Skanda Purana · Chapter 7.177

// īśvara uvāca // //
tasyaiva pūrvadigbhāge lakulīśastu mūrtimān //
svayaṃ tiṣṭhati deveśi kṛtvā ghoraṃ tapaḥ purā

saṃsthitaḥ pāpaśamane tatra sthāne sthalopari //
kārtikyāṃ kṛttikāyoge yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ

sa pūjyate mahādevi sarvairapi surāsuraiḥ

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye lakulīśamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptasaptatyuttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