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Skandapurana 16.47

Skandapurāṇa 16.47

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16.47.1

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi devaṃ guruniṣevitam..
umāyāḥ pūrvadigbhāge siddheśāgneyagocare .. 1 ..

Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the god served by Guru, / to the eastern region of Umā, in the southeast area of Siddheśa.

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16.47.2

saṃsthitaṃ tu mahalliṃgaṃ devācārya pratiṣṭhitam ..
ārādhya parayā bhaktyā liṃgaṃ varṣasahasrakam .. 2 ..

There stands the great liṅga installed by the preceptor of the gods. / Having worshipped the liṅga with supreme devotion for a thousand years,

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16.47.3

toṣayāmāsa deveśaṃ bhavaṃ śarvamumāpatim ..
prāptavānakhilānkāmānaprāpyānakṛtātmabhiḥ .. 3 ..

he satisfied the lord of gods, Bhava, Śarva, the lord of Umā. / He obtained all desires unobtainable by the undisciplined.

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16.47.4

devānāṃ caiva pūjyatvaṃ prāpya jñānamathaiśvaram..
grahatvaṃ ca tathā prāpya modate divi sāṃpratam .. 4 ..

And having obtained the status of being worshipped by the gods, divine knowledge, / and likewise planetary status, he now rejoices in heaven.

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16.47.5

taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo bhaktyā na durgati mavāpnuyāt..
bṛhaspatikṛtaṃ liṃgaṃ ye paśyaṃti narottamāḥ .. 5 ..

Having seen it with devotion, a human being does not meet an evil state. / Those best among men who see the liṅga made by Bṛhaspati,

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16.47.6

bṛhaspatikṛtā pīḍā naiva teṣāṃ hi jāyate ..
tatra śuklacaturdaśyāṃ guruvāre tathā priye .. .. 6 ..

affliction caused by Bṛhaspati never arises for them. / There, on the bright fourteenth [lunar day], and on Thursday, O beloved,

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16.47.7

saṃpūjya vidhivalliṃgaṃ samyagrājopacārataḥ ..
athavā bhaktibhāvena prāpnuyātparamaṃ padam .. 7 ..

having worshipped the liṅga according to rule with all royal services, / or with a disposition of devotion, one attains the supreme state.

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16.47.8

snānaṃ palasahasreṇa paṃcāmṛtarasena yaḥ ..
karoti bhaktyā martyo vai mucyate sa ṛṇatrayāt ..8..

A mortal who performs with devotion a ritual ablution / with a thousand palas of the liquid of fivefold ambrosia, is indeed freed from the three debts:

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16.47.9

mātṛkātpaitṛkāddevi tathā gurusamudbhavāt ..
sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā nirdvaṃdvo muktimāpnuyāt .. 9 ..

from the maternal, from the paternal, O goddess, and from that originating from the guru. / Purified in soul from all sins, free from the pairs of opposites, he attains liberation.

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16.47.10

evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ gurudaivatam ..
śṛṇuyādyastu bhāvena tasya prīto gururbhavet .. 7.1.47.10 ..

Thus has been declared in brief the māhātmya dedicated to the deity Guru. / For him who listens with devotion, Guru will be pleased.

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16.47.47

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye vṛhaspatīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 47 .... ..

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

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