Skandapurana 14.0

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Chapter 1: The beginning of the description of the māhātmya of Mount Arbuda; therein, first, the going of Vasiṣṭha to Mount Arbuda; having performed austerity there, the cow reared for the sake of the sacrifice, having gone to graze on grass and the like in the forest, falling into a chasm; because the cow did not return in the evening, Vasiṣṭha experiencing worry; then Vasiṣṭha, having approached near the chasm and heard the lowing sound of his own cow, performing meditation on Sarasvatī for the sake of her coming out; through that meditation, Sarasvatī filling the chasm with her own water and causing the cow's emergence; taking that cow, Vasiṣṭha going to his own hermitage; then Vasiṣṭha going to Himavat to fill that chasm, telling the length and breadth of the chasm to Himavat, and the telling of the origin of the chasm by the word of Himavat; the beginning of the description of the account of the cavern situated near Vasiṣṭha's hermitage.

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Chapter 2: Gautama's pupil Uttaṅka, urged by the guru's wife to bring the earrings of Madayantī, wife of Saudāsa, in order to give the fee to the guru, going toward Saudāsa's house; there seeing Saudāsa with a tiger's face who had come to eat his body, making a promise to him to surrender himself; then the acquisition of the earrings from his wife; the release of Saudāsa from the curse; then Gautama's pupil, having gone taking the two earrings, their being stolen by Takṣaka when placed midway on the path; then the going to Pātāla behind Takṣaka in order to bring them back; at that very time, the creation of a pit there; the description of the deeds of Gautama's pupil Uttaṅka.

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Chapter 3: The filling of the chasm by the mountain Nandivardhana brought by the serpent Arbuda at the command of Vasiṣṭha by the word of Himavat; the description of the māhātmya of Mount Arbuda.

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Chapter 4: There, on the mountain named Nandivardhana brought by Arbuda, Vasiṣṭha performing austerity for the sake of Śiva's residence; Vasiṣṭha offering praise to Śiva; then, by the grace of Śiva, the installation of a liṅga by Vasiṣṭha under the name Acaleśvara; Śiva's dwelling with the Mandākinī; the description of the māhātmya of Acaleśvara.

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Chapter 5: In the description of the māhātmya of the Nāgatīrtha on Mount Arbuda, in the dialogue of Yayāti and Pulastya, the description of Gautamī's going to the Nāgatīrtha for a ritual ablution; of her who had set out to bathe there, because her heart was agitated by the desire for a son, the conceiving of a child merely by bathing; then, of her who wished out of shame to enter the funeral pyre, the turning back from death upon hearing a voice from the sky; the description of the māhātmya of the Nāgatīrtha.

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Chapter 6: The description of the māhātmya of Vasiṣṭha's hermitage.

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Chapter 7: The description of the power of Acaleśvara.

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Chapter 8: The description of the māhātmya of Bhadrakarṇahrada and Trinetra.

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Chapter 9: In the description of the māhātmya of Kedāra, the statement by Vasiṣṭha to Ajāpāla: 'In a previous birth, having attained the status of a Śūdra, by your worship of Kedāreśvara with lotuses, your attainment of the rank of kingship has occurred in this birth'; the description of the māhātmya of Kedāreśvara.

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Chapter 10: The description of the duration of the yugas and the like; the examination of virtue and non-virtue in the four yugas; the description of the arrival of all sacred fords due to the power of the Kali yuga. / Chapter 11: The description of the māhātmya of Koṭīśvara.

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Chapter 12: The attainment of a beautiful form by the apsaras named Vapuḥ by performing a ritual ablution at the Rūpatīrtha; the description of the māhātmya of Rūpatīrtha.

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Chapter 13: In the description of the māhātmya of Hṛṣīkeśa, the installation of the image of Hari by the royal seer Ambarīṣa having performed austerity; the description of the māhātmya of Hṛṣīkeśa.

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Chapter 14: By the perfected being named Viśvāvasu, having worshipped Śiva, the installation of a liṅga by the grace of Śiva; the description of the māhātmya of the Siddheśvara liṅga.

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Chapter 15: Seeing the Daityas defeated by the gods, Śukrācārya, the preceptor of the Daityas, with anxiety in order to gain victory for the Daityas, propitiated the God, received a boon, and caused the Daityas to be victorious, and the installation of a liṅga there named Śukreśvara; description of the māhātmya of the Śukreśvara liṅga.

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Chapter 16: By performing a bath, a certain woman named Maṇikarṇikā attained a beautiful form, and therefore the narration of the renown of the pool by the name of Maṇikarṇikā; description of the māhātmya of Maṇikarṇikeśvara.

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Chapter 17: A certain brahmin who had become lame, having propitiated Śiva, got rid of his lameness and established a sacred ford in his own name; description of the māhātmya of the Paṅgutīrtha.

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Chapter 18: The seizing by an alligator of Citrāṅgada, a great committer of sin, when he entered the water afflicted by thirst; then the throwing into hell of the sinner Citrāṅgada by Yama's messengers; the attainment of comfort by the beings residing there by the throwing of Citrāṅgada into hell; then, seeing the wonder, Yama looked with the eye of knowledge and, reflecting in his mind, 'Because of his taking a bath in my sacred ford and attaining death right there, he is not one to share in the suffering of the world of hell,' liberated him from hell; then the departure of Citrāṅgada to heaven in an aerial chariot surrounded by a host of apsarases; description of the māhātmya of the Yamatīrtha.

