Skanda Purana · Chapter 7.335

// īśvara uvāca // //
tataḥ paścimato gacchennyaṃkumatyāstaṭe śubhe //
dakṣiṇāṃ diśamāśritya sthitaṃ tīrthaṃ mahāprabham

śaṃkhāvarttamitikhyātaṃ yatra citrāṃkitā śilā //
svayaṃbhūtā mahādevi raktagarbhā suśobhanā

chinne tvadyāpi tatraiva suraktaṃ saṃpradṛśyate //
viṣṇukṣetraṃ hi tatproktaṃ śaṃkho yatra hataḥ purā

vedāpahārī deveśi viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā //
kṛtaṃ śakhodakaṃ tīrthaṃ śaṃkhākāraṃ tu dṛśyate

tatra snātvā naro devi mucyate brahmahatyayā //
sapta janmāni vipratvaṃ śūdrasyāpi prajā yate

pūrvaṃ tatraiva gatvā ca tato rudragayāṃ vrajet //
godānaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye śaṃkhāvarttatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcatriṃśaduttaratriśata tamo'dhyāyaḥ