The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes The Greatness of Dadhiskanda and Madhuskanda Tirthas which is chapter 79 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 seventy-ninth chapter of the Reva-khanda of the Avantya-khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 79 - The Greatness of Dadhiskanda and Madhuskanda Tīrthas
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
1-7. Then, O great king, one should go to two excellent Tīrthas that destroy all sins, viz. Dadhiskanda and Madhuskanda. If the devotee takes his holy bath in Dadhiskanda and offers curd to Brāhmaṇas, O descendant of Bharata, neither sickness nor old age, neither grief nor jealousy assail him in the course of seven births. He is born in a pure family and stays there as long as a thousand Moons last.
One should offer gingelly seeds mixed with honey in the Madhuskanda Tīrtha. He will never see Lord Vaivasvata (Yama) for a period of seventy births. If the person offers balls of rice mixed with honey there shall be no poverty in the family till (the birth of) grandsons of his grandsons.
In the Tīrtha the man shall take his holy bath duly facing the south and offer balls of rice mixed with curd. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather will be contented for twelve years. No hesitation need be felt in this regard.