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Skanda Purana 16.367.p104

Skandapurāṇa 16.367.p104

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16.367.p104

103 dakṣayajñe kapālaṃ gṛhītvā jālmaveṣadhāriṇaḥ śaṃkarasyāgamanaṃ yajñamaṇḍapamadhye kapāla-prakṣepaṇaṃ ca, tatra kapālaṃ kṣiptaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvairhāhākārakaraṇam , tato maharṣistutyā maheśvareṇa svasvarūpaprakaṭanam, tatraiva kapāleśvaretināmnā liṃgasthāpanam , kapāleśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam. ................. 88 2

103 At the sacrifice of Dakṣa, Śaṃkara arriving in the guise of a base outcaste holding a skull-bowl, and hurling the skull-bowl into the middle of the sacrificial pavilion; seeing the skull-bowl thrown there, everyone raising a cry of lamentation; then, upon the praise of the great seers, Maheśvara revealing his true form; right there, the establishment of the liṅga by the name Kapāleśvara; description of the māhātmya of Kapāleśvara... 88 2

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