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 54

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īśvara uvāca |
tato gacchenmahādevi gaṃdharveśvaramuttamam |
daṇḍapāṇestu bhavanāduttare nikaṭe sthitam || 1 ||
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yatra gaṃdharvarājo vai ghanavāheti viśrutaḥ |
tasya gaṃdharvaseneti khyātā putrī mahāprabhā || 2 ||
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śikhaṃḍinā gaṇenaiva sā śaptā rūpagarvitā |
tato gośṛṃgaṛṣiṇā dattastasyā anugrahaḥ || 3 ||
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somavāravratenaiva someśārādhanaṃ prati |
tataḥ kṣetraṃ samāgatya tapaḥ kṛtvā suduścaram || 4 ||
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liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhayāmāsa tatra gaṃdharvarāṭ svayam |
tathaiva putryā tasyaiva tatra liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhitam || 5 ||
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atha tatraiva deveśi daṃḍapāṇeḥ samīpataḥ |
ghanavāheśvaraṃ nāma yo liṃgaṃ yatnato'rcayet || 6 ||
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gaṃdharvalokamāpnoti dṛṣṭvā sa prayataḥ śuciḥ |
iti te kathitaṃ devi gāṃdharvaṃ liṃgamuttamam || 7 ||
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tṛtīyaṃ sarvapāpānāṃ nāśanaṃ puṇyavarddhanam |
agnitīrthe naraḥ snātvā pūjya gaṃdharvapūjitam || 8 ||
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ayane cottare prāpte nirvāṇamadhigacchati |
śrutvā 'bhinaṃdya māhātmyaṃ mucyate mahato bhayāt || 9 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetra māhātmye gandharveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catuḥpaṃcāśo'dhyāyaḥ || 54 ||
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