Skanda Purana · Verses 5.23-3

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tatraiva saṅgame rājanbhaktyā paramayā nṛpa /
prāṇāṃstyajanti ye martyāste yānti paramāṃ gatim

saṃnyastasarvasaṃkalpo yastu prāṇānparityajet /
amareśvaramāsādya sa svarge niyataṃ vaset

śailendraṃ yaḥ samāsādya ātmānaṃ muñcate naraḥ /
vimānenārkavarṇena sa gacchedamarāvatīm

naraṃ patantamālokya nagādamarakaṇṭakāt /
bruvantyapsarasaḥ sarvā mama bhartā bhavediti

samaṃ jalaṃ dharmavido vadanti sārasvataṃ gāṅgamiti prabuddhāḥ /
tasyopariṣṭātpravadanti tajjñā revājalaṃ nātra vicāraṇāsti

anekavidyādharakinnarādyairadhyāsitaṃ puṇyatamādhivāsaiḥ /
revājalaṃ dhārayato hi mūrdhnā sthānaṃ surendrādhipateḥ samīpe

narmadā sarvadā sevyā bahunoktena kiṃ nṛpa /
yadīcchenna punardraṣṭuṃ ghoraṃ saṃsārasāgaram

trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ mahatī pāvanī smṛtā /
yatra tatra mṛtasyāpi dhruvaṃ gāṇeśvarī gatiḥ

anekayajñāyatanairvṛtāṅgī na hyatra kiṃcidyadatīrthamasti /
tasyāstu tīre bhavatā yaduktaṃ tapasvino vāpyatapasvino vā

mriyanti ye pāpakṛto manuṣyāste svargamāyānti yathā'marendrāḥ

evaṃ tu kapilā caiva viśalyā rājasattama /
īśvareṇa purā sṛṣṭā lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā

tatra snātvā naro rājansopavāso jitendriyaḥ /
aśvamedhasya mahato'saṃśayaṃ phalamāpnuyāt

anāśakaṃ ca yaḥ kuryāttasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa /
sarvapāpavinirmukto yāti vai śivamandiram

pṛthivyāṃ sāgarāntāyāṃ snānadānena yatphalam /
viśalyāsaṅgame snātvā sakṛttatphalamaśnute

evaṃ puṇyā pavitrā ca kathitā tava bhūpate /
bhūyo māṃ pṛcchasi ca yattaccaiva kathayāmyaham

// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe viśalyāsaṅgamamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ //