Skanda Purana · Chapter 1.36

//nārada uvāca//
evaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṣitau tāni liṃgāni harasūnunā//
haribrahmeṃdrapramukhā devāḥ procuḥ parasparam

aho dhanyaḥ kumāro'yaṃ mahīsāgarasaṃgame//
yena catvārī liṃgāni stāpitāni sudurlabhe

vayamapyatra śuddhyarthaṃ toṣārthaṃ skandarudrayoḥ//
sādhvarthe cātmalābhāya kurmo liṃgaparaṃparām

athavā koṭiśo devā munayo naiva saṃkhyayā//
sarve cetsthāpayiṣyaṃti liṃgānyatra mahītaṭe

pūjā teṣāṃ kataṃ bhāvi bahutvāccātra paṭhyate//
yasya rāṣṭre rudraliṃgaṃ pūjyate naiva śaktitaḥ

tasya sīdati tadrāṣṭraṃ durbhikṣavyādhitaskaraiḥ//
saṃbhūya sthāpayiṣyāmo liṃgamekaṃ tataḥ śubham

iti kṛtvā matiṃ sarve prāpyānujñāṃ maheśvarāt//
praharṣitā suhaścaiva haribrahmamukhāḥ surāḥ

bhūmibhāgaṃ śubhaṃ vīkṣya vijane liṃgamuttamam//
sthāpayāmāsuratha te svayaṃ brahmavinirmitam

siddhārthaiḥ stāpitaṃ yasmā ddevairbrahmādibhiḥ svayam//
siddheśvaramiti prāha nāma liṃgasya vai guhaḥ

sarvairdevaistatra liṃge khānitaṃ sara uttamam//
sarvatīrthodakaiḥ śubhraiḥ pūritaṃ ca mahātmabhiḥ

etasminnaṃtare pārtha pātālāccheṣanaṃdanaḥ//
kumudonāma āgatya prāha śeṣāhipannagān

asmiṃstārakayuddhe tu pralaṃbonāma dānavaḥ//
palāyitvā skaṃdabhītyā pāpaḥ pātālamāviśat

sa vo vasūni putrāṃśca bhāryāḥ kanyā gṛhāṇi ca//
vidhvaṃsayati nāgeṃdrāḥ śīghraṃ dhāvatadhāvata

śeṣātmajasya tadvākyaṃ kumadasya niśamyate//
autsukyamāpurnāgeṃdrā yāmayāmeti vādinaḥ

tānnivārya tataḥ skaṃdaḥ kruddhaḥ śaktimathādade//
pātālāya mumocātha procya daityo nihanyatām

tataḥ skaṃdabhujotsṛṣṭā bhuvaṃ nirbhidya vegataḥ//
praviṣṭā sahasā śaktiryathā daivaṃ naraṃ prati

sā taṃ hatvā pralaṃbaṃ ca koṭibhirdaśabhirvṛtam//
naṃdayitvā gatā nāgāñjalakallopūrvikā

yāṃtyā śaktyā tayā pārtha yatkṛtaṃ vivaraṃ bhuvi//
pātālagaṃgātoyena pūritaṃ pāpahāriṇā

tasya nāma dadau skaṃdaḥ siddhakūpa iti smṛtaḥ//
kṛṣmāṣṭamyāṃ caturdaśyāmupavāsī naraḥ svayam

snātvā kūpe'rcayedīśaṃ siddheśvaramananyadhīḥ//
prabhūtabhavasaṃbhūtapāpaṃ tasya vilīyate

siddhakuṃḍe ca yaḥ snātvā śrāddhaṃ kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ//
sarvakalmaṣanirmukto bhaktiyogyo bhavebhave

vṛścāpyakṣayastasya tuṣṭo rudro varaṃ dadau//
prayāga vaṭatulyo'yametatsatyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

atrāgatya mahābhāgaḥ kṣāddhaṃ kuryātsubhaktitaḥ//
pitṝṇāmakṣayaṃ tacca sarveṣāṃ piṃḍapātanam

tato brahmādayo devāḥ skaṃdena sahitāstadā//
siddhāṃbikāṃ mahāśaktiṃ prārthayāmāsurīśvarīm

tvayāviṣṭo hi bhagavānmatsyarūpī janārdanaḥ//
jagaduddhāraṇārthāya cakre karmāmyanekaśaḥ

iti tāṃ prārthayāmāsuratra tyājyaṃ na te śubhe//
atra sthitāḥ sarva ime kṣetrapālā mahābalāḥ

aṣṭamyāṃ vā caturdaśyāṃ balipuṣpaiśca tvāṃ śubhe//
ye pūjayaṃti te pālyāḥ sarvāpatsu ca yā sadā

evamuktā siddhamātā tatheti pratyapadyata//
sthāpayāmāsuratha tāṃ liṃgāduttarabhāgataḥ

tataḥ kṣetrapatīndevāścatuḥṣaṣṭiṃ maheśvaram//
siddheyaṃ nāma kṣetrasya rakṣārthaṃ nidadhuḥ svayam

tvāṃ ca ye pūjayiṣyaṃti kāryārabheṣu sarvadā//
varṣe varṣe rājamāṣabalinā ca viśeṣataḥ

tānasau pālayettuṣṭaḥ pitā lokāniva svakān//
siddhikṛto devāstatra siddhivināyakam

kaparditanayaṃ prārthya sthāpayācakrire mudā//
taṃ ca ye pūjayaṃtyatra kāryāraṃbheṣu sarvadā

