The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Kankala-bhairava which is chapter 137 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 thirty-seventh chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 137 - Greatness of Kaṅkāla-bhairava
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-3. A pilgrim should visit the excellent Kṣetrapāla stationed there itself, named Kaṅkālabhairava. He was employed by Bhairava for the protection of that holy spot from evil-minded living beings.
If the devotee of noble soul residing in Puṣkara Kṣetra worships that deity devoutly on the fifth lunar day in the bright half of Śrāvaṇa, and on the eighth lunar day of the month of Āśvina, by means of oblations, flowers etc. duly, the deity protects him like his own son and removes all the obstacles.