Skanda Purana · Verses 5.40-3

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchettu rājendra karañjeśvaramuttamam /
yatra siddho mahābhāgo daityo lokeṣu viśrutaḥ

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
yo'sau siddho mahābhāga tatra tīrthe mahātapāḥ /
kasya putraḥ kathaṃ siddhaḥ kasminkāle vada dvija

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
purā kṛtayuge rājanmānaso brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ /
vedavedāṅgatattvajño marīcirnāma nāmataḥ

tasyāpi tapaso rāśeḥ kālena mahatānagha /
putro'tha mānaso jātaḥ sākṣādbrahmeva cāparaḥ

kṣamā damo dayā dānaṃ satyaṃ śaucamathārjavam /
marīceśca guṇā hyete santi tasya ca bhārata

evaṃ guṇagaṇākīrṇaṃ kaśyapaṃ dvijasattamam /
jñātvā prajāpatirdakṣo bhāryārthe svasutāṃ dadau

aditirditirdanuścaiva tathāpyevaṃ daśāparāḥ /
yāsāṃ putrāśca saṃjātāḥ pautrāśca bharatarṣabha

aditirjanayāmāsa putrānindrapurogamān /
jātāstasya mahābāho kaśyapasya prajāpateḥ

yaistu lokatrayaṃ vyāptaṃ sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ mahat /
tathānyasya mahābhāgo danoḥ putro vyajāyata

sarvalakṣaṇasampannaḥ karañjo nāma nāmataḥ /
bāla eva mahābhāga cacāra sa mahattapaḥ

narmadātaṭamāśritya cātighoramanuttamam /
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ ca kṛcchracāndrāyaṇaṃ nṛpa

śākamūlaphalāhāraḥ snānahomaparāyaṇaḥ /
tatastuṣṭo mahādeva umayā sahitaḥ kila

vareṇa chandayāmāsa tripurāntakaraḥ prabhuḥ /
bhoḥ karañja mahāsattva parituṣṭo'smi te'nagha

varaṃ vṛṇīṣva te dadmi hyamaratvamṛte mama

karañja uvāca -
yadi tuṣṭo mahādeva yadi deyo varo mama /
tarhi putrāśca pautrāśca santu me dharmavatsalāḥ

tathetyuktvā mahādeva umayā sahitastadā /
vṛṣārūḍho gaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata

gate cādarśanaṃ deve so'pi daityo mudānvitaḥ /
svanāmnātra mahādevaṃ sthāpayitvā yayau gṛham

tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ sarvatīrtheṣvanuttamam /
snānamātrānarastatra mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ /
so'gniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam

anāśakaṃ tu yaḥ kuryāttasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa /
anivartyā gatistasya rudralokaṃ sa gacchati

athavāgnijale prāṇānyastyajeddharmanandana /
ayutadvitayaṃ vaste varṣāṇāṃ śivamandire

tataścaiva kṣaye jāte jāyate vimale kule /
vedavedāṅgatattvajñaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ

rājā vā rājatulyo vā jīvecca śaradaḥ śatam /
putrapautrasamopetaḥ sarvavyādhivivarjitaḥ

evaṃ te sarvamākhyātaṃ pṛṣṭaṃ yadyattvayānagha /
tīrthasya tu phalaṃ tasya snānadāneṣu bhārata

etatpuṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ dhanyaṃ duḥsvapnanāśanam /
paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiva tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam

yastu śrāvayate śrāddhe paṭhetpitṛparāyaṇaḥ /
akṣayaṃ jāyate puṇyamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt

// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe narmadāmāhātmye karañjeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ //