Skandapurana 16.57

Īśvara said: / Thus the five perfected liṅgas have been told to you, O beloved. / And he who knows this secret is called a dweller in the sacred field. // 1

Now I shall tell you in detail about the three Rudra powers; / they are proclaimed as the three powers of will, action, and knowledge. // 2

Hear further the sequence for their worship in proper order: / those fourteen and five which were mentioned before— // 3

having worshipped four, three, or one according to one's ability, / having worshipped those liṅgas, one should then worship the three powers. // 4

She who is remembered as Varārohā in the north-eastern quarter from Someśa, / is that amā digit of the moon; later she was proclaimed as Umā. // 5

She should be known as the power of will (icchāśakti), situated in the Prabhāsa sacred field, / there, O goddess, for the benefit of all living beings on earth. (6)

I shall now relate her entire māhātmya to you. / Formerly, O fair-faced one, by the wives abandoned by Soma, (7)

twenty-six [in number], austerity was performed in the auspicious sacred field of Prabhāsa. / Gaurī was then worshipped by them for many divine years. (8)

Pārvatī, the supreme sovereign, became visible to them, / and, the granter of boons, said: “Speak what is in your heart.” (9)

Then they said: “O goddess, if you are pleased, O Pārvatī, / grant us abundant good fortune and supreme loveliness. (10)

We have all been abandoned, O goddess, though guiltless, by our husband, O auspicious one; / burned by the fault of misfortune and afflicted with bad luck.” (11)

Gaurī said: / “From this day forward, the lord of the night will look upon you all equally. / By my grace, O fair-limbed ones, this will not prove false. (12)

And ‘Varadā’ (‘Giver of Boons’) will be my name, due to granting this boon. / A woman who comes here and worships me, the auspicious one, (13)

the women in her family will never incur misfortune anywhere. / Dedicated to fasting on the third lunar day in the month of Māgha, (14)

whichever woman of fair hips sees me will become equal to me. / Having attentively clothed sixteen married couples here, (15)

whatever woman offers fruits, eatables, foods, and sixteen cooked dishes, / she indeed will become Umā herself. (16)

One should perform this known as the Gaurīvrata on the third [lunar day]. / A woman who has not borne children, and a woman who is unfortunate, (17)

or a man, having performed it even once, will obtain the desired [result].” / Having spoken thus, that goddess of beautiful eyes remained there. (18)

And the lord of the night beholds them all, just like Rohiṇī. / Another woman too, burned by sorrow and afflicted with misfortune, (19)

worshipped the goddess Umā, and thereupon became fortunate. / Thus, in brief, has been declared the māhātmya arising from the Śakti; (20)

named Varārohā at Someśvara, it has been recounted to you, / causing the destruction of all sins and bringing an end to all poverty. (21)

Thus ends the fifty-seventh chapter, named ‘Description of the Māhātmya of Varārohā’, in the first Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand [verses]. (57)