The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Ajigarteshvara (Ajigarta-ishvara) which is chapter 191 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 ninety-first chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 191 - Greatness of Ajīgarteśvara (Ajīgarta-īśvara)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-2. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the shrine of Hara, named Ajīgarteśvara stationed near Karmakoṭī and Candravāpī tank.
After a holy dip therein, O great goddess, the devotee should worship that Liṅga. He shall be rid of terrible sins. He will then go to the great region of Śiva.