Skandapurana 7.4.52_38.21

7.4.52_38.21

tasthāvāmraṃ samālambya274 sa kubjassamapadyata .. 174. .
yasmādāmraṃ samālambya tasmin deśe sthito hariḥ .
nirīkṣamāṇo deveśaṃ deśastasmādabhūdasau . 175 . .
- - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - --
261... ścemaṃ - ka. kha. gha. . 262... mutthāya - ka . 263 upoṣya- ga . naraḥ samyak - kha, svayaṃ vā mānavaḥ samyak - gha. . 264 haramarcate - kha. . 265 brāhmaṇaṃ śubha kha . ṇa - gha . 266 sarvapāpādinirmukto - kha. gha. . 267 ivāmaraḥ - ka. gha. . 268 tiṣṭhatā - gha . 269 yajñasya - ka. . 270 yatphalaṃ - kha. . 271.. .rcya sarvadā - ka, naḥ sadā - kha. . 272 tyajati - gha. . 273 yajña.. - dha . 273 samālakṣya - kha. .
- - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - --
kuvjāmraka iti khyāto viṣṇoḥ kṣetraṃ samṛddhimat .
puṇyaṃ nivartanādviṣṇo275 gosahasraphalapradam ..176. .
nātidūraṃ tato276 gatvā bhūyo devaḥ pitāmaham .
nivarttetyabravīd277 vyāsa gaganañca samāviśat . .177..
tasmin viyadgate deve brahmā prāñjalirunmukhaḥ .
pradakṣiṇaṃ samāvṛtya praṇamya prayayau tataḥ . . 178. .
yasmāttatra haraṃ tena kurvatā vai pradakṣiṇam .
āvarttaḥ278 svaśarīrasya prakṛtaḥ279 puṇyakarmaṇā . . 179. .
tasmāt sa deśo vikhyāto brahmāvartteti śobhanaḥ .
aśvamedhaphalaṃ tatra snātaḥ prāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 8.32.180 . .
sādhayitvā caruṃ cātra bhojayitvā tathā dvijān .
prāṇān parityajya tato280 brahmalokamavāpnuyāt ..181 ..
tatobhyetya suraissārdhaṃ brahmā viṣṇupurassaraiḥ281 .
bhadreśvare paśupatermahimānamathākarot .. 182..
sa liṅgaḥ tatra saṃsthāpya pūjāṃ kṛtvātibhāsvarām .

He stood leaning on a mango tree, and he became crooked (kubja). / Because Hari stood in that place leaning on a mango tree, / gazing at the Lord of gods, therefore that place became [known] / as Kubjāmraka, the prosperous sacred field of Viṣṇu, / holy, yielding the fruit of a thousand cows upon a nivartana [of land] of Viṣṇu. / Having gone not very far from there, the Lord again said to the Grandfather: / “Turn back,” O Vyāsa, and entered the sky. / When that god had ascended into the sky, Brahmā, with folded hands and upturned face, / having circumambulated [and] bowed, then departed. / Since there, while making circumambulation around Hara, / a turning (āvarta) of his own body was performed by that [god] of holy deeds, / therefore that lovely place became renowned as Brahmāvarta. / A man who bathes there attains the fruit of an aśvamedha sacrifice. / Having prepared the sacrificial caru here and fed the twice-born, / and then relinquishing his life-breaths, he would attain the world of Brahmā. / Then Brahmā, having approached along with the gods preceded by Viṣṇu, / performed the glorification of Paśupati at Bhadreśvara. / Having installed a liṅga there and performed a very splendid worship,