Skandapurana 5.2.23_1

5.2.23_1

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetra māhātmye triśaṃkūpākhyāne triśaṃkuvasiṣṭhasaṃvādavarṇanaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ..2..

Thus ends the second chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Dialogue between Triśaṅku and Vasiṣṭha,' in the story of Triśaṅku, in the māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth [part] in the venerable Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand [verses].