Skandapurana 2.2.50.13

2.2.50.13

12 oḍhrarājagamanānantaraṃ gatena nāradenendradyumnāya madhyemārgaṃ parvatopari sthitasya śivamaṃdirasya vṛttāntakathanam, tatra gaurīpriyaṃ kurvatā śaṃkareṇa vārāṇasīsamīpasthā-
vimuktikṣetrasthāpanam, kāśīrājena śivato varalabdhiḥ, śrīkṛṣṇakāśirājayoryuddhaṃ,
kāśīnagaropari śrīkṛṣṇapreṣitasudarśanena kāśirājasya śiraśchittvā kāśīnagarīdāhaḥ, tadroṣitena śivena śrīkṛṣṇopari pāśupatāstrapraharaṇam, pāśupataṃ vijitya kāśyāṃ nirdagdhāyāṃ bhītena śaṃkareṇa viṣṇustutikaraṇam, stutiprasannena viṣṇunā mannāmnākhyātaṃ puruṣottametikṣetrasthāpanaṃ kurvityādeśakaraṇama, viṣṇvājñayā
śrīśaṃkareṇa puruṣottamakṣetrasthāpanam, iti tatkṣetrasthāpanamāhātmyaṃ śrutveṃdradyumnena
nīlamādhavapuruṣottamastutikaraṇam, tata ekāmranāmakaṃ tryambakakṣetramāgatya taṃ pūjayitvā koṭiliṃgeśasya stutikaraṇam, tena prasannena koṭiliṃgeśena indradyumnasya
vaiṣṇavatvavarṇanama, śivāntardhānam, tata indradyumnasya nāradena sākaṃ kapāteśakṣetre gamanam, bilveśādidevatā namaskṛtya nāradena saha rathamāsthāya bhagavaccintanaṃ
kurvata indradyumnasya bhagavatsānnidhye gamanam. .. ... .. 73

12. After the departure of the king of Oḍhra, Nārada, having gone on, related to Indradyumna the account of the temple of Śiva situated on a mountain along the way; Śaṃkara, doing what pleased Gaurī, established there the Avimuktakṣetra near Vārāṇasī; the obtaining of a boon by the king of Kāśī from Śiva; the battle between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and the king of Kāśī; by the Sudarśana [discus] dispatched by Śrī Kṛṣṇa against the city of Kāśī, the severing of the head of the king of Kāśī and the burning of the city of Kāśī; the hurling of the Pāśupata weapon at Śrī Kṛṣṇa by Śiva, who was enraged by that; having defeated the Pāśupata weapon and when Kāśī was burnt, Śaṃkara, terrified, praised Viṣṇu; Viṣṇu, pleased by the hymn, gave the command, 'Establish a kṣetra named after me called Puruṣottama'; the establishment of Puruṣottamakṣetra by Śrī Śaṃkara at Viṣṇu's command; hearing the māhātmya of the establishment of that kṣetra, Indradyumna uttered a hymn of praise to Nīlamādhava Puruṣottama; then, arriving at Tryambakakṣetra named Ekāmra and worshipping him, he uttered a hymn of praise to Koṭiliṅgeśa; Koṭiliṅgeśa, pleased thereby, described the Vaiṣṇava nature of Indradyumna; Śiva's disappearance; then Indradyumna's journey with Nārada to the Kapāteśa kṣetra; bowing to the deities such as Bilveśa, mounting the chariot with Nārada, Indradyumna, meditating on the Lord, entered the Lord's presence. 73