Skandapurana 6.1.26.53.3

6.1.26.53.3

dattvā dhūpaṃ sanaivedyaṃ mṛto brahmapuraṃ vrajet .. 29 ..
svarṇaśṛṃgāṭikāṃ vyāsa kusumaiḥ svarṇasaṃnibhaiḥ ..
samabhyarcya mahābhaktyā sa yāti śivamandiram .. 5.1.26.30 ..
avantinīṃ tu yaḥ paśyeddevīṃ trailokyaviśrutām ..
kāmikena vimānena yāti pauraṃdaraṃ puram .. 31 ..
arcayetpaṃkajairbhaktyā yo devīmamarāvatīm ..
amaraiḥ saha saṃhṛṣṭo modate divi sarvadā .. 32 ..
devīmujjayanīṃ bhaktyā yaḥ paśyati samāhitaḥ ..
sarvaiśvaryasamāyukto rudraloke mahīyate .. 33 ..
viśālāṃ caiva yaḥ paśyedrudrabhaktyā samāhitaḥ ..
mucyate trividhaiḥ pāpairnātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 34 .. ..
iti śrīkalpasaptakamahimā .. ..
śṛṇu vyāsa mahātīrthaṃ purā yadbrahmaṇārcitam ..
akūreśvaramityākhyaṃ yatra siddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ .. 35 ..
tatra devārcanaṃ kṛtvā kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāmupoṣitaḥ ..
jiteṃdriyaḥ śucirdāṃto rudralokamavāpnuyāt .. 36 ..
na vadetkenacitsārdhaṃ naraḥ prātargṛhe sthitaḥ ..
dṛṣṭvā'krūreśvaraṃ devaṃ hemadānaphalaṃ labhet ..37.. ..
ityakrūreśvaramāhātmyam .. ..
yastu paśyati brahmāṇaṃ śuciḥ snāto jiteṃdriyaḥ ..
mucyate pātakāddhorādbrahmalokaṃ mṛto vrajet .. 38 ..
padmāsanasthito brahmā dhyāyamānaḥ paraṃ padam ..
vasiṣṭhādyairmunivarairvijñaptaḥ karmasaṃbhavān .. 39 ..
.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..
ādityā marutaḥ sādhyāstathā caivāśvināvubhau ..
pitaro ye ca lokānāṃ pūjyaṃte bhuvi mānavaiḥ .. 5.1.26.40 ..
grahārkatārakā yakṣā diggajāścyānalānilāḥ ..
amī devā vayaṃ sarve tvadaṃśāḥ paripaṭhyate .. 41 ..
kathaṃ dhyāyasi deveśa etatsarvaṃ bravīhi naḥ .. 42 ..
.. brahmovāca .. ..

having offered incense and food offerings, goes to the city of Brahmā upon death. // 29
Having worshipped Svarṇaśṛṅgāṭikā, O Vyāsa, with flowers resembling gold / with great devotion, he goes to the abode of Śiva. // 30
He who beholds the goddess Avantinī, renowned in the three worlds, / goes to the city of Indra in an aerial chariot that fulfills all desires. // 31
He who worships the goddess Amarāvatī with lotuses with devotion / rejoices forever in heaven, delighted together with the immortals. // 32
He who beholds the goddess Ujjayanī with devotion and concentrated mind, / endowed with all sovereignty, is glorified in the realm of Rudra. // 33
And he who beholds Viśālā with concentrated mind, with devotion to Rudra, / is freed from the three kinds of sins; there should be no doubt about this. // 34
Thus ends the greatness of the seven Kalpas.
Hear, O Vyāsa, of the great sacred ford worshipped in ancient times by Brahmā, / named Akrūreśvara, where the grandfather attained perfection. // 35
Having performed worship of the deity there, fasting on the eighth day of the dark fortnight, / with conquered senses, pure and self-controlled, one attains the realm of Rudra. // 36
A man remaining in his house in the morning should not speak with anyone; / having beheld the god Akrūreśvara, he obtains the fruit of giving gold. // 37
Thus ends the greatness of Akrūreśvara.
He who beholds Brahmā, pure, bathed, and with conquered senses, / is freed from terrible sin, and goes to the realm of Brahmā upon death. // 38
Brahmā, seated in the lotus posture, meditating on the supreme state, / was addressed by the best of sages, Vasiṣṭha and others, concerning the origin of actions: // 39
The seers said: / The Ādityas, the Maruts, the Sādhyas, and both the Aśvins, / and the ancestors of the worlds who are worshipped on earth by mortals, // 40
the planets, the sun, the stars, the yakṣas, the elephants of the quarters, and the fire and wind— / these gods, and all of us, are recited as your portions. // 41
Why do you meditate, O lord of gods? Declare all this to us! // 42
Brahmā said: