The Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Candreshvara-Kala Kunda which is chapter 342 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-second chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 342 - Greatness of Candreśvara-Kalā Kuṇḍa
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Īśvara said:
1. Not far from it, to the south-southeast direction, is situated a sin-destroying Liṅga installed by Soma himself.
2-4. There is a Kuṇḍa of nectar remembered as Kalā Kuṇḍa. A man who, after taking his bath therein, worships Candreśa, attains the fruit of practising penance for one thousand years. There is a lake created there by the Moon-god, O goddess. It is sixteen Dhanus in extent (east-west) from Candreśa. It has been described to you formerly along with Mukti-dāna (granting of liberation etc.).