The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Gupheshvara (Gupha-ishvara) which is chapter 253 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 fifty-third chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 253 - Greatness of Gupheśvara (Gupha-īśvara)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the; excellent Gupheśvara on the northern side of Hiraṇī. It is destructive of all sins. By viewing it, O fair lady, the man dispels a crore of sins of slaughter.