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Chapter 19: Description of the māhātmya of the Vārāhatīrtha.

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Chapter 20: Dakṣa giving a curse causing consumption to Candra on seeing his unequal conduct towards his own daughters; then Candra performing austerity, and by that austerity the cure of his disease of consumption; the installation of a liṅga by Candra under the name Candraprabhāsa; description of the māhātmya of the Candraprabhāsatīrtha and liṅga.

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Chapter 21: Description of the māhātmya of the Piṇḍodakatīrtha.

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Chapter 22: The gods, defeated by the Dānava named Kaliṅga, having worshipped the Goddess, gained heaven through the Goddess's grace; having placed a mountain peak upon the body of Kaliṅga, the Goddess established her abode upon that summit; the gods offering praise to the goddess Śrīmātā; description of the māhātmya of Śrīmātā.

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Chapter 23: Now, the māhātmya of Śuklatīrtha; there, the naming of that sacred ford as Śuklatīrtha because of clothes thrown into indigo by a washerman becoming white; description of the māhātmya of the Śuklatīrtha.

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Chapter 24: Having slain the Daitya Niśumbha, because the Goddess stayed there on Mount Arbuda, her establishment by the gods under the name Kātyāyanī; description of the māhātmya of Kātyāyanī.

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Chapter 25: Description of the māhātmya of the Piṇḍārakatīrtha.

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Chapter 26: Description of the māhātmya of the Kanakhalatīrtha.

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Chapter 27: Description of the efficacy of the Cakratīrtha.

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Chapter 28: Description of the efficacy of the Manuṣyatīrtha.

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Chapter 29: King Suprabha, addicted to hunting, striking with an arrow a doe suckling her young; then the doe cursing the king, saying, 'You shall become a fierce tiger'; at that very moment the king becoming a tiger; the coming into that very forest of a certain cow named Kapilā who had strayed from the cow-herd; description of the dialogue between the tiger and Kapilā; then Kapilā, having made an oath before the tiger, went to her own place, the cow-pen, suckled her young with milk, narrated the forest event to her calf, saw the calf's insistence on going to the forest, dissuaded the calf, went to her female friends, told everything, and though dissuaded by her friends from going near the tiger, disregarded her friends' words and returned near the tiger; seeing the truthfulness of the cow, the tiger, with a heart blossoming with wonder, granted life to the cow; Suprabha was freed from the curse; the renown of that very place by the name Kapilātīrtha; description of the māhātmya of the Kapilātīrtha.

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Chapter 30: Description of the māhātmya of the Agnitīrtha. / Chapter 31: Indrasena going to a foreign country to destroy his enemies and take their wealth; then, because of the messenger telling Indrasena's wife from Indrasena's mouth that 'Indrasena is dead,' the death of Indrasena's wife; Indrasena's going to all the sacred fords situated in Prabhāsa, such as Somatīrtha, to destroy the sin of killing a woman; because of the non-elimination of sin upon going there, Indrasena's liberation from sin precisely through taking a bath in the Raktānubandha sacred ford is described; description of the māhātmya of the Raktānubandhatīrtha.

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Chapter 32: Taking the cosmetic paste derived from cleansing powder, Pārvatī fashioned a boy; considering, 'This boy is headless for lack of paste,' Pārvatī joined the head of a certain rutting elephant with that trunk; then Śiva named him Mahāvināyaka; narration of the pacification rite of Mahāvināyaka; description of the māhātmya of Mahāvināyaka.

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Chapter 33: Description of the māhātmya of Pārtheśvara.

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Chapter 34: Description of the origin of a single liṅga without beginning or end in the midst of Brahmā and Viṣṇu, who were quarrelling and fighting with each other out of a desire for greatness; then, an incorporeal voice causing their fight to stop, stating the wager: 'He who sees the end of the liṅga shall be the greater'; there, because Brahmā falsely related in Śiva's presence the incident of seeing the upper limit of the liṅga, Śiva gave Brahmā a curse causing him to be unworthy of worship; likewise, the giving of a curse also to the Ketaka flower who had come forward to give false witness for Brahmā; then Śaṃkara granting a boon to Viṣṇu; description of the māhātmya of the Kṛṣṇatīrtha.

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Chapter 35: Description of the account of the origin of Māmuhrada.

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Chapter 36: The slaying of Mahiṣāsura by the Goddess, who was pleased by the worship performed by the gods afflicted by Mahiṣāsura; the description of the account of the establishment right there by the gods under the name Caṇḍikāśrama; description of the māhātmya of Caṇḍikāśrama.

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Chapter 37: Description of the māhātmya of the Nāgodbhavatīrtha.

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Chapter 38: Description of the māhātmya of the origin of the Śivagaṅgā pool.

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Chapter 39: Description of the māhātmya of the gift of roasted barley flour preceded by the description of the māhātmya of the Śivaliṅgamāheśvara.

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Chapter 40: The description of Rati's lamentation due to Śaṃkara's burning of Kāma; upon hearing that grief made by Rati, the description of Kāma's revival endowed with bodilessness through a voice from the sky; the installation of the liṅga by Kāma together with Rati; and the description of the māhātmya of Kāmeśvara.

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Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit