Skandapurana 1.4.65.13

1.4.65.13

12 lomaśamaharṣiṇā sahendradyumnādīnāṃ samāgamottaramatidīrghāyuṣo'pi lomaśamaharṣerāśramakaraṇābhāvakāraṇapṛcchāyāṃ lomaśena saṃsārasthitivarṇanapūrvakamātmano dīrghāyuṣṭva kāraṇakathanam-tatra śivaliṃgapūjanamāhātmyavarṇanam. ... --- ... 97

12. After the meeting of Indradyumna and the others with the great sage Lomaśa, when asked why the exceedingly long-lived sage Lomaśa had built no hermitage, Lomaśa, describing the nature of worldly existence, explained the cause of his own long life—in that context, the description of the māhātmya of worshipping the Śiva-liṅga. 97