Skandapurana 16.50
Skandapurāṇa 16.50
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16.50.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ rāhupratiṣṭhitam ..
śanaiścareśvarāddevi vāyavye saṃpratiṣṭhitam .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the liṅga established by Rāhu, / situated, O goddess, to the northwest of Śanaiścareśvara. 1
16.50.2
ajādevyāścottarato dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam ..
maṃgalāyāḥ samīpasthaṃ nātidūre vyavasthitam .. 2 ..
It stands to the north of Ajādevī at a distance of seven bows, / situated near Maṅgalā, not very far away. 2
16.50.3
liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ tu saiṃhikeyapratiṣṭhitam ..
tatra varṣasahasraṃ tu vaipracittistapo'karot .. 3 ..
The liṅga of great power was established by the son of Siṃhikā; / there the son of Vipracitti performed tapas for a thousand years. 3
16.50.4
svarbhānuḥ sa mahāvīryo vaktrayodhī mahāsurāḥ ..
samārādhya mahādevaṃ divyena tapasā prabhum .. 4 ..
That Svarbhānu of great valor, the great Asura who fights with his mouth, / worshipped the Lord Mahādeva with divine tapas, 4
16.50.5
liṃge'vatārayāmāsa jagaddīpaṃ maheśvaram ..
yaścainaṃ pūjayedbhaktyā naraḥ samyakca paśyati ..
tasya pāpaṃ kṣayaṃ yāti api brahmavadhodbhavam .. 5 ..
and caused Maheśvara, the light of the universe, to descend into the liṅga. / And whatever man worships it with devotion and beholds it properly, / his sin is destroyed, even that arisen from the slaying of a brahmin. 5
16.50.6
nāṃdho na badhiro mūko na rogī na ca nirddhanaḥ ..
kadācijjāyate martyastena dṛṣṭena bhūtale .. 6 ..
When it is beheld on earth, a mortal is never born / blind, deaf, mute, diseased, or destitute. 6
16.50.7
sukhasaubhāgyasaṃpannastadā bhavati rūpavān ..
sarvakāmasamṛddhātmā modate divi devavat .. 7 ..
He then becomes endowed with happiness and good fortune, handsome, / his soul enriched with all desires, and he rejoices in heaven like a god. 7
16.50.8
iti te kathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ rāhudaivatam ..
śrutvā tu mohaniryāto naro niṣkalmaṣo bhavet .. 8 ..
Thus the māhātmya dedicated to Rāhu has been related to you, O goddess; / having heard it, a man is freed from delusion and becomes stainless. 8
16.50.50
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye rāhvīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcāśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 50 ..
Thus ends the fiftieth chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of Rāhvīśvara,” in the first Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand [verses]. 50
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