Skanda Purana · Chapter 7.283

// īśvara uvāca // //
taṃ dṛṣṭvā ghoravadanaṃ madaṃ devaḥ śatakratuḥ //
āyāṃtaṃ bhakṣayiṣyantaṃ vyāttānanamivāntakam

bhayātstaṃbhitarūpeṇa lelihānaṃ muhurmuhuḥ //
praṇato'bravīnmahādevi cyavanaṃ bhayapīḍitaḥ

somārhāvaśvināvetāvadyaprabhṛti bhārgava //
bhaviṣyataḥ sarvametadvacaḥ satyaṃ bravīmi te

mā te mithyā samārambho bhavatvatha tapodhana //
jānāmi cāhaṃ viprarṣe na mithyā tvaṃ kariṣyasi

somārhāvaśvināvetau yathaivādya tvayā kṛtau //
bhūya eva tu te vīryaṃ prakāśediti bhārgava

sukanyāyāḥ pituścāsya loke kīrtirbhavediti //
ato mayaitadvihitaṃ tadvīryasya prakāśanam //
tasmātprasādaṃ kuru me bhavatvetadyathecchasi

evamuktasya śakreṇa cyavanasya mahātmanaḥ //
manyurvyupāramacchīghraṃ mānaścaiva sureśituḥ

madaṃ ca vyabhajaddevi pāne strīṣu ca vīryavān //
akṣeṣu mṛgayāyāṃ ca pūrvaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ punaḥpunaḥ //
tathā madaṃ vinikṣipya śakraṃ saṃtarpya ceṃdunā

aśvibhyāṃ sahitānsarvānyājayitvā ca taṃ nṛpam //
vikhyāpya vīryaṃ sarveṣu lokeṣu varavarṇini

sukanyayā mahāraṇye kṣetre'sminvijahāra saḥ //
tasyaitaddevi saṃyuktaṃ cyavaneśvaranāmabhṛt

liṃgaṃ mahāpāpaharaṃ cyava nena pratiṣṭhitam //
pūjayettaṃ vidhānena so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

tasmāccandramasastīrthamṛṣayaḥ paryupāsate //
vaikhānasākhyā ṛṣayo vālakhilyāstathaiva ca

atrāśvine māsi naraḥ paurṇamāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ //
śrāddhaṃ kuryādvidhānena brāhmaṇānbhojayetpṛthak //
koṭitīrthaphalaṃ tasya bhavennai'vātra saṃśayaḥ

ya imāṃ śṛṇuyāddevi kathāṃ pātakanāśinīm //
samastajanmasaṃbhūtātpāpānmukto bhavennaraḥ

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye cyavaneśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tryaśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