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Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.147
5.147.147.1
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchenmahīpāla siddheśvaramanuttamam /
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam
5.147.147.2
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayedvṛṣabhadhvajam /
sarvapāpavinirmukto gatiṃ yātyaśvamedhinām
5.147.147.3
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā śrāddhaṃ kuryātprayatnataḥ /
pitṝṇāṃ prīṇanārthāya sarvaṃ tena kṛtaṃ bhavet
5.147.147.4
tatra tīrthe mṛtānāṃ tu jantūnāṃ nṛpasattama /
garbhavāse matisteṣāṃ na jāyeta kadācana
5.147.147.5
garbhavāso hi duḥkhāya na sukhāya kadācana /
tattīrthavāriṇā snāturna punarbhavasambhavaḥ
// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe siddheśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptacatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ //
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