Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.177

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
bhūtīśvaraṃ tato gacchetsarvatīrtheṣvanuttamam /
darśanādeva rājendra yasya pāpaṃ praṇaśyati

tatra sthāne purā pārtha devadevena śūlinā /
uddhūlanaṃ kṛtaṃ gātre tena bhūtīśvaraṃ tu tat

puṣye vā janmanakṣatre amāvāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ /
bhūtīśvare naraḥ snātvā kulakoṭiṃ samuddharet

tatra sthāne tu yo bhaktyā kurute hyaṅgaguṇṭhanam /
tasya yatphalamuddiṣṭaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva narādhipa

yāvanto bhūtikaṇikā gātre lagnāḥ śivālaye /
tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi śivaloke mahīyate

sarveṣāmeva snānānāṃ bhasmasnānaṃ paraṃ smṛtam /
purāṇairṛṣibhiḥ proktaṃ sarvaśāstreṣvanuttamam

ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā trikālaṃ cāpi yaḥ sadā /
snānaṃ karoti cāgneyaṃ pāpaṃ tasya praṇaśyati

divyasnānādvaraṃ snānaṃ vāyavyaṃ bharatarṣabha /
vāyavyāduttamaṃ brāhmyaṃ varaṃ brāhmyāttu vāruṇam

āgneyaṃ vāruṇācchreṣṭhaṃ yasmāduktaṃ svayambhuvā /
tasmātsarvaprayatnena hyāgneyaṃ snānamācaret

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
āgneyaṃ vāruṇaṃ brāhmyaṃ vāyavyaṃ divyameva ca /
kimuktaṃ śrotumicchāmi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
āgneyaṃ bhasmanā snānamavagāhya ca vāruṇam /
āpohiṣṭheti ca brāhmyaṃ vāyavyaṃ gorajaḥ smṛtam

sūrye dṛṣṭe tu yatsnānaṃ gaṅgātoyena tatsamam /
tatsnānaṃ pañcamaṃ proktaṃ divyaṃ pāṇḍavasattama

tasmātsarvaprayatnena snātvā bhūtīśvare tu yaḥ /
pūjayeddevamīśānaṃ sa bāhyābhyantaraḥ śuciḥ

tatra sthāne tu ye nityaṃ dhyāyanti paramaṃ padam /
sūkṣmaṃ cātīndriyaṃ nityaṃ te dhanyā nātra saṃśayaḥ

muktitīrthaṃ tu tattīrthaṃ sarvatīrtheṣvanuttamam /
darśanādeva yasyaiva pāpaṃ yāti mahatkṣayam

jāyate pūjayā rājyaṃ tatra stutvā maheśvaram /
japena pāpasaṃśuddhirdhyānenānantyamaśnute

oṃ jyotiḥ svarūpamanādimadhyamanutpādyamānamanucāryamāṇākṣaram /
sarvabhūtasthitaṃ śivaṃ sarvayogeśvaraṃ sarvalokeśvaraṃ mohaśokahīnaṃ mahājñānagamyam

tatra tīrthe tu yo gatvā snānaṃ kuryānnareśvara /
aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ /
evambhūtaṃ na jānanti mokṣāpekṣaṇikā narāḥ

// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe bhūtīśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptasaptatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ //