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Skandapurana 5.39

Skandapurāṇa 5.39

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5.39.1

.. sūta uvāca .. ..
tasyaivottaradigbhāge dhundhumāreśvarasya ca ..
yayātinā nareṃdreṇa sthāpitaṃ liṃgamuttamam .. 1 ..

Sūta said: / In the northern region of that very Dhundhumāreśvara, / an excellent liṅga was installed by King Yayāti,

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5.39.2

devayānyā tathānyacca tathā śarmiṣṭhayā dvijāḥ ..
bhāryayā bhūpatestasya sarvakāmaphalapradam .. 2 ..

and another by Devayānī, and also by Śarmiṣṭhā, O twice-born, / the wives of that king, bestowing the fruit of all desires.

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5.39.3

sa yadā sarvabhogānāṃ tṛptiṃ prāpto dvijottamāḥ ..
tadā putrasya rājyaṃ svaṃ vapuścaiva nyavedayat ..3..

When he had reached satiety with all pleasures, O best of the twice-born, / he then offered his kingdom and his own body to his son.

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5.39.4

jarāmādāya tadgātrādbhāryābhyāṃ sahitastadā ..
papraccha vinayopeto mārkaṃḍaṃ munisattamam .. 4 ..

Taking back the old age from his [son's] body, accompanied by his two wives, / he then, endowed with humility, questioned Mārkaṇḍa, best of sages.

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5.39.5

bhagavansarvatīrthānāṃ kṣetrāṇāṃ ca vadasva me ..
yatpradhānaṃ pavitraṃ yattadasmākaṃ prakīrtaya .. 5 .. ..

"O venerable one, tell me of all sacred fords and sacred fields! / Proclaim to us that which is foremost and holy!"

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5.39.6

.. śrīmārkaṃḍeya uvāca .. ..
kṣetrāṇāmiha sarveṣāṃ tīrthaiḥ sarvairalaṃkṛtam ..
camatkārapuraṃ kṣetraṃ sāṃprataṃ pratibhāti naḥ .. 6 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / "Among all sacred fields here, adorned with all sacred fords, / the sacred field Camatkārapura now shines forth to us,

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5.39.7

yatra viṣṇupadī gaṃgā jaṃtūnāṃ pāpanāśinī ..
svayaṃ sthitā nṛpaśreṣṭha tathā devā harādayaḥ .. 7 ..

where the Gaṅgā that flows from Viṣṇu's foot, destroyer of the sins of living beings, / is personally present, O best of kings, and likewise the gods beginning with Hara,

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5.39.8

tathānyāni ca tīrthāni yāni saṃti dharātale ..
teṣāṃ yatra ca sāṃnidhyaṃ sarvadā nṛpasattama .. 8 ..

and whatever other sacred fords exist on the surface of the earth, / whose presence is always there, O best of kings,

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5.39.9

śilā yatra dvipañcāśaddhastānāṃ parisaṃkhyayā ..
pitāmahena nirmuktā pramodāya dvijanmanām .. 9 ..

where a stone measuring fifty-two cubits / was cast down by the Grandfather for the delight of the twice-born.

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5.39.10

yadanyatra śubhaṃ karma varṣeṇaikena sidhyati ..
tattatra divasenāpi siddhiṃ yāti kṣitīśvara .. 6.39.10 ..

An auspicious rite which succeeds elsewhere in one year / attains success there in even a single day, O lord of the earth.

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5.39.11

tasmāttatra drutaṃ gatvā tapaḥ kuru mahīpate ..
yena prāpsyasi cittasthām̐llokānbhāryāsamanvitaḥ .. 11 ..

Therefore, go there quickly and perform austerity, O king of the earth, / whereby, accompanied by your wives, you will attain the worlds desired in your heart."

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5.39.12

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sa rājā nahuṣātmajaḥ ..
camatkārapure kṣetre bhāryābhyāṃ sahito yayau .. 12 ..

Hearing his words, that king, the son of Nahuṣa, / went with his two wives to the sacred field of Camatkārapura.

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5.39.13

tataḥ saṃsthāpya talliṃgaṃ devadevasya śūlinaḥ ..
samyagārādhayāmāsa śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ .. 13 ..

Then, having installed that liṅga of the god of gods, the trident-bearer, / he worshipped it properly, endowed with supreme faith.

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5.39.14

tatastasya prabhāvena bhāryābhyāṃ sahito nṛpaḥ ..
vimānavaramārūḍho jagāma tridivālayam .. 14 ..

Then, through its power, the king, accompanied by his two wives, / mounted an excellent aerial chariot and went to the abode of heaven,

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5.39.15

kinnarairgīyamānaśca stūyamānaśca cāraṇaiḥ ..
sparddhamānaḥ samaṃ devairdvādaśārkasamaprabhaḥ .. 15 ..

being sung of by kinnaras and praised by cāraṇas, / rivaling the gods, resplendent as twelve suns.

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5.39.39

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye yayātīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ.. .. 39 .. .. cha ..

Thus ends the thirty-ninth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Yayātīśvara', in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth [part] in the Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.

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