Skandapurana 16.68

Īśvara said:
Thus have the five face-liṅgas been declared to you, O goddess.
Now I shall tell you where the penance-forest of Gaurī is,
a place of great power, frequented by gods and siddhas,

situated to the east of Someśa at a distance of sixty bows,
where austerity was performed by the goddess Satī in a previous birth.

Having become angry out of love with me, O fair-faced one,
she, becoming an ascetic woman, reached the sacred field of Prabhāsa and stayed there.

The Goddess said:
Why did Satī abandon you and dedicate herself to austerity?
In which place did the goddess stay? Tell me this in detail.

Īśvara said:
Formerly, O great goddess, you were dark-complexioned and proud-minded.
And as a name, you were addressed by me as 'Kālī' while in secret.

Hearing that word in astonishment, extremely overcome with anger,
with a face crooked with knitted brows, she spoke harsh words:

‘Because I was called “Kālī” by you, O Śambhu, out of great transgression,
therefore I shall go and become Gaurī where [I can].’

Having spoken thus, the fortunate one, surrounded by a host of female friends,
went to the sacred field of Prabhāsa and, having installed Maheśvara
known as Gaurīśvara, worshipped him according to rule.

Then Satī, standing near the liṅga on one foot
and worshipping the liṅga, performed very severe austerity.

Practicing the austerity of the five fires in summer, devoted to recitation,
sleeping in the open air during the rains, and dwelling in water during winter,

in proportion as the austerity of that illustrious one increased,
in that same measure her body attained fair complexion.

In the course of great time, she became fair-complexioned in every limb. / Then the Lord who wears the crescent moon smiled and spoke:

Saying repeatedly, ‘Gaurī! Arise, go to your abode! / Choose a boon, O auspicious lady, whatever is in your heart!’

Gaurī said: / ‘Whatever woman or man should see me standing here, / let that person be endowed with sons and good fortune for seven lives.

Whoever performs singing, instrumental music, dance, and the like before me, / in their lineage let there be no misfortune, through your grace.

The liṅga installed by me—having first worshipped me and then it, / whoever worships it with devotion shall go to the supreme abode.

Its name, O Lord, shall become renowned as Gaurīśvara.’ / Having promised, ‘So be it,’ I took up residence in that place,

along with the goddess, O Great Goddess, with a delighted inner soul. / Even today, when the northern or southern solstice arrives,

the deity, endowed with virtues, comes to the abode of Gaurī there. / On that day, whoever offers excellent fruits there / to brahmins, sons will be born to him.

A sonless woman who offers a coconut / quickly obtains a strong son endowed with auspicious marks.

The woman who offers a lamp with ghee there, / with a red wick, O Great Goddess, for as many threads as it has,

for that many future births she will obtain good fortune.

She who dances there endowed with supreme devotion / shall long remain endowed with health, happiness, and good fortune.

At the edge of that place is a very large pool, a sacred ford filled with pure water; / whoever performs a ritual ablution there is freed from all sins.

Whoever performs a śrāddha there dedicated to the ancestors with devotion / goes to the supreme abode along with the ancestors, sharing in merit.

Therefore, by every effort one should perform a śrāddha there; / with songs, musical instruments, and dances, one should keep vigil at night.

Clothing along with a priestly gift should be given there to a married couple. / And whoever constantly recites this, especially on the third lunar day, / in front of Pārvatī, O goddess, will obtain good fortune.

Or whoever hears it with devotion, completely dedicated to devotion, / he too obtains good fortune as long as he lives, there is no doubt.

Thus ends the sixty-eighth chapter, named ‘Description of the Māhātmya of the Penance Grove of Gaurī,’ in the first [sub-section], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand [verses].