Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Karkotarka which is chapter 346 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-sixth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 346 - Greatness of Karkotārka
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1. In the south-east region thereof, is situated the Sun-god called Karkoṭaka, O great goddess. In the previous Kalpa, it was remembered as associated with Karkoṭaka.
2. By merely visiting it, all deities become pleased. He who worships it with proper procedure by smearing it with fragrant substances and fumigate it with incense, is absolved of all sins.