Amalaka and Bhumi Amalaka- Traditional Family Medicine (Health Series)

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Once upon a time Goddesses Bhagavati Parvati and Lakshmi started upon a pilgrimage and reached Prabhasa tirtha. Bhagavati then informed Lakshmi that she felt like doing the worship of Hari employing some unique and new material created by herself. Lakshmi replied that she also felt that she worship Trilochana or the Lord Shiva with a similar material created all by herself. Because of the joy of such a simultaneous desire, tears of happiness from the eyes of both the goddesses dropped down on the surface of this earth. From them was born the tree of Amalaka on the day of Ekadashi, the eleventh day of the month of Magha. Both the Gods and the sages became delighted with joy by seeing this tree. And the tree got regarded sacred like tulasi (Ocimum sanctum L) and bilva (Acgle marmelos Corn). From then on both Vishnu and Shiva are worshipped with the leaves of this tree. If one worships Vishnu on the Ekadashi of the month of Magha with them, He will become highly pleased.

So goes the story and much more elaborately of the creation of the Amalaka tree in Garuda Purana which also declares that all Indians consider this tree holy as it is dear to the Gods and therefore worship the tree itself with leaves and garlands of flowers. Skanda Purana declares that the tree removes all sins.