Skandapurana 3.1.53.15

3.1.53.15

12 atha maṅgalākhyatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam tatprasaṃgena manojavākhyarājavṛttāntavarṇanam, ahaṃkāravato manojavanṛpasya brāhmaṇebhyaḥ karagrahaṇajanyapāpena golabhākhyena taccha-trubhūpena rājyaharaṇapūrvakaṃ rājyānnirvāsanam , atha patnīputrābhyāṃ saha manojavasya vane gamanam , ttra putrasya kṣutparītatāṃ vilokya manojavasya duḥkhenātipaścāttāpaka-raṇapūrvakaṃ mūrchayā patanam, tatpatnyāḥ sumitrākhyāyā vilāpakaraṇam, putrasyāpi rodanam , atha tasminnavasare tatra teṣāṃ samīpe parāśaramaharṣerāgamanam, parāśa-reṇa rājopari maṃtrapūtajalasecanena tasya mūrchāpanayanam , tato rājñā vijñāpitena parāśaramuninā rājānaṃ prati śrīrāmasetusthamaṃgalākhyatīrthayātropāyakathanapūrvakamekā- kṣararāmamaṃtropadeśakaraṇam, munyājñayā bhāryāputrābhyāṃ saha maṃgalatīrthaṃ gatvā catvā-riṃśaddinaparyaṃrtaṃ maṃtropāsanānuṣṭhānaṃ kṛtavato manojavanṛpasya purato maṃgalākhyatī-rthāddhanurniṣaṅgakhaṅgacarmagadāmusalaśaṅkhavājiyuktasasārathisapatākarathakāṃcanamayakava- cādisarvarājālaṃkārādivastuprādurbhāvaḥ, tato manojavena parāśaramunaye teṣāṃ sarva- vastūnāṃ nivedanam, atha parāśareṇa muninā manojavabhūpasya mantrābhiṣekakaraṇam, brahmāstrādyastravidyāpradānapūrvakāśīḥpradānaṃ ca, atha manojavanṛpeṇa svapuraṃ pratyāga- tya brahmāstreṇa golabhanṛpaṃ vināśya nijarājyaṃ prāpya dharmeṇa vartanam, aṃte maṅga- latīrthamāsādya tanutyāgānantaraṃ manojavabhūpasya śivalokāvāptivarṇanam... 23 2

12. Now, description of the māhātmya of the sacred ford named Maṅgala. In that connection, account of the king named Manojava: King Manojava's arrogance, and, through the sin arising from levying taxes upon brahmins, the seizure of his kingdom by his enemy-king named Golabha, followed by his banishment from the kingdom; then, Manojava's going to the forest together with his wife and son; there, seeing his son overcome with hunger, Manojava's falling in a faint after extreme repentance in sorrow; the lamentation of his wife named Sumitrā; the weeping also of the son; then, at that moment, the arrival of the great seer Parāśara near them; Parāśara's reviving him from the faint by sprinkling water sanctified by mantras over the king; then, upon being entreated by the king, the sage Parāśara's imparting to the king the one-syllable Rāma mantra along with explaining the means of undertaking a pilgrimage to the sacred ford named Maṅgala located at Śrī Rāmasetu; upon the sage's instruction, King Manojava's going to Maṅgala-tīrtha with his wife and son and performing the observance of worship with the mantra for forty days, before whom from the Maṅgala sacred ford there manifested a bow, quivers, sword, shield, mace, pestle, conch, a chariot equipped with horses, driver, and flags, golden armor, and all other royal ornaments and appurtenances; then Manojava's presenting all those items to the sage Parāśara; then the sage Parāśara's consecrating King Manojava with mantras and giving him blessings accompanied by the transmission of weapon-lore such as the Brahmāstra; then King Manojava's returning to his city, slaying King Golabha with the Brahmāstra, regaining his kingdom, and governing righteously; finally, after reaching Maṅgala-tīrtha and casting off his body, the description of King Manojava's attainment of Śiva's world... 23 2