The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Savitrishvara Bhairava which is chapter 151 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 fifty-first chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 151 - Greatness of Sāvitrīśvara Bhairava
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1. On the southern side thereof is stationed the third Bhairava. It was installed by Sāvitrī near Brahmakuṇḍa.
2. After propitiating the Lord of Devas, the great-grandfather of Devas, there, she propitiated Śaṅkara by her penance wherein she accepted no food except the intake of air.
3-6. On being pleased, O goddess, Lord Śaṅkara said to that lady of excellent countenance: “I will grant all the splendid boons mentally wished for to that man who, on a Full-Moon day, takes the holy bath in this Kuṇḍa and worships my Liṅga with sweet scents, flowers etc. duly and in accordance with the injunctions. Even one afflicted with great sins shall be rid of those sins. Richly endowed with everything desired, he will become the Bull-emblemed Lord himself.”
7. After saying this, O goddess of Devas, he vanished. After installing Śaṅkara, Sāvitrī went to the world of Brahmā.
8. Thus the greatness of Sāvitrīśa has been briefly described. An intelligent one who listens to this becomes rid of sins.