Skanda Purana · Verses 5.61-3
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchetparaṃ puṇyaṃ narmadādakṣiṇe taṭe /
śakratīrthaṃ suvikhyātamaśeṣāghavināśanam
purā śakreṇa tatraiva tapo vai duratikramam /
prārabdhaṃ parayā bhaktyā devaṃ prati maheśvaram
tataḥ saṃtoṣito deva umāpatirnarādhipa /
devendratvaṃ varaṃ rājyaṃ dānavānāṃ vadhaṃ dadau
labdhaṃ śakreṇa nṛpate narmadātīrthabhāvataḥ /
tataḥ puṇyatamaṃ tīrthaṃ saṃjātaṃ vasudhātale
kārttikasya tu māsasya kṛṣṇapakṣe trayodaśīm /
upoṣya vai naro bhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
duḥsvapnasambhavaiḥ pāpairdurnimittasamudbhavaiḥ /
grahaśākinisambhūtairmucyate pāṇḍunandana
śakreśvaraṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha ye prapaśyanti bhaktitaḥ /
teṣāṃ janmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ naśyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
agamyāgamane caiva avāhye caiva vāhite /
svāmimitravighāte yannaśyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
gopradānaṃ prakartavyaṃ śubhaṃ brāhmaṇapuṃgave /
dhuryaṃ vā dāpayettasmin sarvāṅgaruciraṃ nṛpa
dātavyaṃ parayā bhaktyā svarge vāsamabhīpsatā /
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ śakreśvaraphalaṃ nṛpa
// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe śakreśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ //
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