Skanda Purana 16.367.p153

16.367.p153

152 kasmiṃścitsamaye taṃtrīvādanena bhūmyāṃ brāhmaṇapatanaṃ dṛṣṭvā nāradena brahmadevaṃ prati kimeta-diti praśnakaraṇam, brahmadevājñayā nāradena saptabrāhmaṇavidhvaṃsajanitapātakakṣālanārthaṃ prabhāsakṣetre tapastaptvā śivaṃ prasādya tadājñayā bhairavasthāpanam, nāradeśvarabhai-ravamāhātmyavarṇanam 112

152. At a certain time, Nārada seeing a brahmin fall to the earth because of the playing of a lute string and asking the god Brahmā, "What is this?"; at the command of the god Brahmā, Nārada performing austerity in the sacred field of Prabhāsa to cleanse the sin arising from the ruin of seven brahmins, pleasing Śiva, and by his command installing Bhairava; description of the māhātmya of Nāradeśvara-bhairava. 112