Skandapurana 16.358
Skandapurāṇa 16.358
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16.358.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tasmādīśānadigbhāge tatkoṭinagaraṃ smṛtam ..
tasya dakṣiṇadigbhāge sthitaṃ yojanamātrakam ..
koṭīśvaraṃ mahāliṃgaṃ koṭiyajñaphalapradam .. 1 ..
Īśvara said:
In the north-eastern direction from there is celebrated the city named Tatkoṭi;
situated just one yojana to its southern direction
is the great liṅga Koṭīśvara, which grants the fruit of ten million sacrifices.
16.358.2
snātvā tatra vidhānena yastalliṃgaṃ prapūjayet ..
sa muktaḥ pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ koṭiyajñaphalaṃ labhet .. 2 ..
Having bathed there according to rule, whoever worships that liṅga
is freed from all sins and attains the fruit of ten million sacrifices.
16.358.357
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye koṭīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptapaṃcāśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 357 ..
Thus ends the three hundred fifty-seventh chapter, titled 'The Description of the Greatness of Koṭīśvara', in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, the first section of the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, the seventh part of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.
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