Skandapurana 16.367.p18
Skandapurāṇa 16.367.p18
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16.367.p18
16 pātālasthitai rākṣasaistejasā grasta trailokyaṃ dṛṣṭvā prabhākareṇa bhagavaccintanaṃ kṛtvā krodhādhmātena cakṣuṣā dṛṣṭānāṃ rākṣasānāṃ bhūmāvākāśataḥ patanam, tatasteṣāṃ rākṣasānāṃ pātāle gamanam, tatastatpātālabiladvāre liṃgasthāpanam , trisaṃgame snānadānaphalamāhātmyavarṇanam , tasya śrīmukhadvāretināmnā prasiddhikaraṇam, pātālavivarasunandādimātṛgaṇotpattivarṇanam, sunandādīnāṃ pūjāvidhānamāhātmyakathanam 24 2
16 Seeing the three worlds seized by the demons residing in Pātāla with their brilliance, the Sun meditates on the Blessed Lord; looked upon with eyes inflamed with rage, the demons fall to the earth from the sky; then those demons enter Pātāla; then a liṅga is installed at the entrance to that cavern in Pātāla; description of the fruit and māhātmya of ritual ablution and gifting at the confluence of the three; making it famous by the name Śrīmukhadvāra; description of the origin of the group of Mothers beginning with Sunandā from the cleft of Pātāla; explanation of the rules of worship and the māhātmya of Sunandā and the others. 24.2
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