Skandapurana 6.3.93.3

6.3.93.3

tattu tīrthamidaṃ puṇyamityevaṃ śūlino vacaḥ .
jāhnavī paśurūpeṇa tatra snānārthamāgatā .. 93.3 ..

"That is this sacred ford," such was the word of Śiva. / The river Gaṅgā came there in the form of an animal for the sake of bathing;