Skanda Purana · Chapter 7.296
// īśvara uvāca // //
tasmādāgneyadigbhāge gavyūtisaptakena ca //
sthānaṃ devakulaṃnāma devānāṃ yatra saṃgamaḥ
ṛṣīṇāṃ yatra siddhānāṃ purā liṃge nipātite //
yasmājjāto mahādevi tasmāddevakulaṃ smṛtam
tasya paścimadigbhāga ṛṣitoyā mahānadī //
ṛṣīṇāṃ vallabhā devi sarvapātakanāśinī
tatra snātvā naraḥ samyakpitṝṇāṃ nirvapennaraḥ //
saptavarṣāyutānyeva pitṝṇāṃ tṛptimāvahet
suvarṇaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu ajinaṃ kaṃbalaṃ tathā //
āṣāḍhe tvamāvāsyāyāṃ yatkiñciddīyate dhruvam
varddhate ṣoḍaśaguṇaṃ yāvadāyāti pūrṇimā
suvarṇaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu ajinaṃ kaṃbalaṃ tathā //
mucyate pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ saptajanmakṛtairapi
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya ṛṣitoyānadīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṇṇavatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
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