Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.100

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchenmahīpāla tīrthaṃ paramarocanam /
mārkaṇḍeśamiti khyātaṃ narmadādakṣiṇe taṭe

uttamaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ gīrvāṇairvanditaṃ śivam /
guhyādguhyataraṃ putra nākhyātaṃ kasyacinmayā

sthāpitaṃ tu mayā pūrvaṃ svargasopānasaṃnibham /
jñānaṃ tatraiva me jātaṃ prasādācchaṅkarasya ca

anyastatraiva yo gatvā drupadāmantarjale japet /
sa pātakairaśeṣaśca mucyate pāṇḍunandana

vācikairmānasaiśca vā karmajairapi pātakaiḥ /
piṇḍikāṃ cāpyavaṣṭabhya yāmyāmāśāṃ ca saṃsthitaḥ

yojayecchūlinaṃ bhaktyā dvātriṃśadbahurūpiṇam /
dehapāte śivaṃ gacchediti me niścayo nṛpa

ājyena bodhayeddīpamaṣṭamyāṃ niśi bhārata /
svargalokamavāpnoti ityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt

śrāddhaṃ tatraiva yo bhaktyā kurvīta nṛpanandana /
pitarastasya tṛpyanti yāvadābhūtasamplavam

iṅgudairbadarairbilvairakṣatena jalena vā /
tarpayettatra yo vaṃśyānāpnuyājjanmanaḥ phalam

// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe mārkaṇḍeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ //