The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Manaveshvara (Manava-ishvara) which is chapter 218 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 two hundred eighteenth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 218 - Greatness of Mānaveśvara (Mānava-īśvara)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-3. There itself is the Mānava Liṅga installed by Manu formerly. O goddess, Manu became defiled by sins due to the slaughter of his son. After realizing that the holy spot is destructive of sins, he installed Īśvara and was relieved from that sin arising from the murder of his son. A man who worships it shall be relieved of sins.