Skanda Purana · Chapter 1.2.6

// naṃdikeśvara uvāca // //
vistarātkathayāmyadya prāyaścittaṃ mahāṃhasām //
sarveṣāmavadhatsva tvamavalaṃbyāstikīṃ dhiyam

brahmahā prāpya śoṇādriṃ nimagnaḥ khaḍgatīrthake //
japanpaṃcākṣaraṃ maṃtraṃ bhasmarudrākṣadhārakaḥ

kṛtopavāsaḥ saṃpūjya prayataḥ parameśvaram //
brāhmaṇānbhojayedvarṣaṃ bhikṣāśī niyateṃdriyaḥ

viśeṣapūjāśuśrūṣāṃ kuryāddevasya bhaktitaḥ //
brahmahatyā vinirmukto brahmaloke mahīyate

surāpo'pyaruṇakṣetre varṣamekaṃ vasanprati //
prāgvatkṛtasamācāraḥ saṃpūjyaivaṃ maheśvaram

kṣīreṇa snāpayeddevaṃ śatarudrīyamuccaran //
surāpānodbhavenāśu pāpena parimucyate

suvarṇasteyakṛcchoṇakṣetre bilvadalairharam //
abhyarcya bhojayedviprānpāpānmucyeta duṣkarāt

gurudāraratirgatvā kṛttikāsvaruṇācalam //
yathāpūrvaṃ vratī bhūtvā sahasreṇa pradīpakaiḥ

māsatrayaṃ samārādhya śrīśoṇācalaśaṃkaram //
pradadyādbhūṣitāṃ kanyāṃ brāhmaṇāya sudhīmate

ṣaḍakṣaraṃ japennityaṃ tena mucyeta pāpmanā //
śivaloke ca nivasedāsaṃsāraṃ na saṃśayaḥ

paradārāpaharttā ca kṣetresminniyateṃdriyaḥ //
māsamekaṃ navaiḥ puṣpairabhyarcyāruṇaśaṃkaram

māheśvarāya vitareddhanaṃ śaktyānuguṇyataḥ //
tatkṣaṇena vinirmuktastasmātpāpādbhaviṣyati

garado'pyaruṇakṣetre vratī bhūtvā yathāpurā //
kṣīropahāraṃ devāya dattvā doṣeṇa mucyate //

piśuno'pyaruṇakṣetre vratī vedarato naraḥ //
adhyāpayeddvijānmukhyāṃstato niṣkalmaṣo bhavet

agnido'pyaruṇakṣetre trīnmāsānpūrvavadvratī //
dadyācchaivāya nirmāyya gṛhaṃ tatpāpaśāṃtaye

dharmaniṃdākaraḥ śoṇakṣetre varṣaṃ vratī vasan //
satrādikaṃ prakurvīta yathāśaktyaghaśāṃtaye

pitṛdrohyaruṇakṣetre tiṣṭhanmāsamataṃdritaḥ //
girīśāya dvijebhyopi pradadyādgāḥ sahasraśaḥ

grahoparāgakāleṣu bhojayitvā dvijānbahūn//
vimuṃcedvṛṣabhaṃ nīlaṃ vimucyeta tatoṃ'hasaḥ

strīghnaścāpi śiśughno'pi śoṇakṣetramupeyivān //
vyatīpāte tilāndadyāddvijabhyo duritacchide

pracchannapāpakṛcchoṇakṣetre'sminniyateṃdriyaḥ //
guptadānāni kurvīta bhavedvai gatakalmaṣaḥ

mṛṣābhāṣyaruṇakṣetre ṣaṇmāsānnivasanvratī //
śoṇācaleśvarastotrapāṭhena syādakalmaṣaḥ

kūpādibhedakṛcchoṇakṣetramāsādya bhaktitaḥ //
taṭākānkhānayettatra dhruvaṃ nirvṛjino bhavet

kṣetrāpahārī devāya kṣetraṃ dadyānmahāphalam //
ārāmakaṃṭakopyasmai dadyādudyānamuttamam

gṛhāpahārī kurvīta devasyāyatanaṃ navam //
aṃhasā tena nirmuktaḥ śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt

paradrohī vasañchoṇakṣetre māheśvarāndhanaiḥ //
prīṇayitvā parām̐llokānniḥsaṃśayamavāpnuyāt

paśvādimāṃsabhukchoṇakṣetre pakṣatrayaṃ vratī //
prīṇayedaruṇeśānaṃ sopahārairmanoharaiḥ

triḥśoṇācalanātheti ninadannanagho bhavet//
nivasannaruṇakṣetre pūjayedaruṇeśvaram

aruṇeśvaramaṃtraṃ ca japenmokṣecchurādarāt//
yadyasyābhihitaṃ tena padbhyāmeva pradakṣiṇām

kurvatāruṇaśailasya tatprāpyaṃ śubhamaṃjasā //
śruteṣu skhaliteṣvatyāhite duḥsvapnadarśane

prītyutkarṣe'pi ca budhairuccāryo'ruṇaśaṃkaraḥ //
api varṇāśramabhraṣṭaḥ śivadroharato'pi vā

trīṇyahānyaruṇakṣetre vasanmucyeta pātakaiḥ //
pārthivaḥ śivaloko'yaṃ mūrttametattrayīśiraḥ

eṣa dakṣiṇakailāso yosāvaruṇaparvataḥ //
anyeṣu siddhakṣetreṣu tapobhiḥ siddhayo nṛṇām

asminsmaraṇamātreṇa tāratamyaṃ viciṃtyatām //
yadgaṃgāyāṃ prayāge yatkāśyāṃ vai puṣkareṣu yat

karma setau ca yatpuṃsāṃ śoṇakṣetre tato'dhikam //
agniṣṭomaṃ vājapeyaṃ vairājaṃ sarvatomukham //

rājasūyāśvamedhau ca kuryācchoṇācale budhaḥ //
ekāhaṃ vāruṇakṣetre naro yatsyādupoṣitaḥ

tasya cāṃdrāyaṇaśataṃ bhavetsāṃtapanāyutam //
ṣoḍaśāpi mahādānānyaruṇakṣetrasaṃnidhau

anuṣṭhitāni kalpoktaṃ kurvaṃti dviguṇaṃ phalam

iti naṃdikeśvaramukhena śuśruvānmuninaṃdanotha nirayapratikriyām//
abhinaṃdya taṃ vada dinartuvatsarapramukhārhaṇakramamiti vyajijñapat

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iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe'ruṇācalamāhātmya uttarārdhe pāpāpanodakaprāyaścittavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