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 205
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devyuvāca |
bhagandevadeveśa saṃsārārṇavatāraka |
brūhi śrāddhavidhiṃ puṇyaṃ vistarājjagatāṃpate || 1 ||
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kasminvāsarabhāge tu śrāddhakṛcchrāddhamācaret |
asminsarasvatī tīrthe prabhāsakṣetra uttame || 2 ||
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kasmiṃstīrthe kṛtaṃ śrāddhaṃ bahupuṇyaphalaṃ bhavet |
etatsarvaṃ mahādeva yathāvadvaktumarhasi || 3 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
prātaḥkāle muhūtāṃstrīnsaṃgavastāvadeva tu |
madhyāhnastrimuhūrtaḥ syādaparāhṇastataḥ param || 4 ||
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sāyāhnastrimuhūrtaḥ syācchrāddhaṃ tatra na kārayet |
rākṣasīnāma sā velā garhitā sarvakarmasu || 5 ||
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ahno muhūrtā vikhyātā daśapaṃca ca sarvadā |
tatrāṣṭamo muhūrto yaḥ sa kālaḥ kutapaḥ smṛtaḥ || 6 ||
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madhyāhne sarvadā yasmānmandībhavati bhāskaraḥ |
tasmādanaṃtaphaladastadārambho bhaviṣyati || 7 ||
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madhyāhnaḥ khaḍgapātraṃ tu tathānye kālakambalāḥ || |
rūpyaṃ darbhāṃstilā gāvo dauhitraścāṣṭamaḥ smṛtaḥ || 8 ||
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pāpaṃ kutsitamityāhustasya santāpakāriṇaḥ |
aṣṭa caivaṃ matāstasmātkutapā iti viśrutāḥ || 9 ||
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ūrdhvaṃ muhūrtātkutapādyanmuhūrtacatuṣṭayam |
muhūrtapañcakaṃ caiva svadhābhavanamiṣyate || 10 ||
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viṣṇordehasamudbhūtāḥ kuśāḥ kṛṣṇāstilāstathā || |
śrāddhasya rakṣaṇārthāya etatprāhurdivaukasaḥ || 11 ||
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tilodakāñjalirdeyo jalasthaistīrthavāsibhiḥ |
sadarbhahastenaikena śrāddhasevanamiṣyate || 12 ||
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trīṇi śrāddhe pavitrāṇi dauhitraḥ kutapastilāḥ |
trīṇi cātra praśaṃsaṃti śuddhimakrodhamatvarām || 13 ||
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dauhitraṃ khaḍgamityuktaṃ lalāṭe śṛṅgamasti yat |
tasya śṛṃgasya yatpātraṃ taddauhitramiti smṛtam || 14 ||
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kṣīriṇī vāpi citrā gaustatkṣīrāyadghṛtaṃ bhavet |
taddauhitramiti proktaṃ daive pitrye ca karmaṇi || 15 ||
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darbhāgraṃ daivamityuktaṃ samūlāgraṃ tu paitṛkam |
tatrāvalaṃbino ye tu kuśāste kutapāḥ smṛtāḥ || 16 ||
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śarīradravyadārābhūmanomaṃtradvi janmanām |
śuddhiḥ saptasu vijñeyā śrāddhakāle viśeṣataḥ || 17 ||
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saptadhā dravyaśuddhistu sottamā madhyamā'dhamā || 18 ||
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śrutaṃ śauryaṃ tapaḥ kanyā śiṣyādyaṃ cānvayāgatam |
dhanaṃ saptavidhaṃ śuklamupāyopyasya tādṛśaḥ || 19 ||
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kutsitaṃ kṛṣivāṇijyaṃ śuklaṃ śilpānuvṛttibhiḥ |
kṛtopakārādāptaṃ ca śaṃbalaṃ samudāhṛtam || 20 ||
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utkocataśca yatprāptaṃ yatprāptaṃ caiva sāhasāt |
vyājenopārjitaṃ yacca tatkṛṣṇaṃ samudāhṛtam || 21 ||
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anyāyopārjitairdravyai ryacchrāddhaṃ kriyate naraiḥ |
tṛpyaṃti tena caṇḍālāḥ puṣkasādyāsu yoniṣu || 22 ||
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annaprakiraṇaṃ yattu manuṣyaiḥ kriyate bhuvi |
