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Skanda Purana 16.367.p154

Skandapurāṇa 16.367.p154

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Sanskrit

16.367.p154

153 brahmaṇā yajñe samārabdhe dravyābhāvādyajñasamāptirnaiveti matvā dravyaprāptyarthaṃ prabhāse śivārādhanākaraṇam . tataḥ śivājñayā dravyarūpeṇa sarasvatyāḥ pravahaṇam, tasyāṃ sara-svatyāṃ samutpannaṃ kāñcanapadmarūpaṃ bahudhanaṃ labdhvā brahmaṇā yajñasamāptikaraṇam, tatraiva hiraṇyeśvaretināmnā liṃgasthāpanam, hiraṇyeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam 112

153. When a sacrifice had begun, Brahmā considering that without material wealth the sacrifice could not be completed at all, and worshiping Śiva at Prabhāsa to obtain wealth; then, by Śiva's command, the flowing of the Sarasvatī in the form of wealth; Brahmā obtaining abundant wealth in the form of golden lotuses that arose in that Sarasvatī and completing the sacrifice; the installation of the liṅga right there under the name Hiraṇyeśvara; description of the māhātmya of Hiraṇyeśvara. 112

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