Skandapurana 4.67.92.12

4.67.92.12

tatra tenābhyanujñātāḥ krīḍāvāpyāṃ nimajjya tāḥ ..
sacailapuṣpābharaṇāḥ pronmamajjustataḥ punaḥ .. 63 ..
bahirnirgatya gaṃdharvyaḥ paśyaṃtyaḥ sthagitā iva ..
ratneśālayamālokya kālarājasamīpataḥ .. 64..
parasparaṃ tataḥ procurgaṃdharvyo vismitā iva ..
svapnoyaṃ kiṃ nu vā satyaṃ khelo ratneśvarasya vā .. 65 ..
vayameva hi vā bhrāṃtā gaṃdharvyo na vayaṃ kimu ..
kimetannaiva jānīma aiṃdrajālika khelavat.. 66..
eṣottaravahā gaṃgā sphuṭameva bhavediha..
śaṃkhacūḍasya vāpyeṣā śaṃkhacūḍālayastvasau .. 67 ..
etatpaṃcanadaṃ tīrthameṣa vāgīśvarālayaḥ ..
yasya saṃdarśanādeva vāgvibhūtirvijṛṃbhate .. 68 ..
śaṃkhacūḍeśvaraścaiṣa śaṃkhacūḍapratiṣṭhitaḥ ..
yasya saṃdarśanātpuṃsāṃ na bhayaṃ kālasarpajam .. 69 ..
eṣā maṃdākinī nāma dīrghikā puṇyatoyabhūḥ ..
yasyāṃ kṛtodakā martyā martyaloke viśaṃti na .. 4.2.67.170 .. .
asāvāśāpurī devī yā stutā tripurāriṇā ..
tripuraṃ jetukāmena maṃdākinyāstaṭe śubhe .. 71 ..
yādyāpi pūjitā martyairāśāṃ pūrayaterthinām..
maṃdākinyāḥ pratīcyāṃ tu eṣa siddhyaṣṭakeśvaraḥ .. 72 ..
bhavedyasya saparyāto gṛhe siddhyaṣṭakaṃ sphuṭam ..
kuṃḍasiddhyaṣṭakākhyaṃ ca tatraiva virajodakam .. 73 ..
yatra snātvā kṛtaśrāddho virajasko divaṃ vrajet ..
mūrtyastāḥ siddhayaścāṣṭau yāḥ kāśyāṃ sarvasiddhidāḥ .. 74 ..
sarvasiddhipradaścāsau mahārājavināyakaḥ ..
vināyakāḥ praṇaśyaṃti yasmai praṇamatāṃ nṛṇām .. 75 ..
asau siddheśvarasyoccaiḥ prāsādaḥ kāṃcanojjvalaḥ ..
ratnadhvajapatākāśca siddhiḥ syādyadvilokanāt .. 76 ..
kṣetrasya madhyame .. bhāge madhyameśvara eṣa vai ..

There, permitted by him, having plunged into the pleasure pond, / they then emerged again, dressed in garments, flowers, and ornaments.
Having come outside, looking around as if spellbound, / the Gandharva women, having beheld the abode of Ratneśa near Kālarāja,
then said to one another, as if astonished: / “Is this a dream, or is it true, or a sport of Ratneśvara?
Or are we ourselves bewildered? Are we not Gandharva women? / What is this? We do not know at all, like a magician's display!
This is clearly the north-flowing Gaṅgā here; / this is the pond of Śaṅkhacūḍa, and this is the dwelling of Śaṅkhacūḍa.
This is the Pañcanada sacred ford; this is the dwelling of Vāgīśvara, / just by the sight of which the power of speech expands.
And this is Śaṅkhacūḍeśvara, consecrated by Śaṅkhacūḍa, / by the sight of which men have no fear arising from the serpent of Death.
This is the oblong reservoir named Mandākinī, having sacred waters, / having offered water in which, mortals do not enter the world of mortals.
This is the goddess Āśāpurī, who was praised by the enemy of Tripura / on the auspicious bank of the Mandākinī when he desired to conquer Tripura,
who, worshipped even today by mortals, fulfills the hope of petitioners. / And to the west of Mandākinī is this Siddhyaṣṭakeśvara,
from whose worship the eight perfections would clearly be present in one’s home. / And right there is the pool named Siddhyaṣṭaka, with pure water,
having bathed in which and performed the śrāddha, one freed from dust would go to heaven. / And those eight perfections are forms which grant all perfections in Kāśī.
And this is the great king Vināyaka, the bestower of all perfections, / to whom when men bow down, obstacles perish.
That is the high, gold-resplendent palace of Siddheśvara, / with flags and banners of gems, from the sight of which perfection is attained.
In the middle part of the sacred field, this indeed is Madhyameśvara.”