Skandapurana 7.4.52_38.26

7.4.52_38.26

sthānaṃ pavitraṃ puṇyaṃ ca328 vara eṣostu me śiva ..217. .
devadeva uvāca
ete ca munikanye dve tapa āsthāya duṣkaram .
kaṇaissaṃvatsare pūrṇṇe khalena ca yatośanam . .218 ..
kṛtavatyau mahābhāge tvaṃ ca dakṣa yataḥ sthitaḥ .
idaṃ kanakhalaṃ tasmānmama sthānaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 219 ..
tīrthañcaiva mahatpuṇyaṃ gaṅgāsāgarasannibham329 .
nātra pāpā na ca śaṭhā nāstikā na ca māninaḥ . .8.32.22 0 ..
lapsyante vai sadā gantuṃ na ca vastuṃ kathaṃcana .
mṛtotra na punarjanma lapsyate mama tejasā . .22 1 . .
atrābhigamya snātvā ca caruṃ kṛtvā tathaiva ca .
sarvapāpavimuktātmā330 śakraloke mahīyate ..222. .
tato gaṇapatiṃ tatra haribhadramayojayat .
kālīñcāsmai dadau prītyā331 bhāryāṃ sarvaguṇoditām . .223 ..
varām̐śca .vipulān divyān dvīpañcāpi ghṛtodakam .
bāhujebhyaśca subahūn gaṇebhyaḥ pradadau varān ..224..
sanatkumāra uvāca
evaṃ sa dakṣayajño vai vidhvasto vyāsa śambhunā .
yajñasya ca śiraśchinnaṃ yathaitat kathitaṃ tava . .22 5..
vyāsa uvāca
sā devīmukhajā ghorā divyā332 deva bhayaṃkarī .
kva vā gatā kathaṃ vāpi hyetadicchāmi veditum ..226..
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327 tadāvyayam - gha. . 328 puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ ca - ka gha . 329 saṃmitaṃ - kha. . 330 . vinirmuktaḥ - kha. . 331 prīto (tyai) - kha . 332 divyā ghorā - ka. .
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sanatkumāra uvāca
stutā yadā333 bhagavatī praṇatai334 ssurasattamaiḥ .
tadāsya sāmbikā prāha brūhi kiṅkaravāṇyaham . .227..
tato brahmā mahādevīṃ praṇamya bahumānataḥ .

be holy and auspicious; let this be my boon, O Śiva." // 217
The God of gods said:
"And these two maiden sages, having undertaken severe austerity,
since they ate by means of grains in a threshing floor when a year was completed, // 218
being highly fortunate, and since you, Dakṣa, have dwelt here,
therefore this Kanakhala shall be my dwelling place, // 219
and a greatly holy tīrtha equal to the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the ocean.
Sinners, rogues, atheists, and proud people // 220
shall never find a way to go here, nor to dwell here in any way.
He who dies here shall not obtain rebirth, through my splendour. // 221
Having arrived here, bathed, and likewise prepared a caru offering,
his self freed from all sin, he is honoured in Indra's realm." // 222
Then he appointed Haribhadra as the leader of the gaṇas there,
and affectionately gave him Kālī, endowed with all virtues, as his wife, // 223
and vast divine boons, and also the continent of Ghṛtodaka;
and he bestowed very many boons upon the gaṇas born from his arms. // 224
Sanatkumāra said:
Thus was that sacrifice of Dakṣa destroyed by Śambhu, O Vyāsa,
and the head of the sacrifice was severed, just as has been told to you. // 225
Vyāsa said:
That dread, divine, terrifying female born from the mouth of the Goddess—
where did she go, or how? This I wish to know, O lord. // 226
Sanatkumāra said:
When that blessed goddess was praised by the best of the gods who were bowed low,
then that mother said to him: "Speak, what shall I do?" // 227
Then Brahmā, having bowed down to the Great Goddess with great reverence,