The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Citrangadeshvara (Citrangada-ishvara) which is chapter 122 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 one hundred twenty-second chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 122 - Greatness of Citrāṅgadeśvara (Citrāṅgada-īśvara)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-4. Thereafter, O great goddess, a devotee should go to the shrine of Lord Citrāṅgadeśvara. The Liṅga is stationed within a distance of twenty Dhanus to the south-west thereof (i.e. Jāmadagnyeśvara).
O my beloved, O goddess of Devas, after realizing that the holy spot is very sacred the Liṅga was installed by Citrāṅgada, the Lord of Gandharvas. After propitiating Maheśvara, the Gandharva performed a very severe penance.
One who is endowed with emotional fervour and adores that Liṅga, attains the world of Gandharvas and rejoices along with Gandharvas.
There, on the thirteenth lunar day of the bright half, a devotee should duly bathe Śiva and worship by means of different kinds of flowers, sweet scents and incense in due order. He gets everything cherished in his mind and desired to possess.