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Skandapurana 6.3.212

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.212

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6.3.212.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
athānyatsampravakṣyāmi devasya caritaṃ mahat .
śrutamātreṇa yenāśu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 212.1 ..

Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Now I shall tell another great deed of the god, / by the mere hearing of which one is quickly freed from all sins.

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6.3.212.2

bhikṣurūpaṃ paraṃ kṛtvā devadevo maheśvaraḥ .
ekaśālāṃ gato grāmaṃ bhikṣārthī kṣutpipāsitaḥ .. 212.2 ..

Having assumed the supreme form of a mendicant, the God of gods, Maheśvara, / went to the village of Ekaśālā seeking alms, hungry and thirsty,

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6.3.212.3

akṣasūtrodyatakaro bhasmaguṇṭhitavigrahaḥ .
sphurattriśūlo viśveśo jaṭākuṇḍalabhūṣitaḥ .. 212.3 ..

With an akṣa rosary raised in his hand, his body smeared with ashes, / his trident gleaming, the Lord of the universe, adorned with matted locks and ear-rings,

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6.3.212.4

kṛttivāsā mahākāyo mahāhikṛtabhūṣaṇaḥ .
vādayanvai ḍamarukaṃ ḍiṇḍimapratimaṃ śubham .. 212.4 ..

Clad in an animal hide, of immense body, adorned with great serpents, / playing a small ḍamaru drum resembling a splendid ḍiṇḍima,

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6.3.212.5

kapālapāṇirbhagavānbālakairbahubhirvṛtaḥ .
kvacidgāyanhasaṃścaiva nṛtyanvadan kvacitkvacit .. 212.5 ..

The Lord with a skull in hand, surrounded by many boys, / singing somewhere, and laughing, dancing and speaking here and there.

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6.3.212.6

yatra yatra gṛhe devo līlayā ḍiṇḍamaṃ nyaset .
bhārākrāntaṃ gṛhaṃ pārtha tatratatra vinaśyati .. 212.6 ..

In whatever house the god playfully placed the ḍiṇḍima drum, / that house, O Pārtha, overwhelmed by weight, perished right there.

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6.3.212.7

evaṃ sampracaran devo veṣṭito bahubhirjanaiḥ .
dṛśyādṛśyena rūpeṇa nirjagāma bahiḥ prabhuḥ .. 212.7 ..

Wandering thus, the god, surrounded by many people, / in a visible and invisible form, the Lord went outside.

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6.3.212.8

itaścetaśca dhāvantaṃ na paśyanti yadā janāḥ .
vismitāste sthitāḥ śambhurbhaviṣyati tato'stuvan .. 212.8 ..

When the people did not see him running here and there, / they stood astonished, and thinking, "It must be Śambhu," they praised him.

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6.3.212.9

teṣāṃ tu stuvatāṃ bhaktyā śaṅkaraṃ jagatāṃ patim .
ḍiṇḍirūpo hi bhagavāṃstadāsau pratyadṛśyata .. 212.9 ..

While they were praising Śaṃkara, the Lord of the worlds, with devotion, / the Lord then became visible to them in the form of a ḍiṇḍi.

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6.3.212.10

tadāprabhṛti deveśo ḍiṇḍimeśvara ucyate .
darśanātsparśanādrājan sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 212.10 ..

From then on the Lord of gods is called Ḍiṇḍimeśvara; / by seeing and touching him, O King, one is freed from all sins.

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6.3.212.10_1

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe ekaśālaḍiṇḍimeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dvādaśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the two hundred and twelfth chapter, entitled "Description of the māhātmya of Ekaśāla-Ḍiṇḍimeśvaratīrtha," in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth book, Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses.

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