Skandapurana 6.3.154

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Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / "On the southern bank of the Narmadā is the Kalakaleśvara sacred ford, / renowned in all the worlds, fashioned by the God himself.

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Having slain Andhaka in battle, the great Lord, the god of gods, / accompanied by gods, gandharvas, kinnaras, and great serpents,

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amidst the blasts of conches and trumpets, with mṛdaṅgas, paṇavas, and other drums, / with the sounds of vīṇās and flutes, and with abundant hymns of praise,

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some singing the Sāman hymns, others the Yajus hymns, others reciting the metres and the Ṛg verses, / while other exalted ones praised Maheśvara there with manifold hymns—

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because the liṅga was established amidst the roaring of the Pramathas / and the tumultuous acclaim of the bards, it came to be known by that name.

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Whoever, having bathed at that sacred ford, beholds Kalakaleśvara, / that human being on earth attains merit superior to that of a Vājapeya sacrifice.

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Purified in self by that merit, upon relinquishing his breath he goes to heaven, / having mounted an excellent aerial vehicle, sung of by hosts of apsarases.

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Having enjoyed immense delights there for a long time, / that great-souled one is subsequently born into a pure family in the mortal world.

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A fortunate brahmin in the world, a master of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas, / freed from disease and grief, he lives for a hundred autumns."

Thus ends the one hundred fifty-fourth chapter, entitled "Description of the Fruit and Māhātmya of the Kalakaleśvara Sacred Ford," in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compilation of eighty-one thousand verses.

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Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit