The Skanda Purana

by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words

This page describes Greatness of Kanakananda which is chapter 265 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-fifth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.

Chapter 265 - Greatness of Kanakanandā

[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]

Īśvara said:

1-2. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the shrine of the goddess Kanakanandā, situated to the northeast. She is the bestower of all desired benefits.

On the third lunar day in the bright half of Caitra, a wise man should perform the pilgrimage to that place in accordance with the injunctions. He shall obtain all desires.

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