Adhyaya 141
Chapter 141 gives a brief theological and ritual instruction attributed to Īśvara. It first guides the pilgrim by sacred geography: one should go to the place where Kapardī is established, and then to a nearby spot to the north where a deity known as “Chintitārthaprada,” the giver of contemplated aims, is revered like a second wish-fulfilling jewel, Chintāmaṇi. It then prescribes the proper time and procedure: on the fourth lunar day (caturthī), especially when it falls on Aṅgāraka (Tuesday), the devotee should bathe/ablute the deity (snāna), perform complete worship (pūjā), and offer auspicious varieties of naivedya. The chapter concludes that this observance pleases Vighnarāja (Gaṇeśa, lord of obstacles) and grants the attainment of “all desires” through disciplined practice.
Shlokas
Verse 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि कपर्दी यत्र संस्थितः । तस्यैव उत्तरे भागे नातिदूरे व्यवस्थितः । चिंतितार्थप्रदो देवि चिन्तामणिरिवापरः
Īśvara said: “Then, O Great Goddess, one should go to where Kapardī (Śiva) is established. Just to its north, not far away, stands another shrine, O Devī, which grants the desired aims—like a second wish-fulfilling Cintāmaṇi jewel.”
Verse 2
चतुर्थ्यां तं तु देवेशि अंगारकदिने पुनः । स्नापयित्वा तु संपूज्य नैवेद्यैर्विविधैः शुभैः । सन्तर्प्य विघ्नराजेशं सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात्
On the Caturthī day, O Goddess of the Lord, and again on Aṅgāraka’s day (Tuesday), having bathed the deity, worshipped fully, and offered various auspicious naivedya food-offerings, and having satisfied Vighnarāja, the Lord of Obstacles, one attains all desired aims.
Verse 141
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखंडे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये कपर्दिचिन्तामणिमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नामैकचत्वारिंशदुत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the 141st chapter, entitled “The Description of the Greatness of Kapardī–Cintāmaṇi,” in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya section.