The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Bakulasvami (Bakulasvamin) which is chapter 312 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 twelfth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 312 - Greatness of Bakulasvāmī (Bakulasvāmin)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-2. The Sun-god named Bakulasvāmī is situated within a distance of eight Dhanus, O my beloved, to the north thereof.
A devotee should view that grief-destroying deity on a Sunday coinciding with a seventh lunar day. The man should keep awake at night. He attains all desired things. He is honoured in the world of the Sun.