Skandapurana 16.345
Skandapurāṇa 16.345
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16.345.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ vai hāṭakeśvaram ..
jaradgavātpūrvabhāge dhanuṣāṃ ṣaṣṭibhistribhiḥ .. 1 ..
Īśvara said:
Then one should go, O great goddess, to the liṅga indeed of Hāṭakeśvara, / to the eastern part of Jaradgava, at a distance of sixty-three bow-lengths.
16.345.2
nāmnā naleśvaraṃ devi sthāpitaṃ tu nalena vai ..
damayantīyutenaiva jñātvā kṣetraṃ taduttamam .. 2 ..
Named Naleśvara, O goddess, installed indeed by Nala / accompanied by Damayantī, knowing that best of sacred fields.
16.345.3
taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ .. kalibhirmucyate jaṃturdyūte ca vijayī bhavet .. 3 ..
Having seen it, O goddess, and having worshipped according to the ordinances, a mortal / is freed from strife, and a creature becomes victorious in gambling.
16.345.345
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye naleśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcacatvāriṃśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 345 ..
Thus ends the three hundred and forty-fifth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Naleśvara', in the first [part], the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Saṃhitā of eighty-one thousand [verses] in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.
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