The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Narayana Tirtha which is chapter 359 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 fifty-ninth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 359 - Greatness of Nārāyaṇa Tīrtha
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1. Then, O great goddess, one should go to the Tīrtha called Nārāyaṇa. In the north-eastern region is a well well-known as Śāṇḍilya (Tīrtha).
2. After taking bath therein, one should worship as per procedure Śāṇḍilya on the Ṛṣipañcamī day. Also a chaste woman who worships it (on that day) is definitely absolved of the sin resulting from the violation of restrictions pertaining to menstruation, whether touching it or not.