Skandapurana 16.367.p15
Skandapurāṇa 16.367.p15
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16.367.p15
13 śākadvīpe bhramisthasya raverviśvakarmaṇā takṣaṇe kṛte satyanantaraṃ vibhāvasorhiraṇyagarbha- nāmnā bhūmyāmavataraṇam, kṛtatretādvāparakaliṣu sūryasavitṛbhāskarārkasthaleti nāmabhistasya prasiddhiḥ, arkamāhātmyavarṇanaprasaṅgena arkapatrabhakṣaṇaniṣedhakathanam, arkasthalatīrthe mahiṣyādidānamāhātmyavarṇanam, prabhāsapavitranāmakaraṇārkasthalotpattivṛttāntavarṇanam. 23 1
13 After the Sun, mounted on a lathe in Śākadvīpa, is pared down by Viśvakarman, the Sun descends to the earth under the name Hiraṇyagarbha; his renown in the Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali ages under the names Sūryasthala, Savitṛsthala, Bhāskarasthala, and Arkasthala; in connection with the description of the māhātmya of Arka, statement of the prohibition against eating arka leaves; description of the māhātmya of gifting buffaloes and the like at the Arkasthala-tīrtha; description of the story of the origin of Arkasthala, which gave rise to the holy name Prabhāsa. 23.1
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