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Skandapurana 6.3.166

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.166

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6.3.166.p1

adhyāya 166

Chapter 166

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6.3.166.1

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tataḥ siddheśvarī devī vaiṣṇavī pāpanāśinī .
ānandaṃ paramaṃ prāptā dṛṣṭvā sthānaṃ suśobhanam .. 166.1 ..

Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then the goddess Siddheśvarī, Vaiṣṇavī, destroyer of sins, / attained supreme joy upon beholding that very beautiful place.

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6.3.166.2

tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā pūjayetpitṛdevatāḥ .
devīṃ paśyati yo bhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 166.2 ..

Having bathed in that sacred ford, a person should worship the ancestors and gods. / Whoever beholds the goddess with devotion is freed from all sins.

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6.3.166.3

mṛtavatsā tu yā nārī vandhyā strījananī tathā .
putraṃ sā labhate nārī śīlavantaṃ guṇānvitam .. 166.3 ..

A woman whose children have died, or a barren woman, or one who gives birth only to daughters, / that woman obtains a son endowed with good character and virtues.

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6.3.166.4

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā paśyeddevīṃ subhaktitaḥ .
aṣṭamyāṃ vā caturdaśyāṃ sarvakāle'thavā nṛpa .. 166.4 ..

Whoever, having bathed in that sacred ford, beholds the goddess with profound devotion / on the eighth or the fourteenth [lunar day], or at any time, O king,

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6.3.166.5

saṅgame tu tataḥ snātā nārī vā puruṣo'pi vā .
putraṃ dhanaṃ tathā devī dadāti paritoṣitā .. 166.5 ..

whether a woman or a man who has bathed at the confluence there, / the goddess, well-pleased, grants them a son and wealth.

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6.3.166.6

gotrarakṣāṃ prakurute dṛṣṭā devī supūjitā .
prajāṃ ca pāti satataṃ pūjyamānā na saṃśayaḥ .. 166.6 ..

Beheld and well-worshipped, the goddess protects the lineage; / continually worshipped, she protects offspring, there is no doubt.

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6.3.166.7

navamyāṃ ca mahārāja snātvā devīmupoṣitaḥ .
pūjayetparayā bhaktyā śraddhāpūtena cetasā .. 166.7 ..

And having fasted and bathed on the ninth [day], O great king, / one should worship the goddess with supreme devotion and a mind purified by faith.

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6.3.166.8

sa gacchetparamaṃ lokaṃ yaḥ surairapi durlabhaḥ .. 166.8 ..

He goes to the supreme realm, which is difficult even for the gods to attain.

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6.3.166.8_2

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe siddheśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the one hundred sixty-sixth chapter, named 'The Description of the Greatness of Siddheśvaratīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses].

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