Skandapurana 16.223.78

16.223.78

.. gautama uvāca .. ..
yadi deyo varo'smākaṃ samartho'si varaprada ..
yatra sthāne mayā dṛṣṭāḥ pretā yūyaṃ suduḥkhitāḥ ..
tatrāhaṃ cāśramaṃ kṛtvā kariṣye cottamaṃ tapaḥ .. 78 ..

Gautama said: / 'If a boon is to be given to me, since you are able to grant a boon, O giver of boons: / at the place where you ghosts were seen by me in great distress, / having built a hermitage there, I shall perform supreme austerity.