Skandapurana 16.72
Skandapurāṇa 16.72
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16.72.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ paśyedvighneśaṃ jalavāsasam ..
sarvavighnavināśāya sarvakāryaprasiddhaye .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Right there one should behold the Lord of Obstacles named Jalavāsas, / for the destruction of all obstacles and for the success of all undertakings.
16.72.2
varuṇena mahādevi taponirvighnahetave ..
pūjito jalajairbhaktyā jalavāsāstataḥ smṛtaḥ .. 2 ..
By Varuṇa, O great goddess, for the sake of freedom from obstacles in his austerity, / he was worshipped with water-born flowers in devotion; therefore he is remembered as Jalavāsas.
16.72.3
caturthyāṃ tarpayedbhaktyā gandhaiḥ puṣpaiḥ sa modakaiḥ ..
yathābhaktyanusāreṇa tasya tuṣyedgaṇādhipaḥ .. 3 ..
On the fourth lunar day, one should propitiate him with devotion, using perfumes, flowers, and modakas; / according to one's devotion, the Lord of Gaṇas is pleased with him.
16.72.72
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye jalavāsagaṇapatimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvisaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 72 ..
Thus ends the seventy-second chapter, named 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Jalavāsa-Gaṇapati,' in the first [part], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh [section], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses.
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