The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Jaradgaveshvara (Jaradgava-ishvara) which is chapter 344 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 forty-fourth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 344 - Greatness of Jaradgaveśvara (Jaradgava-īśvara)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1. Thereafter, O great goddess, one should go to the great sin-destroying Liṅga situated to the north of northeastern direction.
2. It is called Jaradgaveśvara as it is installed by sage Jaradgava. There is no doubt that it is the destroyer of sins like killing of a Brāhmaṇa etc.
3. O goddess, there is the divine river Aṃśumatī. After taking a bath therein, one should offer Piṇḍas as per procedure.
4. It brings satisfaction unto the Pitṛs for a period of more than ten million years. A bull should be given to a Brāhmaṇa expert in the Vedas.
5-6. Thereafter, one should worship god Jaraḍgava with Pañcāmṛta (mixture of milk, sour milk, butter, honey and sugar), flowers as well as guggula-fumigation, with eulogy, prostrations and circumambulations day and night.
One should feed Brāhmaṇas there, with various eatables and delicacies. By feeding one, (the merit) becomes ten-million-fold.
7. That Tīrtha was known as Siddhodaka in Kṛta Age. In Kali Age it is glorified as Jaradgaveśvara.