Skandapurana 6.3.69

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Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
Then one should go, O best of kings, to the excellent Maṅgaleśvara,
installed by the son of the earth out of desire for the welfare of the worlds.

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Śaṅkara, who bears the crescent moon on his crest, was pleased through supreme devotion.
On the fourteenth day, the guru, the lord, Maṅgaleśvara became visible [and said]:

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"Speak, O son, an auspicious boon; that I shall give to you, O Maṅgala."

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Maṅgala said:
"Be gracious to me, O Śambhu, birth after birth, O Śaṅkara!
Born of the sweat of your body, I dwell among the planets.

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By your grace, O Īśāna, I am worshipful to all deities.
Indeed, today I have achieved my goal from seeing and speaking with you.

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[May] Maheśvara [dwell] in this place by my name, O Lord of the gods of gods!"
Saying, "So be it for you, O son," he then disappeared.

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The noble Maṅgala, having installed Maheśvara,
then worshipped the bearer of the trident by the power of his own yoga.

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The liṅga, named indeed Maṅgaleśvara, removes all sorrow.
At that sacred ford, O king, the wise man should gratify brahmins

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along with their wives, O best of kings, during the vow on a Tuesday fourth [tithi],
to a learned, Vedic scholar brahmin accompanied by his wife and husband.

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And at the end of the vow, a cow along with draft oxen is given dedicated to Śiva:
"May Mahādeva, whose emblem is the bull, be pleased along with his consort!"

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A pair of red garments should be given, O son of Pāṇḍu,
and two draft oxen that are red-colored, or white or black as well.

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An umbrella, an auspicious bed, and red garlands and ointments
should be given, O best of Pāṇḍavas, with a purified inner soul.

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On the fourth as well as on the eighth day of both fortnights, bright and dark,
a śrāddha should be performed right there, free from dishonesty regarding wealth.

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The deceased spirits remain well-pleased for an entire yuga, O lord of the earth;
the mortal is born with sons in every birth, O best of kings.

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Through the power of that sacred ford, O king, with all limbs handsome,
his lineage becomes auspicious, and inauspiciousness is never found anywhere.

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Whoever constantly recites [this] with devotion, his sin is dispelled.

Thus ends the sixty-ninth chapter, entitled "The Description of the Greatness of Maṅgaleśvaratīrtha," in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand [verses].

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