Skanda Purana 6.1.72.7

6.1.72.7

5 naranārāyaṇayorbadaryāśramaṃ prati gamanam, tābhyāṃ jagaddhitārthaṃ tapaḥkaraṇam, tadvanaṃ dṛṣṭvā tuṣṭena śaṃkareṇa pādapādikānprati varapradānam, tatra naranārāyaṇadaśarnama, pādapavacanācchivasya tatraivāvasthānam, śivadarśanārthaṃ brahmādidevānāṃ tatrāgamanam 7 1

5. Journey of Nara and Nārāyaṇa to the hermitage of Badarī; their performing austerity for the welfare of the world; the granting of a boon to the trees and others by Śaṃkara, pleased upon seeing that forest; the vision of Nara and Nārāyaṇa there; Śiva's remaining in that very place by the word of the tree; the arrival of Brahmā and the other gods there to have darśana of Śiva. ........................................ 7.1