Skandapurana 6.2.85.84
Skandapurāṇa 6.2.85.84
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6.2.85.84
83 atha bilveśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra kapilena śivamārādhyāvadhyatvasaṃpādanamakṣayatvasaṃpādanaṃ ca, tathā bilvena nṛpeṇa .viṣṇumārādhya kapilo māṃ prati 'tvatto'haṃ bibhemi' iti yathā vadettathā kuru ityādivaraprārthanākaraṇam, tasmai 'tathāstu' ityuktvā viṣṇunā varapradānam, svadattaṃ varaṃ satyaṃ kartuṃ viṣṇunā kapilasya prārthanākaraṇam, svavākyaṃ tiraskurvatā kapilena samaṃ kṛṣṇasya yuddhavarṇanam, tatra kṛṣṇaparājayaḥ, tato bilvanṛpeṇa śakravacanādbilveśvaramārādhya kapilamukhena 'ahaṃ tvatto bibhemi' iti bhāṣābandhakaraṇam, bilveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam... ... 169 2
83 Now, the description of the māhātmya of the Bilveśvara liṅga: wherein Kapila, having worshipped Śiva, secures invulnerability and imperishability; likewise, King Bilva, having worshipped Viṣṇu, requests a boon saying: 'Act in such a way that Kapila says to me: "I am afraid of you"'; Viṣṇu granting the boon to him, saying 'So be it'; Viṣṇu entreating Kapila in order to make true the boon he granted; description of the battle between Kṛṣṇa and Kapila who disregarded his word; therein, the defeat of Kṛṣṇa; then King Bilva, upon the instruction of Indra, worships Bilveśvara and secures the promise from Kapila's mouth: 'I am afraid of you'; description of the māhātmya of Bilveśvara. ... 169 2
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