Skanda Purana · Chapter 7.333

// īśvara uvāca // //
balabhadrācca pūrveṇa sthitā cāsītsaridvarā //
durvāseśvaranāmeti balaliṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhitam

sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ sarvasukhāvaham//
snātvā cāsya tvamāvāsyāṃ piṃḍadānaṃ dadāti yaḥ

kalpakoṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptimāvahet //
durvāseśvaranāmānaṃ tatra pūjya vidhānataḥ

koṭiyajñaphalaṃ prāpya sarvānkāmā navāpnuyāt//
tatra liṃgānyanekāni ṛṣibhiḥ sthāpitāni tu

dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā muktaḥ syātsarvakilbiṣaiḥ //
ityetatkathitaṃ devi kṣetrādyaṃ taṃ yathākramam

bhadrāyāḥ paścimātpūrvaṃ yathānukramamāditaḥ //
śrutaṃ pāpopaśamanaṃ koṭiyajñaphalapradam

atha kṣetrasya paridhisthānaṃ madhumatīti ca //
tasmānnairṛtyadigbhāge sthānaṃ khaṃḍaghaṭeti ca

tatra piṃgeśvaro devaḥ samudrataṭasannidhau //
kūpānāṃ saptakaṃ tatra pitṝṇāṃ yatra pāṇayaḥ //
dṛśyaṃte'dyāpi deveśi yatra parvaṇiparvaṇi

tatra śrāddhaṃ naraḥ kṛtvā gayākoṭiguṇaṃ phalam //
labhate nā'tra sandehaḥ somāmā yadi jāyate

tatraiva nātidūre tu bhadrāyāḥ saṃgamaḥ smṛtaḥ //
paścimātsaṃgamātpūrvaḥ saṃgamaḥ samudāhṛtaḥ

yatpuṇyaṃ labhate devi pūrva paścimasaṃgame //
gaṃgāsāgarayostatra tadbhadrāsaṃgame labhet

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye taptodakasvāmimāhātmye madhumatyāṃ piṃgeśvarabhadrāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma trayastriṃśaduttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