The Skanda Purana

by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words

This page describes Greatness of Kshetrapaleshvara (Kshetrapala-ishvara) which is chapter 181 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 eighty-first chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.

Chapter 181 - Greatness of Kṣetrapāleśvara (Kṣetrapāla-īśvara)

[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]

Īśvara said:

1-3. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the excellent shrine Kṣetrapāleśvara situated in the vicinity of Siddheśvara, not very far in the eastern direction.

By visiting the deity on the fifth lunar day in the bright half one is not bitten by snakes and serpents.

One should worship the deity in accordance with the injunctions by means of scents, flowers etc., in due order. One should feed Brāhmaṇas according to one’s capacity through foodstuffs and edibles of many kinds.

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