Skanda Purana · Verses 5-4

athāvantyakhaṇḍe dvitīyamavantīsthacaturaśītiliṃgamāhātmyam // ( ५-२) //
१ atha caturaśītiliṃgamāhātmyaprastāva umāmaheśvarasaṃvādārambhaḥ, tatra prathamamagastyeśvararaliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatprasaṃgena pūrvetihāsavarṇanam, tatra devānāṃ sukhaprāptyarthaṃ kuṃbhayoninā daityānhatvā paścāttāpena hatyādoṣabhīteneśvarārādhanā kṛtvā śivānujñayā svanāmnā śivaliṃgasthāpanam, tasyāgastyeśvaraliṃgasya māhātmyayavarṇanam ७९

२ atha guheśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra maṃkaṇakaṛṣiṇā tapastaptvā kasmiṃścitsamaye karācchākarasanirgamanenāścaryaṃ prāpya nartanakaraṇam, tena sarveṣāṃ sthāvarajaṃgamānāṃ saṃjātaṃ nṛtyaṃ dṛṣṭvā devānāṃ śivalokegamanam, śivena tasya maṃkaṇakasya śaṃkānirāsakaraṇa, śivājñayā mahākālavane liṃgasthāpanama, maṃkaṇakarṣermuktiprāptivarṇanam, guheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam...... ८०

३ atha ḍhuṃḍheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra ḍhuṃḍhanāmakaśaivagaṇasyendrasabhāyāṃ gamanam,
nṛtyamānāṃ raṃbhāṃ dṛṣṭvā kāmamohitasya ḍhuṃḍhasyendreṇa śāpapradānam, tato mānuṣyaṃ
prāpya ḍhuṃḍhena mahākālavane śivamārādhya svanāmnā liṃgasthāpanam, ḍhuṃḍheśvaratīrthaliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam
४ atha ḍamarukeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra ruruputreṇa vajradaityena saha yuddhe parājayaṃ
prāptānāṃ sendrādidevānāṃ brahmaloke gamanam, brahmaṇaḥ śarīrato nirgatāyāḥ saka-
nyakāyāḥ kṛtyāyā vajreṇa samaṃ yuddhavarṇanam, vajrakṛtakṛtyāparābhavavarṇanam,
kṛtyādibhirīśvarārādhanākaraṇam, īśvaravajrayoryuddhavarṇanam, īśvarapreritaḍamaruṇā
vajranāśakaraṇam, tatastatra ḍamarukeśvaretiliṃgasthāpanam, ḍamarukeśvaraliṃgamāhā-
tmyavarṇanam .. .... ... - ... ८२

५ athānādikalpeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam... ८३

६ atha svarṇajāleśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra pārvatyā saha krīḍataḥ śaṃkarasya vīryaprāśanena vahninā taddāhaśamanārthaṃ gaṃgāyāmavaloḍanakaraṇam, tato vahneḥ kāñcananāmakaprathamāpatyasya darśanena sarvatra vādapracalanam, tamanarthaṃ dṛṣṭvā vahninā śaṃkarāya kāṃcanaputrasya samarpaṇam, śaṃkarājñayā kāñcanasya mahākālavane gamanam, kāñcanena tapastaptvā īśvaravacanātsvanāmnā liṃgasthāpanam, svarṇajāleśvaraliṃga māhātmyavarṇanam .... .. ... ८४

७ atha triviṣṭapeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra nāradavacanānmahākālavane triviṣṭapairliṃgasthāpanam, triviṣṭapeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam- .. ... ८५

८ atha kapāleśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra mahākālavane paitāmahayajñe haste kapālaṃ dhṛtvā śaṃkarasyāgamanam, śaṃkarasya kucelaveṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā brāhmaṇairapamānakaraṇam, tataḥ śivena tatra yajñamaṇḍape kapālaṃ nidhāya gamanam, tadasahamānairbrāhmaṇairmaṇḍapādbahiḥ kapālaprakṣepaṇam, tataḥ sahasrāvadhikapālānāṃ darśanam, tadadbhutaṃ dṛṣṭvā savismayairbrāhmaṇaiḥ śivastavanakaraṇam, kapāleśvaranāmnā liṃgasthāpanam, kapāleśvaraliṃgadarśanena brahmahatyādimahāpātakavināśakamāhātmyavarṇanam ... . ८६

