Skanda Purana · Verses 1.34-2

//nārada uvāca//
tatastṛtīyaliṃgasya cikīrṣu sthāpanaṃ guham//
brahmā prāhāsya prītyarthaṃ svayamanyaṃ prakurmahe

yadyapyetacchubhaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvadoṣavivarjitam//
tathāpyanyatkariṣye'haṃ sarvaśreṣṭhatamaṃ hi yat

tato brahmā sarvadoṣavimuktaṃ nirmame svayam//
dṛṣṭikāṃtaṃ manaḥkāṃtaṃ phalakāṃtaṃ suliṃgakam

tatra skaṃdasya prītyarthaṃ sarvadevairninirmitam//
saraḥ suramyaṃ tīrthāni tatra te nidadhustathā

gaṃgādikāni tīrthāni yāni procurdivaukasaḥ//
idaṃ yāvatsarastāvatsarvairatra samuṣyatām

evamastviti tānyūcuḥ prītyarthaṃ śarajanmanaḥ//
tato brahmā svayaṃ tatra raudrairmaṃtrairhutāśanam//
gādhiputrādibhirvipraistarpayāmāsa saṃyutaḥ

tato vaiśākhamāsasya caturddaśyāṃ śubhe dine//
pratiṣṭhāṃ cakrire liṃge ciraṃ vipramukā dvijāḥ

jagurgaṃdharvapatayo nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ//
tataḥ skaṃdaḥ prītiyuktaḥ snātvā sarasi śobhane

sarvatīrthodakaiḥ snāpya talliṃgaṃ bhaktisaṃyutaḥ//
vividhaiḥ pūjayāmāsa puṣpairmaṃtraiśca paṃcabhiḥ

pūjākāle svayaṃ tatra liṃgamadhyesthito haraḥ//
jaṃgamā jaṃgamaiḥ sārdhaṃ svayaṃ jagrāha pūjanam

tatastaṃ pūjayanprāha skaṃdo bhaktipariplutaḥ//
kena kenopahāreṇa tvayi dattena kiṃ phalam

//śrīmahādeva uvāca//
mama yaḥ sthāpayelliṃgaṃ śubhaṃ sadma ca kārayet//
malloke vasate'sau ca vāvaccaṃdradivākarau

mama sadma sudhāśubhraṃ yāvatsaṃkhyaṃ karoti yaḥ//
tāvaṃtyeva ca janmāni yaśasāsau virājate

dhvajabhūto dhvajaṃ dattvā vipāpaḥ syātpatākayā//
vidhāya citravinyāsa gaṃdharvaiḥ saha modate

rajaḥsaṃśodhanaṃ kṛtvā naro rogaiḥ pramucyate//
prāpnoti dehaṃ hārdaṃ ca surasadmānulepanāt

puṣpakṣīrādi bhirdattaistilābho'kṣatadarbhakaiḥ//
śaṃbhoḥ śirasi dattvārghya divi varṣāyutaṃ vaset

ghṛtena hatapāpaḥ syānmadhunā subhago bhavet//
virogo dadhidugdhābhyāṃ liṃgaṃ saṃsnāpya jāyate

pānīyadadhidugdhādyaiḥ kramāddaśaguṇaṃ phalam//
māsaṃ saṃsnāpya vai bhaktyā piṣṭādyaiśca virūkṣayet

kapilāpaṃcagavyena surasiṃdhujalena vā//
māṃ ca saṃsnāpya cābhyacca mallokamadhigacchati

kuśodakādgaṃdhajalaṃ tasmāttīrthodakaṃ varam//
tīrthebhyaśca jalaṃ darśe mahīsāgarasaṃbhavam

kapilāṃ dattvā yadāpnoti tatphalaṃ kalaśe pṛthak//
mṛttāmraraupyasauvarṇaiḥ kramācchataguṇaṃ phalam

śrīkhaṃḍāgarukāśmīraśaśinaḥ kramaśo'dhikāḥ//
māṃ ca taiśca samālabhya syācchrīmānsubhagaḥ sukhī

praśasto guglulo dhūpastasmāccaṃdro'garurvaraḥ//
dhūpānetānnaro dattvā sukhaṃ svargamavāpnuyāt

dīpadaḥ kīrtimāpnoti cakṣuruttamameva ca//
naivedyasya pradānena naro mṛṣṭāśano bhavet

puṣpeṇa hemakarṇasya prabaddhena dvisaṃguṇam//
phalamāpnoti puruṣaḥ satyasaṃdhaśca jāyate

akhaṃḍairbilvapatraiśca puṣpairvā vividhairapi//
liṃgaṃ prapūraṇaṃ kṛtvā lakṣmekaṃ vaseddivi

yastu puṣpagṛhaṃ kuryānnaraḥ śuddhāśayo bhavet//
puṣpakeṇa vimānena divi saṃkrīḍate ciram

bhūṣaṇāṃbaradānena naro bhavati bhogabhāk//
saccāmarapradānena jāyate pārthivo naraḥ

ramyaṃ vitānaṃ yo dadyācchatrubhirnābhūyate//
gītaṃ vādyaṃ pranṛtyaṃ ca kṛtvā śuddho vrajetsa mām

