The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Uttankeshvara (Uttanka-ishvara) which is chapter 77 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 seventy-seventh chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 77 - Greatness of Uttaṅkeśvara (Uttaṅka-īśvara)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Note: Uttaṅka—An ideal disciple of Veda, the disciple of Āpoda-dhaumya (Mbh, Ādi. 3.83-184.)
Īśvara said:
1-2. Thereafter, a pilgrim should go to the excellent Uttaṅkeśvara shrine, O great goddess. It is situated not very far from the same deity (i.e. Kalakaleśvara) on the southern side.
It was devoutly installed by the noble-souled Uttaṅka himself. O great goddess, by visiting it, and touching it with great mental purity and concentration and by worshipping it devoutly and duly, one is rid of all sins.