Skanda Purana · Verses 7-7

atha prabhāsakhaṇḍe dvitīyaṃ vastrāpatha ( giranāra) kṣetramāhātmyam // (७-२) //
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१ dāmodaramāhātmyavarṇane kasyacidgajasaṃjñakasya rājño gṛhe bahūnāmṛṣīṇāmāgamanam, tatra gajena pṛṣṭairṛṣibhirgajarājāya sarvatīrthakṣetramāhātmyakathanam, nāmamāhātmya-varṇanam, dāmodaramāhātmyavarṇanam - २००

२ bhavaśabdasya vyutpattyarthanidarśanam, devairbhavasthāpanavarṇanam, bhavamāhātmyavarṇanam... २०२

३ svarṇarekhānadīmāhātmyavarṇanam, hmakumbhabrahmeśvarakālameghadāmodarakālikābhavendreśvararaivatojjayaṃta kuṃbhīśvara bhīmeśvarādi vastrāpathakṣetrasthapravaratīrthānukīrtanam ... २०२

४ dunnāvallihṛdgiristhānamāhātmyavarṇanam- ... ..- - ... २०३

५ gaṅgeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam .. २०३

६ cakratīrthayātrāvidhivarṇanam, mṛgavatplavanakāribālādarśanaṃ kṛtamiti kenacidvanapālena bhojarājāya kathanam, tacchrutvā tuṣṭena bhojena tasmai vanapālāya bahudhanadānam, tatastena vanapālena saha tatra vane gatvā bhojena tāṃ mṛgavaktrāṃ bālāṃ gṛhītvā svagṛhe gamanam, tato bhojena tasyai bālāyai mānuṣyaśarīratvamṛgavaktratvaśāpakakāraṇe pṛṣṭe tayā'kathane bhojena viprebhyaḥ praśnakaraṇam, tataḥ sārasvatamaharṣisaṃskatapuroḍāśa-prāśanasamupalabdha spaṣṭavākprasaramṛgānanā kathitobhayaprāksaptajanmavṛttāntavarṇanama, २०३ १ ७ mṛgānanābhojarājasaṃvāde svotpattivarṇanaprasaṃga uddālakarṣermūtrasarjanāya vanāntare gamanam, tatra tasya vīryabindupatanam, tatraikayā mṛgyoddālakavīryabiṃduprāśanam, tata uddālakānmṛgyāṃ mṛgānanāyāḥ svasyā janmeti bhojāya mṛgānanayā kathanam, dvāra-vatīkurukṣetrādibahutīrthakṣetramāhātmyavarṇanam, svarṇarekhāyāṃ mṛgānanāyāḥ pūrvajanma-mṛgamukhaprakṣepaṇena divyamukhatvaprāptyuttaraṃ bhojanṛpatipariṇayavṛttāntapūrvakaṃ svarṇa-rekhāmāhātmyavarṇanam ... .. ... ... ... ... २०६

८ sārasvatabhojasaṃvāde brahmarudravivāde viṣṇuvacanena brahmakṛtarudraprasādanavarṇanam. २०७

९ brahmaṇe viṣṇunā dakṣayajñakathādivarṇane dakṣayajñavidhvaṃsavarṇanam, pārvatījananavi-vāhādivarṇanam ta tata ekasminsamaye'ntardhānaṃ gataṃ śaṃkaramadṛṣṭvā siṃhārūḍhayā pārvatyā samaṃ viṣṇvādidevānāṃ śivānveṣaṇāya gamanam, tataḥ prabhāse vastrāpatha-kṣetre taiḥ śaṃkarasya darśanam, viṣṇvādyājñayā śaṃkareṇa bhaveti nāmnā svasyā mūrte--statra vastrāpathakṣetre sthāpanam, bhavotpattimāhātmyavarṇanam... २०७

१० vastrāpathakṣetrayātrotsukasya bhojabhūpasya sārasvatamunikṛtopadeśavarṇanam.... २१२

११ vastrāpathakṣetrayātrākramavidhānavarṇanam.... ...... ... २१३

१२ śrāddhakaraṇe gajacchāyādidinamāhātmyavarṇanam, yātrākāribhistyājyadoṣādivarṇanam, bhīmeśvaraskāndarāmeśvarādyanyānyatīrtheṣu snānadānādiphalavarṇanam, tīrthasmaraṇa-phalakathanam, yātrāvidhivarṇanam ... ... ... ...... २१४

१३ hariharapūjāphalakathanam, tatra snānadānajapahomadevadvijārcanaphalakathanam, dhūmamārgārci-rmārgavarṇanam, śrāddhadānādimāhātmyavarṇanam ..... -. ... .. २१५