tena tṛptimupāyāṃti ye piśācatvamāgatāḥ || 23 ||
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yatpayaḥ snānavastrotthaṃ bhūmau patati putraka |
tena ye tarutāṃ prāptāsteṣāṃtṛptiḥ prajāyate || 24 ||
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yāstu gaṃdhāṃbukaṇikāḥ pataṃti dharaṇītale |
tābhirāpyāyanaṃ teṣāṃ ye devatvamupāgatāḥ || 25 ||
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uddhṛteṣvapi piṇḍeṣu yāścānnakaṇikā bhuvi |
tābhirāpyāyanaṃ teṣāṃ tiryaktvaṃ ca kule gatāḥ || 26 ||
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ye cādagdhāḥ kule bālāḥ striyo yāścāpyasaṃskṛtāḥ |
vipannāste tu vikirasaṃmārjanasulālasāḥ || 27 ||
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bhuktvā vā bhramate yacca jalaṃ yaccāhni sevate |
brāhmaṇānāṃ tathānnena tena tṛptiṃ prayāṃti te || 28 ||
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piśācatvamanuprāptāḥ kṛmikīṭatvameva ye |
atha kālānpravakṣyāmi kathyamā nānnibodha me || 29 ||
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śrāddhaṃ kāryamamāvāsyāṃ māsimāsīṃdusaṃkṣaye |
tathāṣṭakāsu viprāptau sūryendugrahaṇe tathā || 30 ||
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ayane viṣuve yugme sāmānye cārkasaṃkrame |
amāvāsyāṣṭakāyāṃ ca kṛṣṇapakṣe viśeṣataḥ || 31 ||
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ārdrāmaghārohiṇīṣu dravyabrāhmaṇasaṃgame |
gajacchāyāvyatīpāte viṣṭivaidhṛti vāsare || 32 ||
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vaiśākhasya tṛtīyāyāṃ navamyāṃ kārttikasya ca |
paṃcadaśyāṃ tu māghasya nabhasye ca trayodaśī || 33 ||
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yugādayaḥ smṛtā etā datta syākṣayakārikāḥ || 34 ||
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yasya manvantarasyādau rathārūḍho divākaraḥ |
māghamāsasya saptamyāṃ sā tu syādrathasaptamī || 35 ||
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vaiśākhasya tṛtīyāyāṃ kṛṣṇāyāṃ phālgunasya ca |
paṃcamī caitramāsasya tasyaivāntyā tathāparā || 36 ||
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śuklatrayodaśī māghe kārttikasya ca saptamī |
kārttikī phālgunī caitrī jyaiṣṭhī pañcadaśīti ca |
manvantarāḥ smṛtā hyetā dattasyākṣayakārikāḥ || 37 ||
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śrāvaṇasyāṣṭamī kṛṣṇā tathāṣāḍhī ca pūrṇimā |
kārttikī phālgunī caitrī jyaiṣṭhī pañcadaśī tithiḥ || 38 ||
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manvādayaḥ smṛtāścaitā dattasyākṣayakārikāḥ |
navamī mārgaśīrṣasya saptaitāḥ saṃsmarā myaham || 39 ||
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kalpanāmādayo devi dattasyākṣayakārikāḥ |
tathā manvantarasyādau dvādaśaiva varānane || 40 ||
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nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ vṛddhi śrāddhaṃ sapiṇḍakam |
pārvaṇaṃ cātivijñānaṃ goṣṭhaṃ śuddhyarthamuttamam || 41 ||
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karmāṃgaṃ navamaṃ proktaṃ daivakaṃ daśamaṃ smṛtam |
ekādaśaṃ kṣayāhaṃ tu puṣṭyarthe dvādaśaṃ smṛtam || 42 ||
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sarveṣāmeva śrāddhānāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sāṃvatsaraṃ smṛtam |
ahanyahani yacchrāddhaṃ nityaṃ tatparikīrtitam || 43 ||
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vaiśvadevavihīnaṃ tu aśaktāvudakena tu |
ekoddiṣṭaṃ tu yacchrāddhaṃ tannaimittikamucyate || 44 ||
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kāmena vihitaṃ kāmyamabhipretārthasiddhaye |
