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Skanda Purana 16.303

Skandapurāṇa 16.303

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16.303.1

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi uttare devamuttamam ..
yastamārādhayeddevaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam .. .. 1 ..

The Lord said: / Then one should go, O Great Goddess, to the excellent god in the north. / Whoever propitiates that god, the destroyer of great sins— (1)

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16.303.2

tasyaiva paścime bhāge dhanuṣāṃ tritaye sthitam ..
śeṣādipramukhairnāgairmahatā tapasā yutaiḥ ..
samārādhya mahādevaṃ sthāpitaṃ liṃgamuttamam .. 2 ..

situated on its western side, at a distance of three bow-lengths, / the excellent liṅga established by the serpents led by Śeṣa / possessing great austerity, having propitiated Mahādeva— (2)

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16.303.3

yastamārādhayeddevaṃ sarpairārādhitaṃ purā ..
na viṣaṃ kramate dehe tasya janmāvadhi priye .. 3 ..

whoever worships that god formerly worshipped by serpents, / poison does not affect his body for the duration of his life, O dear one. (3)

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16.303.4

sarpāstasya prasīdanti na kuṃthaṃti kadācana ..
tasmātsarvaṃ prayatnena talliṃgaṃ pūjayennaraḥ .. 4 ..

Serpents are pleased with him and never torment him. / Therefore, with all effort, a person should worship that liṅga. (4)

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16.303.5

tatra liṃgānyanekāni ṛṣibhiḥ sthāpitāni tu ..
gaṃgātīre mahāpuṇye paścime varavarṇini .. 5 ..

There are many liṅgas there established by the seers / on the supremely sacred bank of the Gaṅgā to the west, O fair-complexioned lady. (5)

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16.303.6

tāni dṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ..
aśvamedhasahasrasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 6 ..

Having seen and worshipped them, a person is freed from all sins / and attains the fruit of a thousand horse-sacrifices. (6)

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16.303.303

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye saṃgāleśvaramāhātmya uttareśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tryuttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 303 ..

Thus ends the three hundred and third chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Uttareśvara in the Māhātmya of Saṅgāleśvara', in the first [section,] the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses]. (303)

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