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Skanda Purana · Chapter 7.243
7.243.1
// īśvara uvāca // //
tato gacchenmahādevi kṣetrapālaṃ mahāprabham //
īśāne saṃsthitaṃ devaṃ maṃtramālāvibhūṣitam
7.243.2
hiraṇyātaṭamāśritya rakṣārthaṃ samupasthitam //
tatraiva hīrakaṃ kṣetraṃ tasminrakṣāṃ karoti saḥ
7.243.3
kṛṣṇapakṣe trayodaśyāṃ tatra taṃ pūjayennaraḥ //
gaṃdhapuṣpopahāraiśca tathā bali nivedanaiḥ
7.243.4
evaṃ saṃpūjito devaḥ sarvakāmaprado bhavet
7.243.243
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye maṃtrāvalikṣetrapālamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tricatvāriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
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