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Skandapurana 16.42

Skandapurāṇa 16.42

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16.42.1

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi caṇḍīśaṃ devamuttamam ..
someśādīśadigbhāge dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam .. 1 ..

Īśvara said:
Then one should go, O great goddess, to Caṇḍīśa, the supreme god,
situated seven bow-lengths in the north-eastern direction from Someśa, / 1

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16.42.2

daṇḍapāṇestu bhavanāddakṣiṇe nātidūragam ..
caṃḍyā pratiṣṭhitaṃ pūrvaṃ caṇḍenārādhitaṃ tataḥ .. 2 ..

not very far to the south of the residence of Daṇḍapāṇi.
It was consecrated formerly by Caṇḍī, and subsequently worshipped by Caṇḍa, / 2

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16.42.3

gaṇena mama deveśi tatkṛtvā duṣkaraṃ tapaḥ ..
tena caṇḍeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ prakhyātaṃ dharaṇītale .. 3 ..

my gaṇa, O ruler of gods, after performing severe austerity.
Therefore that Caṇḍeśvara liṅga is renowned across the surface of the earth. / 3

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16.42.4

snāpayetpayasā pūrvaṃ dadhnā ghṛtayutena ca ..
madhunekṣurasenaiva kuṃkumena vilepayet .. 4 ..

One should first bathe it with milk, and then with curds joined with ghee,
with honey, sugarcane juice, and smear it with saffron, / 4

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16.42.5

karpūrośīramiśreṇa mṛganābhirasena ca ..
candanena sugandhena puṣpaiḥ saṃpūjayettataḥ .. 5 ..

with musk-juice mixed with camphor and uśīra,
and with fragrant sandalpaste; then one should worship it with flowers. / 5

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16.42.6

dagdhvā dhūpaṃ puro devi tato devasya cāgurum ..
vastraiḥ saṃpūjayetpaścādātmavittānusārataḥ .. 6 ..

Having burnt incense and agallochum before the god, O goddess,
one should afterwards worship with garments according to one’s wealth. / 6

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16.42.7

naivedyaṃ paramānnaṃ ca dattvā dīpasama nvitam ..
tato dadyāddvijātibhyo yathāśaktyā tu dakṣiṇām.. 7 ..

Having offered food offerings, supreme rice, together with lamps,
one should then give a sacrificial fee to twice-borns according to one's means. / 7

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16.42.8

dakṣiṇāṃ diśamāsthāya yatkiṃcittatra dīyate..
caṇḍīśasya varārohe tatsarvaṃ cākṣayaṃ bhavet .. 8 ..

Whatever is given there towards the southern direction
of Caṇḍīśa, O lady of fair hips, all that becomes inexhaustible. / 8

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16.42.9

yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute tatra caṇḍīśasya tu dakṣiṇe ..
ākalpaṃ tṛptimāyāṃti pitarastasya bhāmini .. 9 ..

The man who performs a śrāddha there to the south of Caṇḍīśa,
his ancestors attain satisfaction until the end of the kalpa, O beautiful lady. / 9

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16.42.10

ayane cottare prāpte yaḥ kuryādghṛta kambalam ..
na sa bhūyo'tra saṃsāre janma prāpnoti dāruṇam.. 7.1.42.10 ..

And when the northern solstice has arrived, whoever offers a blanket of ghee,
he does not obtain terrible rebirth again in this saṃsāra. / 10

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16.42.11

evaṃ kṛtvā naro bhaktyā yātrāṃ devasya śūlinaḥ ..
nirmālyātikramodbhūtairajñānādbhakṣaṇodbhavaiḥ ..
pāpaiḥ pramucyate jaṃtustathā'nyaiḥ karmasaṃbhavaiḥ .. 11 ..

Performing thus with devotion the pilgrimage to the trident-bearing god,
a creature is released from the sins arising from stepping on discarded offerings,
from eating [them] through ignorance, and likewise from others born of actions. / 11

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16.42.42

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathameprabhāsakṣetramāhātmye caṇḍīśamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmadvicatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 42 ..

Thus ends the forty-second chapter, named the Description of the Greatness of Caṇḍīśa, in the first [part], the Greatness of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the seventh Prabhāsa section, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. / 42

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