Revākhaṇḍa ascribed to the Vāyupurāṇa (RKV) 191

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191.24 — 2 parts

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Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
Then one should go to Siddheśvara, situated near to that very [place]. / That first liṅga oozes nectar, and is likewise self-manifest.

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Merely by seeing it, a man here becomes free of debt. / Long ago, having worshiped the supreme lord for over a hundred years,

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the twelve Ādityas attained the supreme perfection. / Therefore it is declared as Siddheśvara, bestower of perfections to seekers of perfection.

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Yudhiṣṭhira said:
How did the gods attain perfection at Siddheśvara, O best of the twice-born? / What you have said about the Ādityas has caused me wonder.

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For what reason were the Ādityas engaged in severe asceticism, / and how, O best of the twice-born, did they attain their desired perfection?

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I have asked briefly; relate it to me in detail, O twice-born!

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Mārkaṇḍeya said:
From Aditi were born the twelve Ādityas, led by Śakra: / Indra, Dhātṛ, Bhaga, Tvaṣṭṛ, Mitra, and then Varuṇa, Aryaman,

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Vivasvat, Savitṛ, Pūṣan, Aṃśumat, and Viṣṇu. / These twelve Ādityas, desiring the solar realm,

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resorted to the bank of the Narmadā and engaged in severe asceticism. / At Siddheśvara, O great king, by those high-souled sons of Kaśyapa,

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named the twelve Ādityas, the supreme perfection was achieved. / And the sun, creator of the world, was installed in that pilgrimage place

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by those named the twelve Ādityas, according to their respective portions. / Since that time, O king, that pilgrimage place has attained renown on earth.

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When the dissolution has arrived, those twelve Ādityas, / O king, arise at the end of the yuga from Dvādaśāditya.

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Indra blazes in the east, and Dhātṛ in the south-east; / Gabhastipati blazes in the south, and Tvaṣṭṛ facing the south-west direction;

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Varuṇa [abides] in the western region, and Mitra in the northwestern; / Viṣṇu in the northern direction, and Vivasvat within the realm of the northeast;

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and above is Savitṛ, and below is Pūṣan drying up [the worlds]; / Aṃśumat and Viṣṇu, from whose mouth the world has come forth,

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burning [it] indeed, O best of men, roamed here and there. / Just as they burn the entire world, O great king,

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even so the twelve Ādityas fulfill the aspirations of their devotees. / Whoever, having risen early in the morning and bathed, looks upon the lord of the gods,

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known as Dvādaśāditya—hear the fruit that comes to him! / Whatever sin committed formerly through speech, mind, or physical deed,

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is destroyed that very moment from the sight of Dvādaśāditya. / Whoever should circumambulate that god, O Bhārata,

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by him the earth has been circumambulated, of this there is no doubt. / The fruit that is gained in that pilgrimage place by fasting on the seventh day,

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[others] may or may not obtain elsewhere on seven seventh lunar days. / On the sixth lunar day, on a Sunday, from the sight of Dvādaśāditya,

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whoever should perform a circumambulation, his sin is destroyed; / he will remain free from disease for seven births, of this there is no doubt.

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He who offers a hundred circumambulations with devotion day after day /—ringworm, boils, leprosy, skin blotches, scabies—

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all diseases are destroyed, like serpents by Garuḍa. / The attainment of a son comes to him through worship on the sixth lunar day.

|| Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-first chapter, entitled 'The Glorification of Dvādaśāditya-tīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth Avantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.

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Revākhaṇḍa ascribed to the Vāyupurāṇa, chapter 192

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