Skanda Purana 16.367.p337

16.367.p337

336 goṣpadatīrthamāhātmyavarṇane aṃgaputrādvenarājataḥ pṛthorutpattivarṇanam, pṛthunā bhakṣitabījotpādanārthaṃ gorūpapṛthivīdohanavarṇanam, putravatpṛthunā prajāpālanakaraṇama, svapituḥ pāpakarmāṇi saṃsmṛtyasaṃsmṛtya tatkṣālanāya pṛthunā bahutīrthakṣetreṣu gamanam, kutrāpi pituḥ pāpakṣālanaṃ naiveti matvā pṛthunā goṣpade gamanam, pṛthunā goṣpadatīrthe snānādikaraṇena tasya pituḥ sarvapāpaṃ taṃ vidhūya mokṣaprāptiḥ, goṣpadatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam................. 184 1

336. In the description of the māhātmya of Goṣpadatīrtha: description of the birth of Pṛthu from King Vena, son of Aṅga; description of the milking of the earth in the form of a cow by Pṛthu to produce seeds that had been consumed; Pṛthu's protection of the subjects like sons; Pṛthu, repeatedly remembering his father's sinful deeds, going to many tīrthas and kṣetras to wash them away; thinking that nowhere was his father's sin washed away, Pṛthu going to Goṣpada; through Pṛthu's performing ablutions and other rites at Goṣpadatīrtha, his father shaking off all that sin and attaining liberation; description of the māhātmya of Goṣpadatīrtha. ... 184 1