अध्याय ५७
श्लोक 1
इति श्रीस्कन्दपुराणे रेवाखण्डे मातङ्गाश्रमवर्णनो नाम षट्पञ्चाशत्तमो ऽध्यायः ॥ र्क्स् अध्याय ५७ मार्कण्डेय उवाच: आख्यानं कथयिष्यामि ख्यातं मृगवनं यथा ।व्याध कश्चिद् दुराचारः सर्वभूतेषु निर्दयः
iti śrīskandapurāṇe revākhaṇḍe mātaṅgāśramavarṇano nāma ṣaṭpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ || rks adhyāya 57 mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: ākhyānaṃ kathayiṣyāmi khyātaṃ mṛgavanaṃ yathā / vyādha kaścid durācāraḥ sarvabhūteṣu nirdayaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
श्रेष्ठ मुनियो! जो मनुष्य नित्य इसका पठन या श्रवण करता है, सत्यदेवके प्रसादसे उसके ' सारे पाप नष्ट हो जाते हैं।
English
After feeding Brahmanas, Bhanumati ate what was left after feeding them. After eating she took rest with plea- sure, while the food got digested. On the Madanakhya Trayodasi day (thirteenth of the bright half named Madana), she took bath in the Hrada (whirlpool) of Markanda and adored Lord Guhasaya (Siva) (stationed in a cave as abode). She observed fast as enjoined. She bathed Mahesvara with Pancamrta and sweet scents. Incense, lamps, Naivedyasv/ere offered. She adored (the Lord) with different kinds of flowers and excellent Naivedyas. She kept awake in the night hearing Puranic stories and wit- nessing dances and hearing songs and prayers. She meditated upon Lord Mahesvara. The entire quantity of cooked food was duly spread in front of the Lord. All the people belonging to all the four castes were fed along with their attendants.