The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Trinetreshvara (Trinetra-ishvara) which is chapter 275 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-fifth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 275 - Greatness of Trinetreśvara (Trinetra-īśvara)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-4. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the shrine of the Three-eyed Lord who destroys all sins. The shrine is near Ṛṣitīrtha. It is situated on the northern bank of Nyaṅkumatī and was formerly adored by sages.
There, the water is crystal-clear and the fishes are three-eyed. O goddess, by taking the holy bath there, a man is rid of the sin of Brāhmaṇa-slaughter.
The devotee should observe fast on the fourteenth lunar day in the dark half of the month of Bhādrapada and keep awake during the night.
He should perform Śrāddha in the morning and duly worship Śiva, O goddess. He shall reside in the world of Rudra for thirty thousand years.