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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 196
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īśvara uvāca |
tato gacchenmahādevi prabhāsaṃ jalasaṃsthitam |
vṛddhaprabhāsāddakṣiṇato nātidūre vyavasthitam || 1 ||
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tasyaiva devi devasya śṛṇu māhātmyamuttamam || 2 ||
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jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa yadā kṣattravadhaḥ kṛtaḥ |
tadā'sya paramā jātā ghṛṇā manasi bhāmini || 3 ||
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tatastvārādhayāmāsa mahādevaṃ sureśvaram |
ugraṃ tapaḥ samāsthāya bahūnvarṣa gaṇānpriye || 4 ||
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tatastuṣṭo mahādevastasya pratyakṣatāṃ gataḥ |
abravīdvaradaste'haṃ varaṃ varaya suvrata || 5 ||
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rāma uvāca |
yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva yadi deyo varo mama |
darśayasva svakaṃ liṃgaṃ yajñe vajreṇa chāditam || 6 ||
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ghṛṇā me mahatī jātā hatvemānkṣatriyānbahūn |
darśanāttava liṃgasya yena me naśyate ghṛṇā || 7 ||
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tathā me pātakaṃ sarvaṃ prasādāttava śaṃkara || 8 ||
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śaṃkara uvāca |
mama liṃgaṃ sahasrākṣa utthitaṃ tu punaḥpunaḥ |
vajreṇācchādayatyeva bhayena mahatā vṛtaḥ || 9 ||
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na te'haṃ darśanaṃ yāsye liṃgarūpī kadācana || 10 ||
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yanmāṃ vadasi ghṛṇayā vṛto'haṃ pātakena tu |
tatte'haṃ nāśayiṣyāmi sparśanāttu dvijottama || 11 ||
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asmiñjalāśraye puṇye jalamadhye mahāmate |
utthāsyati mahāliṃgaṃ tasya tvaṃ darśanaṃ kuru || 12 ||
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gamiṣyati ghṛṇā sarvā niṣpāpastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi |
uktvaivamudatiṣṭhacca jalamadhyādvarānane || 13 ||
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jalaprabhāsanāmāsya tato jātaṃ dharātale |
tasyālaṃ sparśanāddevi śivalokaṃ vrajennaraḥ || 14 ||
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ekaṃ bhojayate yo'tra brāhmaṇaṃ śaṃsitavratam |
bhojito'haṃ bhavettena sapatnīko na saṃśayaḥ || 15 ||
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eṣā jalaprabhāsasya saṃbhūtiste mayoditā |
śrutā pāpopaśamanī sarvakāmaphalapradā || 16 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye jalaprabhāsamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṇṇavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 196 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Chapter 196
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)
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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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