The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Saubhagyeshvari (Saubhagya-ishvari) which is chapter 124 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-fourth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 124 - Greatness of Saubhāgyeśvarī (Saubhāgya-īśvarī)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said.:
1-4. Then, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the shrine of Gaurī, the bestower of Saubhāgya (good luck and conjugal felicity) stationed within a distance of five Dhanus to the west of Rāvaṇeśa.
It is there that the fair lady Arundhatī herself performed a very severe penance. Desirous of Saubhāgya she engaged herself in the adoration of Gaurī. By the power of that goddess, she attained great Siddhi.
He who devoutly worships her, O lady of excellent countenance, on the third lunar day in the bright half of the month of Māgha, shall attain Saubhāgya (great fortune and conjugal felicity) in the next birth. O goddess of Devas, there need be no hesitation in believing this.