Skandapurana 16.89
Skandapurāṇa 16.89
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16.89.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchedvarārohe kapālīśvaramuttamam ..
rudraṃ tṛtīyaṃ pāpaghnaṃ nīlarudrasyapūrvataḥ .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O fair-hipped lady, to the supreme Kapālīśvara, / the third Rudra, destroyer of sins, east of Nīlarudra, 1
16.89.2
budheśvarātpaścimato dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam ..
chinnaṃ mayā purā devi brahmaṇaḥ paṃcamaṃ śiraḥ .. 2 ..
situated seven bow-lengths to the west of Budheśvara. / Long ago, O goddess, I severed the fifth head of Brahmā. 2
16.89.3
tatkapālaṃ kare lagnaṃ prabhāsakṣetramāgataḥ ..
tato varṣasahasraṃ tu saṃsthitaḥ kṣetramadhyataḥ .. 3 ..
With that skull clinging to my hand, I came to Prabhāsakṣetra. / Then for a thousand years I remained in the midst of the sacred field. 3
16.89.4
kapāladhārī digvāsāḥ kapālī tena ca smṛtaḥ ..
tanmayā pūjitaṃ liṃgaṃ varṣāṇāmayutaṃ priye .. 4 ..
Holding the skull, sky-clad, I was therefore remembered as Kapālī. / That liṅga was worshipped by me for ten thousand years, O beloved. 4
16.89.5
kapālirūpamāsthāya kapālīśastataḥ smṛtaḥ ..
sarvapāpaharo nṛṇāṃ darśanātsparśanādapi .. 5 ..
Having assumed the form of Kapālī, he is therefore remembered as Kapālīśa; / he removes all sins of mortals through mere darśana and touch. 5
16.89.6
mayā tatra niyuktā vai rakṣārthaṃ śūlapāṇayaḥ ..
gaṇāḥ sahasraśo devi pāpināṃ duṣṭacetasām .. 6 ..
There I appointed trident-bearing gaṇas / by the thousands, O goddess, for protection against sinners of wicked mind. 6
16.89.7
tasmātsarvaprayatnena samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ ..
pūjayettaṃ mahādevaṃ kapālinamanāmayam .. 7 ..
Therefore, with every effort and endowed with full faith, / one should worship that faultless Mahādeva, Kapālin. 7
16.89.8
hiraṇyaṃ tatra dātavyaṃ brāhmaṇe vedapārage ..
pūjayitvā vidhānena samyaktatpuruṣāṇunā .. 8 ..
Gold should be given there to a brahmin who has mastered the Vedas, / having duly worshipped [the liṅga] with the Tatpuruṣa mantra. 8
16.89.9
janmaprabhṛti yatpāpaṃ prāṇibhiḥ samupārjitam ..
ṣaḍaśītimukhe dṛṣṭvā talliṃgaṃ tu vyapohati .. 9 ..
Whatever sin has been amassed by living beings from birth onwards, / beholding that liṅga during the Ṣaḍaśītimukha destroys it. 9
16.89.10
iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam ..
kapālirudradevasya tṛtīyasya varānane .. 7.1.89.10 ..
Thus, in brief, has been declared the sin-destroying māhātmya / of the third god, Kapālirudra, O fair-faced lady. 7.1.89.10
16.89.89
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya ekādaśarudramāhātmye kapā līśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 89 ..
Thus ends the eighty-ninth chapter, entitled "Description of the Māhātmya of Kapālīśvara", in the Māhātmya of the Eleven Rudras, in the first Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. 89
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