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Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.166

5.166.166.1

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tataḥ siddheśvarī devī vaiṣṇavī pāpanāśinī /
ānandaṃ paramaṃ prāptā dṛṣṭvā sthānaṃ suśobhanam

5.166.166.2

tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā pūjayetpitṛdevatāḥ /
devīṃ paśyati yo bhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

5.166.166.3

mṛtavatsā tu yā nārī vandhyā strījananī tathā /
putraṃ sā labhate nārī śīlavantaṃ guṇānvitam

5.166.166.4

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā paśyeddevīṃ subhaktitaḥ /
aṣṭamyāṃ vā caturdaśyāṃ sarvakāle'thavā nṛpa

5.166.166.5

saṅgame tu tataḥ snātā nārī vā puruṣo'pi vā /
putraṃ dhanaṃ tathā devī dadāti paritoṣitā

5.166.166.6

gotrarakṣāṃ prakurute dṛṣṭā devī supūjitā /
prajāṃ ca pāti satataṃ pūjyamānā na saṃśayaḥ

5.166.166.7

navamyāṃ ca mahārāja snātvā devīmupoṣitaḥ /
pūjayetparayā bhaktyā śraddhāpūtena cetasā

5.166.166.8

sa gacchetparamaṃ lokaṃ yaḥ surairapi durlabhaḥ

// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe siddheśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ //

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