The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Chaya Linga which is chapter 263 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-third chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 263 - Greatness of Chāyā Liṅga
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-2. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the shrine of many miracles remembered as Chāyāliṅga. It is situated on the north of Nyaṅkumatī. It yields great merit.
O fair lady, a man who visits that deity, is rid of the five sins. The holy Kṣetra extends to three Yojanas and twelve and half Hastas (1 Hasta = 45 Cms.) Those men who are very sinful do not see this (holy centre).