९ atha svargadvāraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra dakṣayajñe dakṣakṛtenāpamānena saṃkruddhasya śivasyājñayā vīrabhadrādiśaivagaṇānāṃ viṣṇvādidevaiḥ saha yuddhavarṇanam, tatra viṣṇvādidevānāṃ parābhavaḥ, śaivagaṇaiḥ svargadvāranirbandhanakaraṇam, devaiḥ svargapraveśābhāvaṃ samavalokya viṣṇvājñayā śivārādhanārthamahākālavane gamanam, tatra svargadvāranāmaka liṃgasthāpanam, svargadvāraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam........ ८७

१० atha karkoṭakeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra mātṛdattaśāpavināśārtha karkoṭakanāgena mahākālavane tapaścaraṇam, tattapaḥprasannena śivena tasmai varapradānam, śivaliṃgasya svanāmnā sthāpanam, karkoṭakeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam... ८८

११ atha siddheśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanama, tatra siddhiprāptyartha devadāruvane tapaḥ kurvāṇe viprairākāśavāṇīśravaṇānmahākālavane gamanam, tatra tapastaptvā siddhiprāptidaliṃgasthāpanam, siddheśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanama ...

१२ atha lokapāleśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra hiraṇyakaśipoḥ sakāśātsañjātaparābhavairlokapālairviṣṇvājñayā tapaścaraṇāya mahākālavane gamanam, tapaḥprabhāvena daityāñjitvā svasvasthāne prati gamanam, lokapāletināmnā mahākālavane liṃgasthāpanam, lokapāleśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam -... .......

१३ atha kāmeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanama, tatra brahmaṇā muṣṭinirmāpaṇārthaṃ kāmamutpādya tasya dvādaśasthānāni dattvā śivopari kāmoddīpanārthaṃ preṣaṇam, śivena svatapaso vighnakāriṇaḥ kandarpasya bhasmakaraṇam, patināśaṃ jñātvā ratyā śokakaraṇam, tataḥ śivājñayā anaṃgībhūtasya kāmasya mahākālavane gamanam, tatra tapastaptvā liṃgasthāpanam, kāmeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanama ८९.

१४ atha kuṭumbakeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra kṣīrābdhimanthanasamaye nirgataṃ kālakūṭaṃ pītvā tadutthaṃ dāhamasahamānena śaṃkareṇa śiprāyai tasya kālakūṭasya pradānam, tadgṛhītvā śiprāyā mahākālavane gamanam, śiprayā kāmeśvaraliṃgasamīpasthaliṃgopari tasya kālakūṭaviṣasya nikṣepaṇam, kālakūṭaviṣalepanāttaddarśanārthamāgatānāṃ viprāṇāṃ maraṇaprāptivarṇanam, śivena tatrāgatya viprāṇāṃ punarujjīvanakaraṇam, śivena talliṃgasya kuṭuṃvakeśvareti nāmakaraṇam, kuṭuṃbakeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam... ९१

१५ athendradyumneśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra puṇyabhraṃśādindradyumnasya svargataḥ patanam, paścāttāpenākṣayāṃ kīrtiṃ sampādayituṃ himavannage mārkaṇḍeyadarśanaṃ gṛhītvā tadājñayā mahākālavane gatvā śivaliṃgārcanakaraṇam, tenākṣayāṃ kīrtiṃ labdhvā svanāmnā liṃgasthāpanam, indradyumneśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam. ९१

१६ atheśāneśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra muṃḍaputreṇa tuhuṇḍena jitairdevaiḥ śivājñayā mahākālavane gatvā śivaliṃgārcanakaraṇam, īśvareṇa prasannena svanāmnā tasya liṃgasyeśāneśvareti nāmakaraṇam, īśāneśvarasya devaiḥ stotrakaraṇam, īśāneśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam... ..... .......

