Glory of Śrīśaila - Verse 185
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 92.185
Sanskrit Original
निशम्य वचनं देवी गत्वा वाराणसीं पुरीम। अविमुक्तेश्वरं लिङ्गं पयसा च घृतेन च।।
niśamya vacanaṃ devī gatvā vārāṇasīṃ purīm| avimukteśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ payasā ca ghṛtena ca||
Sūta said: On hearing these words, the goddess went to Vārāṇasī. She bathed the Liṅga Avimukteśvara with milk and ghee. She worshipped Rudra the lord of Devas, the leader of the worlds. On the Mandara mountain (?) in Avimukta she propitiated the great Atman by means of penance. She built a shrine on the Mandara that has beautiful caves. It was here that the lord blessed the great daitya Andhaka, the son of Hiraṇyākṣa. Sportively he blessed him with the offer of Gaṇa-hood.
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