Skandapurana 16.66
Skandapurāṇa 16.66
- Language
- Sanskrit
16.66.1
.. .. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahāliṃgamarghyeśvaramiti śrutam ..
uttare tu viśālākṣyā nātidūre vyavasthitam .. 1 ..
Īśvara said:
Then one should go to the great liṅga known as Arghyeśvara,
situated to the north of Viśālākṣī, not very far away,
16.66.2
liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi suragandharvapūjitam ..
yadā devī samāyātā vaḍavānaladhāriṇī .. 2 ..
a liṅga of great power, worshipped by gods and gandharvas.
When the Goddess carrying the submarine fire arrived,
16.66.3
prabhāsakṣetramāsādya dṛṣṭvā tatra mahodadhim ..
arghyaṃ dattavatī tatra vidhinā tanmahodadheḥ .. 3 ..
having reached the sacred field of Prabhāsa and seeing the great ocean there,
she offered an arghya offering to that great ocean according to rule.
16.66.4
pratiṣṭhāpya mahalliṃgaṃ saṃpūjya vidhinā tataḥ ..
praviveśātha deveśi snānārthaṃ ca mahodadhau .. 4 ..
Then, having established the great liṅga and worshipped it according to rule,
she entered into the great ocean for a ritual ablution, O ruler of gods.
16.66.5
yasmādarghyaṃ purā dattvā paścādīśaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ ..
tenārghyeśeti vikhyātaṃ liṃgaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam .. 5 ..
Because an arghya was offered first and the Lord was established afterwards,
therefore the liṅga which destroys sin is known as Arghyeśa.
16.66.6
paṃcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya vidhinā yastamarcayet ..
saptajanmāni deveśi sa vidyāmadhigacchati ..
samyakchāstrapravaktā ca sarvasaṃdehavittamaḥ .. 6 ..
He who bathes it with the five nectars and worships it according to rule,
he attains learning for seven births, O ruler of gods,
and becomes a proper expositor of the scriptures and the best knower of all doubts.
16.66.66
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye'rghyeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 66 ..
Thus ends the sixty-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Arghyeśvara,' in the first [sub-section], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh [section], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation