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Skanda Purana 16.367.p140

Skandapurāṇa 16.367.p140

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16.367.p140

139 mitranāmakakāyasthasya citranāmakaputreṇa pitaryuparate prabhāsametyādityārādhanāṃ kṛtvā'-nekaprakāreṇādityaṃ stutvā sveṣṭavaraprāptikaraṇam, tataḥ snānārthaṃ sarasi nimajyantaṃ citraṃ prati yamājñayā yamakiṃkaraiḥ sadehena yamaloke nayanam, tatra yamena prāṇi caritralekhakakarmaṇi citraguptetināmnā saṃsthāpanākaraṇam, prabhāse citreśvareti liṃgasthāpanam , citrādityaliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam .... .... .... 107 1

139. Citra, the son of the Kāyastha named Mitra, coming to Prabhāsa after his father passed away, worshiping Āditya, praising Āditya in diverse ways, and obtaining his desired boon; then, as Citra plunged into a pool to bathe, being taken in his physical body to the realm of Yama by the messengers of Yama at Yama's command; there, being appointed by Yama to the office of recording the deeds of living beings under the name Citragupta; the installation of the liṅga named Citreśvara at Prabhāsa; and description of the māhātmya of the Citrāditya liṅga. 107 1

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