The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Unnata Svami (Svamin) which is chapter 325 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 twenty-fifth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 325 - Greatness of Unnata Svāmī (Svāmin)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1-4. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the excellent shrine of Vināyaka on the charming banks of Ṛṣitoyā. It is destroyer of all obstacles.
Tripurāntaka is the direct presiding deity of the groups of Devas. He assumed the form of an elephant and stationed himself on a high ground [i.e., unnata] in the great holy spot of Prābhāsika. He is accompanied by crores of his Gaṇas.
Hence by all efforts, Gaṇanātha should be propitiated for the sake of freedom from obstacles to pilgrimage. He should be adored with flowers, incense and other things.
For the sake of accomplishing the welfare of the nation, a great gala festival should be celebrated there by all the inhabitants of the city on every fourth lunar day.