Skandapurana 16.320
Skandapurāṇa 16.320
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16.320.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tasmācca pūrvadigbhāge kiñcidāgneyasaṃsthitam ..
liṃgadvayaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ viśvakarmapratiṣṭhitam .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / And to the east of that, situated slightly to the south-east, / is a pair of most holy liṅgas installed by Viśvakarman. 1
16.320.2
yadā vai nagaraṃ kartuṃ tvaṣṭā tatra samāgataḥ ..
pratiṣṭhāpya mahādevaṃ nagaraṃ kṛtavāṃstataḥ .. 2 ..
Indeed, when Tvaṣṭṛ arrived there to build the city, / he installed Mahādeva first and then built the city. 2
16.320.3
kṛtvā ca nagaraṃ ramyaṃ liṃgasyāsya prabhāvataḥ ..
punaḥ pratiṣṭhitaṃ rligaṃ tena vai viśvakarmaṇā .. 3 ..
And having built the charming city by the power of this liṅga, / another liṅga was installed by that very Viśvakarman. 3
16.320.4
karmādau karmaṇaścānte yātrodvāhagṛhādike ..
liṃgadvayaṃ pūjayitvā siddhimāpnoti tatkṣaṇāt .. 4 ..
At the beginning and end of any undertaking, on a journey, at a wedding, in housebuilding and the like, / by worshipping the pair of liṅgas, one attains success that very moment. 4
16.320.5
tasmātsarvaprayatnena gaṃdhāmṛtarasodakaiḥ ..
naivedyai vividhairdevi liṃgayugmaṃ prapūjayet .. 5 ..
Therefore, with every effort, with perfumes, nectar-like juices, and water, / and various food offerings, O goddess, one should worship the pair of liṅgas. 5
16.320.320
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya unnatasthānamāhātmye liṃgadvayamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma viṃśottaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 320 ..
Thus ends the three hundred and twentieth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Greatness of the Pair of Liṅgas' in the Greatness of the Unnata Place, in the Greatness of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the first [part] in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, the seventh [book] of the Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand [verses]. 320
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