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Skanda Purana 6.2.85.10

Skandapurāṇa 6.2.85.10

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6.2.85.10

9 atha svargadvāraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra dakṣayajñe dakṣakṛtenāpamānena saṃkruddhasya śivasyājñayā vīrabhadrādiśaivagaṇānāṃ viṣṇvādidevaiḥ saha yuddhavarṇanam, tatra viṣṇvādidevānāṃ parābhavaḥ, śaivagaṇaiḥ svargadvāranirbandhanakaraṇam, devaiḥ svargapraveśābhāvaṃ samavalokya viṣṇvājñayā śivārādhanārthamahākālavane gamanam, tatra svargadvāranāmaka liṃgasthāpanam, svargadvāraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam........ 87 1

9. Now, the description of the glory of the Svargadvāra liṅga; therein, by the command of Śiva who was angered by the insult offered by Dakṣa at the sacrifice of Dakṣa, the description of the battle of the Śaiva attendants led by Vīrabhadra with the gods led by Viṣṇu; therein, the defeat of the gods led by Viṣṇu; the Śaiva attendants barricading the gates of heaven; the gods, seeing their inability to enter heaven, going to the Mahākāla forest by Viṣṇu's command to worship Śiva; the installation of the liṅga named Svargadvāra there; the description of the glory of the Svargadvāra liṅga. 87 1

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