In this late myth in the Padma Purana, Kubera, god of wealth, is portrayed as a devotionalist (bhakta). He had a wonderful garden with beautiful flowers that he used in temple worship each day. One day his gardener, Hemamali, came back from a visit to the lake of the gods,…
Prithvi requested lord Varaha to describe the proper methods of installing various types of idols. Lord Varaha replied that a devotee desirous of making a wooden idol must select the wood of ‘Bassia latifolia’ for his purpose. The wood should be purified and then given shape as per the appearance…
Lord Varaha told Prithvi about the greatness of Gokarna tirth- “Long long ago there lived a vaishya named Vasukarn at Mathura. Sushila, his wife was deeply religious but inspite of that she was issueless. One day, she had gone to take her bath in river Saraswati where she found many…
Lord Varaha, continuing with the description of various holy places told Prithvi about the magnificence of Govardhan parvat- “Govardhan parvat is situated near Mathura. It will have great religious importance because it will witness a great feat of mine in Dwapar Yuga. I shall lift this mountain to protect people…
Describing the origin of ‘Kapila Varaha’ (an idol of lord Varaha made by sage Kapila) lord Varaha told Prithvi- “Sage Kapila was a great devotee of mine. He had made my idol and worshipped it regularly. Later on, Indra acquired it and started worshipping it. The demon king Ravana took…
It is situated to the north of Mathura and lord Bhadreshwar has his dwelling place over there. A person who makes a pilgrimage to Chakra tirth and observes a fast for a day becomes absolved of heinous of sins.
