Skandapurana 2.3.6.159

2.3.6.159

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe badarikāśramamāhātmye śivakārttikeyasaṃvāde vasudhārātīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ .. 6 .. ..

Thus ends the sixth chapter, titled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of the Sacred Ford Vasudhārā,' in the dialogue between Śiva and Kārttikeya in the Badarikāśramamāhātmya, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 6