Skandapurana 6.3.238.1_56

6.3.238.1_56

56 uttānapādeśvarasaṃvādaprasaṃgena viṃdhyācale devaiḥ śivārādhanayā bhūmyāṃ gaṃgāyā āhvānakaraṇam, gaṃgāyā bhuvyāgamanam, gaṃgātīre snānādimāhātmyavarṇanam,
devaśilāmāhātmyavarṇanam, cedināthasya vaidhavyaṃ gatāyā bhānumatīnāmnyāḥ kanyakāyā revātaṭe gamanam, bhānumatyā oṃkāreśvarāmarakaṃṭakacakratīrtha-
śūlabhedāditīrtheṣu gamanavarṇanam, atha devaśīlāmāhātmyavarṇanam, tatprasaṃgena bhāryayā saha śabaravyādhasya mṛgayārthamaraṇye gamanam, mṛgānalabdhvā bhāryāvacanātpadmāni grahītuṃ sarastīre śabarasya gamanaṃ padmagrahaṇaṃ ca, śūlabhedāditīrtheṣu gatvā śabareṇa padmaiḥ śivārcākaraṇam, bhānumatīśabarabhāryayoḥ saṃvādaḥ, śabareṇa sarvatīrtheṣu śrāddhavidhikaraṇam, tīrthasnānadānādiphalamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ... 229 1

56. In the course of the dialogue between Uttānapāda and Īśvara, the summoning of Gaṅgā to the earth by the gods through worship of Śiva on Mount Vindhya; Gaṅgā's descent to the earth; account of the māhātmya of ritual ablution and other rites on the bank of the Gaṅgā; account of the māhātmya of Devaśilā; the departure to the bank of the Revā of the maiden named Bhānumatī, [daughter] of the lord of Cedi, who had fallen into widowhood; account of Bhānumatī's visits to sacred fords such as Oṃkāreśvara, Amarakaṇṭaka, Cakra-tīrtha, and Śūlabheda; then the account of the māhātmya of Devaśilā; in that connection, the Śabara hunter's departure into the forest for hunting along with his wife; failing to find game, the Śabara's departure to the edge of the lake to gather lotuses at his wife's word and his gathering of lotuses; the Śabara's worship of Śiva with lotuses after going to sacred fords such as Śūlabheda; the dialogue between Bhānumatī and the wife of the Śabara; the Śabara's performance of the ancestral rites at all the sacred fords; account of the fruits and māhātmya of ritual ablution, gifts, and other rites at the sacred fords. — 229 1