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Skanda Purana [sanskrit]
876,996 words | ISBN-10: 8170800978 | ISBN-13: 9788170800972
This Sanskrit edition of the Skandapurana. It is one of the largest of the eighteen Mahapuranas, covering over 80,000 shlokas (verses). It is divided into seven large section each covering holy regions detailing their background and legends.
Chapter 40
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īśvara uvāca |
tato gacchenmahādevi śvetaketupratiṣṭhitam |
liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ tu bhīmenārādhitaṃ purā || 1 ||
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kedāreśvarasāṃnidhye nātidūre vyavasthitam |
pūjayate ttadvidhānena kṣīrasnānādibhiḥ kramāt |
yātrāphalamabhiprepsuḥ pretya svargaphalāya vai || 2 ||
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devyuvāca |
śvetaketostu yaddeva liṃgaṃ proktaṃ tvayā mama |
tasya jātaṃ kathaṃ deva nāma bhīmeśvareti ca || 3 ||
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kathaṃ vinirmitaṃ pūrvaṃ tasmindṛṣṭe tu kiṃ phalam || 4 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
āsīttretāyuge pūrvaṃ rājā svāyaṃbhuveṃtare |
śvetaketuriti khyāto rājarṣiḥ sumahātapāḥ || 5 ||
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sa prabhāsaṃ samāgatya pratiṣṭhāpya mahe śvaram |
tapastepe suvipulaṃ sāgarasya taṭe śubhe || 6 ||
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paṃcāgnisādhako grīṣme varṣāsvākāśagastathā |
hemaṃte jalamadhyastho nava varṣāṇi paṃca ca || 7 ||
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tataścaturddaśe devi tapasā niyamena ca |
tuṣṭenokto mayā devi varaṃ varaya suvrata || 8 ||
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śvetaketurathovāca bhaktiṃ dehi suniścalām |
sthāne'sminsthīyatāṃ deva yadi tuṣṭo'si me prabho || 9 ||
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evamastvityathoktvā'haṃ tasyāṃtarddhānamāgataḥ |
tataḥ kālāṃtare'tīte śvetaketurmahāprabhaḥ || 10 ||
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samārādhya tvidaṃ liṃgaṃ prāptaḥ sthānaṃ mahodayam |
tato jātaṃ nāma tasya śvetaketvīśvaraṃ śrutam || 11 ||
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agnitīrthe mahāpuṇye sarvapātakanāśane |
tataḥ kaliyuge prāpte bhrātṛbhiśca samanvitaḥ || 12 ||
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tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena yadā prabhāsamāgataḥ |
bhīmaseno mahābāhurvāyuputro mamāṃśajaḥ || 13 ||
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talliṃgaṃ pūjayāmāsa kṛtvā jāgeśvaraṃ nijam |
matvā tīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sāgarasya samīpataḥ || 14 ||
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tadā prabhṛti bhīmeśaṃ punarnāmā'bhavacchubham |
dṛṣṭamātreṇa tenaiva sakṛlliṃgena bhāmini || 15 ||
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anyajanmakṛtānyeva pāpāni subahūnyapi |
nāśamāyāṃti sarvāṇi tathaivāmuṣmikāṇi tu || 16 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bhīmeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 40 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Chapter 40
The Skanda-Purana
by G. V. Tagare (2007)
(23 Volumes) - Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
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Skanda Purana (Hindi Translation)
by S. N. Khandelwal (2016)
(Set of 10 Books) - Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office
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Skanda Purana in Bengali
by Navabharat Publishers, Kolkata (0)
স্কন্ধ পুরাণম: - (Set of 7 Volumes)
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Skanda Purana in Kannada
by Vandana Book House, Bangalore (0)
ಶ್ರೀ ಸ್ಕಾಂದ ಮಹಾಪುರಣಂ: (Set of 25 Volumes)
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Skanda Mahapurana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Ahemdabad (2017)
સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)
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Shri Skanda purana (Malayalam)
by M.P. Pillai kaniyanthara (2015)
(Condensed/Summary) - Devi Book Stall, Kodungallur
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