The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes The Greatness of Amaleshvara (amala-ishvara-tirtha) which is chapter 213 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 thirteenth chapter of the Reva-khanda of the Avantya-khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 213 - The Greatness of Āmaleśvara (āmala-īśvara-tīrtha)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
1-6. Further I shall recount another superb (miraculous) act of the Lord. Merely by listening to it, one is rid of all sins.
Though not a boy, Śaṃbhu himself in the form of a boy was playing along with rustic boys. He was playing with the fruits of Embylic myrobalan. I shall narrate it to you, O descendant of Bharata.
The fruits, O son of Pāṇḍu, thrown by the Lord were brought back immediately by them and Hara threw them thereafter.
By the time the Āmalaka fruits went to the various quarters and came back therefrom, they saw the fruits in the form of a Bhūta (ghost) of huge size.
The third act of the Lord took place in the greatest of the holy spots, the excellent Āmaleśvara. Merely by adoring it, one attains the greatest region (Mokṣa).