Skanda Purana · Chapter 7.267

// īśvara uvāca // //
tato gacchenmahādevi sthānaṃ gaṃgāpatheti ca //
yatra gaṃgā mahāsrotā gaṃgeśvaraḥ śivastathā

samudragāminī devi sā gaṃgā pāpanāśinī //
uttāneti bhuvi khyātā nadī trailokyabhūṣaṇā

tatra snātvā mahādevi gaṃgeśaṃ yastu pūjayet//
muktaḥ syātpātakairghorairaśvamedhāyutaṃ labhet

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye gaṅgāpathagaṃgeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptaṣaṣṭyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