The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes The Greatness of Shiva Tirtha which is chapter 145 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 forty-fifth chapter of the Reva-khanda of the Avantya-khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 145 - The Greatness of Śiva Tīrtha
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
1-3. Thereafter, O Lord of the Earth, a person should go to the excellent Śiva Tīrtha; by seeing the Lord there one is liberated from all sins.
One who has subdued (his) anger and the sense-organs and takes his holy bath in Śiva Tīrtha and worships Mahādeva shall attain the merit of performing Agniṣṭoma.
One who devoutly observes fast there in that Tīrtha and worships Śiva, reaches Rudraloka from which he never comes back. There is no doubt about it.