Skandapurana 16.52
Skandapurāṇa 16.52
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16.52.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
paṃcātha siddhaliṃgāni kathayāmi yaśasvini ..
yeṣāṃ darśanato devi siddhā yātrā bhavennṛṇām .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Next, O renowned one, I will tell of the five Siddha-liṅgas, / by the darśana of which, O goddess, the pilgrimage of men becomes successful. 1
16.52.2
someśādīśadigbhāge varāroheti yā smṛtā ..
tasyāśca pūrvadigbhāge devaṃ siddheśvaraṃ param ..
abhigamya naro bhaktyā aṇimādikamāpnuyāt .. 2 ..
To the northeast of Someśa is the one remembered as Varārohā; / and approaching with devotion the supreme deity Siddheśvara to the east of her, / a man attains [the perfections of] Aṇimā and the rest. 2
16.52.3
siddhaiḥ pratiṣṭhitaṃ liṃgaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhaktyā tu mānavaḥ ..
mucyate pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ siddhalokaṃ sa gacchati .. 3 ..
Having seen with devotion the liṅga established by the Siddhas, / a man is freed from all sins and goes to the realm of the Siddhas. 3
16.52.4
vighnāni nāśamāyāṃti tatra kṣetranivāsinām ..
kāmaḥ krodho bhaya lobho rāgo matsara eva ca .. 4 ..
Obstacles come to destruction for those dwelling in that sacred field: / desire, anger, fear, greed, passion, and malice, 4
16.52.5
īrṣyā daṃbhastathā''lasyaṃ nidrā mohastvahaṃkṛtiḥ ..
etāni vighnarūpāṇi siddhervighnakarāṇi tu .. 5 ..
jealousy, hypocrisy, laziness, sleep, delusion, and egotism— / these obstacles that cause hindrances to perfection. 5
16.52.6
tāni nāśaṃ samāyāṃti tatra siddhe śvarārcanāt ..
evaṃ jñātvā tu yatnena tatra yātrāṃ samācaret .. 6 ..
They come to destruction there by the worship of Siddheśvara. / Knowing this, one should diligently make a pilgrimage there. // 6
16.52.7
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ devi siddheśvaramahodayam..
sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇāṃ śrutaṃ pātakanāśanam .. 7 ..
Thus has the great exalted power of Siddheśvara been told, O goddess; / granting all desires to men, it destroys sin when heard. // 7
16.52.52
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye siddheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvipañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 52 ..
Thus ends the fifty-second chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Siddheśvara', in the first [part], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, an eighty-one-thousand-verse compendium. // 52
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