Skandapurana 16.15
English (machine translation) 16.15
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16.15.1
Īśvara said: / To the south-east of it, O queen of the gods, [a liṅga] was established by Aruṇa / at a distance of three bows from that Siddha-liṅga.
16.15.2
A liṅga was established there by the charioteer of the Sun, O goddess; / in the Kali [age] it is named Pāpahara, destroying sins by its very sight.
16.15.3
On the thirteenth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Caitra, O woman of excellent complexion, / one who worships it according to rule with devotion attains the fruit of the Pauṇḍarīka sacrifice.
16.15.15
Thus ends the fifteenth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Origin of Pāpanāśana', in the first [part], 'Māhātmya of Prabhāsakṣetra', of the seventh [book], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses].
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