Skandapurana 6.2.10.10

6.2.10.10

.. śrīmahādeva uvāca .. ..
karkoṭeśvarasaṃjñaṃ ca daśamaṃ viddhi pārvati ..
yasya darśanamātreṇa viṣairnaivābhibhūyate .. 1 ..
mātrā ca bhujagāḥ śaptāḥ svavacobhaṃgakāraṇāt ..
madvaco na kṛtaṃ yasmādbhavadbhiḥ pāpakarmaṇi .. 2 ..
vahnirhi dhakṣyate yuṣmānsatre janmejayasya hi ..
śrutvā śāpaṃ tato māturmṛtyubhītāśca pannagāḥ .. 3 ..
gatāḥ sarve yathāsthānaṃ jīvanārthaṃ yaśasvini ..
himaśailaṃ gataḥ śeṣastapaḥ karttuṃ tataḥ priye .. 4 ..
sarpaśca kaṃbalonāma lokaṃ paitāmahaṃ gataḥ ..
śaṃkhacūḍo'tha nāgeṃdro maṇipūraṃ gatastataḥ .. 5 ..
yamunāṃbhasi saṃlīnaḥ kāliyo bhayavihvalaḥ .. 6 ..
evaṃ te sarparā jāno nāgāḥ susmitaśobhane ..
kurukṣetre gatāḥ sarve tapaścartuṃ yaśasvini..
dhṛtarāṣṭrastathā nāgaḥ prayāgamagamatpriye 47...
elāpatrastu nāgeṃdro brahmalokaṃ jagāma ha ..
praṇamya tamathovāca māturutsaṃgasaṃsthitāḥ .. 8 ..
mātrā śaptā vayaṃ deva kruddhayā tava saṃnidhau ..
sā kathaṃ śāpakāle tu bhavatā na nivāri tā .. 9 ..
.. brahmovāca .. ..
niṣiddhā naiva te mātā bhāvikarmabalānmama ..
sarpasatro hi bhavitā rājño janmejayasya ca .. 5.2.10.10 ..
tvaṃ ca vatsa mamādeśānmahākālavanaṃ vraja ..]
śāṃtyarthaṃ sarvanāgānāṃ bhaktyā yuktastu satvaram ..11..
samārādhaya deveśaṃ mahāmāyāsamīpataḥ..
bhavitā tatra te siddhi devadevaprasādataḥ .. 12 ..
tatra gatvātha karkoṭaḥ svayaṃ devi samāhitaḥ ..
devamārādhayāmāsa mahāmāyāpuraḥsthitaḥ ..
tasya tuṣṭotha deveśo varaṃ prādādya śasvini .. 13 ..
ye daṃdaśūkāḥ krūrāśca pāpācārā viṣolbaṇāḥ ..
teṣāṃ vināśo bhavitā na tu ye dharmacāriṇaḥ .. 14 ..
bhaktyā tavādya tuṣṭosmi tvaṃ me sāyujyatāṃ vraja ..
deve tatra vilīnotha nāgaḥ karkoṭakaḥ priye .. 15 ..
karkoṭakeśvaraḥ khyātastato devo maheśvaraḥ..
tasya darśanamātreṇa vyādhayo yāṃti saṃkṣayam .. 16 ..
yastaṃ pūjayate devaṃ bhaktyā yukto hi mānavaḥ ..
aiśvaryaṃ jāyate tasya kulānāṃ tārayecchatam .. 17 ..
vyādhito vyādhito mukto duḥkhī duḥkhātpramucyate ..
darśanāttu bhavetsadya sarvapātakavarjitaḥ .. 18 ..
niyamena prapaśyaṃti ye ca karkoṭakeśvaram ..
te sarvakāmānāpsyaṃti vasaṃtyaṃte ca matpure .. 19 ..
paṃcamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ ye paśyaṃti raverdine ..
na teṣāṃ tu kule sarpāḥ pīḍāṃ kurvaṃti karhicit .. 5.2.10.20 ..
yā nārī durbhagā sāpi saubhāgyaṃ labhate sadā ..
gurviṇī labhate putramarogaṃ kulabhūṣaṇam ..
śiśugrahāśca naśyaṃti nāpamṛtyubhayaṃ bhavet ..21..
yaṃyaṃ kāmamabhidhyāyenmana sā bhaktimānnaraḥ ..
taṃtaṃ durllabhamāpnoti karkoṭeśvaradarśanāt .. 22 ..
eṣa te kathito devi prabhāvaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ ..
karkoṭeśvaradevasya śṛṇu siddheśvaraṃ param ..23..
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvaṃtyakhaṃḍe caturaśītiliṅgamāhātmye karkoṭeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 10