१७ athāpsaraseśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra śakrasabhāyāṃ nṛtyamānāyā raṃbhāyāstālādibhirvikalatvaṃ prāptaṃ nṛtyaṃ dṛṣṭvā śakreṇa krudhā raṃbhāyai śāpadānam, tayā śāpanivṛttyarthaṃ nāradavacanātsvanāmnā mahākālavane liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpya nityapūjanena śivaṃ santoṣya tasmādvaraṃ labdhvā svarlokaṃ prati gamanam, apsaraseśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam. ९३

१८ atha kalakaleśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatromāmaheśvaravivādaprasaṃge tribhuvane kampite sati tatra sarvataḥ samutpannena kalakaletiśabdena liṃgaprādurbhāvo'tastasya liṃgasya kalakaleti nāmakaraṇam, kalakaleśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ९३

१९ atha nāgacaṃḍeśvaraliṅgamāhātmyayavarṇanam, tatra nāgacaṃḍena sthāpitasya liṃgasya darśanārthaṃ devānāmāgamanam, talliṃgasaṃpūjane nirmālyalaṃghanādidoṣe prāpte tasya nāgacaṇḍeśvaraliṃgasya samīpe liṅgasthāpanam, tena devānāṃ nirmālyalaṃghanādidoṣānnivṛttiḥ, nāgacaṃḍeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam.. .. ...

२० atha pratīhāreśvaraliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra ramamāṇayorumāmaheśvarayordvāri sthitena pratihāreṇa nandinā'jñātena vahninā'ntaḥpure praveśakaraṇam, tena ruṣṭena śivena nandine śāpapradānam, tena śāpena naṃdinā pṛthivyāṃ mahākālavane gatvā pratihāreśvareti nāmnā śivaliṃgasthāpanam, tatprasādena naṃdinaḥ punaḥ śivalokaṃ prati gamanam, pratihāreśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam....... ९५

२१ atha kukkuṭeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra kauśikākhyasya bhūpasya prāgjanmani nityaṃ kukkuṭabhakṣaṇāttāmracūḍadattaśāpena pratiniśi kukkuṭatvaprāptiḥ, tacchāpanāśārthaṃ mahākālavane pakṣiyonivimocanākhyaliṃgapūjanam, tena tasya kukkuṭatvaprāptinivṛttiḥ, kukkuṭeśvaraliṃgasthāpanam, kukkuṭeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam ९५

२२ atha karkaṭeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra dharmamūrtyākhyanṛpativasiṣṭhasaṃvādaprasaṃgenaiśvaryaprāptikāraṇaṃ jijñāsamānena tena pṛṣṭena vasiṣṭhena 'tava prāgjanmani kṛtena pātakena karkaṭatvaprāptau kenacidvāyasena karkaṭaśarīraṃ dhṛtvā śivāgre pātitaṃ tato'ntakāle
śivadarśanaprabhāvenaitasmiñjanmanyaiśvaryaprāptiḥ' iti vṛttāntakathanam, karkaṭeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam ..... .... ...... .. ९७

२३ atha meghanādeśvaraliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra madāṃdhākhyena rājñā daurjanyādyajñakriyāṇāmakaraṇena bhūtale vṛṣṭyabhāvāddevānāṃ brahmaloke gamanam, tato brahmājñayā devānāṃ mahākālavane gamanam, tatra devairmeghapratiṣṭhāpitaliṅgastavanam, tasya liṃgasya pūjanena vṛṣṭiprāptivarṇanam, atastasya meghasthāpitasya liṃgasya meghanādeśvaretināmaka-
raṇam, meghanādeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam..... .... ... ९७

२४ atha mahālayeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam..... ... - ९८

२५ atha muktīśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra mahākālasamīpasthe muktiliṃge trayodaśavarṣaparyaṃtaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ dhyāyato muktināmakaviprasyāgre'kasmātkasyacidvyādhasyāgamanam,
vipradarśanena liṃgadarśanena ca vyādhasya daurjanyaṃ gatvā sauṣṭhavaprāptivarṇanam, vyādhena jale sthitvā tapaścaraṇam, aṣṭākṣaramaṃtrajapena tasya muktiḥ, tatsthāne prāptasya kasyacidvyāghrasyāpi tanmaṃtraśravaṇena mokṣavarṇanam, vyāghreṇa pūrvajanmakathānakakathanapūrvakamātmanaḥ śāpakāraṇakathanama, tayorvyāghra-muktidvijayormahākālavane gamanam, tatra liṃgasthāpanam, muktīśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanamama, ...... ९५

२६ atha someśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra rohiṇīṃ vinā'nyāsu candrasyāprītiṃ dṛṣṭvā krodhena dakṣeṇa dattasya śāpasya nivṛttyarthaṃ somasya satyaloke gamanam, tena brahmaṇā saha vaikuṃṭhaṃ gatvā viṣṇoḥstavakaraṇam, vipṇvājñayā somasya mahākālavane gamanam, tatra liṃgasthāpanam, tena somasya yakṣmarogaśāntivarṇanam, someśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam..... .. ..

२७ athānarakeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra narakayātanākramavarṇanapuraḥsaraṃ niminā puṇyabāhulye'pi kiñcitpāpena yamalokagamanam, punaranarakeśvaradarśanena sarvapāpakṣaye jāte vimānamāruhyendraloke gamanam, yamayātanopabhogakāriṇā prāṇināṃ duḥkhena duḥkhitasya nimeryamakṛtaṃ sānvanam, anarakeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam ... १०२

२८ atha jaṭeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanama, tatra vīradhanvano rājñaḥ kathākathanapūrvakaṃ jaṭeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam, jaṭeśvaraliṃgasthāpanādivarṇanam.. .. ... १०४

२९ atha rāmeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatraikaviṃśativārānniḥkṣatriyāṃ pṛthivīṃ kṛtvā śatruhatyādoṣanibarhaṇārthaṃ nānātīrthakṣetrāṇi bhrāntvā doṣābhāvamadṛṣṭvā nāradopadeśājjāmadagne rāmasya mahākālavane jaṭeśvarasamīpe gamanam, tatra tapastaptvā doṣanāśaṃ dṛṣṭvā svanāmnā liṃgasthāpanam, rāmeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam ... -. १०५

३० atha cyavaneśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra cyavananāmakarṣiṇā śaryātirājakanyāṃ vṛtvā tato mahākālavane tapastaptvā svanāmnā liṃgasthāpanam, cyavaneśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam- . ... १०६

३१ atha khaṇḍeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra priyavrataputrasya bhadrāśvarājasya kuṃbhayoni-
vacanānmahākālavane gamanam, tatra khaṇḍitavratapūrṇatāyai liṃgasthāpanam, khaṇḍeśva-
raliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam..... -. ........ १०८

३२ atha pattaneśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam...... १०८

३३ athānandeśvaraliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatrānamitrasutenānaṃdena kenacitkāraṇena mahākālavane gatvā svanāmnā liṃgasthāpanama, ānaṃdeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam... १०९

३४ atha kaṃthaḍeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra pāṇḍavanāmakabrāhmaṇasya kanthānimittakaṃ tapastaptvā kanthānāmnā liṃgasthāpanam, kanthaḍeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam.... ११०

३५ athendreśvaraliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra brahmaputrasya kuśadhvajasya svargataḥ pātanātkruddhena brahmaṇā svajaṭāmutpāṭya bhūmau pātanādvṛtrāsurotpattistato vṛtrāsurendrayoryuddha indrasya parābhavaḥ, vṛtraṃ jetuṃ bṛhaspaterājñayā śakrasya mahākālavane gamanam, tapaḥprabhāvena vṛtrāsuraṃ hatvā taddhatyādoṣanivṛttaye tatra liṃgasthāpanam, indreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam १११

३६ atha mārkaṇḍeyeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra mārkaṇḍeyajanmakathāvarṇanapūrvakaṃ mahākālavane mārkaṇḍeyena svanāmnā liṅgasthāpanama, mārkaṃḍeyeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam- ११२

३७ atha śiveśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra ripuñjayakathānakavarṇanam, śiveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam.. ...... ... ... ११३

३८ atha kusumeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra kusumakrīḍāvihāratvātkusumeśvaretināmakara-
ṇam, kusumeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam ....... .. ... ११४

३९ athākrūreśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra bhṛṃgiriṭṭinā nijakrūrabuddhivināśāya mahākālavane liṃgaṃ sthāpayitvā tasya pūjākaraṇam, tena tasya kūrabhāvanivṛttiḥ, tasya liṃgasyākrūreśvaranāmnā prasiddhiḥ, akrūreśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam ... .. ११५

४० atha kuṇḍeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra śivapārvatyorvṛṣārūḍhayormārge kenacinnimittena śivāntardhānaṃ dṛṣṭvā pārvatyā śivadarśanotsukayā'ntarvighnakāriṇaṃ kuṇḍanāma-kagaṇaṃ prati śāpadānam, tena kuṇḍena śāpanivṛttyartha mahākālavane svanāmnā liṃga-
sthāpanam, kuṇḍeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam- -... - ... ११६

४१ atha lumpeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra sāmagabrāhmaṇavadhāttatputradattaśāpena kuṣṭhitvaṃ prāptena luṃparājena nāradopadeśānmahākālavane gamanam, tatra kuṣṭhanāśanāya liṃgasthāpanam, saikateśvarāparanāmno lumpeśvarasya liṃgasya māhātmyavarṇanam .. ११७

४२ atha gaṅgeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra śivajaṭājūṭato bhūmyāṃ gaṅgāprapātena śiprātaṭe gaṅgeśvaretināmnā bhagīrathasthāpitaliṃgamāhātmyam, gaṅgeśvarapūjanādividhimāhātmyavarṇanam -.. -. -.. -. -. ... -.. ११७

४३ athāṃgārakeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra śivagātrādaṃgārakaputrotpattivarṇanam, aṅgārakeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam .. - ......... - - ११८

४४ athottareśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra navagrahapīḍitānāmiṃdrādīnāṃ śivādeśācchiprāyāṃ gamanam, uttarameghakṛtaṃ śivaliṃgasthāpanam, uttareśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam

४५ atha trilocaneśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam - -. ... -.. ... १२१

४६ atha vīreśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ......... .. १२४

४७ atha nūpureśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam ... .... .. -.. - -. १२७

४८ athābhayeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... ... ... -. -. .. १२८

४९ atha pṛthukeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam. -. ... ... ... -.. १२९

५० atha sthāvareśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam. - -. .. - -. ... १३०

५१ atha śūleśvaraliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra devyāṃ'dhakāsurasya śūlena nāśaṃ vidhāya śūlanāmnā liṃgasthāpanam, śūleśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam ... .. . १३१

५२ athoṃkāreśvaraliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra śivavaktrānnirgatenoṃkāreṇa śivavākyātsthāpitasyoṃkāreśvaraliṃgasya māhātmyavarṇanam ... -.- १३२

५३ atha viśveśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam ,tatra vidūrathasya rājño brahmavadhajanitadoṣeṇa duṣṭadvādaśajanmāni gṛhītvā trayodaśe caṇḍālatvaṃ prāpya śivasaṃnidhau mṛtatvādviśveśanāmnā punā rājakule samutpattivarṇanam, pūrvajanmani saṃsmṛtya mahākālavane tena liṃgasthāpanam, viśveśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam-......,.. १३२

५४ atha kaṃṭeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra kasyacicchatrubhiḥ parājitasya rājño vasiṣṭhāśrame gamanam, tasya vacanānmahākālavane gatvā rājñā liṃgasthāpanapūrvakaṃ pūjākaraṇam, tena niṣkaṃṭakarājyaprāptirataḥ kaṃṭeśvaranāmnā tasya liṅgasya prasiddhiḥ, kaṃṭeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam... ........ १३३

५५ atha siṃheśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra śivaprāptyarthaṃ gauryā tapasi kriyamāṇe brahmaṇa āgamanam, brahmavacanātkuddhāyā devyā mukhataḥ siṃhasyotpattistatpoṣārthaṃ devyāḥ stanābhyāṃ dugdhasrāvavarṇanam, pārvatyājñayā siṃhasya mahākālavane gamanam, tasya gaurīvāhanatvaprāptivarṇanam, tena siṃhena svanāmnā liṃgasthāpanam, siṃheśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam ...... .. १३५

५६ atha revaṃteśvaraliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanam ,tatra sūryaputreṇa revaṃtena devāñjitvā kailāse gamanam, śivavacanena mahākālavanamāgatya tatra svanāmnā śivaliṃgasthāpanam, revaṃteśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam.... ...... .... १३५

५७ atha ghaṇṭeśvaraliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra śaivagaṇena ghaṃṭena śivaṃ tyaktvā svagāyanakauśalaṃ darśayituṃ brahmaloke gamanam, nāradena tatra gataṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā śivāya kathanam, tena ruṣṭena śivena ghaṃṭākhyagaṇāya śāpadānam, tacchāpanivṛttyai nāradādeśānmahākālavanaṃ gatvā śivaliṃgasthāpanam, ghaṃṭeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam ...... १३६

५८ atha prayāgeśvaraliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra priyavratanāradasaṃvāde nāradasya sāvitryā darśanam, sāvitrīdarśanena nāradasya vedanāśaḥ, taddṛṣṭvā''ścaryeṇa pṛṣṭayā sāvitryā sarvavṛttakathanam, sāvitrīvacanānnāradasya prayāgagamane niṣṭhāprāpaṇam, priyavratena samaṃ nāradasyāvantīsthaprayāge gamanam, tatra gatvā liṃgasya sthāpanaṃ pūjanaṃ ca, prayāgeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam.. ... - .. .. ... १३७

५९ atha siddheśvaraliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatrāśvaśiraso rājño jaigīṣavyakapilamahāmunyordarśanam, tābhyāṃ darśitayā māyayā bhagavatsvarūpaṃ dṛṣṭvā āścaryeṇa śaraṇagamanam, tayorājñayā tena rājñā mahākālavane gatvā siddhiprāptyarthaṃ liṃgapūjanam, siddheśvara liṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam ..... ............ १३८

६० atha mataṃgeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra sugativipraputreṇa mataṃgena liṃgasya sthāpanaṃ pūjanaṃ ca, mataṃgeśvaraliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanam - -. ........ १३९

६१ atha saubhāgyeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatrāśvavāhananṛpabhāryayā sumatyā pativiyogādatiduḥkhitayā nijapatiprāptyarthamṛṣyādeśālliṃgapūjanam, tatprasādāttasyāḥ patyurāgamanena saubhāgyaprāptiḥ, saubhāgyeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam..... १४०

६२ atha rūpeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra padmarājasya kaṇvāśrame gamanam, tatra tena kaṇvamadṛṣṭvā tatkanyāyā darśanam, kāmamohitena tena tayā saha vyabhicaraṇam, tatkaṇvena jñānacakṣuṣā dṛṣṭvā tayoḥ kurūpabhavanarūpaśāpapradānam, .tataḥ kaṇvājñayā tayormahākālavane gamanam, tatra liṃgapūjanena susvarūpaprāptivarṇanam, rūpeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam........ ... ... १४२

६३ atha dhanuḥsāhasreśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra vidūratharājasya kanyāyāḥ kusuṃbhadaityena haraṇam, tato vidūrathaputrābhyāṃ sākaṃ tasya daityasya yuddham, tatra rājñā vidūrathena svaputrayoḥ parābhavaṃ bandhanatvaprāptiṃ ca jñātvā tatparājayārthamṛṣyanujñayā mahākālavanaṃ gatvā liṃgapūjanam, tena pūjanaprabhāveṇa tasya dhanuḥsahasratulyadhanuṣyaprāptiḥ, tena dhanuḥsahāyena daityasya parābhavaḥ, tasya rājñaḥ putrakanyādisahitasya sukhaprāptipūrvakamante mokṣaprāptivarṇanam, dhanuḥsāhasreśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam- .. ... ... ... ... १४३

६४ atha paśupatīśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra paśupālarājena liṃgamya sthāpanam, tasya pūjanaṃ ca, paśupatīśvaraliṃgasya māhātmyavarṇanam .. १४४

६५ atha brahmeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra pulomadaityena mvasainyena saha vipṇuṃ jetuṃ kṣīrābdhau gamanam, taddṛṣṭvā brahmaṇo daityajayārthaṃ mahākālavane gamanam, tatra tapastaptvā prasannena śivena daityaparājayakaraṇavarṇanam, brahmaṇā svanāmnā liṃgasthāpanam, brahmeśvaraliṃgasya māhātmyavarṇanam.-........ -..... १४५

६६ atha jalpeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra jalpanāmakena rājñā pañcaputrānrājye saṃsthāpya vane gamanam tataḥ parasparabandhuvirodhena mṛtānpañcaputrāñjñātvā tadviyogena duḥkhitasya jalpasya rājño vasiṣṭhājñayā mahākālavane gamanam, tatra svanāmnā liṃgasthāpanam, jalpeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam....... -. ... १४६

