Skandapurana 14.62

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Pulastya said: / Then one should go to Kaṭeśvara, the liṅga fashioned by Gaurī, / and likewise to another, Gaṅgeśvara, fashioned by Gaṅgā herself. 1.

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Long ago, a rivalry arose between Umā and Gaṅgā / regarding good fortune [with their husband], O best of kings; then Gaurī spoke: 2.

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"She by whom Śambhu is worshipped and will swiftly grant darśana, / she indeed of the two of us will be the one possessing good fortune." 3.

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Addressed thus, Gaṅgā then went quickly to this mountain; / she searched for a liṅga and found one after a long time. 4.

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Then Gaurī, having seen a delightful slope of the mountain / shaped like a liṅga, O great king, worshipped it at that time. 5.

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She was endowed with complete faith; pleased with that, Maheśvara / granted his darśana to her and said, "I am the granter of boons." 6.

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Gaurī said: / "O God, this liṅga was fashioned by me out of jealousy arising from having a co-wife; / therefore, its name in the world shall be Kaṭeśvara. 7.

Whatever woman is abandoned by her husband or afflicted by the sorrow caused by a co-wife, / merely by seeing this [liṅga] she will be free of sorrow, / endowed with sons and good fortune, and as dear to her husband as his own life." 8.

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Worshipped by Gaṅgā, the god granted the very same boon; / therefore, that pair of liṅgas must be seen, O lord of men, 9.

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especially by women, as it destroys the afflictions caused by a co-wife, / constantly bestows happiness and good fortune, and grants the desires of humans. 7.3.62.10.

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Thus ends the sixty-second chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Kaṭeśvara and Gaṅgeśvara,' in the third [section], the Arbudakhaṇḍa, in the seventh [section], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. 62.

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Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit