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 88

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īśvara uvāca |
tato gacchenmahādevi nīlarudraṃ dvitīyakam |
bhūteśāduttare bhāge dhanuṣāṃ ṣoḍaśe sthitam || 1 ||
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mahāliṃgaṃ mahādevi gaṇagaṃdharvapūjitam |
saṃsnāpya taṃ vidhānena īśamaṃtreṇa pūjayet || 2 ||
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kumudotpalasaṃbhāraiḥ samyaksaṃbhāvitātmavān |
kṛtvā pradakṣiṇāṃ tasya namaskāreṇa pūjayet || 3 ||
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evaṃ kṛtvā naro devi rājasūyaphalaṃ labhet |
vṛṣastatraiva dātavyaḥ samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ || 4 ||
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nīlāṃjananibho daityo nihataścāṃtakaḥ purā |
tasya rodayitā strīṇāṃ nīlarudrastataḥ smṛtaḥ || 5 ||
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tasya saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam |
samyakchraddhānvitaiḥ prāpyaṃ śrāvyaṃ taddarśanotsukaiḥ || 6 ||
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itiśrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya ekādaśarudramāhātmye nīla rudramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 88 ||
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