Skandapurana 6.3.238.1_83

6.3.238.1_83

83- hanumateśvaramāhātmyavarṇane rāmeṇa rāvaṇādīnāṃ vināśe kṛte hanumataḥ śivadarśanārtha kailāse gamanam, rākṣasānāṃ vināśe brahmahatyādoṣāropīkaraṇānnandinā dvāre hanumatstaṃbhanam, brahmahatyānibarhaṇārthaṃ hanumato narmadāyāmāgamanam, hanumatkṛtena tapasā tuṣṭeneśvareṇa hanumata āśīrvacanam, īśvarājñayā hanumatā liṃgasthāpanam, suparvanāmakasya rājñaḥ putrasya śatabāhusaṃjñakasya bhramato hanumadvana āgamanam., tatrāsthikṣepārthamāgatasya piṃgalakadvijasya rājaputreṇa saha samāgama: saṃvādaśca, asthikṣepakāraṇaṃ pṛcchantaṃ rājputraṃ prati brāhmaṇena śikhaṃḍirājatatkanyāsaṃvādapuraḥsaravṛttāntakathanapūrvakaṃ hanumaṃteśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam.... ....

83. In the description of the māhātmya of Hanumateśvara: when Rāvaṇa and others were destroyed by Rāma, Hanumat going to Kailāsa to see Śiva; Hanumat being restrained at the gate by Nandin because of the imputation of the fault of killing a brahmin in the destruction of the Rākṣasas; Hanumat coming to the Narmadā to eradicate the killing of a brahmin; Īśvara, pleased by the austerity performed by Hanumat, giving a blessing to Hanumat; on Īśvara's command, Hanumat establishing a liṅga; the son of King Suparva, named Śatabāhu, wandering and arriving in Hanumat's forest; the meeting and conversation of the prince with the twice-born Piṅgalaka, who had come there to cast bones; to the prince asking the reason for casting the bones, the brahmin describing the māhātmya of Hanumanteśvara by narrating the account preceded by the dialogue between King Śikhaṇḍin and his daughter …