The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Surya Praci which is chapter 274 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 seventy-fourth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 274 - Greatness of Sūrya Prācī
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-2. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the highly lustrous Sūryaprācī that subdues all the sins and bestows all desired benefits. O great goddess, one is rid of five sins by taking holy bath there.