Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.206
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
gacchettataḥ kṣoṇinātha tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam /
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ daśakanyeti viśrutam /
mahādevakṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam
tatra tīrthe mahādevo daśakanyā guṇānvitāḥ /
brahmaṇo varayāmāsa hyudvāhena yuyoja ha
tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ daśakanyeti viśrutam /
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyamakṣayaṃ kīrtitaṃ phalam
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kanyāṃ dadāti samalaṃkṛtām /
prāpnoti puruṣo dattvā yathāśaktyā svalaṃkṛtām
tena dānotthapuṇyena pūtātmāno narādhipa /
vasanti romasaṃkhyāni varṣāṇi śivasannidhau
tataḥ kālena mahatā tviha loke nareśvara /
mānuṣyaṃ prāpya duṣprāpyaṃ dhanakoṭīpatirbhavet
tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā snātvā viprāya kāñcanam /
samprayacchati śāntāya so'tyantaṃ sukhamaśnute
vācikaṃ mānasaṃ vāpi karmajaṃ yatpurā kṛtam /
tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti svarṇadānena bhārata
naro dattvā suvarṇaṃ cāpi vālāgramātrakam /
tatra tīrthe divaṃ yāti mṛto nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ
tatra vidyādharaiḥ siddhairvimānavaramāsthitaḥ /
pūjyamāno vasettāvadyāvadābhūtasamplavam
// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe daśakanyātīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaḍuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ //
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