The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness Of Raivantakaraja Bhattaraka (Raivantaka-Raja) which is chapter 160 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 sixtieth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 160 - Greatness Of Raivantakarāja Bhaṭṭāraka (Raivantaka-Rāja)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-4. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the great shrine of the great son of the Sun-god, Rājabhaṭṭāraka Raivantaka. He is highly powerful and is represented as seated on a horse. (The icon is equestrian.)
O my beloved, he is stationed in the middle of the holy spot to the south-west of Sāvitrī. By viewing him, O fair lady, a man is rid of all disasters.
If a man worships him on the seventh lunar day coinciding with a Sunday, O goddess, no one in his family becomes destitute.
Hence, one should endeavour to propitiate him in every respect for an obstacle-free residence in the holy spot (in the case of an ordinary man) or for the increase of cavalry forces in the case of a king.