The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Pushkara-Kunda which is chapter 144 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 forty-fourth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 144 - Greatness of Puṣkara-Kuṇḍa
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-3. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the third great Puṣkara to the east thereof (i. e. Vicitreśvara), slightly deviating to the north-east. This Kuṇḍa is remembered as the smallest one and named Puṣkara.
When Brahmā went there at midday for the installation, the midday prayer, Sandhyā, the mother of the three worlds, was adored by him.
If the pilgrim takes his ablution there with concentration and mental purity on the Full-Moon day, it is as good as the ablution is perfectly taken by him in the Ādi-Puṣkara.
4. For the sake of the eradication of all sins, gold should be gifted there.
5. Thus the greatness pertaining to Puṣkara has been spoken to you. On being listened to, it removes the sins of men and fulfills all desires.