The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Vishvakarmeshvara (Vishvakarma-ishvara) which is chapter 192 of the English translation of the Skanda Purana, the largest of the eighteen Mahapuranas, preserving the ancient Indian society and Hindu traditions in an encyclopedic format, detailling on topics such as dharma (virtous lifestyle), cosmogony (creation of the universe), mythology (itihasa), genealogy (vamsha) etc. This is the one hundred ninety-second chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 192 - Greatness of Viśvakarmeśvara (Viśvakarma-īśvara)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-3. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the shrine of the Liṅga of great powers installed by Viśvakarman, to the north of Mokṣasvāmin.
O goddess, this sin-destroying Liṅga is situated within a distance of five Dhanus therefrom.
By visiting the deity, the man shall attain the benefit of complete pilgrimage. Once it is viewed verbal and mental sins perish.