The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes The Greatness of Karmadeshvara (karmada-ishvara-tirtha) which is chapter 123 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 twenty-third chapter of the Reva-khanda of the Avantya-khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 123 - The Greatness of Karmadeśvara (karmada-īśvara-tīrtha)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
1-3. Thereafter, O great king, one should go to the excellent Karmadī (sic) Tīrtha where Vighneśa, the mighty Lord of Gaṇas, stands.
If a man takes his holy bath there in the Tīrtha on the fourth lunar day and observes fast, he will never have any obstacle in the course of seven births, O descendant of Bharata.
Undoubtedly whatever is offered as gift at that Tīrtha shall have everlasting benefit.