Skandapurana 3.1.53.41
Skandapurāṇa 3.1.53.41
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3.1.53.41
37 atha phullagrāmasthakṣīrakuṇḍamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatprasaṃgena mudgalabrāhmaṇacaritravarṇanam , tatra mudgalena yajñe kriyamāṇe tatra yajñe prādurbhūtasya mahāviṣṇormudgalena stutyā prasādanam, atha mudgalamunimanoṣitapūraṇāya bhagavatā viṣṇunā viśvakarmadvārā mudgalāśrame vistīrṇaṃ kuṇḍaṃ khānayitvā surabhīṃ prati payaḥpūraṇāyājñāpya surabhyā 'khaṇḍapayasā pūrite tasminkuṇḍe bhagavatā mudgalāya sāyaṃprātarhomārthaṃ tatkuṇḍaṃ dattvā tasya kṣīrasara iti nāma kṛtvā mudgalāya varaṃ pradāyāntardhānakaraṇam, mudgalasya maharṣerbhagavatprītaye homādisvadharmācaraṇapūrvakaṃ dehānte mokṣaprāptiḥ, kṣīra-kuṇḍamāhātmyaprasaṃgena svasapatnyāśchalakāriṇyāḥ kadrvākhyāyāḥ kaśyapapatnyā-śchalajanyapātakanivṛttivṛttāntavarṇanam, kṣīrakuṇḍamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... 68 2
37. Now begins the description of the māhātmya of Kṣīrakuṇḍa situated in Phullagrāma; in that connection, the account of the deeds of the brahmin Mudgala; there, while a sacrifice was being performed by Mudgala, the propitiation through praise by Mudgala of Mahāviṣṇu who appeared at that sacrifice; then, in order to fulfill the desire of the sage Mudgala, the Lord Viṣṇu, having a broad pool dug at Mudgala's hermitage through Viśvakarman and commanding Surabhi to fill it with milk, when that pool was filled by Surabhi with boundless milk, the Lord giving that pool to Mudgala for his evening and morning fire oblations, naming it Kṣīrasaras, granting a boon to Mudgala, and disappearing; the great seer Mudgala, after practicing his own duties such as fire oblations to please the Lord, attaining liberation at the end of his body; in connection with the māhātmya of Kṣīrakuṇḍa, the narration of the account of the removal of the sin born of deceit of Kaśyapa's wife named Kadrū, who deceived her co-wife; the description of the māhātmya of Kṣīrakuṇḍa. ... 68 2
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