The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Nyankumati which is chapter 261 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 sixty-first chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 261 - Greatness of Nyaṅkumatī
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-3. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the place where the river Nyaṅkumatī had been brought by Śaṃbhu for the delimitation of the Kṣetra as well as preservation of peace.
It is situated to the south of that (Siddheśvara shrine). It is destructive of all sins. A man who duly takes his holy bath therein and performs Śrāddha shall redeem all the ancestors from hell. There is no doubt about it.
O fair lady, a pilgrim should take his holy bath therein on the third lunar day in the bright half of the month of Vaiśākha. He should then offer libation with water mixed with gingelly seeds and Darbha grass devoutly. There is no doubt therein that this is as good as performing Śrāddha on Gaṅgā.