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Skandapurana 16.46

Skandapurāṇa 16.46

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16.46.1

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi tasyaivottarataḥ sthitam ..
liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ tu budheśvaramiti śrutam .. 1 ..

Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the liṅga situated to the north of it, / of great majesty, known as Budheśvara.

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16.46.2

dhanuṣāṃ dvitaye caiva nātidūre vyavasthitam ..
sarvapāpa haraṃ liṃgaṃ darśanādeva bhāmini .. 2 ..

Situated at a distance of two bow-lengths, not very far, / it is a liṅga that takes away all sins merely by darśana, O lovely woman.

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16.46.3

budhena caiva deveśi tatra taptaṃ mahātapaḥ ..
sthāpitaṃ vimalaṃ liṃgaṃ samārādhya sadāśivam .. 3 ..

And by Budha, O goddess of the gods, great austerity was performed there; / having propitiated Sadāśiva, the spotless liṅga was installed [by him].

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16.46.4

varṣāyutāni catvāri saṃpūjya tu vidhānataḥ ..
ananyacetāḥ śāṃtātmā pratyakṣīkṛtavānbhavam.. 4 ..

Having worshipped according to rule for forty thousand years, / with undivided mind and peaceful soul, he brought Bhava before his eyes.

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16.46.5

tatastuṣṭamanā devo grahatvaṃ tasya taddadau ..
taṃ saṃpūjya vidhānena somaputrapratiṣṭhitam..
saumyāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣeṇa rājasūyaphalaṃ labhet .. 5 ..

Then, with a pleased mind, the god granted him status as a planet. / Having worshipped according to rule that [liṅga] installed by the son of Soma, / particularly on a Wednesday eighth [lunar day], one obtains the fruit of a Rājasūya sacrifice.

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16.46.6

na daurbhāgyaṃ kule tasya na caiveṣṭaviyojanam ..
śatruto na bhayaṃ tasya bhavettasyaprasādataḥ .. 6 ..

There is no misfortune in his family, nor separation from cherished ones; / through his grace, he has no fear from enemies.

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16.46.7

iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ budhadaivatam..
śrutvā'bhinaṃdya prayataḥ prāpnoti paramaṃ padam .. 7 ..

Thus the māhātmya dedicated to the deity Budha has been declared in brief; / having heard it and rejoiced, restrained, one attains the supreme state.

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16.46.46

iti śrīskānde mahāpu rāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye budheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaṣaṭcatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 46 ..

Thus in the glorious Skanda Purāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand [verses], in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the first Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, the forty-sixth chapter named 'Description of the Budheśvara-māhātmya'.

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