Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.223

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tataḥ krośāntare pārtha vāsavaṃ tīrthamuttamam /
vasubhiḥ sthāpitaṃ tatra sthitvā vai dvādaśābdakam

dharo dhruvaśca somaśca āpaścaivānilo'nalaḥ /
pratyūṣaśca prabhāsaśca vasavo'ṣṭāvime purā

pitṛśāpaparikliṣṭā garbhavāsāya bhārata /
nārmadaṃ tīrthamāsādya tapaścakruryatendriyāḥ

ārādhayantaḥ paramaṃ bhavānīpatimavyam /
dvādaśābdāni rājendra tatastuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ

pratyakṣaḥ pradadau tebhyastvabhīṣṭaṃ varamuttamam /
tataḥ svanāmnā saṃsthāpya vasavastaṃ maheśvaram /
jagmurākāśamāviśya prasanne sati śaṅkare

tataḥ prabhṛti vikhyātaṃ tīrthaṃ tadvāsavāhvayam /
tasmiṃstīrthe mahārāja yo bhaktyā pūjayecchivam /
yathālabdhopahāraiśca dīpaṃ dadyātprayatnataḥ

śuklapakṣe tadāṣṭamyāṃ pratyahaṃ vāpi śaktitaḥ /
aṣṭau varṣasahasrāṇi sa vasecchivasaṃnidhau

tataḥ śivālayaṃ yāti garbhavāsaṃ na paśyati /
puṣpairvā pallavairvāpi phalairdhānyaistathāpi vā

pūjayeddevamīśānaṃ sa dainyaṃ nāpnuyātkvacit /
sarvaśokavinirmuktaḥ svargaloke mahīyate

ekāhamapi kaunteya yo vasedvāsaveśvare /
pāparāśiṃ vinirdhūya bhānuvaddivi modate

viprāṃśca bhojayedbhaktyā dadyādvāsāṃsi dakṣiṇām

// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe vāsaveśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma trayoviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ //