Skandapurana 16.41
English (machine translation) 16.41
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Īśvara said: / In the eastern direction from that very [shrine], installed by Sarasvatī, / is a liṅga of great power, in the south-east of Someśa, 1
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where the submarine fire in the form of Bhairaveśvara, situated in a pot, / was brought by the goddess near the ocean. 2
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Depositing [it] for a moment for the sake of rest, the liṅga was installed by the goddess; / having worshipped it properly, she took the submarine fire / and cast it into the middle of the ocean, desiring the welfare of the gods. 3
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Then the exceedingly delighted gods, filling the sky / with the sounds of conches and kettle-drums, praised the goddess with showers of flowers. 4
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Conferring the name "Mother of the Gods" upon her, the gods then said to her: / "Having accomplished a terrifying task that could not be achieved by gods or demons, 5
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and because you have installed an exalted liṅga here, / [and since] you are the best of all rivers and the destroyer of all sins, / therefore this liṅga will attain renown by the name 'Bhairava'." 6
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Being addressed thus, the goddess then, to the south-west of Bhairaveśvara, / remained on the lovely [shore] of the ocean, embodied there as a chaste lady. 7
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One should worship her according to the rule, and likewise that Bhairaveśvara. / Having performed a ritual ablution according to the rule on the great ninth day with diligence, / and having worshipped Sarasvatī, one is released from every defect of speech. 8
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Having worshipped her liṅga and bathed it separately with milk / according to the rite with the Aghora mantra, one properly obtains the fruit of the pilgrimage. 9
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Thus ends the forty-first chapter, entitled "Description of the Māhātmya of Bhairaveśvara," in the first Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya of the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. 41
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