Skandapurana 16.43
Skandapurāṇa 16.43
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16.43.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchedvarārohe liṃgaṃ sūryapratiṣṭhitam ..
someśātpaścime bhāge dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam..
ādityeśvaranāmānaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 1 ..
Īśvara said:
Then one should go, O lady of fair hips, to the liṅga consecrated by Sūrya,
situated seven bow-lengths to the west of Someśa,
named Ādityeśvara, which destroys all sins. / 1
16.43.2
tretāyuge mahādevi samudreṇa mahātmanā ..
ratnaiḥ saṃpūjitaṃ liṃgaṃ varṣāṇāmayutaṃ priye .. 2 ..
In the Tretā age, O great goddess, by the high-souled Ocean,
that liṅga was worshipped with jewels for ten thousand years, O beloved. / 2
16.43.3
tena ratneśvaraṃnāma sāṃprataṃ prathitaṃ kṣitau ..
paṃcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya paṃcaratnaiḥ prapūjayet ..3..
Therefore it is currently renowned on earth by the name Ratneśvara.
Having bathed it with the five nectars, one should worship it with the five jewels. / 3
16.43.4
tato rājopacāreṇa pūjayedvidhivannaraḥ ..
evaṃ kṛte mahādevi merudānaphalaṃ labhet ..4..
Then a person should worship it duly with royal services.
When this is done, O great goddess, he obtains the fruit of giving Mount Meru, / 4
16.43.5
sarveṣāṃ caiva yajñānāṃ dānānāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ ..5..
and of all sacrifices and gifts; of this there is no doubt; / 5
16.43.6
tīrthānāṃ cāpi sarveṣāṃ yaccānyatsukṛtaṃ bhuvi ..
uddharetpitṛvargaṃ ca mātṛvargaṃ ca mānavaḥ .. 6 ..
and of all sacred fords, as well as whatever other good deed [exists] on earth.
A mortal shall deliver the multitude of his paternal ancestors and maternal ancestors. / 6
16.43.7
bālye vayasi yatpāpaṃ vārddhake yauvane'pi vā ..
kṣālayeccaiva tatsarvaṃ dṛṣṭvā ratneśvaraṃ naraḥ .. 7 ..
Whatever sin was committed in childhood, old age, or youth,
a person washes away all of that by beholding Ratneśvara. / 7
16.43.8
dhenudānaṃ praśaṃsaṃti tasminsthāne maharṣayaḥ ..
dhenudastārayennūnaṃ daśa pūrvāndaśāparān .. 8 ..
Great seers praise the gift of a cow in that place.
A giver of a cow will surely liberate ten preceding and ten succeeding generations. / 8
16.43.9
devasya dakṣiṇe bhāge yo japecchatarudriyam ..
saṃpūjya vidhivalliṃgaṃ na sa bhūyaḥ prajāyate ..9..
Whoever mutters the Śatarudrīya on the southern side of the god,
having worshipped the liṅga duly, is not born again. / 9
16.43.10
evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktamādityeśamahodayam ..
śrutvā'vadhārya yatnena mucyate karmabaṃdhanaiḥ .. 7.1.43.10 ..
Thus has the great majesty of Ādityeśa been declared in brief.
Having heard and grasped it with effort, one is freed from the bonds of action. / 10
16.43.43
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya ādityeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tricatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 43 ..
Thus ends the forty-third chapter, named the Description of the Greatness of Ādityeśvara, in the first [part], the Greatness of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the seventh Prabhāsa section, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. / 43
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