Skandapurana 16.361
Skandapurāṇa 16.361
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16.361.1
.. .. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi hiraṇyātaṭasaṃsthitam ..
ghaṭikāsthānamiti ca yatra siddhaḥ purā ṛṣiḥ .. 1 ..
Īśvara said:
Then, O great goddess, one should go to the place called Ghaṭikāsthāna,
situated on the bank of the Hiraṇyā, where a seer attained perfection in ancient times.
16.361.2
nāḍyaikayā mṛkaṇḍastu dhyānayogādvarānane ..
tatraiva sthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ mārkaṃḍeśvaranāmataḥ ..
sarvapāpopaśamanaṃ darśanātpūjanādapi .. 2 ..
Through the yoga of meditation, Mṛkaṇḍu [attained perfection] in a single hour, O lovely-faced lady;
right there the liṅga was installed under the name Mārkaṇḍeśvara,
which appeases all sins merely by darśana and worship.
16.361.360
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye mārkaṃḍeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṣṭyuttara triśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 360 ..
Thus ends the three hundred sixtieth chapter, titled 'The Description of the Greatness of Mārkaṇḍeśvara', 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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