Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.161

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchenmahārāja sarpatīrthamanuttamam /
yatra siddhā mahāsarpāstapastaptvā yudhiṣṭhira

vāsukistakṣako ghoraḥ sārpa airāvatastathā /
kāliyaśca mahābhāgaḥ karkoṭakadhanaṃjayau

śaṅkhacūḍo mahātejā dhṛtarāṣṭro vṛkodaraḥ /
kuliko vāmanaścaiva teṣāṃ ye putrapautriṇaḥ

tatra tīrthe mahāpuṇye tapastaptvā suduṣkaram /
bhuñjanti vividhānbhogānkrīḍanti ca yathāsukham

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ /
vājapeyaphalaṃ tasya purā provāca śaṅkaraḥ

snātānāṃ sarpatīrthe tu narāṇāṃ bhuvi bhārata /
sarpavṛścikajātibhyo na bhayaṃ vidyate kvacit

mṛto bhogavatīṃ gatvā pūjyamāno mahoragaiḥ /
nāgakanyāparivṛto mahābhogapatirbhavet

mārgaśīrṣasya māsasya kṛṣṇapakṣe ca yāṣṭamī /
sopavāsaḥ śucirbhūtvā liṅgaṃ sampūrayettilaiḥ /
yathāvibhavasāreṇa gandhapuṣpaiḥ samarcayet

evaṃ vidhāya vidhivatpraṇipatya kṣamāpayet /
tasya yatphalamuddiṣṭaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva nareśvara

tilāstatra ca yatsaṃkhyāḥ patrapuṣpaphalāni ca /
tāvatsvargapure rājanmodate kālamīpsitam

tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo jāyate vimale kule /
surūpaḥ subhagaścaiva dhanakoṭipatirbhavet

// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe sarpatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikaṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ //