Skandapurana 17.4
Skandapurāṇa 17.4
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- Sanskrit
17.4.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi dunnāvilleti viśrutam ..
yojanasyāṃtare devi paścime maṃgalasthiteḥ .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the well-known Dunnāvilla, / at a distance of a yojana to the west of the station of Maṅgalā, O goddess. // 1
17.4.2
dunnako yatra bhīmena bhuktvā tyaktaḥ purā priye ..
tatraiva vivaraṃ divyaṃ mahā pātālamārgadam .. 2 ..
Where, having eaten, the dunnaka was formerly discarded by Bhīma, O beloved, / right there is a divine chasm that provides a great path to Pātāla. // 2
17.4.3
tasya kalpaḥ purā proktaḥ pātālottarasaṃgrahe ..
tatra liṃgānyanekāni siddhasthānāni ṣoḍaśa .. 3 ..
Its ritual procedure was told long ago in the Pātālottarasaṃgraha; / there are many liṅgas there, sixteen abodes of perfections. // 3
17.4.4
suvarṇasyākaraḥ pūrvaṃ tatsthānamabhavatpriye ..
tasminsthāne narairdevi gantavyaṃ bhūtilipsayā .. 4 ..
Formerly, that place was a mine of gold, O beloved; / men desirous of prosperity should go to that place, O goddess. // 4
17.4.4_1
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe dvitīye vastrāpathakṣetramāhātmye dunnāvillahṛdgiristhānamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ .. 4 ..
Thus ends the fourth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of the Dunnāvillahṛda Mountain Abode,' in the Vastrāpathakṣetramāhātmya, in the second [sub-section of] Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the seventh part of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 4
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