Skanda Purana · Verses 5.73-2

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
kāśī: gaṃgātaṭe kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam /
sarvapāpaharaṃ pārtha goprekṣeśvaramuttamam /
godehānniḥsṛtaṃ liṅgaṃ puṇyaṃ bhūmitale nṛpa

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
godehānniḥsṛtaṃ kasmālliṅgaṃ pāpakṣayaṃkaram /
kāśī: gaṃgātaṭe kūle maṇināgasamīpataḥ /
saṃkṣepātkathyatāṃ vipra goprekṣeśvarasambhavam

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
kāmadhenustapastatra purā pārtha cakāra ha /
dhyāyate parayā bhaktyā devadevaṃ maheśvaram

tuṣṭastasyā jagannātha kapilāya maheśvaraḥ /
niḥsṛto dehamadhyāttu acchedyaḥ parameśvaraḥ

tuṣṭo devi jaganmātaḥ kapile parameśvari /
ārādhanaṃ kṛtaṃ yasmāttadvadāśu śubhānane

surabhyuvāca -
lokānāmupakārāya sṛṣṭāhaṃ parameṣṭhinā /
lokakāryāṇi sarvāṇi sidhyanti matprasādataḥ

lokāḥ svargaṃ prayāsyanti matprasādena śaṅkara /
tīrthe tvaṃ bhava me śambho lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā

tatheti bhagavānuktvā tīrthe tatrāvasanmudā /
tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ vikhyātaṃ vasudhātale /
snānenaikena rājendra pāpasaṅghaṃ vyapohati

goprekṣeśvaragodānaṃ yastu bhaktyā ca kārayet /
yogye dvijottame deyā yogyā dhenuḥ sakāñcanā

savatsā taruṇī śubhrā bahukṣīrā savastrakā /
kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāmaṣṭamyāṃ vā pradāpayet

sarveṣu caiva māseṣu kārttike ca viśeṣataḥ /
dāpayetparayā bhaktyā dvije svādhyāyatatpare

vidhinā ca pradadyādyo vidhinā yastu gṛhṇate /
tāvubhau puṇyakarmāṇau prekṣakaḥ puṇyabhājanam

piṇḍadānaṃ prakuryādyaḥ pretānāṃ bhaktisaṃyutaḥ /
piṇḍenaikena rājendra pretā yānti parāṃ gatim

bhaktyā praṇāmaṃ rudrasya ye kurvanti dine dine /
teṣāṃ pāpaṃ pralīyeta bhinnapātre jalaṃ yathā

tatra tīrthe tu yo rājanvṛṣabhaṃ ca samutsṛjet /
pitaraścoddhṛtāstena śivaloke mahīyate

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
vṛṣotsarge kṛte tāta phalaṃ yajjāyate nṛṇām /
tatsarvaṃ kathayasvāśu prayatnena dvijottama

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
sarvalakṣaṇasampūrṇe vṛṣe caiva tu yatphalam /
tadahaṃ sampravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣva dharmanandana

kārttike caiva vaiśākhe pūrṇimāyāṃ narādhipa /
rudrasya sannidhau bhūtvā śuciḥ snāto jitendriyaḥ

vṛṣasyaiva samutsargaṃ kārayetprīyatāṃ haraḥ /
sāṃnidhye kārayetputra catasro vatsikāḥ śubhāḥ

dattvā tu vipramukhyāya sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutāḥ /
prīyatāṃ ca mahādevo brahmā viṣṇurmaheśvaraḥ

vṛṣabhe romasaṃkhyā yā sarvāṅgeṣu narādhipa /
tāvadvarṣapramāṇaṃ tu śivaloke mahīyate

śivaloke vasitvā tu yadā martyeṣu jāyate /
kule mahati sambhūtirdhanadhānyasamākule

nīrogo rūpavāṃścaiva vidyāḍhyaḥ satyavākśuciḥ /
goprekṣeśvaramāhātmyaṃ mayā khyātaṃ yudhiṣṭhira /
godehānniḥsṛtaṃ liṅgaṃ kāśī: gaṃgā taṭe

// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe goprekṣeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma trisaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ //