Padma Purana · Chapter 6.146

mahādeva uvāca /
tato gaccheta deveśi tīrthaṃ rudra mahālayam /
kedārānupamaṃ sākṣādrudreṇa parinirmitam

śrāddhaṃ tatraiva kartavyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptikāraṇam /
tatra śrāddhapradānena pitaraḥ sapitāmahāḥ

tṛptāḥ samabhigacchaṃti rudrasya paramaṃ padam /
vṛṣamutsṛjate yastu tatra rudra mahālaye

kārtikyāmatha vaiśākhyāṃ rudreṇa saha modate /
kedāre udakaṃ pītvā punarjanma na vidyate

atra tu snānamātreṇa muktibhāgī na saṃśayaḥ /
ekasminsamaye devi tyaktvā kailāsamāgataḥ

sābhramatīṃ mahāgaṃgāṃ jñātvā lokahitāya vai /
tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca kṛtvā tīrthamanuttamam

tatohaṃ ca svakaṃ sthānaṃ kailāsaṃ prati bhāmini /
tadanaṃtaraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ tīrthaṃ jātaṃ mahālayam

rudra mahālayamiti loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati /
kārtikyāmatha vaiśākhyāṃ ye gacchaṃti surottame /
na teṣāṃ vidyate duḥkhaṃ sarvasaṃsārajaṃ punaḥ

iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃmuttarakhaṃḍe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde rudra mahālayatīrthaṃnāma ṣaṭcatvāriṃśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