Skandapurana 16.367.p51

16.367.p51

49 śanaiścareśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇane śanaiścareṇa mandavāre grahatvaprāptikaraṇāya śivārādhanākaraṇam, tataḥ śanaiścareṇa śivānujñayā liṃgasthāpanākaraṇam, saurīśvarapūjanena śanipīḍānirasanādiphalakathanama, kasmiṃścitsamaye yadā śane rohiṇīśakaṭaṃ bhittvā gamanaṃ tadā dvādaśavārṣikaṃ durbhikṣaṃ syāt iti vasiṣṭhamukhācchrutvā daśarathena tatsaṅkaṭanirasanāya rathamāruhyākāśamārgeṇa śanaiścarasamīpaṃ gatvā yuddhakaraṇam, śanaiścareṇa taddaśarathasya śauryaṃ dṛṣṭvā daśarathapreritasarvasaṃhārāstraṃ dṛṣṭvā bhayāt varaṃ vṛṇuṣva, iti kathanam, tato daśarathena śanaiścarato rohiṇīśakaṭabhedaniṣedhakavaragrahaṇam, tato daśarathena śanaiścarastotrakaraṇam, śanaiścareṇa svasya stotrapaṭhanena pīḍā'karaṇakathanam, śanaiścareśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam...... 67 1

49 In the description of the māhātmya of the Śanaiścareśvara liṅga: Śanaiścara worshipping Śiva on a Saturday to attain the status of a planet; then Śanaiścara installing a liṅga by the permission of Śiva; description of the fruit such as dispelling the affliction of Śani through worship of Saurīśvara; at a certain time, upon hearing from the mouth of Vasiṣṭha that 'when Śani traverses by splitting the cart of Rohiṇī, there will be a twelve-year famine,' Daśaratha, ascending his chariot to avert that calamity, traveled by the celestial path to Śanaiścara and fought; Śanaiścara, beholding that valor of Daśaratha and seeing the all-destroying weapon released by Daśaratha, saying out of fear, 'Choose a boon'; then Daśaratha receiving from Śanaiścara the boon prohibiting the splitting of the cart of Rohiṇī; then Daśaratha reciting a praise to Śanaiścara; Śanaiścara declaring that he causes no affliction upon the recitation of his praise; description of the Śanaiścareśvaramāhātmya. 67 1