Skanda Purana 6.1.72.8

6.1.72.8

6 tadvane śivadarśanābhāvāddevairyallasamāraṃbhaṇam, sahasrasamāparyantaṃ tapastaptvā tapoṃ'te śiva-darśanam, devaiḥ śivastutikaraṇam., śivena devebhyo varapradānam, śivavacanālliṃga sthāpanam, kapālamokṣaṇatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam ... .... .. 8

6. The commencement of an effort by the gods because of not having darśana of Śiva in that forest; having performed austerity for the duration of a thousand years, the darśana of Śiva at the end of the austerity; the making of a hymn to Śiva by the gods; Śiva's granting of boons to the gods; the installation of the liṅga by the word of Śiva; description of the māhātmya of the Kapālamokṣaṇa tīrtha. ........................................ 8