The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Sukanyasaras (Sukanya-saras) which is chapter 284 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 eighty-fourth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 284 - Greatness of Sukanyāsaras (Sukanyā-saras)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-3. Thereafter, O great goddess, a devotee should go to the excellent lake named Sukanyāsaras where, O Ambikā, Aśvins immersed themselves along with Cyavana. It was there that Cyavana became similar in form and features to Aśvins.
There Sukanyā, a woman of excellent complexion, achieved her cherished desires by the power of the ablution in the lake. Therefore, it is remembered as Kanyāsaras.
A splendid woman who takes her bath, especially on a Tṛtīyā day (third lunar day) will not meet with a breakdown in the domestic affairs, in the course of seven thousand births. Her husband can never be a poor man, a handicapped one, a wretched one or a blind one.