Skanda Purana 6.1.72.46
Skandapurāṇa 6.1.72.46
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6.1.72.46
44 ratnābhāvādratnotpādanārthaṃ samudramaṃthanaṃ kṛtvā tato nirgatasya pīyūṣasya grahaṇārthaṃ devāsurayorvivāde samutpanne bhagavatā mohinīrūpamāsthāyāmṛtavibhāge kriyamāṇe devapaṃktyā kapaṭena sthitasya rāhoḥ śiraśchedakaraṇam, tatra rāhuketupīḍānirasanārthaṃ tīrthanirmāpaṇam, rāhutīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam, ratnakuṇḍasnānamāhātmyavarṇanam, padmāvatīpurīnāmavṛttāntavarṇanam .......... 47 1
44 Churning of the ocean to produce jewels due to the absence of jewels; when a dispute arose between the gods and asuras to take the nectar that emerged from it, the cutting off of the head of Rāhu who stood deceitfully in the gods' row while the nectar was being distributed by the Blessed One assuming the form of Mohinī; creation of a tīrtha there to dispel affliction caused by Rāhu and Ketu; description of the māhātmya of the Rāhutīrtha; description of the māhātmya of bathing in the Ratnakuṇḍa; description of the story of the name of the city Padmāvatī ... 47 1
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