Skanda Purana · Chapter 7.327

// īśvara uvāca // //
tato mahodayaṃ gacchettasmādīśānasaṃsthitam

vidhinā tatra yaḥ snāti tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ //
pratigrahakṛtāddoṣānna bhayaṃ tasya vidyate

mahodayaṃ mahānandadāyakaṃ ca dvijanmanām //
pratigrahaprasaktānāṃ viṣayāsaktacetasām //
teṣāmapi dadenmuktiṃ tena khyātaṃ mahodayam

tasya vai rakṣaṇārthāya mahākālasya cottare //
niyuktāśca mahādevi mātarastatra saṃsthitāḥ //
tasminsnātvā naraḥ pūrvaṃ mātṝstāśca prapūjayet

evaṃ devi mayā khyātaṃ mahodayamahodayam //
sarvapāpaharaṃ nṛṇāmabhiṣekācca muktidam

ardhakrośe ca tattīrthaṃ samaṃtātparimaṃḍalam //
etanmadhyaṃ mahāsāraṃ sadaiva munivallabham

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye mahodayamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma sapta viṃśatyuttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