Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.158

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchetparaṃ tīrthaṃ saṅgameśvaramuttamam /
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle sarvapāpabhayāpaham

dhanadastatra viśrānto muhūrtaṃ nṛpasattama /
pitṛlokātsamāyātaḥ kailāsaṃ dharaṇīdharam

pratyayārthaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha hyadyāpi dharaṇītale /
kṛṣṇavarṇā hi pāṣāṇā dṛśyante sphaṭikojjvalāḥ

vindhyanirjharaniṣkrāntā puṇyatoyā saridvarā /
praviṣṭā narmadātoye sarvapāpapraṇāśane

saṅgame tatra yaḥ snātvā pūjayetsaṅgameśvaram /
aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam

ghaṇṭāpatākāvitanaṃ yo dadetsaṅgameśvare /
haṃsayuktavimānastho divyastrīśatasaṃvṛtaḥ

sa rudrapadamāpnoti rudrasyānucaro bhavet /
dadhi bhakte na devasya yaḥ kuryālliṅgapūraṇam

sikthasaṃkhyaṃ śive loke sa vasetkālamīpsitam /
śrīphalaiḥ pūrayelliṅgaṃ niḥsvo bhūtvā bhavasya tu

so'pi tatphalamāpnoti gataḥ svarge nareśvara /
akṣayā santatistasya jāyate saptajanmasu

snapanaṃ devadevasya dadhnā madhughṛtena vā /
yaḥ karoti vidhānena tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

dhṛtakṣīravahā nadyo yatra vṛkṣā madhusravāḥ /
tatra te mānavā yānti suprasanne maheśvare

patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ toyaṃ yastu dadyānmaheśvare /
tatsarvaṃ saptajanmāni hyakṣayaṃ phalamaśnute

sarveṣāmeva pātrāṇāṃ mahāpātraṃ maheśvaraḥ /
tasmātsarvaprayatnena pūjanīyo maheśvaraḥ

brahmacaryasthito nityaṃ yastu pūjayate śivam /
iha jīvansa deveśo mṛto gacchedanāmayam

śive tu pūjite pārtha yatphalaṃ prāpyate budhaiḥ /
yogīndre caiva tatpārtha pūjite labhate phalam

te dhanyāste mahātmānasteṣāṃ janma sujīvitam /
yeṣāṃ gṛheṣu bhuñjanti śivabhaktiratā narāḥ

saṃnirudhyendriyagrāmaṃ yatrayatra vasenmuniḥ /
tatra tatra kurukṣetraṃ naimiṣaṃ puṣkarāṇi ca

yatphalaṃ vedaviduṣi bhojite śatasaṃkhyayā /
tatphalaṃ jāyate pārtha hyekena śivayoginā

yatra bhuñjati bhasmāṅgī mūrkho vā yadi paṇḍitaḥ /
tatra bhuñjati deveśaḥ sapatnīko vṛṣadhvajaḥ

viprāṇāṃ vedaviduṣāṃ koṭiṃ saṃbhojya yatphalam /
bhikṣāmātrapradānena tatphalaṃ śivayoginām

saṅgameśvaramāsādya prāṇatyāgaṃ karoti yaḥ /
na tasya punarāvṛttiḥ śivalokātkadācana

// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe saṅgameśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ //