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Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.111

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śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam /
skandena nirmitaṃ pūrvaṃ tapaḥ kṛtvā sudāruṇam

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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
skandasya caritaṃ sarvamājanma dvijasattama /
tīrthasya ca vidhiṃ puṇyaṃ kathayasva yathārthataḥ

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śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
devadevena vai taptaṃ tapaḥ pūrvaṃ yudhiṣṭhira /
vijñaptena suraiḥ sarvairumādevī vivāhitā

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nāsti senāpatiḥ kaściddevānāṃ surasattama /
nīyante dānavairghoraiḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ

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yathā niśā vinā candraṃ divaso bhāskaraṃ vinā /
na śobhate muhūrtaṃ vai tathā senā vināyakā

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evaṃ jñātvā mahādeva parayā dayayā vibho /
senānīrdīyatāṃ kaścittriṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ

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etacchrutvā śubhaṃ vākyaṃ devānāṃ parameśvaraḥ /
kāmayāna umāṃ devīṃ sasmāra manasā smaram

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tena mūrchitasarvāṅgaḥ kāmarūpo jagadguruḥ /
kāmayāmāsa rudrāṇīṃ divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ kila

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devarājastato jñātvā mahāmaithunagaṃ haram /
saṃmantrya daivataiḥ sārddhaṃ praiṣayajjātavedasam

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tena gatvā mahādevaḥ paramānandasaṃsthitaḥ /
sahasā tena dṛṣṭo'sau hāhetyuktvā samutthitaḥ

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tataḥ kruddhā mahādevī śāpavācamuvāca ha /
vepamānā mahārāja śṛṇu yatte vadāmyaham

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ahaṃ yasmātsuraiḥ sarvairyācitā putrajanmani /
kṛtā ratiśca viphalā saṃpreṣya jātavedasam

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tasmātsarve putrahīnā bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ /
hareṇoktastato vahnirasmākaṃ bījamāvaha

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yathā bhavati lokeṣu tathā tvaṃ kartumarhasi /
mama tejastvayā śakyaṃ gṛhītuṃ surasattama /
devakāryārthasiddhyarthaṃ nānyaḥ śakto jagattraye

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agniruvāca -
tejasastava me deva kā śaktirdhāraṇe vibho /
karoti bhasmasātsarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram

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īśvara uvāca -
udarasthena bījena yadi te jāyate rujā /
tadā kṣipasva tattejo gaṅgātoye hutāśana

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evamuktvā mahādevo'moghaṃ bījamuttamam /
havyavāhamukhe sarvaṃ prakṣipyāntaradhīyata

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gate cādarśanaṃ deve dahyamāno hutāśanaḥ /
gaṅgātoye vinikṣipya jagāma svaṃniveśanam

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asahantī tu tattejo gaṅgāpi saritāṃ varā /
śarastambe vinikṣipya jagāmāśu yathāgatam

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tatra jātaṃ tu taddṛṣṭvā sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ /
kṛttikāṃ preṣayāmāsuḥ stanyaṃ pāyayituṃ tadā

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dṛṣṭvā tā āgatāḥ sarvā gaṅgāgarbhe mahāmateḥ /
ṣaṇmukhaiḥ ṣaṇmukho bhūtvā pipāsurapibatstanam

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jātakarmādisaṃskārānvedoktānpadmasambhavaḥ /
cakāra sarvāndājendra vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā

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ṣaṇmukhātṣaṇmukho nāma kārttikeyastu kṛttikāt /
kumāraśca kumāratvādgaṅgāgarbho'gnijo'paraḥ

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evaṃ kumāraḥ sambhūto hyanadhītya sa vedavit /
śāstrāṇyanekāni veda cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ

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devāraṇyeṣu sarveṣu nadīṣu ca nadeṣu ca /
pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni samudrādyāni bhārata

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tataḥ paryāyayogena narmadātaṭamāśritaḥ /
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ

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ṛgyajuḥsāmavihitaṃ japañjāpyamaharniśam /
dhyāyamāno mahādevaṃ śucirdhamanisaṃtataḥ

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tato varṣasahasrānte pūrṇe devo maheśvaraḥ /
umayā sahitaḥ kāle tadā vacanamabravīt

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īśvara uvāca -
ahaṃ te varadastāta gaurī mātā pitā hyaham /
varaṃ vṛṇīṣva yacceṣṭaṃ triṣu lokeṣu durlabham

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ṣaṇmukha uvāca -
yadi tuṣṭo mahādeva umayā saha śaṅkara /
vṛṇomi mātāpitarau nānyā gatirmatirmama

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etacchrutvā śubhaṃ vākyaṃ putrasya vadanāccyutam /
tathetyuktvā tu snehena premṇā taṃ pariṣasvaje

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tatastaṃ mūrdhnyupāghrāya hyumayovāca śaṅkaraḥ

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īśvara uvāca -
akṣayaścāvyayaścaiva senānīstvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

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śikhī ca te vāhanaṃ divyarūpo datto mayā śaktidharasya saṃkhye /
surāsurādīṃśca jayeti coktvā jagāma kailāsavaraṃ mahātmā

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gate cādarśanaṃ deve tadā sa śikhivāhanaḥ /
sthāpayitvā mahādevaṃ jagāma surasannidhau

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tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ skandatīrthamiti śrutam /
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ martyānāṃ bhuvi durlabham

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tatra tīrthe tu yo rājanbhaktyā snātvārcayecchivam /
gandhamālyābhiṣekaiśca yājñikaṃ sa labhetphalam

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skandatīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetpitṛdevatāḥ /
tilamiśreṇa toyena tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

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piṇḍadānena caikena vidhiyuktena bhārata /
dvādaśābdāni tuṣyanti pitaro nātra saṃśayaḥ

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tatra tīrthe tu rājendra śubhaṃ vā yādi vāśubham /
iha loke pare caiva tatsarvaṃ jāyate'kṣayam

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tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kaścitprāṇatyāgaṃ kariṣyati /
śāstrayuktena vidhinā sa gacchecchivamandiram

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kalpamekaṃ vasitvā tu devagandharvapūjitaḥ /
atra bhāratavarṣe tu jāyate vimale kule

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vedavedāṅgatattvajñaḥ sarvavyādhivivarjitaḥ /
jīvedvarṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ putrapautrasamanvitaḥ

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idaṃ te kathitaṃ rājanskandatīrthasya sambhavam /
dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ sarvaduḥkhaghnamuttamam /
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ devadevena bhāṣitam

// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe skandatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikādaśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ //

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