Skandapurana 16.316
Skandapurāṇa 16.316
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16.316.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
atha devakulātpūrve paṃcagavyūtimātrataḥ ..
śaṃbarasthāna madhye tu kṣemādityeti viśrutaḥ .. 1 ..
Īśvara said:
Now, five gavyūtis to the east of Devakula, / in the midst of the site of Śambara, is the one celebrated as Kṣemāditya.
16.316.2
taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi bhavetkṣemārthasiddhibhāk ..
saptamyāṃ ravivāreṇa pūjitaḥ sarvakāmadaḥ .. 2 ..
Having seen him, O goddess, a mortal attains safety and the realization of his goals. / Worshipped on a Sunday on the seventh lunar day, he grants all desires.
16.316.3
iti devakulasthāne kathitā tīrthasaṃsthitiḥ .. 3 ..
Thus has the location of the tīrthas in the locality of Devakula been described.
16.316.316
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetra māhātmye kṣemādityamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣoḍaśottaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 316 ..
Thus ends the three hundred and sixteenth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Kṣemāditya', in the first [part], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh [book], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skandamahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.
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