Skandapurana 1.1.14.13

1.1.14.13

12 athākāśavāṇyā gauryā svakhaḍgena khaḍgatīrthaṃ nirmāya tatra kārtikamāsaparyaṃtaṃ nimajjanam, khaḍgatīrthatīre svahastacyutamahiṣāsuraśiraḥsthitaliṃgasthāpanama, tataḥ kārtike māsi kṛttikānakṣatre'ruṇādrīśvarastutikaraṇam, tataḥ prasannena bhagavatā'ruṇādrīśvareṇa jyotīrūpeṇāvirbhūya jyotirantargatahiraṇmayapuruṣarūpeṇa jagadaṃbāyai varapradānam, tato jagadambayā'ruṇādrīśvarasya pradakṣiṇākaraṇam, tataḥ prasannena śrīśoṇādrīśvareṇa śaṃkareṇa bhagavatā saha jagadaṃbāyāḥ samāgamavarṇanam ......... 233 1

12. Then Gaurī, in accordance with a voice from the sky, creating the Khaḍgatīrtha with her sword and bathing there until the month of Kārtika; the installation on the bank of the Khaḍgatīrtha of the liṅga situated on the head of the demon Mahiṣa that fell from her hand; then, in the month of Kārtika under the asterism of Kṛttikā, the offering of praise to the Lord of Aruṇādri; then the Lord of Aruṇādri, pleased, manifesting in the form of light and, in the form of a golden person within the light, granting a boon to the Mother of the Universe; then the Mother of the Universe circumambulating the Lord of Aruṇādri; then the description of the union of the Mother of the Universe with the pleased Lord Śaṃkara, the Lord of Śoṇādri. 233 1