Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.96
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchettu rājendra tīrthaṃ koṭīśvaraṃ param /
ṛṣikoṭiḥ samāyātā yatra vai kurunandana
kṛṣṇadvaipāyanasyaiva kṣemārthaṃ munipuṃgavāḥ /
mantrayitvā dvijaiḥ sarvairvedamaṅgalapāṭhakaiḥ
sthāpitaḥ śaṅkarastatra kāraṇaṃ bandhanāśanam /
saṃsāracchedakaraṇaṃ prāṇināmārtināśanam
koṭīśvaramiti proktaṃ pṛthivyāṃ nṛpanandana /
snāpayettaṃ tu yo bhaktyā pūrṇimāyāṃ nṛpottama
pitḥṇāṃ tarpaṇaṃ kṛtvā piṇḍadānaṃ yathāvidhi /
śrāvaṇasya viśeṣeṇa pūrṇimāyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira
pitḥṇāmakṣayā tṛptiryāvadābhūtasamplavam /
pitḥṇāṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ revātaṭasamāśritam /
mokṣadaṃ sarvajantūnāṃ nirmitaṃ munisattamaiḥ
// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe koṭīśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṇṇavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ //
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