Skandapurana 16.352
Skandapurāṇa 16.352
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16.352.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi suparṇelāṃ ca bhairavīm ..
durgakūṭāddakṣiṇato dhanuḥpaṃcaśatāṃtare .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to Suparṇelā Bhairavī, / five hundred bow-lengths south of Durgakūṭa. 1
16.352.2
suparṇena purā devi pātālādamṛtaṃ hṛtam ..
gṛhītvā tatra muktaṃ tu nāgānāṃ paśyatāṃ kila .. 2 ..
Anciently, O goddess, the nectar was carried off from Pātāla by Suparṇa; / having seized it, it was set down there, indeed, while the Nāgas watched. 2
16.352.3
tato devyā tadā dṛṣṭvā rakṣitaṃ nāgapārśvataḥ ..
tataḥ suparṇeletyevaṃ khyātā sā vasudhātale .. 3 ..
Then, having seen [it], it was protected by the goddess from the side of the Nāgas. / Therefore she became famed on the earth as Suparṇelā. 3
16.352.4
ilā tu kathyate bhūmiḥ suparṇena pratiṣṭhitā ..
tataḥ suparṇeletyeva nāmnā pātakanāśinī .. 4 ..
For 'ilā' is said to be the earth, established by Suparṇa; / therefore, by the name Suparṇelā, she destroys sins. 4
16.352.5
suparṇakuṇḍe tatraiva snātvā tāṃ pūjayennaraḥ ..
viprebhyo bhojanaṃ dadyānnāpadbhirmriyate naraḥ ..
jīvavatsā bhavennārī ātmajaiścāpyalaṃkṛtā .. 5 ..
Bathing right there in Suparṇakuṇḍa, a person should worship her / and offer food to brahmins; that person does not die of misfortunes; / a woman will have living offspring and be adorned with sons. (5)
16.352.351
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye suparṇelāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikapañcāśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..351..
Thus ends the three hundred and fifty-first chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Suparṇelā', in the First [Book], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the Seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. (351)
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