The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Jamadagnishvara (Jamadagni-ishvara) which is chapter 197 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-seventh chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 197 - Greatness of Jamadagnīśvara (Jamadagni-īśvara)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-5. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the shrine of Śiva called Jamadagnīśvara. It is situated not far but very near Vṛddhaprabhāsa.
It is destructive of all sins. It was installed by Jamadagni. On viewing it, O goddess, a man becomes released from the three types of indebtedness.
By taking the holy bath in the tank Nidhāna Vāpī and worshipping the deity, the devotee will acquire wealth,
O my beloved, a treasure-trove was acquired by the Pāṇḍavas earlier at that spot.
It is through the treasure-trove that the tank became adorable to all the three worlds and well-known.
By taking the holy bath there, O great goddess, the unlucky one (lady) will become blessed with conjugal felicity and will attain all desired objects. Thus everything has been told by me to you.