Skandapurana 1.3.34.32

1.3.34.32

31 kumārasvāmimāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra kumāradarśanamātreṇa pāpināmapi pavitratāṃ dṛṣṭvā yamalokasya vaiyarthyaṃ manyamānena yamena brahmaviṣṇvādidevānpuraskṛtya śivaṃ pratyāgatya śivaṃ stutvā kumāradarśanamāhātmyatokhilapāpijanānāṃ svargaprāptau nijādhikāravaiyarthyanivedanam, tataḥ śaṃkareṇa saṃsāranivṛttyai viśuddhabhāvanāprāptyarthaṃ śuddhadharmasvarūpopadeśakaraṇam, śaṃkarakṛtopadeśena yamasya viśuddhātmatāprāptivarṇanam, atha kumārasya sarvagiribhiḥ stutikaraṇama, kumāreṇa giribhyaḥ śivaliṃgarūpatvavarapradānam, nandinā śivaliṃgapūjanaviṣaye praśne kṛte sati kumāreṇa nānāvidharatnaliṃganārmadeśvara- liṃgapūjāmāhātmyakathanam ...... - - 62

31. The description of the māhātmya of Lord Kumāra; seeing the purification of even sinners merely by the sight of Kumāra, Yama considered the realm of Yama to be useless, and placing the gods headed by Brahmā and Viṣṇu before him, approached Śiva, praised Śiva, and reported the uselessness of his own authority since all sinners were attaining heaven due to the māhātmya of the sight of Kumāra; then Śaṅkara imparted instruction on the true nature of pure dharma for the cessation of worldly existence and the attainment of pure contemplation; the description of Yama attaining purity of self through the teaching given by Śaṅkara; then the praising of Kumāra by all the mountains; Kumāra's granting of the boon of being forms of the Śivaliṅga to the mountains; upon Nandin asking a question concerning the worship of the Śivaliṅga, Kumāra's narration of the māhātmya of worshiping various gem-made liṅgas and the Narmadeśvara liṅga.