The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Kuntishvara (Kunti-ishvara) which is chapter 174 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-fourth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 174 - Greatness of Kuntīśvara (Kuntī-īśvara)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-5. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the excellent shrine of Kuntīśvara. It is situated to the east of Sāvitrī exactly in the middle of Devakhāta.
O my beloved goddess, it was installed by Kuntī when formerly Pāṇḍavas had come to the Prabhāsa Kṣetra in the course of their pilgrimage along with Kuntī. At that time, O great goddess, Kuntī understood that the Kṣetra was extremely excellent and so she installed the Liṅga that dispels all fears.
A man who worships the deity especially on the Kārttikī Full-Moon day, shall become contented on realizing all his desires. He will be honoured in Rudraloka.
By visiting that Liṅga, O goddess, every sin whether it is verbally, mentally or physically committed, gets eliminated.