The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Four Lingas (Kushakeshvara, etc.) which is chapter 173 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 seventy-third chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 173 - Greatness of Four Liṅgas (Kuśakeśvara, etc.)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-3. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the shrine of (the group of) four Liṅgas installed at one single site to the west of Sāvitrī. Two Liṅgas are in the east and two face the west. The Liṅga named Kuśakeśvara is remembered as the first Liṅga. Gargeśvara is the second and Puṣkareśvara is the third. The Liṅga named Maitreyeśvara is cited as the fourth one.
4. One who has conquered his sense-organs and devoutly visits these Liṅgas, becomes rid of all sins and goes to the great City of Śiva.
5. Especially on the fourteenth lunar day in the bright half of a month, a pilgrim, should assiduously take his holy bath there and feed Brāhmaṇas.
6. He should give them gold and garments within his capacity. If this is done, O goddess of Suras, the pilgrimage becomes complete.