Skandapurana 16.276

The Lord said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go near the Ṛṣitīrtha; / for there is an excellent field granting desires, known by the name Devikā.

There is a forest of great accomplishments, frequented by seers and perfected beings, / filled with various trees and creepers, and adorned with mountains,

beautified with campakas, divine bakulas, and splendid clusters of aśokas, / with punnāgas, kiṃkirātas, and fragrant nāgakesaras,

with mallikā and utpala flowers, pāṭalās and pārijātakas, / with mango, campaka, kapittha, bilva, and panasa trees,

with date palms, jujubes, others such as citrons accompanied by pomegranates, / and adorned with heavenly jambīras and oranges;

resounded with songs of peacocks and cuckoos, and humming of bees; / with deer, bears, wild boars, lions, tigers, and others,

with beasts of prey of diverse shapes, with caves and chasms; / with hosts of gods and asuras, siddhas, yakṣas, gandharvas, and pannagas;

and crowded with many apsarases, uragas, and nāgas. / Some praise the Lord, while others dance before Him;

some pour down showers of flowers, others play mouth-instruments; / others laugh in delight, and others roar;

others raise their arms aloft, and others meditate with minds fixed on Him. / At that sacred place, O great goddess, on the auspicious bank of the Devikā,

named Umāpatīśvara, I abide there eternally, / through every complete yuga, kalpa, and manvantara.

O goddess, I never abandon the auspicious bank of the Devikā; / it is hard to attain in all this world, sacred, and exceedingly dear to me.

O fair-faced one, I dwell in that place along with you; / because my body is joined with Umā, it is renowned as Umāpati.

One who with concentrated mind offers a śrāddha on the new moon day in the month of Puṣya, / O Pārvatī, I see no end to what is offered there.

A thousand sins of killing a brahmin perish merely upon seeing it; / a wise man should give there cows, land, gold, and garments.

He alone is the supreme son who, having gone there, O beautiful lady, / offers a śrāddha to the ancestors; there is no end [to its fruit].

That best of rivers was summoned by all the gods for bathing; / therefore she is known as Devikā, the destroyer of sins.

Thus ends the two hundred seventy-sixth chapter, titled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Umāpati on the Devikā,' in the first [part], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.