The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Effect of Gaja Tirtha which is chapter 44 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 forty-fourth chapter of the Arbuda-khanda of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 44 - Effect of Gaja Tīrtha
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Pulastya said:
1. Then the best of kings, follow the undertaking of pilgrimage towards Gaja Tīrtha. In ancient times eight competent elephants had undergone penance here.
2. To bear the burden of Earth, Airāvata along with other elephants had adopted penance here onto the self, the king. Observance of the religious ritual of taking bath here brings the same results as that of donating elephants.