The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Vaivasvateshvara (Vaivasvata-ishvara) which is chapter 169 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 sixty-ninth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 169 - Greatness of Vaivasvateśvara (Vaivasvata-īśvara)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-3. Thereafter, O great goddess, a devotee should go to the shrine of Vaivasvateśvara Liṅga situated within a distance of thirty Dhanus to the south of the goddess. It was installed by Vaivasvata Manu and it fulfills all desires. Very near thereof exists a miraculous Devakhāta (divine pit).
O beautiful lady, a man who takes his holy bath therein and worships the Liṅga duly with five Upacāras, who controls all senses and is humble in devotion and who performs the Japa of the eulogy according to the injunction called Aghora, shall attain Siddhi.