The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Bhargaveshvara (Bhargava-ishvara) which is chapter 178 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-eighth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 178 - Greatness of Bhārgaveśvara (Bhārgava-īśvara)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-2. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the sin-destroying deity named Bhārgaveśvara situated to the south thereof.
O goddess, one who worships him by means of divine floral offerings shall become contented and flourishing with every desire fulfilled.