Skandapurana 5.279.46

5.279.46

47 mahākālamāhātmyavarṇane sapatnīkasya rudrasenasya rājño hāṭakeśvare gamanam, tatra devaṃ saṃpūjya bahuśo viprebhyo dānāni dattvā viprasaṃsadi rājñā viprebhyaḥ svapūrva janmavṛttāntakathanam, tatra vaṇigjātyudbhavasya tasyānnaprāptyabhāvādupoṣitasya sapannīkasya mahākālavane gamanam , tatra devaṃ dṛṣṭvā kamalairdevasya pūjākaraṇam, tena puṇyaprabhāvena rājakule jananam, mahākāleśvaratīrthaliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam 56 1

47 In the description of the māhātmya of Mahākāla: King Rudrasena's departure for Hāṭakeśvara with his wife; having worshipped the god there and given gifts abundantly to the brahmins, the king's narration of his previous life to the brahmins in their assembly; having been born there in the merchant caste, and having fasted due to lack of food, his going with his wife to the Mahākāla forest; seeing the god there and worshipping the god with lotuses; by the power of that merit, his birth in a royal family; and the description of the māhātmya of the sacred ford and liṅga of Mahākāleśvara. 56 1