Skanda Purana · Verses 5.32-3
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
pattreśvaraṃ tato gacchetsarvapāpapraṇāśanam /
yatra siddho mahābhāgaścitrasenasuto balī
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
ko'sau siddhastadā brahmaṃstasmiṃstīrthe mahātapāḥ /
putraḥ kasya tu ko heturetadicchāmi veditum
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
citronāma mahātejā indrasya dayitaḥ purā /
tasya putro nṛpaśreṣṭha pattreśvara iti śrutaḥ
rūpavān subhagaścaiva sarvaśatrubhayaṃkaraḥ /
indrasya dayito'tyarthaṃ jaya ityeva cāparaḥ
sa kadācitsabhāmadhye sarvadevasamāgame /
menakānṛtyagītena mohitaḥ suciraṃ kila
tiṣṭhate gatamaryādo gataprāṇa iva kṣaṇāt /
tāvatsurapatirdevaḥ śaśāpāthājitendriyam
yasmāttvaṃ svargasaṃstho'pi martyadharmamupeyivān /
tasmānmartye ciraṃ kālaṃ kṣapayiṣyasyasaṃśayam
evamuktaḥ surendreṇa citrasenasuto yuvā /
vepamānaḥ suraśreṣṭhaḥ kṛtāñjaliruvāca ha
pattreśvara uvāca -
mayā pāpena mūḍhena ajitendriyacetasā /
prāptaṃ vai yatphalaṃ tasya prasādaṃ kartumarhasi
śakra uvāca -
narmadātaṭamāśritya dvādaśābdaṃ jitendriyaḥ /
ārādhaya śivaṃ śāntaṃ punaḥ prāpsyasi sadgatim
satyaśaucaratānāṃ ca dharmiṣṭhānāṃ jitātmanām /
loko'yaṃ pāpināṃ naiva iti śāstrasya niścayaḥ
evamukte mahārāja sahasrākṣeṇa dhīmatā /
gandharvatanayo dhīmānpraṇamyāgāttu bhūtalam
revāyā vimale toye brahmāvartasamīpataḥ /
snātvā japtvā vidhānena arcayitvā ca śaṅkaram
vāyvambupiṇyākaphalaiśca puṣpaiḥ parṇaiśca mūlāśanayāvakena /
tatāpa pañcāgnitapobhirugraistataśca toṣaṃ samagātsa devaḥ
pinākapāṇiṃ varadaṃ triśūlinamumāpatiṃ hyandhakanāśanaṃ ca /
candrārdhamauliṃ gajakṛttivāsasaṃ dṛṣṭvā papātāgragataṃ samīkṣya
īśvara uvāca -
varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te varado'haṃ tavānagha /
yamicchasi dadāmyadya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
pattreśvara uvāca -
yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa yadi deyo varo mama /
atra tvaṃ satataṃ tīrthe mama nāmnā bhava prabho
etacchrutvā mahādevo harṣagadgadayā girā /
tathetyuktvā yayau hṛṣṭa umayā saha śaṅkaraḥ
so'pi tattīrthamāplutya gate deve divaṃ prati /
snātvā jāpyavidhānena tarpayitvā pitṝn punaḥ
sthāpayāmāsa deveśaṃ tasmiṃstīrthe vidhānataḥ /
pattreśvaraṃ tu vikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu bhārata
indralokaṃ gataḥ śāpānmuktaḥ so'pi nareśvara /
hṛṣṭaḥ pramudito ramyaṃ jayaśabdādimaṅgalaiḥ
eṣa te kathitaḥ praśnaḥ pṛṣṭo yo vai yudhiṣṭhira /
tatra snānena caikena sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
yastvarcayenmahādevaṃ tasmiṃstīrthe yudhiṣṭhira /
snātvābhyarcya pitḥn devān so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet
mṛto varṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ krīḍitvā ca śive pure /
rājā vā rājatulyo vā paścānmartyeṣu jāyate
vedavedāṅgatattvajño jīvecca śaradaḥ śatam /
vyādhiśokavinirmuktaḥ punaḥ smarati tajjalam
// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe patreśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ //
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