The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Shringareshvara (Shringara-ishvara) which is chapter 360 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 sixtieth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 360 - Greatness of Śṛṅgāreśvara (Śṛṅgāra-īśvara)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1. Then, O great goddess, one should go to the place called Śṛṅgasaras.
2. A god called Śṛṅgāreśvara is installed there. There Hari along with a Gopī (a cowherd lass) performed Śṛṅgāra as per procedure.
3. He is thereby (known as) Śṛṅgāreśvara. He destroys floods of sins. He who worships with due procedure, Bhava (Śiva) who is situated at that place, shall never be affected by miseries and poverty in Saṃsāra.