The Skanda Purana

by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words

This page describes Greatness of Mantra-vibhushana Gauri which is chapter 349 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-ninth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.

Chapter 349 - Greatness of Mantra-vibhūṣaṇā Gaurī

[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]

Īśvara said:

1. Then, O great goddess, one should go to the goddess Mantra-vibhūṣaṇā (Gaurī) in the vicinity of Bhīmeśvara. She was formerly propitiated by Soma.

2. A woman who duly worships her on the third lunar day in the bright half of the month of Śrāvaṇa is relieved of all miseries.

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