Skandapurana 5.279.12

5.279.12

11 camatkāranṛpaṛṣisaṃvāde śaṃkhatīrthotpattivṛttānte śaṃkhakṛtena likhitāśramavṛkṣodbhūtapha-lagrahaṇena cauryamidamiti matvā likhitena śaṃkhahastacchedanakaraṇam , tataḥ śaṃkhasya hāṭakeśvare tapaścaraṇam, tattapastuṣṭena śivena śaṃkhāya varapradānam, pūrvavattatpuṇyena hastaprāptikathanam, tatra tena svanāmnā liṃgasthāpanam, śaṃkhatīrthotpattivarṇanapūrvakaṃ śaṃkhatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam, camatkārabhūpatinā brāhmaṇebhyo nagaraṃ nirmāpayitvā dānakaraṇama.......... 12

11 In the conversation between King Camatkāra and the sage, in the account of the origin of Śaṅkhatīrtha: Śaṅkha taking the fruit that grew on a tree in Likhita's hermitage, and Likhita, considering this to be theft, cutting off Śaṅkha's hands; then Śaṅkha's performing austerities at Hāṭakeśvara; Śiva, pleased by that austerity, granting a boon to Śaṅkha; the account of obtaining hands as before through that merit; his establishing there a liṅga under his own name; the description of the māhātmya of Śaṅkhatīrtha preceded by the account of the origin of Śaṅkhatīrtha; King Camatkāra having a city built and gifting it to brahmins. ... 12