teṣāṃ siddhiṃ dadātyeṣa prabalo vighnarāḍbhavaḥ//
yadyatra pūjayedyastu satataṃ siddhasaptakam

paśyedvā smarate vāpi sarvadoṣairvimucyate//
siddheśvaraḥ siddhavaṭaśca sākṣātsiddhāṃbikā siddhavināyakaśca//
siddheyakṣetrādhipatiśca siddhasarastathā siddhakūpaśca sapta

atra tuṣṭo dadau rudraḥ surāṇāṃ durlabhānvarān//
vaiśākhamāsasyāṣṭamyāṃ kṛṣṇāyāṃ siddhakūpake

snātvā piṃḍānvaṭe kṛtvā pūjayanmāṃ ca siddhabhāk//
sadā yo'bhyarcayenmāṃ ca brahmacārī jiteṃdriyaḥ

aṣṭāviṣṭakarā nityaṃ bhaveyustasya siddhayaḥ//
maṃtrajāpyaṃ baliṃ homamatra yaḥ kurute naraḥ

ekacittaḥ śucirbhūtvā so'bhūṣṭāṃ siddhimāpnuyāt//
samāhitamanāścātha siddheśaṃ yastu paśyati

tasya siddhirbhavatyeva vighnairyadi na hanyate//
siddhāṃbikā mahādevī hyatra saṃnihitāsti yā

siddhidā sādhakeṃdrāṇāṃ mahāvidyāṃ japaṃti ye//
dhīrebhyo brahmacāribhyaḥ satyacittebhya eva ca

maṃtrajāpyāddadātyeṣā sarvasiddhīryathopsitāḥ//
pātālasya bilaṃ caitadguhaśaktyā kṛtaṃ mahat

siddhāṃ bikāprasādena vighnakṣetrapayormama//
pratyakṣaṃ bhavitā yatra nānāścaryāṇi bhūriśaḥ

atra siddhiṃ prayāsyaṃti koṭiśaḥ puruṣāḥ surāḥ//
vidyādharatvaṃ devatvaṃ gaṃdharvatvaṃ ca nāgatā

yakṣatvaṃ cāmaratvaṃ ca prāpsyaṃtyatra ca sādhakāḥ//
atra vai vijayonāma sthaṃḍilasya prabhāvataḥ

siddhāṃbikāṃ samārādhya siddhimāpsyati durlabhām//
yo māṃ drakṣyati cātrasthaṃ yaśca māṃ pūjayiṣyati//
vādapracārato vāpi puṇyāvāptirbhaviṣyati

//nārada uvāca//
tryaṃbakeṇa vareṣvevaṃ datteṣvapi surottamāḥ

prahṛṣṭāḥ samapadyaṃta gāthāṃ cemāṃ jagustadā//
tena yajñairjapaiḥstotraistapo bhistoṣitā vayam

sarve devāḥ siddhiliṃgaṃ yo naraḥ pūjayiṣyati//
sarvakāmaphalāvāptirityevaṃ śaṃkaro'bravīt

ityuktvā te jayaṃ prāptāḥ skaṃdena sahitāḥ surāḥ//
kārāyyaṃ ramyaprāsādānramyaistārakasaṃbhavaiḥ

caturvargaphalāvāptiṃ dattvā kṣetrasya saṃyayuḥ//
kecitskaṃdaṃ praśaṃsaṃtastīrthamanye hariṃ pare

kecilliṃgāni paṃcāpi yuddhaṃ keciddivaṃ yayuḥ//
tatoṃ'tarikṣe cāliṃgya mahāsenaṃ haro'bravīt

saptame mārutaskaṃdhe va sa nityaṃ priyātmaja//
kāryeṣvahaṃ tvayā putra saṃpraṣṭavyaḥ sadaiva hi

darśanānmama bhaktyā ca śreyaḥ paramavāpsyasi//
staṃbhatīrthe ca vatsye'haṃ na vimokṣyāmi karhicit

ityuktvā visasarjainaṃ pariṣvajya maheśvaraḥ//
brahmaviṣṇumukhāṃścaiva bhaktyā tairabhinaṃditaḥ

visarjitāḥ surājagmuḥ svānisvānyālayāni ca//
śarvo jagāma kailāsaṃ skaṃdhaṃ vai saptamaṃ guhaḥ

ityetatkathitaṃ pārtha liṃgapaṃcakasaṃbhavam//
yaḥ paṭhetskaṃdasaṃbaddhāṃ kathāṃ martyo mahāmatiḥ

śrṛṇuyācchrāvayedvāpi sa bhavetkīrtimānnaraḥ//
bahvāyuḥ subhagaḥ śrīmānkāṃtimāñchubhadarśanaḥ

bhūtebhyo nirbhayaścāpi sarvaduḥkhavivarjitaḥ//
śucirbhūtvā pumānyaśca kumāreśvarasannidhau

śrṛṇuyātskaṃdacaritaṃ mahādhanapatirbhavet//
bālānāṃ vyādhiduṣṭānāṃ rājadvāropasevinām

idaṃ tatparamaṃ dhanyaṃ sarvadoṣaharaṃ sadā//
tanukṣaye ca sāyujyaṃ ṣaṇmukhasya vrajennaraḥ

varamenaṃ dadurdevāḥ skaṃdasyātha gatā divam

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe paṃcaliṃgopākhyānasamāptivarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭ‌triṃśo'dhyāyaḥ