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Skanda Purana 6.2.85.64

Skandapurāṇa 6.2.85.64

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6.2.85.64

63 atha dhanuḥsāhasreśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra vidūratharājasya kanyāyāḥ kusuṃbhadaityena haraṇam, tato vidūrathaputrābhyāṃ sākaṃ tasya daityasya yuddham, tatra rājñā vidūrathena svaputrayoḥ parābhavaṃ bandhanatvaprāptiṃ ca jñātvā tatparājayārthamṛṣyanujñayā mahākālavanaṃ gatvā liṃgapūjanam, tena pūjanaprabhāveṇa tasya dhanuḥsahasratulyadhanuṣyaprāptiḥ, tena dhanuḥsahāyena daityasya parābhavaḥ, tasya rājñaḥ putrakanyādisahitasya sukhaprāptipūrvakamante mokṣaprāptivarṇanam, dhanuḥsāhasreśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam- .. ... ... ... ... 143 1

63. Now, the description of the māhātmya of the Dhanuḥsāhasreśvara liṅga: Therein, the abduction of King Vidūratha's daughter by the daitya Kusumbha; then the battle of that daitya with Vidūratha's two sons; therein, King Vidūratha, learning of the defeat and captivity of his two sons, goes to the Mahākāla forest by a sage's permission to defeat him and worships the liṅga; by the power of that worship, his attainment of a bow equal to a thousand bows; with the help of that bow, the defeat of the daitya; the description of that king, together with his sons and daughter, first attaining happiness and in the end attaining liberation; the description of the māhātmya of the Dhanuḥsāhasreśvara liṅga. (143.1)

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