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Skandapurana 16.366

Skandapurāṇa 16.366

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16.366.1

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi hiraṇyāyāśca uttare ..
siddhisthānāni divyāni yatra siddhā maharṣayaḥ .. 1 ..

The Lord said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the north of the Hiraṇyā, / to the divine abodes of perfections where great seers attained perfection. // 1

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16.366.2

tatra liṃgānyanekāni śakyaṃte kathituṃ na hi ..
sāgraṃ śataṃ punastatra liṃgānāṃ pravaraṃ smṛtam ..2..

There are manifold liṅgas there, which cannot possibly be fully told; / yet one hundred and more liṅgas there are considered foremost. // 2

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16.366.3

vajriṇyāstu taṭe devi liṃgānyekonaviṃśatiḥ ..
nyaṃkumatyāstaṭe devi sahasraṃ dviśatādhikam .. 3 ..

On the bank of the Vajriṇī, O goddess, there are nineteen liṅgas; / on the bank of the Nyaṅkumatī, O goddess, a thousand and two hundred more. // 3

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16.366.4

prādhānyena varārohe pūrve svāyaṃbhuveṃ'tare ..
kapilāyāstaṭedevi liṃgānāṃ ṣaṣṭiruttamā .. 4 ..

Chiefly, O fair-hipped goddess, during the former Svāyambhuva manvantara, / on the bank of the Kapilā, O goddess, is an excellent [group] of sixty liṅgas. // 4

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16.366.5

sarasvatyāṃ punastatra liṃgasaṃkhyā na vidyate ..
evaṃ paṃcamukhā devi liṃgamālā vibhūṣitā .. 5 ..

Along the Sarasvatī, moreover, the number of liṅgas there is beyond reckoning. / In this way, adorned with a garland of liṅgas, [she is] five-mouthed, O goddess. // 5

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16.366.6

prabhāse kathitā devi paṃcasrotāḥ sarasvatī ..
yasyāḥ pravāhaiḥ saṃbhinnaṃ kṣetraṃ dvādaśayojanam .. .. 6..

In Prabhāsa, O goddess, the Sarasvatī is said to possess five streams, / by whose waters the sacred field of twelve yojanas is intersected. // 6

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16.366.7

tatra vāpīṣu kūpeṣu yatra tatrodbhavaṃ jalam ..
sārasvataṃ tu tajjñeyaṃ te dhanyā ye pibaṃti tat .. 7 ..

The water arising anywhere therein, in step-wells and wells, / is to be understood as belonging to Sarasvatī; blessed are those who drink it. // 7

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16.366.8

yatratatra naraḥ snātvā samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ ..
sārasvatasnānaphalaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 8 ..

Bathed anywhere [in them], a person endowed with full faith / obtains the fruit of a ritual ablution in the Sarasvatī; of this there is no doubt. // 8

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16.366.9

yatproktaṃ sparśaliṃgaṃ tu śrīsomeśeti viśrutam ..
prabhāsakṣetraliṃgānāṃ kalā tasyaiva śāṃkarī ..9 ..

That which is declared to be the sparśaliṅga, renowned as the glorious Someśa, / the liṅgas of the sacred field of Prabhāsa are indeed a portion of Śiva proceeding from it. // 9

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16.366.10

yadvā tadvā pūjayitvā liṃgaṃ kṣetrasya madhyagam ..
śrīsomeśamiti jñātvā someśaḥ pūjito bhavet ..7.1.366.10..

Whichever liṅga located in the midst of the sacred field one worships, / understanding it to be the glorious Someśa, Someśa is thereby worshipped. // 10

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16.366.365

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye prakīrṇasthānaliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcaṣaṣṭyuttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 365 ..

Thus ends the three hundred and sixty-fifth chapter, titled "Description of the Māhātmya of the Miscellaneous Liṅgas of the Sacred Field," in the first [part], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh [section], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand [verses]. [365]

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16.366.365_1

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇe saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathamaṃ prabhāsakṣetra māhātmyaṃ sampūrṇam .. ( 7-1) ..

Thus ends completely the first [part], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh [section], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. (7.1)

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