vṛddhau yatkriyate śrāddhaṃ vṛddhi śrāddhaṃ taducyate || 45 ||
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ye samānā iti dvābhyāmetacchrāddhaṃ sapiṇḍanam |
amāvāsyāṃ tu yacchrāddhaṃ tatpārvaṇamudāhṛtam || 46 ||
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goṣṭhyāṃ yatkri yate śrāddhaṃ tadgoṣṭhīśrāddhamucyate |
kriyate pāpaśuddhyarthaṃ śuddhiśrāddhaṃ taducyate || 47 ||
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niṣekakāle some ca sīmantonnayane tathā |
tathā puṃsavane caiva śrāddhaṃ karmāṃgameva ca || 48 ||
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devamuddiśya kriyate yattaddaivakamucyate |
gaccheddeśāntaraṃ yastu śrāddhaṃ kāryaṃ tu sarpiṣā || 49 ||
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puṣṭyarthametadvijñeyaṃ kṣayāhaṃ dvādaśaṃ smṛtam |
mṛte'hani pituryastu na kuryācchrāddhamādarāt || 50 ||
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mātuścaiva varārohe vatsarānte mṛte'hani |
nāhaṃ tasya mahādevi pūjāṃ gṛhṇāmi no hariḥ || 51 ||
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mṛtāharyo na jānāti mānavo yadi vā kvacit |
tena kāryamamāvāsyāṃ śrāddhaṃ māghe'tha mārgake || 52 ||
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atha viprānpravakṣyāmi śrāddhe ye kecana kṣamāḥ |
viśiṣṭaḥ śrotriyo yogī vedavidyāsamanvitaḥ || 53 ||
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triṇāciketastrimadhustrisuparṇaḥ ṣaḍaṃgavit |
dauhitrakastu jāmātā svasrīyaḥ śvaśurastathā || 54 ||
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pañcāgnikarmaniṣṭhaśca taponiṣṭhaśca mātulaḥ |
pitṛmātṛparaścaiva śiṣyasaṃbaṃdhibāṃdhavaḥ || 55 ||
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vedārthavitpravaktā ca brahmacārī sahasradaḥ |
saṃbaṃdhinaṃ tathā saṃtaṃ dauhitraṃ duhituḥ patim || 56 ||
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bhāgineyaṃ viśeṣeṇa tathā bandhugaṇānapi |
nātikramennarastvetānmūrkhānapi varānane || 57 ||
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na brāhmaṇānparīkṣeta devakarmaṇyupa sthite |
paitrakarmaṇi saṃprāpte parīkṣeta prayatnataḥ || 58 ||
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ye stenāḥ patitāḥ klībā ye ca nāstikavṛttayaḥ |
tānhavyakavyayorviprānanarhānmanura bravīt || 59 ||
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jaṭilaṃ cānadhīyānaṃ durbalaṃ kitavaṃ tathā |
yājayaṃti ca ye śūdrāṃstāṃśca śrāddhe na pūjayet || 60 ||
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cikitsakāndevalakānmāṃsa vikrayiṇastathā |
vipaṇaiḥ pīrajīvaṃto varjyāḥ syurhavyakavyayoḥ || 61 ||
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preṣyo grāmyaśca rājñaśca kunakhī śyāvadaṃtakaḥ |
pratiroddhā guroścaiva tyaktā gnirvārdhuṣistathā || 62 ||
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yakṣmī ca paśupālaśca parivettā nirākṛtiḥ |
brahmadhrukparivittiśca gaṇābhyantara eva ca || 63 ||
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kuśīlaścaiva kāṇaśca vṛṣalīpatireva ca |
paunarbhavaśca kānīnaḥ kitavo madyapastathā || 64 ||
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pāparogyabhiśastaśca dāṃbhiko rasavikrayī |
dhanuḥśarāṇāṃ karttā ca yaśca syāddidhiṣūpatiḥ || 65 ||
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mitradhruḍdūtavṛttiśca putrācāryastathaiva ca |
bhramarī maṇḍapālī ca citrāṃgaḥ piśunastathā || 66 ||
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unmattoṃ'dhaśca badhiro vedanindaka eva ca |
hayago'śvoṣṭradamako nakṣatrairyaśca jīvati || 67 ||
