Skandapurana 16.45
Skandapurāṇa 16.45
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16.45.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi aṃgāreśvaramuttamam ..
sthāpitaṃ bhūmiputreṇa someśādīśa gocare .. 1 ..
Īśvara said:
Then one should go, O great goddess, to the excellent Aṅgāreśvara,
established by the son of the Earth within the range of north-east from Someśa. / 1
16.45.2
tripuraṃ dagdhukāmasya purā mama varānane ..
krodhādaśru viniṣkrāṃtaṃ locanatritayena tu ..2..
Anciently, O lovely-faced lady, when I desired to burn Tripura,
a tear came forth out of anger from my trio of eyes. / 2
16.45.3
tacca bhūmau nipatitaṃ tato bhūbhisuto'bhavat ..
sa prabhāsaṃ tato gatvā bālyātprabhṛti śaṃkaram .. 3 ..
And that fell on the ground; then the son of the Earth was born.
He, having gone to Prabhāsa, propitiated Śaṃkara with austerity / 3
16.45.4
tapasā''rādhayāmāsa bahūnvarṣagaṇānpriye ..
tasya tuṣṭo mahādevaḥ suprītātmā varaṃ dadau .. 4 ..
from his childhood for many groups of years, O beloved.
Mahādeva, pleased with him and well-disposed in mind, granted a boon. / 4
16.45.5
so'bravīdyadi me deva tuṣṭosi vṛṣabhadhvaja ..
grahatvaṃ dehi sarveśa na cānyaṃ varamutsahe .. 5 ..
He said: ‘If you are pleased with me, O god whose banner bears a bull,
grant [me] the status of a planet, O Lord of all; I do not desire any other boon.’ / 5
16.45.6
sa tatheti pratijñāya punastaṃ vākyamabravīt ..
ihāgatya naro yo māṃ pūjayiṣyati bhaktitaḥ .. 6 ..
Having promised ‘So be it’, he spoke this word again to him:
‘Whichsoever person, having arrived here, worships me with devotion, / 6
16.45.7
na bhaviṣyati vai pīḍā tāvakī tasya kutracit ..
puṣpāṇi raktavarṇāni madhvājyāktāni bhūriśaḥ .. 7 ..
no affliction caused by you shall ever befall him.
Red-colored flowers in abundance smeared with honey and ghee, / 7
16.45.8
homayiṣyati yo bhaktyā lakṣamekaṃ tadagrataḥ ..
paṃcopacāravidhinā tvāṃ tu saṃpūjya yatnataḥ .. 8 ..
whoever offers as oblation in fire with devotion, one hundred thousand before it,
having worshipped you carefully by the rite of fivefold service, / 8
16.45.9
tasya janmāvadhirnaiva tava pīḍā bhaviṣyati ...
tathā vidrumadānena lapsyate phalamīpsitam .. 9 ..
as long as his life lasts there shall be no affliction from you;
likewise, through the gift of coral, he will obtain his desired fruit.’ / 9
16.45.10
evamuktvā sa bhagavānatraivāṃtaradhīyana ..
bhaumo'pi grahamadhyastho vimānena virājate ..7.1.45.10..
Having spoken thus, the Lord disappeared right there.
Bhauma also, abiding in the midst of the planets, shines in an aerial chariot. / 10
16.45.11
evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ bhaumamāhātmyamuttamam..
śrutaṃ harati pāpāni tathārogyaṃ prayacchati .. 11 ..
Thus the excellent greatness of Bhauma has been declared in brief;
heard, it removes sins and bestows good health. / 11
16.45.45
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyeṃ'gāreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcacatvāriṃśodhyāyaḥ .. 45 ..
Thus ends the forty-fifth chapter, named the Description of the Greatness of Aṅgāreśvara, in the first [part], the Greatness of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the seventh Prabhāsa section, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. / 45
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