Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.102
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
manmatheśaṃ tato gacchetsarvadevanamaskṛtam /
snānamātrānnaro rājanyamalokaṃ na paśyati
anapatyā yā ca nārī snāyādvai pāṇḍunandana /
putraṃ sā labhate pārtha satyasaṅghaṃ dṛḍhavratam
tatra snātvā naro rājañchuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ /
upoṣya rajanīmekāṃ gosahasraphalaṃ labhet
kāmikaṃ tīrtharājaṃ tu tādṛśaṃ na bhaviṣyati /
trirātraṃ kurute rājansa golakṣaphalaṃ labhet
tatra nṛtyaṃ prakartavyaṃ tuṣyate parameśvaraḥ /
gītavāditranirghoṣai rātrau jāgaraṇena ca
eraṇḍyāṃ ca mahādevo dṛṣṭo me manmatheśvaraḥ /
kiṃ samartho yamo ruṣṭo bhadro bhadrāṇi paśyati
kāmena sthāpitaḥ śambhuretasmātkāmado nṛpa /
sopānaḥ svargamārgasya pṛthivyāṃ manmatheśvaraḥ
viśeṣaścātra sandhyāyāṃ śrāddhadāne ca bhārata /
annadānena rājendra kīrtitaṃ phalamuttamam
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ tava bhaktyā tu bhārata /
pṛthivyāṃ sāgarāntāyāṃ prakhyāto manmatheśvaraḥ
godānaṃ pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha trayodaśyāṃ prakārayet /
caitre māsi site pakṣe tatra gatvā jitendriyaḥ
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā devasyāgre nṛpottama /
dīpaṃ bhaktyā ghṛtenaiva devasyāgre nivedayet
stryatha vā puruṣo vāpi samametatphalaṃ smṛtam
// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe manmatheśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dvyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ //
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