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Skandapurana 16.341

Skandapurāṇa 16.341

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16.341.1

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
āśāpūraṃ tato gacchedvighnarājamakalmaṣam ..
śaśibhūṣaṇa vāyavye saṃsthitaṃ vighnanāśanam..
āśāṃ pūrayate yasmāttenāśāpūrakaḥ smṛtaḥ ..1 ..

Īśvara said: / Then one should go to the blameless Vighnarāja Āśāpūra, / situated to the north-west of Śaśibhūṣaṇa, the destroyer of obstacles; / because he fulfills desires, he is called Āśāpūraka. 1

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16.341.2

yatra rāmeṇa deveśi sītayā lakṣmaṇena ca ..
samārādhya ca vighneśaṃ prāptaṃ kāmamabhīpsitam.. 2 ..

Where, having worshipped the lord of obstacles, O ruler of gods, / Rāma, together with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa, obtained their desired wish; 2

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16.341.3

yatra caṃdramasā devi samārādhya gaṇādhipam ..
labdhaṃ tadvāṃchitaṃ pūrvaṃ sarvakuṣṭhavināśanam .. 3 ..

where, O goddess, having worshipped the leader of the gaṇas, the Moon / obtained of old his desired wish: the destruction of all leprosy. 3

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16.341.4

caturthyāṃ śuklapakṣe ca māsi bhādrapade tathā ..
tatra saṃpūjya deveśaṃ modakairbhojayeddvijān .. 4 ..

On the fourth day in the bright half of the month of Bhādrapada, / having worshipped the lord of gods there, one should feed the twice-born with sweetmeats (modakas). 4

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16.341.5

vāñchitāṃ labhate siddhiṃ vighnarājaprasādataḥ ..
kṣetrasyāsya mahādevi rakṣārthaṃ tu mayā purā .. 5 ..

By the grace of the king of obstacles, one obtains the desired perfection (siddhi). / For the protection of this sacred field, O great goddess, by me of old, 5

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16.341.6

tato niyukto deveśi yāyināṃ vighnanāśanaḥ .. 6 ..

then was the destroyer of obstacles appointed, O ruler of gods, for travelers. 6

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16.341.341

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya āśāpūravighnarāja māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikacatśariṃśaduttara triśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 341 ..

Thus ends the three hundred and forty-first chapter, titled 'Description of the māhātmya of Āśāpūravighnarāja' in the first [part], the Māhātmya of Prabhāsakṣetra, in the seventh [section], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the Skandapurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. 341

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