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Skandapurana 6.3.88

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.88

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6.3.88.p1

adhyāya 88

Chapter 88

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6.3.88.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tasyaivānantaraṃ pārtha kāpilaṃ tīrthamāśrayet .
sthāpitaṃ kapilenaiva sarvapātakanāśanam .. 88.1 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Immediately after that, O son of Pṛthā, one should resort to the sacred ford Kāpila, / established by Kapila himself, which destroys all sins.

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6.3.88.2

aṣṭamyāṃ ca site pakṣe caturdaśyāṃ nareśvara .
snāpayetparayā bhaktyā kapilākṣīrasarpiṣā .. 88.2 ..

On the eighth and fourteenth lunar days of the bright fortnight, O lord of men, / one should bathe [the deity] with supreme devotion using milk and ghee from a brown cow.

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6.3.88.3

śrīkhaṇḍena sugandhena guṇṭhayeta maheśvaram .
tataḥ sugandhapuṣpaiśca śvetaiśca nṛpasattama .. 88.3 ..

One should smear Maheśvara with fragrant sandalwood paste. / Then with fragrant and white flowers, O best of kings,

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6.3.88.4

ye'rcayanti jitakrodhā na te yānti yamālayam .
asipattravanaṃ ghoraṃ yamaculhī sudāruṇā .. 88.4 ..

those who worship with anger overcome do not go to the abode of Yama. / The dread forest of sword-leaves and the terrible oven of Yama

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6.3.88.5

dṛśyate naiva vidvadbhiḥ kapileśvarapūjanāt .
snātvā revājale puṇye bhojayedbrāhmaṇāñchubhān .. 88.5 ..

are not seen at all by the wise, because of worshipping Kapileśvara. / Having bathed in the holy water of the Revā, one should feed auspicious brahmins.

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6.3.88.6

gopradānena vastreṇa tiladānena bhārata .
chatraśayyāpradānena rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ .. 88.6 ..

Through the gift of a cow, of cloth, and of sesame seeds, O Bhārata, / [and] through the gift of an umbrella and a bed, one becomes a righteous king,

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6.3.88.7

tīvratejā vighoraśca jīvatputraḥ priyaṃvadaḥ .
śatruvargo na tasya syātkadācitpāṇḍunandana .. 88.7 ..

endowed with intense splendour, gentle, with living sons, and soft-spoken; / he shall never have a host of enemies, O son of Pāṇḍu.

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6.3.88.7_2

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe kapileśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the eighty-eighth chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of the Sacred Ford Kapileśvara', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth book, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.

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