Skanda Purana · Verses 5.77-2
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
bhīmeśvaraṃ tato gacchetsarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram /
sevitaṃ ṛṣisaṅghaiśca bhīmavratadharaiḥ śubhaiḥ
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā sopavāso jitendriyaḥ /
japedekākṣaraṃ mantramūrdhvabāhurdivākare
tasya janmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati /
saptajanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ gāyatryā naśyate dhruvam
daśabhirjanmabhirjātaṃ śatena tu purā kṛtam /
sahasreṇa trijanmotthaṃ gāyatrī hanti kilbiṣam
vaidikaṃ laukikaṃ vāpi jāpyaṃ japtaṃ nareśvara /
tatkṣaṇāddahate sarvaṃ tṛṇaṃ tu jvalano yathā
na devabalamāśritya kadācitpāpamācaret /
ajñānānnaśyate kṣipraṃ nottaraṃ tu kadācana
tatra tīrthe tu yo dānaṃ śaktimāśritya cācaret /
tadakṣayyaphalaṃ sarvaṃ jāyate pāṇḍunandana
// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe bhīmeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ //
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