Skandapurana 7.18.89_132

7.18.89_132

māhātmyametat kathitaṃ yathāvat
mahāmahīdhrendrasute dvijānām .
sṛṣṭeḥ prabhavānmama te dvijendrā
māhātmyamitthaṃ paramaṃ hyavāpuḥ . .8.173.70 . .
sanatkumāra uvāca
dvijamāhātmyamullikhya pārvatīparameśayoḥ .
babhūvetthaṃ susaṃvādaḥ puṇyaḥ pāpavināśanaḥ ..71 . .
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śrotavyaṃ manyase mattastat pṛcchasva samāhitaḥ ..72. .
iti skandapurāṇe dvijamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma trisaptatyuttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ58
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55 tvā kutsito mayā - kha. 56 pūrṇāyuṣaḥ (?) . 57 pūrṇāyuṣo hyā(vā)pakam - kha. . 58 221 - kha. .
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Thus has this māhātmya of the twice-born been told properly,
O daughter of the supreme lord of mountains.
Originating from my creation, those foremost twice-born
truly attained such supreme greatness.
Sanatkumāra said:
Setting forth the māhātmya of the twice-born, such was the auspicious,
sin-destroying dialogue that took place between Pārvatī and the supreme Lord.
[…], O son of Parāśara rich in austerity,
ask with a concentrated mind whatever you consider worth hearing from me.
Thus ends the hundred and seventy-third chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of the Twice-born,” in the Skandapurāṇa.