The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Gopalasvami Hari (Gopalasvamin) which is chapter 311 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 three hundred eleventh chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 311 - Greatness of Gopālasvāmī Hari (Gopālasvāmin)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said,:
1-2. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the shrine of Gopālasvāmī Hari situated within twenty Dhanus to the east of Caṇḍīśa.
It destroys all sins and dispels all sorts of difficulties due to poverty. The devotee should view the deity and do worship particularly in the month of Māgha and keep awake after concluding the worship of that place. He shall attain the greatest region.