Skandapurana 6.3.238.1_103

6.3.238.1_103

103- eraṃḍīsaṃgamamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatrānapatyatvādanasūyābhyāṃ śokakaraṇam, atreranujñayā narmadātīrasthairaṃḍīsaṃgame'nasūyayā taporthaṃ gamanam, tapaso'nte trayāṇāṃ brahmādidevatānāmāgamanam, devaiḥ putraprāptyarthamanasūyāyai varapradānam, tato'nasūyāyā durvāsodattasomākhyaputratrayaprāptivṛttāntavarṇanam, tatastattīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaprasaṃgena putraśokena saṃtaptasya govindanāmnaḥ kṛṣīvalasya kathāvarṇanam, tatra tasyaiva bhūmau śayānasya kṛmitvaprāptivarṇanam, tatastasya patnyā samameraṇḍīsaṃgame snānādyarthaṃ gamanam, tatra gobhūhiraṇyādidānena tayorduḥkhānmuktiḥ, goviṃdākhyānaśravaṇaphalavarṇanam, eraṇḍīsaṃgamamāhātmyavarṇanam ...... ... 2611

103. Description of the māhātmya of the confluence of the Eraṇḍī; there, Atri and Anasūyā mourn because of childlessness; with Atri's permission, Anasūyā goes to the confluence of the Eraṇḍī on the bank of the Narmadā for the sake of austerity; at the end of the austerity, the arrival of the three deities headed by Brahmā; the gods grant a boon to Anasūyā for obtaining sons; then the account of Anasūyā's obtaining three sons named Durvāsas, Datta, and Soma; then in connection with describing the māhātmya of that tīrtha, the story of a farmer named Govinda, tormented by grief for his son; there, the description of his attaining the state of a worm while lying on the ground; then his going with his wife to the confluence of the Eraṇḍī for ritual ablution and the like; there, by giving cattle, land, gold, and other gifts, both are freed from suffering; description of the fruit of hearing the story of Govinda; description of the māhātmya of the confluence of the Eraṇḍī. 261 1.