Skandapurana 2.3.9.3

2.3.9.3

2 badaryākhyakṣetrasyotpattipūrvakaṃ māhātmyavarṇanam, sutāsaṃgamakāriṇo brahmadevasya śivena
pañcamamastakacchedanavṛttāntavarṇanam, tadā tadbrahmakapālaṃ haste gṛhītvā śivasya
brahmahatyādoṣanivṛttyarthaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu gamanam , tato girijāpaterbadarikāśrame gamanam,
badarikāśramagamanena śivasya brahmahatyānirāsaḥ, daśāśvamedhikatīrthavarṇanam, vyāsava-
canādagnerbadarikāśramaṃ prati gamanam, agnikṛtabhagavatstutivarṇanam. ... 124 1

2. Description of the glory following the origin of the sacred field named Badarī; description of the account of the severing of the fifth head of Lord Brahmā, who engaged in union with his daughter, by Śiva; then, taking that skull of Brahmā in his hand, Śiva's going to all sacred fords to dispel the sin of killing a brahmin; then the departure of the lord of the Mountain's Daughter to Badarikāśrama; the removal of Śiva's sin of killing a brahmin by going to Badarikāśrama; description of the Daśāśvamedhika sacred ford; Agni's departure to Badarikāśrama upon the words of Vyāsa; description of the hymn of praise to the Lord composed by Agni. 124 1