Skandapurana 17.20.16

17.20.16

14 vāmanapure putraśokābhisaṃtaptena vasiṣṭhena svarṇarekhātaṭe tapastaptvā śivaprasādena tatraiva liṃgasthāpanam, tato vāmanasthāpitasomanāthamāhātmyavarṇane balividrāvitai- rdevairviṣṇuṃ prati śaraṇagamanam, tato viṣṇunā devakāryārthaṃ vāmanarūpaṃ dhṛtvā balisabhāyāṃ pādatrayabhūmigrahaṇena balinigrahakaraṇottaraṃ somanāthamārādhya liṃgasthāpanam, someśvarotpattivarṇanam .... .. ........ 216 1

14 In Vāmanapura, after performing austerity on the bank of the Svarṇarekhā by Vasiṣṭha, who was tormented by grief for his son, the installation of a liṅga right there through the grace of Śiva; then, in the description of the māhātmya of the Somanātha installed by Vāmana, the taking of refuge with Viṣṇu by the gods put to flight by Bali; then, Viṣṇu's assuming the form of Vāmana for the purpose of the gods, taking three paces of earth in the assembly of Bali, and after subduing Bali, his worship of Somanātha and installing a liṅga; description of the origin of Someśvara. [p.] 216.1