Skandapurana 5.74

English (machine translation) 5.74

Language: English

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Sūta said:
By King Dhṛtarāṣṭra together with his hundred sons,
one hundred and one liṅgas were installed there, O twice-born.

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And likewise a group of five liṅgas was installed by all the Pāṇḍavas;
and by Draupadī, and Kuntī, and Gāndhārī at their pleasure,

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and by Bhānumatī, a group of four Gaurīs was installed.
Then by Vidura, and Śalya, Kaliṅga, and Yuyutsu,

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by Bāhlīka with his son, and by Karṇa with his son,
likewise there by Śakuni, Droṇa, and Kṛpa,

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and by Aśvatthāman, individually, one excellent liṅga each
was installed with supreme devotion, placed in an excellent temple.

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Likewise, a liṅga was installed there by all-powerful Viṣṇu,
placed in a temple endowed with an exceedingly lofty spire.

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By the Sātvata [Kṛṣṇa] as well, by Sāmba, by wise Balabhadra,
by Pradyumna, by Aniruddha, and by the other principal Yādavas,

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by the ten sons of Rukmiṇī headed by Cārudeṣṇa,
a prominent group of ten liṅgas was installed with faith.

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Having thus installed the liṅgas, all those Kurus, Pāṇḍavas,
and Yādavas were exceedingly rejoiced and felt their purpose accomplished.

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Remaining there for a long time, granting gifts in various ways,
making the brahmins born in Camatkārapura wealthy,

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giving them excellent elephants, many horses of noble breed,
prosperous and diverse villages, fields, and fine milk-cows,

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great bulls, fine garments, plots of land, and residences,
female and male slaves, servants, and various kinds of gifts.

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Then, having taken leave of them all and bowed down repeatedly, / all of them departed with great delight to their respective homes.

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Sūta said: / All this has been narrated to you, [concerning] what was established by that king; / likewise the liṅga installed by Dhṛtarāṣṭra, which destroys sins,

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as well as by other rulers who were positioned as prominent, / and by the Pāṇḍavas and Yādavas, each stationed separately.

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Whatever man properly worships them, filled with devotion, / shall obtain all desires longed for in his own heart.

Thus ends the seventy-fourth chapter, titled 'Description of the Account of the Installation of Liṅgas by the Kauravas, Pāṇḍavas, and Yādavas,' in the glorification of Hāṭakeśvara sacred field, in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.

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Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit