Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.25
// sanatkumāra uvāca // //
śukreśvaraṃ samabhyarcya sitapuṣpairvilepanaiḥ //
praṇipatya tato bhaktyā rudraloke mahīyate
bhīmeśvaraṃ naro dṛṣṭvā bhaktyā saṃpūjya yatnataḥ //
na bhayaṃ labhate vyāsa raṇe rātrau jale'nale
gargeśvaraṃ snāpayitvā tilatailena mānavaḥ //
bilvapatraistu saṃpūjya dharmavṛddhimavāpnuyāt
upoṣitaścaturdaśyāṃ tilaprasthatilāṃbhasā //
snāpayitvā tilairiṣṭvā sadā saukhyamavāpnuyāt
gosahasraṃ naro dattvā bhāvaṃ kṛtvā viśeṣataḥ //
bhavabaṃdhavinirmukto rudralokaṃ sa gacchati
kāmeśvaraṃ samabhyarcya kuṃkumādivilepanaiḥ //
kāmikena vimānena yāti svargaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
cūḍāmaṇiṃ namaskṛtya navamyāṃ kārtike site //
na viyoniṃ naro yāti dharmabuddhiḥ sa jāyate
caṃḍīśvaraṃ samabhyarcya kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāmupoṣitaḥ //
nirmālyollaṃghanotthena na śokenāpi lipyate
ityāditīrthāni maheśvarasya puṇyāni sarvāṇi naro'bhigamya //
viśuddhacitto bhuvi bhāvitātmā prayāti śaṃbhorbhuvanaṃ suramyam
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvaṃtyakhaṇḍe'vantīkṣetramāhātmye śukreśvarabhīmeśvara gargeśvarakāmeśvara cūḍāmaṇīśvara caṇḍīśvarāditīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
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