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pakṣiṇāṃ poṣako yaśca yuddhācāryastathaiva ca |
srotaḥsaṃbhedako yaśca veśyānāṃ poṣaṇe rataḥ || 68 ||
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gṛhasaṃveśako dūtaḥ kṛṣyāropaka eva ca |
ākheṭī śyenajīvī ca kanyādūṣaka eva ca || 69 ||
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hiṃsro vṛṣalaputraśca gaṇānāṃ caiva yājakaḥ |
ācārahīnaḥ klībaśca nityayājanakastathā || 70 ||
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kṛṣijīvī ślīpadī ca sadbhirnindita eva ca |
aurabhriko māhiṣikaḥ parapūrvā patistathā |
pretaniryātakāścaiva varjanīyāḥ prayatnataḥ || 71 ||
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etānvai garhitācārānapāṃkteyāndvijādhamān |
dvijānāṃ sati lābhe tū bhayatraiva vivarjayet || 72 ||
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vīkṣāṃdho vaikataḥ kāṇaḥ kuṣṭhī ca vṛṣalīpatiḥ |
pāparogī sahasrasya dāturnāśayate phalam || 73 ||
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yāvadbhiḥ saṃspṛśatyaṅgairbrāhmaṇāñchrūdrayājakaḥ |
tāvatāṃ na bhavetpretya dāturvā tasya paitrikam || 74 ||
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ādau māhiṣakaṃ dṛṣṭvā madhye ca vṛṣalīpatim |
ante vārdhuṣikaṃ dṛṣṭvā nirāśāḥ pitaro gatāḥ || 75 ||
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mahiṣī procyate bhāryā sā vaidhavye'bhicāriṇī |
tasyāṃ yaḥ kṣapate doṣāṃ sa vai māhiṣikaḥ smṛtaḥ || 76 ||
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vṛṣalītyucyate śūdrī tasyā yaśca patirbhavet |
tadoṣṭhalālāsaṃsargātpatito vṛṣalīpatiḥ || 77 ||
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svaṃ vṛṣaṃ tu parityaktvā pareṇa tu vṛṣāyate |
vṛṣalī sā tu vijñeyā na śūdrī vṛṣalī bhavet || 78 ||
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caṇḍālī baṃdhakī veśyā rajaḥsthā yā ca kanyakā |
kuṭilā ca svagotrā ca vṛṣalyaḥ sapta kīrtitāḥ || 79 ||
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piturgehe tu yā kanyā rajaḥ paśyatyasaṃskṛtā |
patitāḥ pitarastasyāḥ kanyā sā vṛṣalī bhavet || 80 ||
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yastu tāṃ varayetkanyāṃ brāhmaṇo jñānapūrvataḥ |
aśrāddheyamapāṃkteyaṃ taṃ vidyādvṛṣalīpatim || 81 ||
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gaurī kanyā pradhānā vai madhyamā kanyakā matā |
rohiṇī tatsamā jñeyā adhamā ca rajasvalā || 82 ||
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aprāpte rajasi gaurī prāpte rajasi rohiṇī |
avyaṃjanakṛtā kanyā kucahīnā tu nagnikā || 83 ||
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saptavarṣā bhavedgaurī navavarṣā tu nagnikā |
daśavarṣā bhavetkanyā hyata ūrdhvaṃ rajasvalā || 84 ||
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vyaṃjanairhanti vai putrānkulaṃ hanyātpayodharā |
gatimiṣṭāṃ tathā lokānhaṃti sā rajasā pituḥ || 85 ||
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ya udvahedrajoyuktāṃ sa jñeyo vṛṣalīpatiḥ || 86 ||
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yatkarotyekarātreṇa vṛṣalīsevanāddvijaḥ |
tadbhaikṣyabhugjapannityaṃ tribhirvarṣairvyapohati || 87 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye śrāddhakalpe śrāddhānarhabrāhmaṇaparīkṣaṇakathanaṃnāma pañcottaradviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 205 ||
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Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Chapter 205
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by M.P. Pillai kaniyanthara (2015)
(Condensed/Summary) - Devi Book Stall, Kodungallur
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