६७ atha kedāreśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra himapīḍitānāṃ sabrahmakānāṃ devānāṃ kailāse gamanam, tatra śivaṃ dhyātvā tadādeśātkedāreśvare gamanama, tatpuṇyaprabhāvena himapīḍānivṛttivarṇanam, kedāreśvaraliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanam- ... ... .. १४७

६८ atha piśāceśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, somanāmakasya śūdrasya durācāratvātpiśācatvaprāptivarṇanam, tatra piśācasya śākaṭāyanasya vrāhmaṇasya ca saṃvādavarṇanam, śākaṭāyanavacanātpiśācatvato muktihetormahākālavane gamanama, tatra liṃgaṃ saṃpūjya tasya piśācasya mokṣaprāptiḥ, piśāceśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanama..

६०. atha saṅgameśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra patnīvacanātsubāhunā prāgjanmakathānakakathanam, tataḥ saṅgameśvarakṛpayā rājyamupabhujyānte mokṣaprāptivarṇanam, saṃgameśvara-liṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam ... . .. ... .. ... १४९

७० atha durdhaṣeśvaraliṃgamāhāmyavarṇanam, durdharṣanāmno rājño mṛgayāyai vane gamanam, tatra kalpākhyasyarṣeḥ kanyāṃ dṛṣṭvā tayā mohitena tatra vāsakaraṇam, rājyasya nāśe tatprāptyai mahākālavane śivapūjanena tasya rājyaprāptiḥ sarvasukhopabhogānantaramante mokṣaprāptiśca, durdharṣeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam. .. .... .१५१

७१ atha prayāgeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra śaṃtanunā vṛtāyā gaṃgāyā aṣṭaputraprāptivarṇanam gaṃgāyā manuṣyayonito muktiprāptyarthaṃ nāradavacanātprayāgeśvare gamanam, liṃgapūjanena pāpānnivṛttiḥ prayāgeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam ... ... १५२

७२ atha candrādityeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra śabareṇa parābhūtāndevāndṛṣṭvā candrasūryayorvaikuṃṭhe gamanam, viṣṇvājñayā tayormahākālavane gatvā śivapūjane kṛte śivaliṃgato jyotirnirgatya tena jyotiṣā śaṃbarasya parājayakaraṇavarṇanam, candrādityeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam १५४

७३ atha karabheśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, mṛgayāṃ kartuṃ gatasya rājño vīraketoḥ karabhasyānudhāvanam, mahāraṇye karabhasyāntardhānam, tataḥ kasyacidṛṣeranujñayā mahākālavane karabheśvarapūjanena kailāsapadaprāptivarṇanam, karabheśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam १५५

७४ atha rājasthaleśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam - tatra brahmaṇā sṛṣṭiṃ vidhāya arājakāṃ dṛṣṭvā ripuṃjayāya rājadānam , tena ripuṃjayena rājñā putravatprajāpālanaṃ kurvatā devadattātivṛṣṭyanāvṛṣṭyāditrāsaṃ nirākartuṃ mahākālavane gatvā śivaṃ saṃpūjya tatkṛpayā prajānāṃ sukhaprāptikaraṇavarṇanam, rājasthaleśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanama..... १५७

७५ atha vaḍaleśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra maṇibhadraputreṇa vaḍalasaṃjñakena bhāryayā sākaṃ krīḍituṃ vane gamanama, tatra krīṅāvanarakṣitṛbhī rākṣasaiḥ samaṃ vaḍalasya yuddham, tatra rākṣasaparājayaḥ tena mvaputrasya karmaṇā kruddhena maṇibhadreṇa yakṣeṇa svaputrāya vaḍalāya śāpadānam, śāpanivṛttyarthaṃ vaḍalasya mahākālavane gamanama, śivapūjanena tasya mokṣaprāptivarṇanam, vaḍaleśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam .. .. १५८

७६ athāruṇeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra kaśyapasaṃbhūtasya vinatāsutasyāruṇasya nāradopadeśānmahākālavane gatvā śivapūjanena sūryasārathitvaprāptivarṇanam, aruṇeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam- ... १५९

