Skanda Purana · Verses 5.31-3
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchecca rājendra tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam /
brahmāvartamiti khyātaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam
tatra saṃnihito brahmā nityasevī yudhiṣṭhira /
ūrdhvabāhurnirālambacakāra bhramaṇaṃ sadā
ekāhāravaśe'tiṣṭhaddvādaśābdaṃ mahāvratī /
atra tīrthe vidhānena cintayan vai maheśvaram
tena tatpuṇyamākhyātaṃ brahmāvartamiti prabho /
tatra snātvā vidhānena tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ
arcayeddevamīśānaṃ viṣṇuṃ vā parameśvaram /
yatphalaṃ sarvayajñānāṃ vidhivaddakṣiṇāvatām
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti tattīrthasya prabhāvataḥ /
yasmiṃstīrthe tu yo devo dānavo vā dvijo'tha vā
siddhastenaiva tannāmnā khyātaṃ loke mahacca tat /
na jalaṃ na sthalaṃ nāma kṣetraṃ vā hyūṣarāṇi ca
pavitratvaṃ labhantyete pauruṣeṇa vinā nṛṇām /
sāmarthyānniścayāddhairyātsidhyanti puruṣā nṛpa
pramādāttasya lobhena patanti narake dhruvam
saṃnirudhyendriyagrāmaṃ yatra yatra vasenmuniḥ /
tatra tatra kurukṣetraṃ naimiṣaṃ puṣkarāṇi ca
// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe brahmāvartatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ //
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