Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.129

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchenmahīpāla brahmatīrthamanuttamam /
anyeṣāṃ caiva tīrthānāṃ parātparataraṃ mahat

tatra tīrthe suraśreṣṭho brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ /
caturṇāmapi varṇānāṃ narmadātaṭamāśritaḥ

vācikaṃ mānasaṃ pāpaṃ karmajaṃ yatpurākṛtam /
tatkṣālayati deveśo darśanādeva pātakam

śrutismṛtyuditānyeva tatra snātvā dvijarṣabhāḥ /
prāyaścittāni kurvanti teṣāṃ vāsastriviṣṭape

ye punaḥ śāstramutsṛjya kāmalobhaprapīḍitāḥ /
prāyaścittaṃ vadiṣyanti te vai nirayagāminaḥ

snātvādau pātakī brahmannatvā tu kīrtayedagham /
tasya tannaśyate kṣipraṃ tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetpitṛdevatāḥ /
agniṣṭomasya yajñasya sa labhetphalamuttamam

tatra tīrthe tu yaddānaṃ brahmoddiśya prayacchati /
tadakṣayaphalaṃ sarvamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt

gāyatrīsāramātro'pi tatra yaḥ kriyate japaḥ /
ṛgyajuḥsāmasahitaḥ sa bhavennātra saṃśayaḥ

tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā tyajeddehaṃ sudustyajam /
anivartikā gatistasya brahmalokānna saṃśayaḥ

yāvadasthīni tiṣṭhanti brahmatīrthe ca dehinām /
tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi devaloke mahīyate

avatīrṇastato loke brahmajño jāyate kule /
uttamaḥ sarvavarṇānāṃ devānāmiva devatā

vidyāsthānāni sarvāṇi vetti vedāṅgapāragaḥ /
jāyate pūjito loke rājabhiḥ sa na saṃśayaḥ

putrapautrasamopetaḥ sarvavyādhivivarjitaḥ /
jīvedvarṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ brahmatīrthaprabhāvataḥ

etatpuṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ tīrthaṃ jñānavatāṃ varam /
ye paśyanti mahātmāno hyamṛtatvaṃ prayānti te

// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe brahmatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonatriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ//