Skanda Purana · Verses 7.48-2
// īśvara uvāca // //
tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ śukrapratiṣṭhitam//
sarvapāpaharaṃ devi vibhūtīśvarapaścime
nātidūre sthitaṃ tatra svayaṃ śukreṇa nirmitam//
yatra saṃjīvanīṃ prāpto vidyāṃ rudraprabhāvataḥ
saṃtapya tu mahāghoraṃ tapovarṣasahasrakam //
saṃprasādya virūpākṣaṃ yo'vāpa grahatāṃ sudhīḥ
grastena śaṃbhunā yena devakāryārthasiddhaye //
tatrodaragatenaiva tapastaptaṃ suduṣkaram
varṣāṇāmayutaṃ sāgraṃ tuṣṭiṃ nīto maheśvaraḥ //
niṣkāsitastataḥ śīghraṃ śukra mārgeṇa śaṃbhunā
tataḥ śukreti nāmābhūdbhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ //
tadārādhayate liṃgaṃ yaḥ kṛtvā niścalaṃ manaḥ
mṛtyuṃjayaṃ japellakṣaṃ sa samīhitamāpnuyāt
taṃ dṛṣṭvā tvathavā spṛṣṭvā janmādimaraṇāntakāt//
mucyate pātakānmṛtyoḥ prasādāttasya bhāmini
mṛtasaṃjīvanārthaṃ yadaiśvaryamaṇimādikam//
prāpnuyānnātra saṃdeho yasya bhaktiḥ suniścalā
paṃcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya devaṃ śukapratiṣṭhitam//
sugandhapuṣpaiḥ saṃpūjya śaukrīṃ pīḍāṃ sa nāpnuyāt
iti sarvaṃ samāsena māhātmyaṃ śukradaivatam //
kathitaṃ tava suśroṇi śrutaṃ pāpabhayāpaham
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye śukreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭacatvāriṃśodhyāyaḥ
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