The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Kameshvara (Kama-ishvara) which is chapter 67 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 sixty-seventh chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 67 - Greatness of Kāmeśvara (Kāma-īśvara)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-4. Thereafter, a pilgrim should go to the shrine of the great Liṅga well-known as Kāmeśvara. It is to the west of Daityasūdana and was worshipped by Kāma. O goddess, it is stationed within a distance of seven Dhanus and is highly refulgent.
When Kāma was reduced to ashes by my third (eye) of fire, he propitiated Maheśvara. The disembodied one propitiated Maheśvara for a thousand years and attained a creative form as he desired.
Therefore, the Liṅga became well-known all over the earth by the name Kāmeśvara. O goddess, it is destructive of all sins and it bestows all the desired benefits.
5. One who worships the Liṅga according to injunctions on the thirteenth lunar day in the bright half of the month of Vaiśākha, shall become one like Kāma unto women.