Skanda Purana 6.2.85.4
Skandapurāṇa 6.2.85.4
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6.2.85.4
3 atha ḍhuṃḍheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra ḍhuṃḍhanāmakaśaivagaṇasyendrasabhāyāṃ gamanam,
nṛtyamānāṃ raṃbhāṃ dṛṣṭvā kāmamohitasya ḍhuṃḍhasyendreṇa śāpapradānam, tato mānuṣyaṃ
prāpya ḍhuṃḍhena mahākālavane śivamārādhya svanāmnā liṃgasthāpanam, ḍhuṃḍheśvaratīrthaliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam
3. Now, the description of the glory of Ḍhuṇḍheśvara; therein, the Śaiva attendant named Ḍhuṇḍha going to Indra's assembly; seeing Rambhā dancing, Ḍhuṇḍha, bewildered by passion, being cursed by Indra; then, obtaining human form, Ḍhuṇḍha worshipping Śiva in the Mahākāla forest and installing a liṅga in his own name; the description of the glory of the Ḍhuṇḍheśvara tīrtha-liṅga.
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