Skandapurana 7.4.52_38.20

7.4.52_38.20

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248 svayamanyaṃ dadau devo - kha. . 249 devānavasthitātmāno - sa. . 250 tejasā - ka- . 251 ātmana... - gha. . 252 teṣāṃ sa - gha . 213 dṛṣṭvā - ka. gha. . 254... māṃ - gha. . 255.. nyadya - ka. . 256 vidarśitam - gha. . 257 smṛtam - gha . 258 sthānebhyaḥ - ka. .' 259 ṣuṇyakṛttamam - kā kha., puṇyamuttamamaṃ - gha. . 260 samūhante - kha. .
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yaścedaṃ261 kīrttayennityaṃ kalya utthāya262 yajñahan .
śrāvayeccāpi viprebhyaḥ 263 sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 16 5. .
bhadrakarṇahrade cāsmin snātvā yobhyarcayeddharam264 .
sādhayitvā caruṃ caiva bhojayed brāhmaṇān śuciḥ265 . . 1 66..
sa sarvapāpanirmukto266. yatra tatra mṛto naraḥ .
modatepsarasāṃ madhye divi deva ivāparaḥ267 .. 1 67. .
yatra coktaṃ tvayā deva sthitena268 bhagavan prabho .
harabhadreti puṇyoyaṃ tvatprasādād bhavatvaja . .1 68..
aśvamedhasya yatpuṇyaṃ269 samyagiṣṭasya yajñahan270 .
tadatra deva bhavatu narasyābhyarcataḥ sadā271 . .1 69. .
parityakṣyati272 yaścātra kaścit prāṇān narottamaḥ .
haribhadrasya sa gaṇo bhaviṣyati mahābalaḥ . 8.32.170 . .
sanatkumāra uvāca
evamastviti sa procya mandaraṃ cārukandaram .
jagāma bhagavān śarvaḥ somo gaṇaśatairvṛtaḥ ..171 ..
devāpi rājñā273 sahitāstasmim̐sthāne yathāsukham .
tasthurbrahmā ca viṣṇuśca jagmaturdevapṛṣṭhataḥ .. 172 . .
sa gatvā stokamadhvānamubhābhyāṃ sahitaḥ prabhuḥ .
nātidūre tataḥ prāha tiṣṭha viṣṇo mahābala ..173 ..
sa praṇamya tataḥ pādau harasya puruṣottamaḥ .

And whoever recites this daily, rising early at dawn, O slayer of the sacrifice,
and recites it to brahmins, is freed from all sins. / 165
And having bathed in this Bhadrakarṇahrada, whoever worships Hara,
having prepared an oblation of boiled rice, and, pure, feeds brahmins, / 166
that man, liberated from all sins, wherever he dies,
rejoices among the apsarases in heaven, like another god. / 167
And where it was spoken by you, O God, while standing [here], O Blessed One, O Lord,
let this holy [ford] be named Harabhadra by your grace, O unborn one! / 168
Whatever merit comes from a horse-sacrifice properly performed, O slayer of the sacrifice,
let that accrue here, O God, to a man who constantly worships. / 169
And whatever best of men shall abandon his life-breaths here,
he shall become a mighty attendant of Haribhadra." / 170
Sanatkumāra said:
Having said "So be it," the Blessed Lord Śarva, with Soma,
surrounded by hundreds of attendants, went to the lovely cave of Mandara. / 171
The gods, along with their king, also remained at that place in comfort,
while Brahmā and Viṣṇu went behind the God. / 172
Having gone a short distance with both of them, the Lord,
not very far away, then said: "Halt, O mighty Viṣṇu!" / 173
Then, bowing down to the feet of Hara, that best of men...