The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Paulomishvara (Paulomi-ishvara) which is chapter 125 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-fifth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 125 - Greatness of Paulomīśvara (Paulomī-īśvara)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1. Then, O great goddess, one should go to the great Liṅga to the north-west of Rāvaṇeśvara within a distance of thirty Dhanus.
2. It is installed by Paulomī and is deservedly named Paulomīśvara. The installed Liṅga fulfills all desires and destroys all sins.
3-5. When Suras engaged in battle were killed by Tāraka, the three worlds were captured by him and the status of Indra was adopted by himself. Śakra became extremely distressed. In his anguish due to fear, he disappeared. His wife Indrāṇī became emaciated due to grief, O goddess. Desirous of Indra’s victory, Śaṃbhu was propitiated by her. Becoming pleased thereby, Mahādeva spoke to that lady of splendid eyes:
The holy lord said:
6. An extremely powerful son named Ṣaṇmukha will be born to us. He will slay Tāraka, the king of Daityas.
7-9. You can go free from worry. Further, listen to my words. He who worships this Liṅga of us situated here shall certainly become my Gaṇa and come to my presence.
On being told thus, that chaste lady went to the place where the king of Devas was present. She was rid of all miseries and became free from the fear of all Daityas.