the rules, / should worship Siddhanātha and recite the Śatarudrīya, (6)
16.301.7
aghoraṃ vā japenmantraṃ gāyatryaṃ ca maheśvaram ..
ṣaṇmāsābhyantareṇaiva japecca munisattamāḥ ..
aṇimādiguṇaiśvaryaṃ saṃsiddhiṃ prāpnuyāddhruvam ..7 ..
or should recite the Aghora mantra, or the Gāyatrī to Maheśvara, / and recite it within six months, O best of sages, / he will surely attain perfection and the sovereign power of [siddhis like] minuteness and the rest.' (7)
16.301.8
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
evaṃ bhaviṣyatītyuktvā hyaṃtardhānaṃ gato haraḥ ..
siddheśvaraṃ tu saṃpūjya hyaghoraṃ ca japennaraḥ .. 8 ..
The Lord said: / Having said, 'So shall it be,' Hara disappeared. / Having worshipped Siddheśvara and recited the Aghora [mantra], (8)
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āśvayukkṛṣṇapakṣe tu caturdaśyāṃ mahāniśi ..
dhairyamālaṃbya nirbhīkaḥ sa siddhiṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ .. 9 ..
in the dark fortnight of Āśvina on the fourteenth day at dead of night, / relying on courage, fearless, that person attains perfection. (9)
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ityetatkathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam ..
siddheśvarasya devasya sarvakāmaphalapradam .. 7.1.301.10 ..
Thus this sin-destroying māhātmya of god Siddheśvara / that grants the fruit of all desires has been related, O Goddess. (7.1.301.10)
16.301.301
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya siddheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikottaratriśata tamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 301 ..
Thus ends the three hundred and first chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Siddheśvara', in the first [section,] the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses]. (301)
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