Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.179

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchettu rājendra gautameśvaramuttamam /
sarvapāpaharaṃ tīrthaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam

gautamena tapastaptaṃ tatra tīrthe yudhiṣṭhira /
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu tatastuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ

praṇamya śirasā tatra sthāpitaḥ parameśvaraḥ /
sthāpito gautameneśo gautameśvara ucyate

tatra devaiśca gandharvairṛṣibhiḥ pitṛdaivataiḥ /
samprāptā hyuttamā siddhirārādhya parameśvaram

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetpitṛdevatāḥ /
pūjayetparamīśānaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

bahavastanna jānanti viṣṇumāyāvimohitāḥ /
tatra saṃnihitaṃ devaṃ śūlapāṇiṃ maheśvaram

brahmacārī tu yo bhūtvā tatra tīrthe nareśvara /
snātvārcayenmahādevaṃ so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

brahmacārī tu yo bhūtvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ /
pūjayetparamīśānaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

tatra tīrthe tu yo dānaṃ bhaktyā dadyāddvijātaye /
tadakṣayaphalaṃ sarvaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

māse cāśvayuje rājan kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm /
snātvā tatra vidhānena dīpakānāṃ śataṃ dadet

pūjayitvā mahādevaṃ gandhapuṣpādibhirnaraḥ /
mucyate sarvapāpebhyo mṛtaḥ śivapuraṃ vrajet

aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ kārttikyāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ /
upoṣya prayato bhūtvā ghṛtena snāpayecchivam

pañcagavyena madhunā dadhnā vā śītavāriṇā /
sa ca sarvasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

bhaktyā tu pūjayetpaścātsa labhetphalamuttamam /
bilvapatrairakhaṇḍaiśca puṣpairunmattakodbhavaiḥ

kuśāpāmārgasahitaiḥ kadambadroṇajairapi /
mallikākaravīraiśca raktapītaiḥ sitāsitaiḥ

puṣpairanyairyathālābhaṃ yo naraḥ pūjayecchivam /
nairantaryeṇa ṣaṇmāsaṃ yo'rcayedgautameśvaram /
sarvānkāmānavāpnoti mṛtaḥ śivapuraṃ vrajet

// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe gautameśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ekonāśītyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ //