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Skanda Purana 6.2.85.54

Skandapurāṇa 6.2.85.54

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6.2.85.54

53 atha viśveśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam ,tatra vidūrathasya rājño brahmavadhajanitadoṣeṇa duṣṭadvādaśajanmāni gṛhītvā trayodaśe caṇḍālatvaṃ prāpya śivasaṃnidhau mṛtatvādviśveśanāmnā punā rājakule samutpattivarṇanam, pūrvajanmani saṃsmṛtya mahākālavane tena liṃgasthāpanam, viśveśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam-......,.. 132 2

53. Now, the description of the māhātmya of the Viśveśvara liṅga: therein, because of the fault born of slaying a brahmin, King Vidūratha took twelve wicked births, became an outcaste in the thirteenth, and having died in the presence of Śiva, the description of his rebirth into a royal family by the name of Viśveśa; remembering his previous life, the installation of a liṅga by him in the Mahākāla forest; the description of the māhātmya of the Viśveśvara liṅga. 132 2

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