The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Rudreshvara (Rudra-ishvara) which is chapter 188 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-eighth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 188 - Greatness of Rudreśvara (Rudra-īśvara)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-3. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the shrine named Rudreśvara, that has come up itself from the surface of the earth.
It is stationed in that spot within a distance of three Dhanus to the east of Ādiprabhāsa. After meditating, his splendour was deposited there (in the Liṅga) by Rudra.
Hence, it is named Rudreśvara. The very name is destructive of all sins. By visiting the deity and worshipping it, one shall attain all desired things.