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Prabhasa Khanda · Chapter 271

The Glory of Jvaleshvara

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Verse 1 (skanda.7.271.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। तस्यैव संनिकृष्टे तु लिंगं ज्वालेश्वरं स्मृतम्। शरः पाशुपतो यत्र ज्वलन्वै त्रिपुरारिणा॥

īśvara uvāca| tasyaiva sannikṛṣṭe tu liṅgaṁ jvāleśvaraṁ smṛtam| śaraḥ pāśupato yatra jvalanvai tripurāriṇā||

Ishvara said: Close to that very place (Vidura's hermitage) is the linga known as Jvaleshvara, at the spot where the Pashupata missile, set ablaze by Tripurari (Shiva),

Verse 2 (skanda.7.271.2)

पातितो यत्प्रदेशे तु तेन ज्वालेश्वरः स्मृतः। तं दृष्ट्वा मानवो देवि मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः॥

pātito yatpradeśe tu tena jvāleśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ| taṁ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ||

was hurled down; for this reason it became known as Jvaleshvara. O Goddess, by beholding it, a man is freed from all sins.

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