The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes The Greatness of Siddheshvara (siddha-ishvara-tirtha) which is chapter 147 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-seventh chapter of the Reva-khanda of the Avantya-khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 147 - The Greatness of Siddheśvara (siddha-īśvara-tīrtha)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
1-5. Thereafter, O king, a person should go to the excellent Siddheśvara Tīrtha. It is an extremely fine spot situated on the southern bank of Narmadā.
One who takes his holy bath there in that Tīrtha and adores the Bull-emblemed Lord, shall be rid of all sins and attain the status of those who perform a horse-sacrifice.
If a person takes his holy bath there in that Tīrtha and assiduously performs Śrāddha in order to propitiate the Pitṛs, it is as if he has done everything for that purpose.
No inclination for further stay in womb will be evinced, O excellent king, by creatures that die there in that Tīrtha.
A stay in the womb brings one to misery and never to happiness. There is no possibility of rebirth in the case of one who bathes in the waters of that Tīrtha.