Skandapurana 16.79
Skandapurāṇa 16.79
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16.79.1
.. īśvara uvāca.. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi lakulīśaṃ mahāprabham ..
tasya paścimadigbhāge dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam .. 1 ..
The Lord said:
Then, O great goddess, one should go to Lakulīśa of great splendour, / situated seven bows to the west of him,
16.79.2
pāpaghnaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ śāṃtaṃ mūrtisthitaṃ prabhum ..
samāyātaṃ mahākṣetre tatra kāyāvarohaṇāt .. 2 ..
who destroys the sin of all creatures, peaceful, the Lord stationed in his image, / who arrived in this great sacred field from Kāyāvarohaṇa.
16.79.3
kṛtvā tatra tapaścograṃ dīkṣayitvātmaśiṣya kān ..
kuśakādīṃśca catura uktvā śāstrāṇyanekaśaḥ .. 3 ..
Having performed severe austerity there and initiated his disciples— / Kuśaka and the rest, four [in all]—and taught numerous scriptures,
16.79.4
nyāyavaiśeṣikādīni tataḥ siddhiṃ parāṃ gataḥ..
evaṃ jñātvā tu yaḥ samyaktaṃ samarcayate naraḥ .. 4 ..
beginning with Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika, he then attained supreme perfection. / Knowing this properly, the man who worships him,
16.79.5
kārttikyāṃ tu viśeṣeṇa ayane cottarepi vā ..
vidyādānaṃ ca tatraiva dadyādviprāya śāline .. 5 ..
especially on the full moon day of Kārttika or during the northern course of the sun, / and who also gives the gift of knowledge there to a virtuous brahmin,
16.79.6
saptajanmāni viprasya dhanāḍhyasya kule śubhe ..
jāyate matimāndhīmāñchrīmānevaṃ punaḥpunaḥ .. 6 ..
is born for seven births in the auspicious lineage of a wealthy brahmin, / intelligent, wise, and prosperous, again and again.
16.79.79
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsa kṣetramāhātmye lakulīśvaramāhātmya varṇanaṃnāmaikonāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 79 .. ..
Thus ends the seventy-ninth chapter, named ‘Description of the Māhātmya of Lakulīśvara’, in the first Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya of the seventh Prabhāsa section, in the Skanda-Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.
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