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 127

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īśvara uvāca |
tato gacchenmahādevi kṣemeśvaramanuttamam |
tasmāduttarakoṇasthaṃ kapāleśāgnigocare || 1 ||
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dhanuṣāṃ paṃcadaśake kapāleśvarataḥ sthitam |
liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi sarvapātakanāśanam || 2 ||
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kṣemamūrtiḥ purā rājā babhūva sa mahābalaḥ |
tena tatra tapastaptaṃ cirakālaṃ mahātmanā || 3 ||
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tataḥ saṃsthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ bhaktyā bhāvitacetasā |
taddṛṣṭvā kṣemamāyāti kāryaṃ kṣemeṇa siddhyati || 4 ||
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sarvakāmasamṛddhātmā bhūyā jjanmanijanmani |
evaṃ kṣemeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ khyātaṃ pātakanāśanam || 5 ||
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sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇāṃ śrutaṃ saubhāgyadāyakam |
darśanenāpi tasyāpi gośatasya phalaṃ smṛtam || 6 ||
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tasmātkṣetraphalākāṃkṣī nityaṃ talliṃgamāśrayet || 7 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye kṣemaṃkareśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptaviṃśatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 127 ||
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