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Skanda Purana · Chapter 7.288
7.288.1
// īśvara uvāca // //
tato gacchenmahādevi bālādityamiti śrutam //
agatsyasthānataḥ pūrve gavyūtidvitayena tu
7.288.2
sthānaṃ sapāṭikānāma tasyadakṣiṇataḥ sthitam //
gavyūtimātraṃ deveśi bālārka iti viśrutam
7.288.3
yatra cārādhitā vidyā viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā //
saṃsthāpya liṃgatritayaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya tathā ravim
7.288.4
vidyāyāḥ sādhanaṃ cakre siddhiṃ sūryādavāptavān /
bālādityeti tenāsau tataḥ khyātimagātprabhuḥ
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi bhāskarapāpataskaram//
na dāridryamavāpnoti yāvajjīvati mānavaḥ
7.288.288
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye bālārkamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭāśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
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