Skandapurana 5.145
Skandapurāṇa 5.145
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5.145.1
.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..
ādityānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ vasurudrādikāśvinām ..
pratyekaśaḥ samācakṣva nāmāni tvaṃ mahāmate .. 1 ..
The seers said:
Of all the Ādityas, and of the Vasus, Rudras, and the Aśvins,
declare the names individually, O high-minded one!
5.145.2
.. sūta uvāca .. ..
vṛṣadhvajaśca śarvaśca mṛgavyādhastṛtīyakaḥ ..
ajaikapādahirbudhnyaḥ pinākī ṣaṣṭha eva hi .. 2 ..
Sūta said:
Vṛṣadhvaja, Śarva, Mṛgavyādha as the third,
Ajaikapād, Ahirbudhnya, and Pinākin as the sixth;
5.145.3
dahanaśceśvaraścaiva kapālī navamastathā ..
vṛṣākapistu daśamo rudrastryaṃbaka eva ca .. 3 ..
Dahana, Īśvara, and Kapālin as the ninth,
Vṛṣākapi as the tenth, and Rudra Tryambaka.
5.145.4
dhuro dhruvaśca somaśca makhaścaivānilo'nalaḥ ..
pratyūṣaśca prabhāsaśca vasavo'ṣṭau prakīrtitāḥ .. 4 ..
Dhura, Dhruva, Soma, Makha, Anila, Anala,
Pratyūṣa, and Prabhāsa: these are proclaimed the eight Vasus.
5.145.5
varuṇaśca tathā sūryo bhānuḥ khyātaśca tāpanaḥ ..
iṃdraścaivāryamā caiva dhātā caiva bhagastathā .. 5 ..
Varuṇa, Sūrya, Bhānu, and the renowned Tāpana,
Indra, Aryaman, Dhātṛ, and Bhaga;
5.145.6
gabhastirdharmarājaśca svarṇaretā divākaraḥ ..
mitraśca vāsudevaśca dvādaśaite ca bhāskarāḥ .. 6 ..
Gabhasti, Dharmarāja, Svarṇaretas, Divākara,
Mitra, and Vāsudeva: these are the twelve suns.
5.145.7
nāsatyaścaiva dasraśca khyātāvetau tathāśvinau ..
devavaidyau mahābhāgau tvāṣṭrīgarbhasamudbhavau .. 7 ..
Nāsatya and Dasra: these two are renowned as the Aśvins,
the physicians of the gods, highly fortunate, born of the womb of Tvaṣṭṛ's daughter.
5.145.8
trayastriṃśatsamākhyātā ete ye suranāyakāḥ ..
kṣetre'traivāsthitā nityaṃ dānavānāṃ vadhāya ca ..8..
These thirty-three leaders of the gods who have been declared,
stay always in this very sacred field for the destruction of the Dānavas.
5.145.9
yastānsaṃpūjayedbhaktyā puruṣaḥ saṃyateṃdriyaḥ..
yathoktadivase prāpte nāpamṛtyuḥ prajāyate .. 9 ..
The man of restrained senses who worships them with devotion
when the prescribed day arrives, no untimely death occurs for him.
5.145.10
aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ rudrāḥ pūjyā vicakṣaṇaiḥ ..
tasminkṣetre viśeṣeṇa vāṃchadbhiḥ paramaṃ padam ..6.146.10...
The Rudras are to be worshipped on the eighth and the fourteenth [lunar days] by the wise,
especially in that sacred field, by those who desire the supreme state.
5.145.11
daśamyāṃ vasavaḥ pūjyāstathāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣataḥ ..
svargaṃ samīhamānaiśca vilāsairvividhaistathā .. 11 ..
The Vasus are to be worshipped on the tenth, and especially on the eighth,
by those who desire heaven along with its various delights.
5.145.12
saptamyāmatha ṣaṣṭhyāṃ ca pūjanīyā divākarāḥ ..
ye vāṃchanti narāḥ sattvaṃ paripaṃthivivarjitam .. 12 ..
On the seventh and the sixth, the suns are to be worshipped
by men who desire strength free from adversaries.
5.145.13
devavaidyau tathā pūjyau dvādaśyāṃ vyādhisaṃkṣayam ..
ye vāṃchanti sadā martyā nīrujā sambhavaṃti te .. 13 ..
Likewise, the two physicians of the gods are to be worshipped on the twelfth by mortals
who always desire the destruction of disease; they become free from sickness.
5.145.146
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye'mareśvarakuṇḍamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭcatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 146 .. ..
Thus ends the one hundred and forty-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of the Pool of Amareśvara' in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth [part] of the auspicious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand [verses].
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