śaṃkhaghaṃṭāpradānena vidvānbhavati śabdavān//
vidhāya rathayātrāṃ ca ciraṃ śokaiḥ pramucyate

namaskāraṃ praṇāmaṃ ca kṛtvā jāyenmahākule//
vācayaṃścāgrataḥ śāstraṃ mama jñānī prajāyate

vimucyate manomohairbhaktyā stutvā ca māṃ naraḥ//
godānaphalamāpnoti nirmālyaspheṭanānmama

ārārtikaṃ bhrāmayitvā artihīnaḥ prajāyate//
kṛtvā śītalikāṃ tāpairmucyate doṣa saṃbhavaiḥ

natvā dattvātha śaktyā ca dānaṃ liṃgasya saṃnidhau//
phalaṃ śataguṇaṃ prāpya iha cāmutra modate

praṇāmātpaṃcadaśa ca snānādviṃśatiṃ pūjayā//
śataṃ yathāproktavidheraparādhānahaṃ kṣame

etatsarvaṃ yathoddiṣṭaṃ kumārātra bhaviṣyati//
ye māṃ prapūjayiṣyaṃti kumāreśvara saṃsthitam

vārāṇasyāṃ yathā vatsa viśvanātho'smi saṃsthitaḥ

guptakṣetre tathā sthāsye kumāreśvaramadhyataḥ

śrutveti vacanaṃ rudrāddevānāṃ śrṛṇvatāṃ guhaḥ//
vismitaḥ praṇipatyainaṃ tuṣṭāva girijāpatim

namaḥ śivāyāstu nirāmayāya namaḥ śivāyāstu manomayāya//
namaḥ śivāyāstu surārcitāya tubhyaṃ sadā bhaktakṛpāparāya

namo bhavāyāstu bhavodbhavāya namostu te dhvastamanobhavāya//
namo'stu te gūḍhamahāvratāya namo'stu māyagahanāśrayāya

namostu śarvāya namaḥ śivāya namostu siddhāya purātanāya//
namostu kālāya namaḥ kalāya namo'stu te kālakalātigāya

namo nisargātmakabhūtikāya namo'stvameyokṣamaharddhikāya//
namaḥ śaraṇyāya namo'guṇāya namo'stu te bhīmaguṇānugāya

namo'stu nānābhuvanādhikartre namo'stu bhaktābhimatapradātre//
namo'stu karmaprasāvāya dhātre namaḥ sadā te bhagavansukartre

anaṃtarūpāya sadaiva tubhyamasahyakopāya sadaiva tubhyam//
ameyamānāya namostu tubhyaṃ vṛṣeṃdrayānāya namo'stu tubhyam

namaḥ prasiddhāya mahauṣadhāya namo'stu te vyādhigaṇāpahāya//
carācarāyātha vicāradāya kumāranāthāya namaḥ śivāya

mameśa bhūteśa maheśvarosi kāmeśa vāgīśa baleśa dhīśa//
krodheśa moheśa parāpareśa namostu mokṣeśa guhaśayeśa

iti saṃstūya varadaṃ śūlapāṇimumāpatim//
praṇipatya umāputro namonama uvāca ha

evaṃ bhaktiparākrāṃtamātmayogyaṃ stavaṃ śivaḥ//
abhinandya ciraṃ kālamidaṃ vacanamabravīt

tvayā duḥkhaṃ na saṃciṃtyaṃ mama bhaktavadhātmakam//
karmaṇānena ślāghyo'si munīnāmapi putraka

ye ca sāyaṃ tathā prātastvatkṛtena stavena mām//
stoṣyaṃti parayā bhaktyā śruṇu teṣāṃ ca yatphalam

na vyādhirna ca dāridryaṃ na caiveṣṭaviyojanam//
bhuktvā bhogāndurlabhāṃśca mama yāsyaṃti sadma te

tathānyānapi dāsyāmi varānparamadurlabhān//
bhaktyā tavātituṣṭo'haṃ prītyarthaṃ tava putraka

mahīsā garakūle tu ye māṃ stoṣyaṃti pūjayā//
teṣāṃ datakṣayaṃ sarvaṃ vaiśākhyāṃ dānapūjanam