The glorious Mahādeva said:
Know the tenth, O Pārvatī, named Karkoṭeśvara, / by the mere sight of which one is not overcome by poisons. (1)
The serpents were cursed by their mother because they disobeyed her word: / 'Since my command was not obeyed by you in an act of sin, (2)
fire will burn you at the sacrifice of Janamejaya!' / Hearing then their mother's curse, terrified of death, the snakes (3)
all went to various places to preserve their lives, O illustrious one. / Śeṣa went to the snowy mountain to perform tapas, O beloved. (4)
The snake named Kambala went to the world of Brahmā; / then Śaṅkhacūḍa, lord of serpents, went to Maṇipūra; (5)
Kāliya, overwhelmed by fear, took refuge in the waters of the Yamunā. (6)
Thus those serpent kings, the nāgas, O lovely one of sweet smile, / all went to Kurukṣetra to perform tapas, O illustrious one. / Likewise the nāga Dhṛtarāṣṭra went to Prayāga, O beloved. (7)
And Elāpatra, lord of serpents, went to the world of Brahmā. / Having bowed to him who sat on the mother's lap, he spoke: (8)
'O god, we were cursed by our angry mother in your presence. / Why was she not prevented by you at the time of the curse?' (9)
Brahmā said:
'Your mother was not restrained by me because of the power of destined deeds; / indeed the snake sacrifice of King Janamejaya will take place. (10)
And you, child, by my command, go to the Mahākāla forest, / for the pacification of all serpents, quickly, filled with devotion. (11)
Worship the lord of gods near Mahāmāyā; / there your perfection will come to be by the grace of the god of gods.' (12)
Having gone there, Karkoṭa himself, collected in mind, O goddess, / worshipped the god, standing before Mahāmāyā. / Pleased with him, the lord of gods granted a boon, O illustrious one: (13)
'Those serpents that are cruel, sinful in conduct, and violent with poison, / their destruction will take place, but not of those who act righteously. (14)
I am pleased today with your devotion; enter into union with me.' / The nāga Karkoṭaka then dissolved into the god there, O beloved. (15)
From that time, the god Maheśvara became renowned as Karkoṭakeśvara; / by the mere sight of him, diseases perish. (16)
Whatever human being worships that god filled with devotion, / lordly power arises for him, and he redeems a hundred of his lineages. (17)
A sick person is freed from sickness, a suffering person is liberated from suffering; / by darśana alone, he immediately becomes freed from all sins. (18)
Those who regularly behold Karkoṭakeśvara / will obtain all desires and at the end dwell in my city. (19)
Those who see [him] on the fifth and on the fourteenth, or on a Sunday, / in their family snakes never cause harm. (20)
Even an unfortunate woman always attains good fortune; / a pregnant woman obtains a son free from disease, the ornament of his lineage; / afflictions caused by child-demons vanish, and there is no fear of untimely death. (21)
Whatever desire a devoted man meditates upon in his mind, / he attains that, however difficult to obtain, through the darśana of Karkoṭeśvara. (22)
This power that destroys sins has been told to you, O goddess, / of the god Karkoṭeśvara; hear now about the supreme Siddheśvara. (23)
Thus in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand [verses], in the fifth [section], the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorification of the eighty-four liṅgas, the tenth chapter, titled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Karkoṭeśvara'. (10)