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 46

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īśvara uvāca |
tato gacchenmahādevi tasyaivottarataḥ sthitam |
liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ tu budheśvaramiti śrutam || 1 ||
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dhanuṣāṃ dvitaye caiva nātidūre vyavasthitam |
sarvapāpa haraṃ liṃgaṃ darśanādeva bhāmini || 2 ||
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budhena caiva deveśi tatra taptaṃ mahātapaḥ |
sthāpitaṃ vimalaṃ liṃgaṃ samārādhya sadāśivam || 3 ||
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varṣāyutāni catvāri saṃpūjya tu vidhānataḥ |
ananyacetāḥ śāṃtātmā pratyakṣīkṛtavānbhavam || 4 ||
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tatastuṣṭamanā devo grahatvaṃ tasya taddadau |
taṃ saṃpūjya vidhānena somaputrapratiṣṭhitam |
saumyāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣeṇa rājasūyaphalaṃ labhet || 5 ||
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na daurbhāgyaṃ kule tasya na caiveṣṭaviyojanam |
śatruto na bhayaṃ tasya bhavettasyaprasādataḥ || 6 ||
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iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ budhadaivatam |
śrutvā'bhinaṃdya prayataḥ prāpnoti paramaṃ padam || 7 ||
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iti śrīskānde mahāpu rāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye budheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaṣaṭcatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 46 ||
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