Skandapurana 2.3.1.142

2.3.1.142

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe badarikāśramamāhātmye śivakārttikeyasaṃvāde badarikāśramasya sarvatīrthādhikatvavarṇanaṃnāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 1 ..

Thus ends the first chapter, named "Description of the Superiority of Badarikāśrama over All Sacred Fords" in the dialogue between Śiva and Kārttikeya in the Badarikāśramamāhātmya, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the Skandamahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. (1)