Skandapurana 6.2.13.5

6.2.13.5

.. hara uvāca .. ..
viddhi kāmeśvaraṃ devi tatra liṃgaṃ trayodaśam ..
yasya darśanamātreṇa saubhāgyaṃ jāyate śubham .. 1 ..
brahmaṇo dhyāyamānasya prajākāmasya pārvati ..
utpanno'rkaprabhākāro lāvaṇyanicayo mahān ..
alaṃkārāvṛtaḥ kāṃto divyamaṃḍanamaṃḍitaḥ .. 2 ..
taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaṃ divyaṃ kāṃtaṃ saubhāgyaśobhitam ..
apratarkyamavijñeyaṃ brahmā provāca taṃ tadā .. 3 ..
ko bhavānkiṃ nimittaṃ tu iha vā kimupāgataḥ ..
vada tvaṃ manmathākāra kaṃdarpa iva lakṣyame .. 4 ..
brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā proktaṃ tenaiva sādaram ..
ahaṃ te sṛṣṭikāmasya bhāvena vihitoṃśakaḥ ..
prajāpate mahābhāga kiṃ karomi diśasva mām .. 5

Hara said: / Know Kāmeśvara, O goddess, as the thirteenth liṅga there, / by the mere sight of which auspicious good fortune arises. / While Brahmā was meditating, desirous of progeny, O Pārvatī, / there arose a great mass of beauty, shaped with the splendour of the sun, / covered with ornaments, attractive, adorned with heavenly adornments. / Seeing him, supreme, divine, handsome, adorned with charm, / unfathomable and unknowable, Brahmā said to him then: / 'Who are you? For what purpose, or why have you come here? / Speak, you who resemble Manmatha! You appear to me like Kandarpa.' / Hearing Brahmā's words, he respectfully said to him: / 'I am a portion produced by your intention, as you desired creation. / O noble Prajāpati, what shall I do? Command me!'