Matsya Purana 181.1

181.1

vārāṇasīsthakṣetramāhātmyam.
sūta uvāca.
imāṃ puṇyodbhavāṃ snigdhāṃ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm.
śrṛṇvantu ṛṣyaḥ sarve suviśuddhāstapodhanāḥ .. 181.1 ..

Sûta said—"Hear you, O, pure souled holy Rıṣis! with attention, this righteous narration which is the dispeller of all ills, and the mother of all good merits.—1