Skanda Purana · Verses 2-3

atha vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe tṛtīyaṃ badarikāśramamāhātmyam // (२-३) //
१ sūtaśaunakasaṃvādaprasaṃgena kena muktirbhavediti praśne śivaskandasaṃvādārambhaḥ, tatropakramapūrvakaṃ gaṅgāgodāvarīyamunānarmadādibahutīrthavarṇanapuraḥsaraḥ kāśyādikṣetramāhātmyavarṇanapūrvakabadaryākhyakṣetramāhātmyavarṇanam, ayodhyākṣetramāhātmyam, gomatītīrthasnānavidhivarṇanam, paccakrośītīrthayātrāphalam, viśrāṃtitīrthasnānaphalam,. rāmatīrthe svarṇadānamāhātmyam, mārkaṇḍeyahradasnānaphalakathanapūrvaka jagannāthadarśanamāhātmyam, indradyumnahradasnānamāhātmyam, badarīnāmakīrtanena upayuktasarvaphalaprāptikathanam. ...

२ badaryākhyakṣetrasyotpattipūrvakaṃ māhātmyavarṇanam, sutāsaṃgamakāriṇo brahmadevasya śivena
pañcamamastakacchedanavṛttāntavarṇanam, tadā tadbrahmakapālaṃ haste gṛhītvā śivasya
brahmahatyādoṣanivṛttyarthaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu gamanam , tato girijāpaterbadarikāśrame gamanam,
badarikāśramagamanena śivasya brahmahatyānirāsaḥ, daśāśvamedhikatīrthavarṇanam, vyāsava-
canādagnerbadarikāśramaṃ prati gamanam, agnikṛtabhagavatstutivarṇanam. ... १२४

३ agnitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam, nāradaśilāmārkaṇḍeyaśilayormāhātmyavarṇanam १२५

४ vainateyaśilāmāhātmyavarṇanam, vārāhīśilāmāhātmyam, tatra bhagavato devarṣyādibhiḥ
stutikaraṇam, nārasiṃhīśilāmāhātmyam.. -.. .. ... १२६

५ bhagavatpradakṣiṇāphalakathanam, viśālāyāṃ bhagavato'darśanaṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmādidevaiḥ kṣīrābdhau
bhagavataḥ stutikaraṇam, bhagavadāvirbhāvaḥ, kumedhasāṃ maddarśanaṃ syāditi bhiyā mayāntardhānaṃ kṛtamityabhidhāya bhagavatontardhānam, śivakṛtabhagavatsthāpanam, badarīdarśanena badarītināmagrahaṇena ca brahmāṇḍadānaphalaprāptiḥ, badarīkṣetre brāhmaṇabhojanādidānamāhātmyavarṇanam... ..... १२७

६ pitṛtīrthakapālamocanatīrthabrahmatīrthotpattivṛttāntavarṇanam, brahmaṇā tatra tapaḥkaraṇama,
bhagavaddarśanasañjātasantoṣeṇa brahmaṇā bhagavatstutikaraṇam, bhagavataḥ prasādādbrahmaṇaḥ sṛṣṭyutpattyadhikāraprāptiḥ, brahmaṇaḥ sarvavedārthajñānādhikāraprāptiḥ, sarasvatīsnānaprabhāvena vedavyāsasya purāṇādisaṃhitākaraṇādhikāraprāptiḥ, kāmyatīrthamāhā-
tmyam, vasudhārātīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. ..... १२९

७ prabhāsapuṣkaragayānaimiṣakurukṣetrādipañcadhārātīrthamāhātmyam, pañcadhārātīrthānāṃ mali-
natvaprāptistannivṛttyarthaṃ ca teṣāṃ badarikāśrame gamanam, somakuṇḍasyotpattipūrvakaṃ
māhātmyam, saptapadacatuḥsrotorvaśītīrthamāhātmyam....

८ viśālāyāṃ bhagavadāvāsena saṃtuṣṭairiṃdrādibhirmeruṃ hitvā viśālāṃ prati gamanam, tadā
bhagavatendrādisukhahetormerostatra viśālāyāṃ sthāpanam, devairbhagavatstutikaraṇam, bhagavadājñayā devānāṃ tatraiva vāsaḥ, badarikāśrame lokapālasthāpanam, badarikāśrame dānena sarvaphalaprāptivarṇanam, dharmakṣetravarṇanam, daṇḍapuṣkariṇītīrthavarṇanam.... १३२

iti vaiṣṇaṇāvakhaṇḍe tṛtīyaṃ badarikāśramamāhātmyam // ( २-३) / /