The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes The Greatness of Ashadhi which is chapter 216 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 sixteenth chapter of the Reva-khanda of the Avantya-khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 216 - The Greatness of Āṣāḍhī
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
1-3. Thereafter, O prince, a person should go to Āṣāḍhī Tīrtha where Maheśvara has stationed himself after assuming a lovely form. This Tīrtha pertains to all the four Yugas. It is the most excellent one among all the Tīrthas. By taking his holy bath there, O king, a man shall become an attendant of Rudra.
If anyone casts his life into that Tīrtha there, his departure to Rudraloka will certainly be one without any return.