Revākhaṇḍa ascribed to the Vāyupurāṇa (RKV) 166

English (machine translation) 166

Language: English

166.8 — 2 parts

166.1

Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then the goddess Siddheśvarī, belonging to Viṣṇu, destroying sins, / attained supreme joy upon seeing that very beautiful place.

166.2

Having bathed at that pilgrimage place, a man should worship the ancestors and the gods; / whoever beholds the Goddess with devotion is freed from all sins.

166.3

A woman whose children have died, a barren woman, or one who gives birth only to daughters / obtains a son endowed with good conduct and virtues.

166.4

Whoever, having bathed at that pilgrimage place, beholds the Goddess with fine devotion / on the eighth or the fourteenth day, or at any time, O king—

166.5

whether a woman or a man, having bathed at the confluence— / the Goddess, well pleased, grants sons and wealth.

166.6

Beheld and properly worshipped, the Goddess protects one's lineage; / and being continuously worshipped, she protects one's progeny, without a doubt.

166.7

And on the ninth day, O great king, having bathed and fasted, / one should worship the Goddess with supreme devotion and a mind purified by faith;

166.8

he goes to the supreme world, which is difficult even for the gods to attain.

|| Thus ends the one hundred and sixty-sixth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glorification of the Siddheśvara Pilgrimage Place', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Avantyakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses]

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RKV Chapter 167

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Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa) — Sanskrit