Skandapurana 6.3.238.1_67

6.3.238.1_67

67 luṅkeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaprasaṅgena kālapṛṣṭhadānavasya tapaścaryāvarṇanam, śivena tasmai varapradānam, dānavavṛṣabhayoryuddhe vṛṣabheṇa lāṃgūlena dānavasya parābhavakaraṇam, dānavamāgataṃ dṛṣṭvā vṛṣabhaṃ samāruhya devasyomayā saha kailāse gamanam, śaṅkareṇa svapṛṣṭhato'nudhāvantaṃ dānavaṃ dṛṣṭvā indrabrahmādilokeṣu palāyanam, śivavacanānnāradena viṣṇave dānavapīḍanādisarvavṛttāntakathanam, māyayā nyagrodhasamīpe viṣṇordānavamohārthaṃ kanyārūpadhāraṇam, kanyāṃ dṛṣṭvā mohitena kālapṛṣṭha-dānavena svamastakopari hastaṃ kṛtvā bhasmabhavanam, tato viṣṇoḥ svasthāne gamanam, luṃkeśvarasthāpanam, luṃkeśvaratīrthasnānamāhātmyavarṇanam ... .. 236 2

67. In the context of describing the māhātmya of Luṅkeśvara sacred ford: description of the practice of austerities by the Dānava Kālapṛṣṭha; the granting of a boon to him by Śiva; the Dānava being defeated by the bull with its tail during a battle between the Dānava and the bull; seeing the Dānava arrive, the god mounting the bull and going to Kailāsa with Umā; Śaṃkara seeing the Dānava pursuing behind him and fleeing to the worlds of Indra, Brahmā, and others; on Śiva's word, Nārada reporting the entire account of the torment by the Dānava and so forth to Viṣṇu; by illusion Viṣṇu assuming the form of a maiden near a banyan tree to bewilder the Dānava; seeing the maiden and being bewildered, the Dānava Kālapṛṣṭha placing his hand upon his own head and turning to ashes; then Viṣṇu returning to his own place; the establishment of Luṃkeśvara; and description of the māhātmya of ritual ablution at the Luṃkeśvara sacred ford … 236 2