The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Talasvami (Talasvamin) which is chapter 330 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 thirtieth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 330 - Greatness of Talasvāmī (Talasvāmin)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1. From that Unnata-sthala (elevated place) at three Yojanas to the north, there is Taptodaka-svāmī where Tala was formerly killed.
2. O goddess, by powerful Viṣṇu a battle was fought for a hundred years with the king of Daityas and then he became Talasvāmī.
3. After taking bath in the Tapta-Kuṇḍa (hot water spring) a man should worship Talasvāmī. After offering rice-balls, one gets the benefit of performing ten million Yātrās (pilgrimages).