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Skanda Purana 6.1.72.53

Skandapurāṇa 6.1.72.53

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6.1.72.53

51 bhikṣārthaṃ śivasya nāgaloke gamanam, bhikṣālabdhyabhāvāttatrasthaikaviṃśatikuṇḍasthasya sarvāmṛtasya prāśanena bhītaiḥ pannagairvāsukistavanam, sarvapannagaiḥ śiprāṃ gatvā śivastavanakaraṇam, tena tuṣṭeneśena tatrā'mṛtodbhavānāmnā kuṇḍasthāpanam, amṛtodbhavāmāhātmyavarṇanam... .. - ... -.. 53 1

51. Śiva's journey to the world of the serpents for alms; due to not obtaining alms, his drinking of all the nectar situated in the twenty-one pools there, whereupon the frightened serpents praise Vāsuki; all the serpents go to the Śiprā and offer praise to Śiva; pleased by this, the Lord establishes a pool named Amṛtodbhava there; description of the māhātmya of Amṛtodbhavā. 53.1

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