Skandapurana 2.3.9.2

2.3.9.2

1 sūtaśaunakasaṃvādaprasaṃgena kena muktirbhavediti praśne śivaskandasaṃvādārambhaḥ, tatropakramapūrvakaṃ gaṅgāgodāvarīyamunānarmadādibahutīrthavarṇanapuraḥsaraḥ kāśyādikṣetramāhātmyavarṇanapūrvakabadaryākhyakṣetramāhātmyavarṇanam, ayodhyākṣetramāhātmyam, gomatītīrthasnānavidhivarṇanam, paccakrośītīrthayātrāphalam, viśrāṃtitīrthasnānaphalam,. rāmatīrthe svarṇadānamāhātmyam, mārkaṇḍeyahradasnānaphalakathanapūrvaka jagannāthadarśanamāhātmyam, indradyumnahradasnānamāhātmyam, badarīnāmakīrtanena upayuktasarvaphalaprāptikathanam. ... 123

1. In connection with the dialogue between Sūta and Śaunaka, on the question of how liberation is attained, the beginning of the dialogue between Śiva and Skanda; therein, beginning with the description of many sacred fords such as Gaṅgā, Godāvarī, Yamunā, and Narmadā, followed by the description of the glory of sacred fields such as Kāśī, the description of the glory of the sacred field named Badarī; the glory of the sacred field of Ayodhyā; the description of the rules of bathing at the Gomatī sacred ford; the fruit of the pilgrimage to the Pañcakrośī sacred ford; the fruit of bathing at the Viśrānti sacred ford; the glory of giving gold at the Rāma sacred ford; the glory of the darśana of Jagannātha preceded by the statement of the fruit of bathing in the pool of Mārkaṇḍeya; the glory of bathing in the pool of Indradyumna; the statement of attaining all aforesaid fruits by reciting the name of Badarī. 123