Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.137

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
dharmaputra tato gacchetkarkaṭeśvaramuttamam /
uttare narmadākūle sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram

tatra snātvā vidhānena yastu pūjayate śivam /
anivartikā gatistasya rudralokādasaṃśayam

tasya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ purāṇe yacchrutaṃ mayā /
na tadvarṇayituṃ śakyaṃ saṃkṣepeṇa vadāmyataḥ

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kuryātkiṃcitkarma śubhāśubham /
harṣānmadānmahārāja tatsarvaṃ jāyate'kṣayam

tatra tīrthe tapastaptvā vālakhilyā marīcayaḥ /
ramante'dyāpi lokeṣu svecchayā kurunandana

tatrasthāstanna jānanti narājñānabahiṣkṛtāḥ /
śarīrasthamivātmānamakṣayaṃ jyotiravyayam

tatra tīrthe nṛpaśreṣṭha devī nārāyaṇī purā /
adyāpi tapate ghoraṃ tapo yāvatkilārbudam

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ /
tasya te dvādaśābdāni tṛptiṃ yānti pitāmahāḥ

// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe karkaṭeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptatriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ //