Skandapurana 3.1.53.16

3.1.53.16

13 athaikāntarāmanāthākhyakṣetravarṇanam, tatrāmṛtavāpikātīrthamāhātmyam, tatprasaṃgenāga-styānujavṛttāntavarṇanam, himavatparvate'gastyānujena tapakaraṇam, tattapastuṣṭasya śaṃkarasya prādurbhāve'gastyānujena śivastutikaraṇam, tatastuṣṭasya śivasya vacanā-dagastyānujasya dakṣiṇodadhisthagandhamādanaparvatoparyekāntarāmanāthakṣetravartini tīrthe snānaṃ kṛtvā samādhiyogena muktiprāptyā'maratvāttasya tīrthasyāmṛtavāpītināmaprathā varṇanam, athaikāntarāmanāthakṣetraprathākāraṇakathanaprasaṅgena śrīrāmacandrasya lakṣmaṇena sahaikāntasthitipūrvakaṃ samudrataraṇopāyavicintanavṛttāntavarṇanam, ekāntarāghava-māhātmyam................. 26 1

13. Now, description of the sacred field named Ekāntarāmanātha. Therein, the māhātmya of the Amṛtavāpikā sacred ford. In that connection, account of the younger brother of Agastya: the performance of austerity by Agastya's younger brother on Mount Himavat; upon the manifestation of Śaṃkara, who was pleased with that austerity, the singing of Śiva's praise by Agastya's younger brother; then, by the word of the gratified Śiva, Agastya's younger brother's taking a ritual ablution in the sacred ford situated in the Ekāntarāmanātha sacred field on Mount Gandhamādana by the southern ocean, and attaining liberation through the yoga of samādhi, whereby, due to [his] immortality, the renown of the name of that sacred ford as 'Amṛtavāpī' is described; then, in connection with explaining the origin of the renown of the Ekāntarāmanātha sacred field, the account of Śrī Rāmacandra's staying in solitude with Lakṣmaṇa and pondering the means of crossing the ocean; the māhātmya of Ekāntarāghava... 26 1