The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes The Greatness of Kurkuri Tirtha which is chapter 205 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 two hundred fifth chapter of the Reva-khanda of the Avantya-khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 205 - The Greatness of Kurkurī Tīrtha
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
1-5. Thereafter, O king, a person should go to the highly splendid Tīrtha well known by the name Kurkurī. It is destructive of all sins.
The goddess of Devas, Kurkurī, is the presiding deity of the Tīrtha. She grants whatever one prays for such as cattle, sons, wealth etc.
The Kṣetrapāla (guardian of the holy spot) residing there is named Dhaundheśa. A devotee, man or woman, who propitiates him and then bows down (to the deity), O great king, gets his ill-luck destroyed thereby. One without a son gets a son. One without wealth gets excellent wealth. Men and women realise the excellent wishes cherished by visiting and taking bath in that Tīrtha in accordance with the injunctions.