Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.149

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tasyaivānantaraṃ tīrthaṃ liṅgeśvaramiti śrutam /
darśanāddevadevasya yatra pāpaṃ praṇaśyati

kṛtvā tu kadanaṃ ghoraṃ dānavānāṃ yudhiṣṭhira /
vārāhaṃ rūpamāsthāya narmadāyāṃ vyavasthitaḥ

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snānaṃ kṛtvā devaṃ namasyati /
sa mucyate nṛpaśreṣṭha mahāpāpaiḥ purākṛtaiḥ

dvādaśyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣasya śukle ca samupoṣitaḥ /
gandhamālyairjagannāthaṃ pūjayetpāṇḍunandana

brāhmaṇāṃśca mahābhāga dānasaṃmānabhojanaiḥ /
pūjayetparayā bhaktyā tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

satrayājiphalaṃ janturlabhate dvādaśābdakaiḥ /
brāhmaṇānbhojayaṃstatra tadeva labhate phalam

tarpayitvā pitṝn devān snātvā tadgatamānasaḥ /
japeddvādaśanāmāni devasya purataḥ sthitaḥ

māsi māsi nirāhāro dvādaśyāṃ kurunandana /
keśavaṃ pūjayennityaṃ māsi mārgaśire budhaḥ

pauṣe nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ māghamāse tu mādhavam /
govindaṃ phālgune māsi viṣṇuṃ caitre samarcayet

vaiśākhe madhuhantāraṃ jyeṣṭhe devaṃ trivikramam /
vāmanaṃ tu tathāṣāḍhe śrāvaṇe śrīdharaṃ smaret

hṛṣīkeśaṃ bhādrapade padmanābhaṃ tathāśvine /
dāmodaraṃ kārttike tu kīrtayannāvasīdati

vācikaṃ mānasaṃ pāpaṃ karmajaṃ yatpurā kṛtam /
tannaśyati na sandeho māsanāmānukīrtanāt

svayaṃ vinuddhaḥ satatamunmiṣannimiṣaṃstathā /
śīghraṃ prapaśya bhuñjāno mantrahīnaṃ samudgiret

paramāpadgatasyāpi jantoreṣā pratikriyā /
yanmāsādhipaterviṣṇormāsanāmānukīrtanam

tā niśāste ca divasāste māsāste ca vatsarāḥ /
narāṇāṃ saphalā yeṣu cintito bhagavānhariḥ

paramāpadgatasyāpi yasya devo janārdanaḥ /
nāvasarpati hṛtpadmātsa yogī nātra saṃśayaḥ

te bhāgyahīnā manujāḥ suśocyāste bhūmibhārāya kṛtāvatārāḥ /
acetanāste paśubhiḥ samānā ye bhaktihīnā bhagavatyanante

te pūrṇakāryāḥ puruṣāḥ pṛthivyāṃ te svāṅgapātādbhuvanaṃ punanti /
vicakṣaṇā viśvavibhūṣaṇāste ye bhaktiyuktā bhagavatyanante

sa eva sukṛtī tena labdhaṃ janmataroḥ phalam /
citte vacasi kāye ca yasya devo janārdanaḥ

etattīrthavaraṃ puṇyaṃ liṅgo yatra janārdanaḥ /
vañcayitvā ripūnsaṃkhye krodho bhūtvā sanātanaḥ

upaplave candramaso raveśca yo hyaṣṭakānāmayanadvaye ca /
pānīyamapyatra tilairvimiśraṃ dadyātpitṛbhyaḥ prayato manuṣyaḥ

ghoṇonmīlitamerurandhranivaho duḥkhābdhimajjatplavaḥ prādurbhūtarasātalodarabṛhatpaṅkārdhamagnakṣuraḥ /
phūtkārotkaranunnavātavidaladdigdantinādaśrutinyastastabdhavapuḥ śrutirbhavatu vaḥ kroḍo hariḥ śāntaye

// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe liṅgavārāhatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ //