Skanda Purana · Verses 5.41-3

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchecca rājendra kuṇḍaleśvaramuttamam /
yatra siddho mahāyakṣaḥ kuṇḍadhāro nṛpottama

tapaḥ kṛtvā suvipulaṃ surāsurabhayaṃkaram /
paulastyamandire caiva cikrīḍa nṛpasattama

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
kasminyuge samutpannaḥ kasya putro mahāmatiḥ /
tapastaptvā suvipulaṃ toṣito yena śaṅkaraḥ

etadvistaratastāta kathayasva mamānagha /
śṛṇvataśca na tṛptirme kathāmṛtamanuttamam

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tretāyuge brahmasamaḥ paulastyonāma viśravāḥ /
tapaḥ kṛtvā suvipulaṃ bharadvājasutodbhavaḥ

putraṃ pautragaṇairyuktaṃ patnyā bhaktyā sutoṣitaḥ /
dhanadaṃ janayāmāsa sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam

jātamātraṃ tu taṃ jñātvā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ /
cakāra nāma suprīta ṛṣidevasamanvitaḥ

yasmādviśravaso jāto mama pautratvamāgataḥ /
tasmādvaiśravaṇo nāma tava dattaṃ mayānagha

tathā tvaṃ sarvadevānāṃ dhanagoptā bhaviṣyasi /
caturtho lokapālānāmakṣayaścāvyayo bhuvi

tasya bhāryā mahārāja īśvarīti ca viśrutā /
yakṣo yakṣādhipaḥ śreṣṭhastasya kuṇḍo'bhavatsutaḥ

sa ca rūpaṃ paraṃ prāpya mātāpitroranujñayā /
tapaścacāra vipulaṃ narmadātaṭamāśritaḥ

grīṣme pañcāgnisaṃtapto varṣāsu sthaṇḍileśayaḥ /
hemante jalamadhyastho vāyubhakṣaḥ śataṃ samāḥ

evaṃ varṣaśate pūrṇe ekāṅguṣṭhe'bhavannṛpa /
asthibhūtaḥ paraṃ tāta ūrdhvabāhustataḥ param

atapacca ghṛtaśvāsaḥ kuṇḍalo bharatarṣabha /
caturthe varṣaśatake tutoṣa vṛṣavāhanaḥ

varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bho vatsa yatte manasi rocate /
dadāmi te na sandehastapasā toṣito hyaham

kuṇḍala uvāca -
yakṣādhipaprasādena tasyaivānucaraḥ pure /
vicarāmi yathākāmamavadhyaḥ sarvaśatruṣu

tathetyuktvā mahādevaḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ /
jagāmākāśamāviśya kailāsaṃ dharaṇīdharam

gate cādarśanaṃ deve so'pi yakṣo mudānvitaḥ /
sthāpayāmāsa deveśaṃ kuṇḍaleśvaramuttamam

alaṃkṛtvā jagannāthaṃ puṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ /
vimānaiścāmaraiśchatraistathā vai liṅgapūraṇaiḥ

tarpayitvā dvijānsamyagannapānādibhūṣaṇaiḥ /
prīṇayitvā mahādevaṃ tataḥ svabhavanaṃ yayau

tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam /
uttamaṃ paramaṃ puṇyaṃ kuṇḍaleśvaranāmataḥ

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kaścidupavāsaparāyaṇaḥ /
arcayeddevamīśānaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vāpi maṇiṃ mauktikameva ca /
dadyādbhojyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ sa sukhī modate divi

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā ṛgyajuḥsāmago'pi vā /
ṛcamekāṃ japitvā tu sakalaṃ phalamaśnute

gāṃ prayacchati viprebhyastatphalaṃ śṛṇu pāṇḍava /
yāvanti tasyā romāṇi tatprasūtikuleṣu ca

tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate /
svarge vāso bhavettasya putrapautraiḥ samanvitaḥ

tāvanti varṣāṇi mahānubhāvaḥ svarge vasetputrapautraiśca sārddham /
tatrānnado yāti maheśalokamasaṃkhyavarṣāṇi na saṃśayo'tra

sa vai sukhī modate svargaloke gandharvasiddhāpsaraḥsampragīte /
evaṃ tu te dharmasuta prabhāvastīrthasya sarvaḥ kathitaśca pārtha

śrutvā stuvanmucyate sarvapāpaiḥ punastrilokīmiha tatprabhāvāt

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