Skandapurana 16.307
English (machine translation) 16.307
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Īśvara said: / East of Sāmbāditya, situated slightly towards the southeast, / is the one named Apara-Nārāyaṇa, than whom none is higher on earth. // 1
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O ruler of the gods, the sun, having the form of Viṣṇu, / assumed a second form, having the form of Viṣṇu, and granted a boon to Sāmba. // 2
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Therefore, Viṣṇu became famous in ancient times under the name 'Apara' ('the Other'). / Properly, on the eleventh lunar day in the bright fortnight of Phālguna, // 3
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one should worship the lotus-eyed one there, who has the form of the sun. / He is freed from sins and prospers with all desired objects. // 4
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Thus ends the three hundred and seventh chapter, entitled "The Description of the Māhātmya of Apara-Nārāyaṇa," in the first [part], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand [verses].
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