Skanda Purana · Chapter 6.16
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tasmātsarvaprayatnena tyaktvā'nyā nikhilāḥ kriyāḥ //
raktaśṛṃgasya sāṃnidhyaṃ sevanīyaṃ vicakṣaṇaiḥ
kiṃ dānaiḥ kiṃ kriyākāṃḍaiḥ kiṃ yajñaiḥ kiṃ vratairapi //
tatkṣetraṃ sevayedbhaktyā hāṭakeśvarasaṃbhavam
agniṣṭomādayo yajñāḥ sarve saṃpūrṇadakṣiṇāḥ //
tasya kṣetrasya purataḥ kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm
cāndrāyaṇāni kṛcchrāṇi tathā sāṃtapanāni ca //
tasya kṣetrasya purataḥ kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm
prabhāsādyāni tīrthāni gaṅgādyāḥ saritastathā //
tasya kṣetrasya purataḥ kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm
bhūmidānāni sarvāṇi dharmāḥ sarve dayādikāḥ//
tasya kṣetrasya purataḥ kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm
tatra rājarṣayaḥ pūrvaṃ prabhūtāḥ siddhimāgatāḥ //
paśavaḥ pakṣiṇaḥ sarpāḥ siṃhavyāghrā mṛgādayaḥ
tatra kālavaśānnaṣṭāste'pi prāptā divālayam //
yastatra vratahīno'pi kṛṣikarmarato'pi vā
nivāsaṃ kurute viprā mṛtastatra divaṃ vrajet //
kiṃvā ca bahunoktena bhūyobhūyo dvijottamāḥ
śrūyatāṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ tasya kṣetrasya saṃbhavam //
punaṃti kṣetratīrthāni saṃvāsādiha mānavān
hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetraṃ punāti smaraṇādapi //
kiṃ punardarśanādviprāḥ sparśanācca viśeṣataḥ
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye raktaśṛṅgasāṃnidhyasevanaphalaśraiṣṭhyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣoḍaśo' dhyāyaḥ
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