Skandapurana 7.4.52_38.19

7.4.52_38.19

238 divyena - kha. . 239 cakṣuṣā - gha. . 240 vohaṃ - gha. . 241 kopena ca - kha. gha. . 242 satvaraṃ - gha. . 243 haraścaiva - gha. . 244 rudrā - gha. . 245 kratuḥ - ka. . 246 manyacca te - gha. . 247. . vyayaḥ - ka. .
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bhāgānāṃ sarvayajñeṣu tubhyaṃ sarvaṃ dadāmahe .
evamuktotha deveśaḥ suraiḥ sarvaiḥ sureśvaraḥ ..154..
cakāra rūpaṃ paramaṃ sarvadevamayaṃ śubham .
svātmānante tadā devā248 hyapaśyanta maheśvare ..155..
śirobāhūrupādeṣu vastihastodarādiṣu .
avasthitān mahātmāno249 munīm̐ścaiva tapodhanān ..156..
sa tadrūpaṃ tadā kṛtvā devān provāca śaṃkaraḥ .
sarve yūyaṃ mahātmāno maccharīrasamudbhavāḥ ..157..
yuṣmākañca śarīrāṇi manmayāni prapaśyata .
tataste devatā250 vyāsa sarvaṃ rudrātmakaṃ jagat ..158..
ātmānaṃ251 cāpyapaśyanta vismayāpannacetasaḥ .
evaṃ sa252 teṣāṃ deveśo darśayitvātmano balam . .259..
uvāca suraśārdūlān dṛṣṭā253 hyetā vibhūtayaḥ .
yo yāṃ254 pūjayate mūrtiṃ bhaktyā paramamayā yutaḥ ..8.32.1 60 ..
tasya tāṃ mūrttimāsthāya pūjāṃ gṛhṇāmyahaṃ surāḥ .
na bhāgadheyaiḥ kṛtyaṃ me bhāgadheyāni vasmurāḥ .
sarvāṇyeva dadāmyadya255 yāta sarve gatajvarāḥ ..1 61 ..
devā ūcuḥ
guhyametat paraṃ deva tvayāsmākaṃ nidarśitam256 .
evaṃ yo vetsyate martyaḥ sa lokān prāpsyatevyayān ..162..
idaṃ ca bhagavan sthānaṃ bhadreśvaramiti śrutam257 .
bhaviṣyati jagacchreṣṭhaṃ puṇyebhyaḥ258 puṇyavattamam259 ..163 ..
samantād yojanaṃ caivaṃ rudrakṣetraṃ sanātanam .
mṛtotra gaṇapo deva vallabhaste260 bhaviṣyati . .164..

Of the shares in all sacrifices, we give everything to you."
Addressed thus by all the gods, the Lord of Gods, the sovereign of deities, / 154
assumed a supreme, auspicious form consisting of all the gods.
Then, in the Great Lord, the gods saw their own selves: / 155
in his head, arms, thighs, and feet, in his bladder, hands, belly, and other limbs,
they saw the great-souled sages rich in austerity abiding. / 156
Having assumed that form, Śaṃkara then said to the gods:
"All of you great-souled ones are born from my body. / 157
Look at your bodies, which consist of me!"
Then, O Vyāsa, those deities saw the entire universe consisting of Rudra / 158
and also saw themselves, their minds struck with amazement.
Having thus revealed his power to them, the Lord of Gods / 159
said to the tigers among gods: "You have seen these manifestations.
Whichever form one worships endowed with supreme devotion, / 160
having taken that form, I receive his worship, O gods.
I have no need for sacrificial shares; the sacrificial shares are yours, O gods.
I grant them all [to you] today; go forth, all of you, freed from anguish!" / 161
The gods said:
"This supreme secret has been revealed by you to us, O God.
The mortal who understands this shall attain imperishable worlds. / 162
And this place, O Blessed One, known as Bhadreśvara,
shall be the best in the universe, the most holy of holy [places]. / 163
All around, for a yojana, is this eternal Rudrakṣetra.
One who dies here, O God, shall become a leader of your attendants, beloved to you. / 164