The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Lakulisha which is chapter 177 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-seventh chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 177 - Greatness of Lakulīśa
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Note: Lakulīśa is regarded as the twenty-eighth incarnation of Śiva. He is a historical person mentioned in Allahabad inscription. His birth place, Karwan, in Baroda district of Gujarat, has become a sacred place.
Īśvara said:
1-3. To the east thereof stands the personified Lakulīśa, O goddess of Devas. He stands there himself after performing a severe penance. He stays there permanently for the purpose of suppressing sins at that spot above the sacred Sthala.
A man who worships the Lord on the Full-Moon day in the month of Kārttika coinciding with Kṛttikā constellation, O great goddess, is honoured by all the Suras and Asuras.