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रहस्यं परिविज्ञाय क्षेत्रस्य शशिमौलिनः

Having fully understood the secret of the field of the moon-crested Lord,

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आनंदकाननस्येह महिमानं महत्तरम्

here the supreme greatness of Ānandakānana is proclaimed.

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यथा देव्यै समाख्यायि शिवेन परमात्मना

As it was declared to the Goddess by Śiva, the Supreme Self,

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तवाग्रे च समाख्यातं शुकादीनां च सत्तम 4.2.99.

so too it has been related before you and to the noble ones like Śuka.

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श्रुत्वाध्यायमिमं पुण्यं सर्वकल्मषनाशनम्

Hearing this sacred chapter, which destroys all sins,

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इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीति साहस्र्यां संहितायां चतुर्थे काशीखंड उत्तरार्धे विश्वेश्वरलिंगमहिमाख्यो नाम नवनवतितमोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the ninety-ninth chapter, called 'The Greatness of the Viśveśvara Liṅga,' in the fourth Kāśī Section, in the second half of the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, which contains eighty-one thousand verses.

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नितरां परितृप्तोस्मि हृदि चापि विधारितम्

I am completely satisfied, and it is established in my heart.

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अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायं तथा माहात्म्यमुत्तमम्

The chapter of the table of contents, as well as the supreme glory,

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शुकवैशंपायनाद्याः शृण्वंत्वपि च बालकाः

Let Śuka, Vaiśampāyana, and other boys also listen.

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अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायं माहात्म्यं चापि खंडजम्

The chapter of the table of contents and also the greatness of the section,

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विंध्यनारदसंवादः प्रथमे परिकीर्तितः

The dialogue of Vindhya and Nārada is first recounted.

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अगस्तेराश्रमपदे देवानामागमस्ततः

Then, at the hermitage of Agastya, the arrival of the gods.

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तीर्थप्रशंसा च ततः सप्तपुर्यस्ततः स्मृताः

Next is the praise of the sacred fords, and then the seven cities are remembered.

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इंद्राग्न्योर्लोकसंप्राप्तिस्ततश्च शिवशर्मणः

Then the attainment of the worlds by Indra and Agni, and the story of Śivaśarman.

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गंधवत्यलकापुर्योरीशयोस्तु समुद्भवः

The origin of the rulers of Gandhavatī and Alakā cities.

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उडुलोक कथा तस्मात्ततः शुक्रसमुद्भवः 4.2.100.

After that, the story of the lunar world, and then the origin of Śukra.

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सप्तर्षीणां ततो लोका ध्रुवस्य च तपस्ततः

Then the worlds of the Seven Sages, and after that the austerity of Dhruva.

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दर्शनं सत्यलोकस्य तस्य वै शिवशर्मणः

The vision of Satyaloka by Śivaśarman.

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स्कंदागस्त्योश्च संवादो मणिकर्ण्याः समुद्भवः

The dialogue between Skanda and Agastya, and the origin of Maṇikarṇikā.

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प्रभावश्चापि गंगाया गंगानामसहस्रकम्

Also, the power of the Gaṅgā and the thousand names of Gaṅgā.

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दंडपाणेः समुद्भूतिर्ज्ञानवाप्युद्भवस्ततः

The origin of Daṇḍapāṇi, and then the emergence of the Well of Knowledge.

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ब्रह्मचारि प्रकरणं ततः स्त्रीलक्षणानि च

Then, the section on celibacy, and also the characteristics of women.

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ततो गृहस्थधर्माश्च ततो योगनिरूपणम्

After that, the duties of a householder, and then the exposition on yoga.

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काश्याश्च वर्णनं तस्माद्योगिनीवर्णनं ततः

Then, the description of Kāśī, and after that, the account of yoginīs.

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सांबादित्यस्य महिमा द्रुपदादित्य शंसनम्

The greatness of Sāmbāditya, and the praise of Drupadāditya.

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दशाश्वमेधिकं तीर्थं मंदराच्च गणागमः 4.2.100.

The holy place of the ten Aśvamedhas, and from Mandara, the arrival of the hosts.

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मायागणपतेश्चाथ ढुंढिप्रादुर्भवस्ततः

Then, the account of Māyā Gaṇapati, and after that, the appearance of Ḍhuṇḍhi.

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ततः पंचनदोत्पत्तिर्बिंदुमाधवसंभवः

Then, the origin of the five rivers, and the birth of Bindumādhava.

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प्रयाणं मंदरात्काशीं वृषभध्वजशूलिनः

The journey of the trident-bearing bull-bannered one from Mandara to Kāśī.

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ततः क्षेत्ररहस्यस्य कथनं पापनाशनम्

Then, the narration of the secret of the field, which destroys sin.

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