Skandapurana 5.279.30

5.279.30

31 nāgahradamāhātmyavarṇanaprasaṃgena navanāgānāṃ brahmājñayā hāṭakeśvarakṣetre gamanam, tatra svanāmnā liṃgasthāpanam, indrasenarājñaḥ sarpadaṃśanena mṛtyuprāptivarṇanam, tataḥ svaputrasya svapna āgatyendrasenena svapretatvaprāptikathanam, pitrājñayā putrasya nāgatīrthe gamanam, tatra pitṛśrāddhakaraṇena liṃgapūjanena ca piturmokṣavarṇanam, nāgatīrtha- māhātmyavarṇanam... . 38 1

31. In the context of describing the māhātmya of Nāgahrada: the going of the nine serpents to the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara by command of Brahmā; the establishment of a liṅga there in their own name; the description of King Indrasena's attainment of death by snakebite; then Indrasena coming in a dream to his son and recounting his having become a ghost; the son's going to Nāgatīrtha by his father's command; there, the description of his father's liberation through the performance of the ancestral rites for the father and the worship of the liṅga; the description of the māhātmya of Nāgatīrtha. 38 1