The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Gharghara-Hrada and Kandeshvara which is chapter 364 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 sixty-fourth chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 364 - Greatness of Gharghara-Hrada and Kandeśvara
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1. Thereafter, O great goddess, one should go to the place called Tuṇḍapura situated on the banks of Hiraṇyā. There is the pool (Hrada) called Gharghara.
2. There is god Kandeśvara, where I tied up my matted hair.
He, who, taking his bath properly, worships that god becomes absolved of terrible sins and attains the auspicious order (protection) of Śiva.