Skanda Purana · Verses 5.65-3
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchettu rājendra ānandeśvaramuttamam /
tattīrthaṃ kathayiṣyāmi sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
ānandaścaiva saṃjāto rudrasya dvijasattama /
kathyatāṃ me ca tatsarvaṃ saṃkṣepātsaha bāndhavaiḥ
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
kathayāmi nṛpaśreṣṭha ānandeśvaramuttamam /
dānavānāṃ vadhaṃ kṛtvā devadevo maheśvaraḥ
pūjito daivataiḥ sarvaiḥ kinnarairyakṣapannagaiḥ /
ānandasaṃyuto devo nanarta vṛṣavāhanaḥ
bhairavaṃ rūpamāsthāya gauryā cārddhāṅgasaṃsthitaḥ /
bhūtavetālakaṅkālairbhairavairbhairavo vṛtaḥ
nanarta narmadātīre dakṣiṇe pāṇḍunandana /
tuṣṭairmarudgaṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ sthāpitaḥ kamalāsanaḥ
tadāprabhṛti tattīrthamānandeśvaramucyate /
aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ narādhipa
vidhivaccārcayeddevaṃ sugandhena vilepayet /
brāhmaṇānpūjayettatra yathāśaktyā yudhiṣṭhira
godānaṃ tatra kartavyaṃ vastradānaṃ śubhāvaham /
vasantasya trayodaśyāṃ śrāddhaṃ tatraiva kārayet
iṅgudairbadarairbilvairakṣataiśca jalena vā /
pretānāṃ kārayecchrāddhamānandeśvara uttame
ānanditā bhaveyuste yāvadābhūtasamplavam /
santatervai na vicchedaḥ saptajanmasu jāyate /
ānando hi bhavatteṣāṃ pratijanmani bhārata
// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe ānandeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ //
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