Skanda Purana · Chapter 7.79
// īśvara uvāca// //
tato gacchenmahādevi lakulīśaṃ mahāprabham //
tasya paścimadigbhāge dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam
pāpaghnaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ śāṃtaṃ mūrtisthitaṃ prabhum //
samāyātaṃ mahākṣetre tatra kāyāvarohaṇāt
kṛtvā tatra tapaścograṃ dīkṣayitvātmaśiṣya kān //
kuśakādīṃśca catura uktvā śāstrāṇyanekaśaḥ
nyāyavaiśeṣikādīni tataḥ siddhiṃ parāṃ gataḥ//
evaṃ jñātvā tu yaḥ samyaktaṃ samarcayate naraḥ
kārttikyāṃ tu viśeṣeṇa ayane cottarepi vā //
vidyādānaṃ ca tatraiva dadyādviprāya śāline
saptajanmāni viprasya dhanāḍhyasya kule śubhe //
jāyate matimāndhīmāñchrīmānevaṃ punaḥpunaḥ
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsa kṣetramāhātmye lakulīśvaramāhātmya varṇanaṃnāmaikonāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ
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