Skandapurana 5.279.265

5.279.265

269 indrasthāpitakapāleśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra vṛtrāsurajanma, rājyaprāptyādyanantaraṃ vṛtrā-surahananena brahmahatyāvyākulitasya śakrasya brahmahatyādoṣadūrīkaraṇārthaṃ brahmavākyo-pari viśvasyāṣṭaṣaṣṭiṣu tīrtheṣu gamanam, indrasya hastādviśvāmitrahrade kapālapatanā-dbrahmahatyānivāraṇam, tatraiva liṃgasthāpanam, tasya māhātmyavarṇanam, tatraiva vāta-kabrāhmaṇasthāpitavātakeśvarotpattipūrvakamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ ca...... 301 2

269 Description of the māhātmya of Kapāleśvara installed by Indra: therein the birth of the demon Vṛtra; after obtaining kingship and the rest, Śakra's agitation by the sin of murdering a brahmin through the slaying of the demon Vṛtra; his visiting sixty-eight sacred fords relying on the word of Brahmā in order to remove the fault of murdering a brahmin; the removal of the sin of murdering a brahmin due to the skull falling from Indra's hand into the pool of Viśvāmitra; the installation of a liṅga on that very spot and description of its māhātmya; and description of the māhātmya together with the origin of Vātakeśvara installed right there by the brahmin Vātaka...... 301 2