sarasyatra ca ye snānaṃ prakariṣyaṃti mānavāḥ//
sarvatīrthaphalā vāptirvaiśākhyāṃ prabhaviṣyati

kumāreśaṃ tu māṃ bhaktyā mahīsāgarasaṃgame//
snātvā saṃpūjayennityaṃ tasya jātismṛtirbhavet

jātismṛtiriyaṃ putra yasyāṃ jātau prajāyate//
smarate'syāḥ prakartavyaṃ śreyorūpaṃ sudurlabham

yasminkāle hyanāvṛṣṭirjāyate kṛttikāsuta//
snāpayedvidhivanmāṃ ca kalaśairvividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ

ekarātraṃ trirātraṃ vā pañcarātraṃ ca sapta vā//
snāpayedgaṃdhatoyena kuṃkumena vilepayet

karavīrai raktapuṣpairjapāpuṣpaistathaiva ca//
arcayetpuṣpamālābhiḥ paridhāyāruṇavāsasī

bhojayedbrahṇāṃścaiva tāpasāñchaṃsivavratān//
lakṣahomaṃ prakurvīta śivahomaṃ grahādikam

bhūmidānaṃ tataḥ kuryāttatto dadyādgavāhnikam//
āghoṣayecchivāṃ śāṃtiṃ rudrajāpyaṃ hi kārayet

anenaiva vidhānena kṛtena tu dvijottamaiḥ//
āgarbhitāstadā meghā varṣate nātra saṃśayaḥ

vividhaiḥ pūryate dhānyaḥ śādvalaiśca vasundharā//
ārogyaṃ hi bhaveccaiva jane gopakule tathā

dharmayukto bhavedrājā paracakrairna pīḍyate//
gṛtena snāpayenmāṃ ca arkakrāṃtau naro'tra yaḥ

kanyādāna phalaṃ tasya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā//
kṣīreṇa snāpayeddevaṃ tathā paṃcāmṛtena yaḥ

agniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalaṃ tasyopajāyate//
kumāreśvaratīrtheyaḥ prāṇatyāgaṃ karoti hi

rudraloke vasettāvadyāvadābhūtasaṃplavam//
ayane viṣuve caiva grahaṇe caṃdrasūryayoḥ

paurṇamāsyāmamāvāsyāṃ saṃkrāṃtau vaidhṛte tathā//
kumāreśaṃ naraḥ snātvā mahīsāgarasaṃgame

bhaktyā yobhyarcayenmāṃ ca tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śrṛṇu//
yanmahītalatīrtheṣu snāne syāttu mahatphalam

yaccarciteṣu liṃgeṣu sarveṣu syātphalaṃ ca tat//
ārogyaṃ putralābhaṃ ca dhanalābhaṃ sukhaṃsutam

niścitaṃ labhate martyaḥ kumāreśvarasevayā//
brahmacārī śucirbhūtvā yastiṣṭhedatra tāpasaḥ

paraṃ pāśupataṃ yogaṃ prāpya yāti layaṃ mayi//
pāpātmanāṃ ca martyānāṃ sadyo'smi phaladarśakaḥ

divyenāṣṭavidhenātra kośaḥ sādhāraṇo'tra ca//
aghorādyaiḥ paṃcamaṃtraiḥ snāpya liṃgaṃ mahojjavalam

aghoreṇaiva tattoyaṃ dadyāddivyasya kāraṇe//
pibedetadudīryā prasṛtitrayameva ca

yadi dharmastathā satyamīśvaro'tra jagattraye//
kośapānātphalaṃ sadyo drakṣyāmyasmi śubhā śubham

yāsye ceti kulaṃ hanyādgamane ca kuṭumbakam//
darśane ca śubhaṃ pāne hanyāddehaṃ ca mithyayā

tribhirdinaistribhiḥ pakṣaistribhirmāsaistribhiḥ samaiḥ//
atyugrapuṇyapāpānāṃ mānena phalamaśnute

ete varāmayā liṃge dattātraṃ sthāpite tvayā//
tava prītyabhivṛddhyarthaṃ brūhi bhūyo'pyumātmaja

