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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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