Skandapurana 7.12.584_59

7.12.584_59

28 tato - ka kha. . 29 snāyeta - ka., snātaḥ - kha. . 30 sapatnī.. - kha. . 31 viśoko pro.. kha. . 32 gāvo - ka . 33 mahābhāgān - ka., mahābhāga - kha. . 34 suśobhanāḥ - ka. .
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prājāpatyaṃ tu35 yaḥ kuryādekaśo bahuśopi vā .
prajāpatisamo bhūtvā tasya loke mahīyate . .55. .
yastu sāntapanaṃ kṛcchraṃ karoti narasattamaḥ .
ātmānamuddharet kṛcchrāt sognilokaṃ ca gacchati36 . .56. .
mahāsāntapanaṃ yaśca karoti sumahāmanāḥ .
sarvajñatāmavāpnoti brahmalokaṃ ca vindati . .57..

28 tato - ka kha. . 29 snāyeta - ka., snātaḥ - kha. . 30 sapatnī.. - kha. . 31 viśoko pro.. kha. . 32 gāvo - ka . 33 mahābhāgān - ka., mahābhāga - kha. . 34 suśobhanāḥ - ka. .
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Whoever performs the prājāpatya penance, whether once or many times, / becomes equal to Prajāpati and is exalted in his world. // 55
And whatever best of men performs the sāntapana kṛcchra penance / delivers himself from suffering and goes to the world of Agni. // 56
And whoever, being noble-minded, performs the mahāsāntapana penance / attains omniscience and reaches the world of Brahmā. // 57