१४ vāmanapure putraśokābhisaṃtaptena vasiṣṭhena svarṇarekhātaṭe tapastaptvā śivaprasādena tatraiva liṃgasthāpanam, tato vāmanasthāpitasomanāthamāhātmyavarṇane balividrāvitai- rdevairviṣṇuṃ prati śaraṇagamanam, tato viṣṇunā devakāryārthaṃ vāmanarūpaṃ dhṛtvā balisabhāyāṃ pādatrayabhūmigrahaṇena balinigrahakaraṇottaraṃ somanāthamārādhya liṃgasthāpanam, someśvarotpattivarṇanam .... .. ........ २१६

१५ vāmanasya dāmodaradarśanaṃ grahītuṃ raivatakāraṇye gamanam, tatra nṛsiṃhaṃ saṃpūjya snāna-dānādikaṃ vidhāya tata uttaraṃ dāmodaradarśanāya vastrāpathakṣetre gamanam, tatra jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā siddhiṃ prati gamanam, dāmodarāgre jāgarasya māhātmyavarṇanam .. २१८

१६ tato vāmanasya yātrārthaṃ gahane'raṇye gamanam, anekatīrthakṣetradarśanottaraṃ mārge śivasya darśanam, śivavāmanasaṃvādavarṇanam, tatra śivena vāmanāyendreśvaramāhātmya-kathanam, śivarātrimāhātmyavarṇanam, śivarātrivratavidhikathanaṃ ca.... ... २१९

१७ bhṛguṇā śaptaṃ devaṃ dṛṣṭvā devo'pi vāmanāvatārarūpeṇa balinigrahaṃ kariṣyatīti jñātvā nāradasya baleragre gamanam, tatra nāradena balaye tvatto'pi devendralakṣmī- radhikatareti nivedya balermanaḥ kṣobhayitvā samudramanthanasamaye devakṛtavañcanasyāpi balaye smaraṇaṃ kārayitvā svargaṃ pratyetya śakrāyāpi nāradena tathaiva kathanam, evaṃ mithaḥ kalahā-dinā parasparaṃ saṃkṣobhya nāradena balaye rājanītidharmaśāstrādivyavahārakathanam, raivatakaparvatotpattivarṇane merordakṣiṇasthe kumudaparvate viṣṇumandire sthitaṃ devaṃ draṣṭuṃ viṣṇoraharaharāgamanam, kumudena tatraiva kumudaparvate hariharayoḥ sthāpanam, kumudaparvatāya hariharābhyāṃ varapradānam, tato raivatanāmakapañcamamanvantara ṛtavā-gṛṣito mūḍhaputrotpattāvṛtavāggargayoḥ saṃvāde revatyṛkṣajanitasvaputrasya mauḍhyadoṣaṃ śrutvā kruddhenartavācarṣiṇā svadṛṣṭinikṣepeṇa revatyṛkṣasyādhaḥ pātanam, tataḥ kumuda-parvate revatyṛkṣasya patanam, tena kumudādre raivataketināmnā prasiddhivarṇanam, tato raivatakagire revatīnāmakakanyotpattivarṇanam, revatyā pramuñcarājarṣiṇā pālana-karaṇam, agnivacanātpramuñcena durdamarājāya revatīpradānakaraṇam, revatīkuṇḍe snānena devateti khyātaputrasya janma, vaiṣṇavapūjyaśivālakṣmīvṛkṣamāhātmyavarṇanam, nāradena balaye vaiṣṇavavratajāgarādividhikathanam, tathaiva balinā vaiṣṇavavratajāga-rādikaṃ kṛtvā sañcalitotpātanāśanāya śukrānujñayā brāhmaṇānāhūya yajñasamāraṃbha-karaṇam, baliyajñaprabhāvavarṇanam ... ... .-.. - ... २२२

१८ prāṇāyāmādiprakārakathanam, aṣṭadhā prakṛtyutpattivarṇanam, sāṃkhyamatena pañcaviṃśati-tattvākhyānam, bhavadhyānaprakārakathanam, bhavasaṃnidhau sthitasya vāmanasyāgre nāra-dāgamanam, nāradena vāmanāya baliyajñādisarvavṛttāntakathanam, vāmanena nāradasya vṛthākalahakāritvasvabhāvena nirbhartsanam, tato nāradena kalpāntasthitivarṇanam, nāradena vāmanāya hiraṇyākṣādivadhavṛttakathanam, tato nāradavacanādvāmanena balinigrahāya baleragrametya śukratiraskṛtamapi baliṃ pādatrayabhūmiṃ yācitvā tataḥ svātmavṛddhyā'khilabrahmāṇḍaṃ vyāpya balernigrahakaraṇam ... ... ... २२८

१९ sārasvatabhojasaṃvāde balinigrahottaraṃ balerdvāre viṣṇoravasthānam, vastrāpathakṣetramāhāmyaśravaṇaphalaśrutikathanam-. - ... -.. - ... २३४

iti prabhāsakhaṇḍe dvitīyaṃ vastrāpathakṣetramāhātmyam // (७-२) //