Skandapurana 16.136
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16.136.1
Īśvara said:
Then, O great goddess, one should go to the excellent Lomaśeśvara,
situated seven bows' lengths east of Duḥkhāntakāriṇī. (1)
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It was installed there inside a cave, O ruler of gods, by the great seer Lomaśa,
after performing austerity that was exceedingly difficult to accomplish. (2)
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When three and a half crores of heavenly beings, Indra and the others, O beloved,
come to destruction, only then does his death certainly occur. (3)
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As many hairs as there are on his body, just so many are the Indras;
with the successive destruction of each Indra, one hair of his falls out. (4)
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Thus by the grace of Īśa, Lomaśa became long-lived.
Six Brahmās perish during the entire lifespan of Lomaśa. (5)
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Whoever worships with devotion this liṅga venerated by Lomaśa,
he too attains long life, free from affliction, free from disease, and happy. (6)
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Thus ends the one hundred thirty-sixth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Lomaśeśvara', in the first [part], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. (136)
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