७७ atha puṣpadaṃteśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra śinināmakadvijena putraprāptyarthamīśvarasyārādhane kṛte sati tatprasādena tasya puṣpadantanāmakaputraprāptivarṇanama, puṣpadantena mahākālavane śivaliṃgasthāpanam, puṣpadanteśvaraliṃgamāhāntyavarṇanam-..... १६०

७८ citrasenanṛpaterviraktāyāḥ kanyakāyā vacanādavimuktakṣetra āgamanam, tatra śivaliṃgapūjanena tasya muktiprāptivarṇanam avimukteśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam.. ... १६२

७९ atha hanumatkeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra hanumadbālalīlāvarṇanapuraḥsaraṃ liṃgapūjanena hanumato balaprāptivarṇanam, rāvaṇavadhānaṃtaraṃ rāmarājyābhiṣekottaraṃ rāmaprastutahanumadvarṇane kenaciddvijena hanumato'dhikṣepe kṛte hanumatā mahākālavane gatvā śivapūjanam, hanumatkeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyam. .... -१६३

८० atha svapneśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra kalmāṣapādakathāvarṇanapūrvaka duḥsvapnanāśaka svapneśvarākhyānavarṇanam , svapneśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam.... .. १६४

८१ atha piṃgaleśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra caturdiksthitānāṃ caturligānāṃ varṇanam ,tatra piṃgalānāmnyā piṃgalakanyakayā pitṛmātṛhīnayā prāgjanmaduṣkṛtasmaraṇaṃ kṛtvā dharmānujñayā mahākālavane gamanam, tatra gatvā svanāmnā liṃgasthāpanam, piṃgaleśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam - १६६

८२ atha kāyāvarohaṇeśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra dakṣayajñavidhvaṃsanasamaye vīrabhadra bhadrakālyādibhiḥ parājitānāṃ dakṣādīnāṃ mahākālavane gamanam, tatra liṃgapūjanena sarveṣāṃ kāyāvarohaṇātkāyāvarohaṇeśvaretināmasthāpanam, kāyāvarohaṇeśvaraliṃga māhātmyavarṇanam...... . ...... . १६८

८३ atha bilveśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra kapilena śivamārādhyāvadhyatvasaṃpādanamakṣayatvasaṃpādanaṃ ca, tathā bilvena nṛpeṇa .viṣṇumārādhya
kapilo māṃ prati 'tvatto'haṃ bibhemi' iti yathā vadettathā kuru
ityādivaraprārthanākaraṇam, tasmai 'tathāstu' ityuktvā viṣṇunā varapradānam, svadattaṃ varaṃ satyaṃ kartuṃ viṣṇunā kapilasya prārthanākaraṇam, svavākyaṃ tiraskurvatā kapilena samaṃ kṛṣṇasya yuddhavarṇanam, tatra kṛṣṇaparājayaḥ, tato bilvanṛpeṇa śakravacanādbilveśvaramārādhya kapilamukhena 'ahaṃ tvatto bibhemi' iti bhāṣābandhakaraṇam, bilveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam... ... १६९

८४ athottareśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra parīkṣinnāmakasyāyodhyādhipatermṛgayārthamaraṇye gamanama, tatra kayācitkanyayā samaṃ praśnottaragadyaprabandhena saṃbhāṣaṇam, tāṃ gṛhītvā viharati rājani tayā kanyayā vāpīṃ praviśya pātāle gamanam, parīkṣitā śokakaraṇam, parīkṣidājñayā pradhānādibhirdarduravadhakaraṇam, tata ekena vṛddhadardureṇa nijapṛrvajanmakathānakakathanapūrvakaṃ gālavaśāpena darduratvaprāptikathanam, dardureṇa
kanyāsmaraṇe kṛte sati smaraṇottaramāgatāyāḥ kanyāyāstasmai parīkṣite samarpaṇam, uttareśvarapūjanena dardurasya gālavadattaśāpanivṛttiḥ, uttareśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, itthamavantīkṣetrasthitacaturaśītiliṃgamāhātmyakathāphalaśrutivarṇanam, āvantyakhaṇḍasthita caturaśītiliṃgamāhātmyopasaṃhāravarṇanam . .. - ... १७१