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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 70
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īśvara uvāca |
tato gacchenmahādevi varuṇeśvaramuttamam |
gaurītapovanāgneyyāṃ dhanuṣāṃ viṃśatau sthitam |
liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi varuṇena pratiṣṭhitam || 1 ||
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pūrvaṃ pīto yadā devi samudraḥ kumbhajanmanā |
tadā kopena santapto varuṇaḥ saritāṃ patiḥ || 2 ||
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kāmikaṃ tu samājñāya kṣetraṃ prābhāsikaṃ tadā |
tatrātapaddevi tapaḥ sa vai paramaduścaram || 3 ||
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pratiṣṭhāpya mahāliṃgaṃ saṃpūjayati bhaktitaḥ |
varṣāṇāmayutaṃ sāgraṃ pūjito vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ || 4 ||
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tataḥ prasanno deveśi nijagaṃgājalena tu |
pūrayāmāsa taṃ riktaṃ samudraṃ yādasāṃpatim || 5 ||
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chaṃdayāmāsa taṃ liṃgaṃ varadānairanekadhā |
tatprabhṛtyeva te sarve samudrāḥ paripūritāḥ || 6 ||
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varuṇeśvaranāmeti talliṃgaṃ tatprabhṛtyabhūt || 7 ||
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ko hyartho bahubhirliṃgairdṛṣṭairvā surasundari |
varuṇeśena dṛṣṭena sarvatīrthaphalaṃ labhet || 8 ||
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aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ taddadhnā snāpayedyadi |
sa brāhmaṇaścaturvedo jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 9 ||
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brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāścānye varānane |
mūkāṃdhabadhirā bālāḥ striyaścaiva napuṃsakāḥ || 10 ||
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dṛṣṭvā gacchaṃti te devi svargaṃ dharmaparāyaṇāḥ |
snānaṃ jāpyaṃ baliṃ homaṃ pūjāṃ stotraṃ ca nartanam |
tasminsthāne tu yaḥ kuryāttatsarvaṃ cākṣayaṃ bhavet || 11 ||
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haimaṃ padmaṃ mauktikaṃ ca dānaṃ tatraiva dāpayet |
samyagyātrāphalāpekṣī svargāpekṣī tathā naraḥ || 12 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye varuṇeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 70 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Chapter 70
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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