[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 16.367.p41 # Skandapurana 16.367.p41 Skandapurāṇa 16.367.p41 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.367.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p41) 39 prabhāsayātrāvarṇane kaparddīśvaradarśanottaraṃ kedāreśvaratīrthe gamanam, tato bhīmeśvarasamīpasthavṛddhiliṃgapūjanam, kedāreśvaramāhātmyavarṇane śaśabiṃdusaṃjñakasya rājñaḥ patnyā saha yātrāṃ kartuṃ kedāreśvare gamanam, tatra rājñā raibhyādyṛṣigaṇāndṛṣṭvā jāgarādikaraṇam, tato raibhyādibhiḥ śaśabiṃdoḥ prāgjanmagatavṛttāntajñānāya someśvaraṃ tyaktvā kedāreśvarāgamanakāraṇajñānāya ca praśnakaraṇam, tato rājñā svaprāgjanmavṛttāntavarṇane brāhmaṇapūjakasevādharmaviśiṣṭādhikāriśūdrajanmakathanam, tato'nāvṛṣṭisamaye kṣuttṛṣābhyāṃ pīḍitasya sapatnīkasya svasya prabhāsakṣetre gamanakathanam, tatra sarvatītheṃṣu snātvā nānāliṃgapūjanādikaṃ vidhāya tato rāmasarasi gatvā pratidinaṃ rāmasarogatāni sarasijāni samādāya vikrīya tenaivodarapoṣaṇam , tataḥ kasmiṃścitsamaye kaṃcitprāsādamavalaṃbya niśi svapatnyā saha sthitena śūdreṇākasmādgītadhvaniṃ śrutvā kasmiṃścitsthale jāgaraṇaṃ pracalitamiti vijñāya tatra kamalāni vikretuṃ nijabhāryayā saha gamanam, tatra kedāreśvarāparanāmakavṛddhiliṃgadarśanam ,tatrānaṃgavatīveśyāyā darśanam , tena śūdreṇa jāgarakāraṇe pṛṣṭe kenāpyanyapuruṣeṇa taṃ prati śivarātrijāgaraṇaphalakathanam, tataḥ sapatnīkena śūdreṇa śivarātrijāgaraṇopavāsādikaraṇena janmāṃtare rājakule janmaprāptivarṇanam, kedāreśvara (rudreśvara) liṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam 63 2 > 39 In the description of the pilgrimage to Prabhāsa: going to the Kedāreśvara tīrtha after darśana of Kapardīśvara; then the worship of the Vṛddhiliṅga situated near Bhīmeśvara; in the description of the Kedāreśvaramāhātmya: the going of the king named Śaśabindu together with his wife to Kedāreśvara to perform a pilgrimage; there, the king observing a vigil and other rites upon seeing the hosts of seers such as Raibhya; then Raibhya and the others questioning \[him\] to know the story of Śaśabindu's previous birth and to know the reason for coming to Kedāreśvara while leaving Someśa; then, in the king's recounting of his previous birth, the account of his birth as a śūdra entitled to and distinguished by the virtue of serving brahmin-worshippers; then, at the time of a drought, the account of his own going, afflicted by hunger and thirst along with his wife, to the sacred field of Prabhāsa; there, having bathed in all the tīrthas and having performed the worship of various liṅgas, then going to Rāmasaras, gathering lotuses that grew in Rāmasaras every day, selling them, and maintaining his belly by that alone; then at a certain time, by that śūdra, who was staying at night leaning against a certain temple along with his own wife, suddenly hearing the sound of singing, realizing that a vigil was taking place in a certain spot, and going with his own wife to sell lotuses there; there, the darśana of the Vṛddhiliṅga, another name for Kedāreśvara; there, the darśana of the courtesan Anaṅgavatī; when the reason for the vigil was asked by that śūdra, the narration by another man to him of the fruit of the vigil on Śivarātri; then, by the śūdra along with his wife, through keeping a vigil, fasting, and other rites on Śivarātri, the description of attaining birth in a royal family in another life; the description of the māhātmya of the Kedāreśvara (Rudreśvara) liṅga. 63 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.367.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p40) - [Next: 16.367.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p42) - [Up: 16.367](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.367.p41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p41) · Pramāṇa