The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Hiranya Nadi which is chapter 238 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 thirty-eighth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 238 - Greatness of Hiraṇyā Nadī
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-4. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the sin-destroying Hiraṇyā, the holy (river) that fulfills all cherished desires and puts an end to poverty.
By taking the holy ablution there in accordance with the injunctions, by offering rice-balls and water libations, one shall attain everlasting worlds through the redemption of the ancestors from sins.
If the devotee feeds one Brāhmaṇa of laudable holy vows there, he shall be deemed as one who has fed thousands and ten thousands of Brāhmaṇas (elsewhere).
There a gold chariot should be gifted to a Brāhmaṇa who has mastered the Vedas, with Śiva in view and in accordance with the injunctions. The devotee shall thereby attain ten thousand times the merit of the pilgrimage.