Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.139

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchenmahārāja somatīrthamanuttamam /
yatra somastapastaptvā nakṣatrapathamāsthitaḥ

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snāyādācamya vidhipūrvakam /
kṛtajāpyo raviṃ dhyāyettasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

ṛgvedayajurvedābhyāṃ sāmavedena bhārata /
japato yatphalaṃ proktaṃ gāyatryā cātra tatphalam

tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā brāhmaṇān bhojayecchuciḥ /
tena samyagvidhānena koṭirbhavati bhojitā

pādukopānahau chatraṃ vastrakambalavājinaḥ /
yo datte vipramukhyāya tasya tatkoṭisaṃmitam

sahasraṃ tu sahasrāṇāmanṛcāṃ yastu bhojayet /
ekasya mantrayuktasya kalāṃ nārhati ṣoḍaśīm

evaṃ tu bhojayettatra bahvṛcaṃ vedapāragam /
śākhāntargamathādhvaryuṃ chandogaṃ vā samāptigam

agnihotrasahasrasya yatphalaṃ prāpyate budhaiḥ /
samaṃ tadvedaviduṣā tīrthe somasya tatphalam

bhojayedyaḥ śataṃ teṣāṃ sahasraṃ labhate naraḥ /
ekasya yogayuktasya tatphalaṃ kavayo viduḥ

saṃnirudhyendriyagrāmaṃ yatrayatra vasenmuniḥ /
tatratatra kurukṣetraṃ naimiṣaṃ puṣkarāṇi ca

tasmātsarvaprayatnena grahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ /
saṃkrāntau ca vyatīpāte yogī bhojyo viśeṣataḥ

saṃnyāsaṃ kurute yastu tatra tīrthe yudhiṣṭhira /
vimānena mahābhāgāḥ sa yāti tridivaṃ naraḥ

somasyānucaro bhūtvā tenaiva saha modate

// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe somatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonacatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ //