The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes The Greatness of Bhrikuteshvara (bhrikuta-ishvara-tirtha) which is chapter 128 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-eighth chapter of the Reva-khanda of the Avantya-khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 128 - The Greatness of Bhṛkuṭeśvara (bhṛkuṭa-īśvara-tīrtha)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
1-8. Thereafter, O eminent king, one should go to the excellent Bhṛkuṭeśvara Tīrtha where the highly honoured Bhṛgu though highly irascible, became a Siddha (enlightened spiritually).
O sinless one, formerly an elaborate penance was performed by him for more than a hundred years for getting a son. The most excellent one among those blessed with sons chose (requested for) a son as the boon.
O highly honoured one, the boon was granted by the Lord who subdued Andhaka. He who takes his holy bath there in that Tīrtha and worships Parameśvara shall obtain eight times the benefit of Agniṣṭoma Yajña.
Whoever seeks a son and devoutly bathes Bhṛkuṭeśa with ghee mixed with honey, does get the desired son.
Listen to the meritorious benefit of the devotee who takes his holy bath there in the Tīrtha and gifts to a Brāhmaṇa, a piece of gold, a cow, or a plot of land.
O excellent king, there is no doubt about this that it is as good as the entire earth along with the oceans and caves, mountains, parks and forests has been gifted by him.
As a result of that gift, he sports about happily in heaven and then comes down to the mortal world as a great king or a highly worshipped Brāhmaṇa.