//skanda uvāca//
kṛtakṛtyo varairdattaistvayā caitairmaheśvara//
namonamo namastestu nātra tyājyaṃ tvayā vibho

evaṃ praṇamya devaṃ sa mātaraṃ praṇato'bravīt//
tvayāpi mātarnaivātra tyājyaṃ mama priyepsayā

tvāmapyatra sthāpayiṣye varadā bhava parvati

//śrīdevyuvāca//
yatra śarvaḥ svabhāvena tatra tiṣṭhāmyahaṃ suta

tava bhaktyā viśeṣeṇa sthāsye strīṇāṃ varapradā//
yuddheṣu tavakarmāṇi rudrabhakteṣu te kṛpām

paśyaṃti putriṇāṃ mukhyā prīṇitā ca bhṛśaṃ tvayā//
garbhakleśaḥ striyo manye sāphalyaṃ bhajate tadā

suto yadā rudrabhaktaḥ sānaṃdaṃ sadbhirīryate//
bhava tasmātpriyārthāya tiṣṭhāmyatra ṣaḍānana

strībhirārādhitā dāsye saubhāgyaṃ supatiṃ sutān//
caitre cāpi tṛtīyāyāṃ snātvā śītena vāriṇā

arcayiṣyaṃti māṃ yāśca puṣpairdhūpairvilepanaiḥ//
dāsyāmi cāṣṭasaubhāgyaṃ yā nārī bhaktitatparā

pitarau śvaśurau putrānpatiṃ saubhāgyasaṃpadaḥ//
kuṃkumaṃ puṣpaśrīkhaṃḍaṃ tāṃbūlāṃjanamikṣavaḥ

saptamaṃ lavaṇaṃ proktamaṣṭamaṃ ca sujīrakam//
tolayettulayā vāpi sāṃghriśca tulitā bhavet

suvarmenātha saugandhyadravyaiḥ śubhaphalairapi//
bhuṃkte vā lavaṇaṃ paścānnāsau vai vidhavā bhavet

māghe vā kārtike vāpi caitre snātvārcayet mām//
daurbhāgyaduḥkhadāridryairna sā saṃyogamāpnuyāt

śrutveti girijāvācaṃ sānaṃdaḥ pārvatīsutaḥ//
sthāpayitvā girisutāṃ kapardinamathābravīt

puṣpairdhūpairmodakaiśca pūrvamabhyarcya tvāṃ prabho//
pujayaṃti kumāreśaṃ teṣāṃ vighnaharo bhava

//kapardyuvāca//
bhrātastvayā sthāpite'smim̐lliṃge bhaktāśca ye narāḥ//
na teṣāṃ mama vighnāni mama vāganugāminī

evamukte vighnarājñā pratīte'sthāpayacca tam//
tasmādasau sadābhyarcyaścaturthyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ

evaṃ sthāpya kumāreśaṃ labdhvā caitānvarāñchivāt//
manasā kṛtakṛtyaṃ cātmānaṃ mene ṣaḍānanaḥ

tasthāvaṃśena tatraiva kumāreśvarasaṃnidhau//
atra sthitaṃ kumāraṃ ye paśyanti svāmiyātrimaḥ

saphalā svāmiyātrā ca teṣāṃ bhavati bhārata//
kārtikyāṃ ca viśeṣeṇa kārtikeyaṃ samarcayet

yatphalaṃ svāmiyātrāyāṃ tatphalaṃ samāvāpnuyāt//
evaṃvidhamidaṃ pārtha mahīsāgarasaṃgamam

nimittīkṛtya cātmānaṃ sādhvarthe liṃgamarcitam//
rogābhibhūto rogairvā nāmnāmaṣṭottaraṃ śatam

japtvā śucirbrahmacārī māsaṃ mucyeta pātakāt//
etadārādhya saṃjātā rajirāmādayaḥ purā

śatasaṃkhyābalaṃ rājyaṃ rudraloka ca bhejire//
jāmadagnyastvidaṃ liṃgamārādhya ca samāyutam

lebhe kuṭhāramujjahne yenārjunabhujānyudhi//
agrato devadevasya jñātvā tīrthe mahāguṇān

rāmeśvaramiti khyātaṃ sthāpitaṃ liṃgamuttamam//
tacca yo'bhyarcayedbhaktyā rudralokaṃ sa gacchati

prītaḥ syāttasya rāmaśca kumāreśaśca phālguna//
iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ kumāreśasya varṇanam

kumāreśasya māhātmyaṃ kīrtayedyastadagrataḥ//
ye ca śrṛṇvaṃtyanudinaṃ rudraloke vasaṃti te

asya liṃgasya māhātmyaṃ śrāddhakāle tu yaḥ paṭhet//
pitṝṇāmakṣayaṃ jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

asya liṃgasya māhātmyaṃ gurviṇīṃ śrāvayedyadi//
guṇavāñjāyate putraḥ kanyā cāpi pativratā

etatpuṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ dharmyaṃ cāhlādakārakam//
paṭhatāṃ cāpi sarvābhīṣṭaphala pradam

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe kumāreśasthāpanapūrvakamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma catustriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