Skandapurana 6.2.61.54

Īśvara said: / Know the sixty-first [liṅga] to be Saubhāgyeśvara, / by the mere darśana of which one obtains matchless good fortune.
Formerly, in the natural kalpa, there was a king named Aśvavāhana, / righteous, renowned, in the pleasant city of Prāgjyotiṣa.
Wise, the performer of many sacrifices, undefeated in battles. / His wife, O large-eyed one, was named Madanamañjarī.
The fair-browed daughter of the king of Kāśi, exceedingly beautiful in appearance, / clever, virtuous, most righteous, skilled in household duties,
endowed with sixty-four arts, always devoted to her husband's welfare, / with a face like the full moon, gentle, and always sweetly speaking.
O goddess, by the force of past deeds she became unloved [by her husband]. / She was disliked by that king, always distressing his eyes.
Her speech caused torment to the king's ears; / the sight of her always burned the king's eyes.
At her touch, that king would fall into an unbearable faint. / Once, looked upon with love by her, O fair-faced one,
burning with an intense fire, the king uttered these words:
"Gatekeeper, take this unfortunate wife and in the deep forest / abandon her immediately; do not question this order of mine!"
Then, seeing that the king's command was not to be questioned, / the gatekeeper placed that fair-browed lady in a chariot and abandoned her in the forest.
Abandoned in the deserted forest, weeping again and again, / she remembered that king; she considered him her deity.
Then she, beautiful in every limb, her mind fixed upon him, / spent the remainder of the day and the night given over to deep sighs.
Sighing, her limbs flawless, weeping repeatedly, "Alas, alas!" / the intoxicating-eyed lady reproached herself as ill-fated.
Neither in diversion, nor in food, nor in that charming forest, / nor in the caves of the mountains did she then find delight.

Abandoned by him, O lady of fair hips, she cursed her own youth:
"Subdued by wicked fate, why was I born here so unfortunate? / How was such an excellent king obtained by me as my husband?
Blessed is he, of great merit, who is the object of this youth, / and who will doubtless take pleasure with other, unchaste women!
To one man a wife is dear; to another woman a husband is desired. / A wedlock rich in mutual love is exceedingly rare.
This king is dear to me, but I am not dear to the king. / Mutual affection indeed arises only for the blessed.
If that king does not unite with me today, / then the unbearable fire of desire will surely consume me.
That forest, which was charming and resounding with male cuckoos, / now seems to burn me, bereft of my beloved."
Thus possessed by passion, lamenting again and again, / she saw an ascetic there, a knower of the three times, firm in vows,
subsisting on a girdle, a deer skin, a loincloth, a staff, and firewood, / of great splendor, highly fortunate, desiring liberation, the best of sages,
resembling the rising sun, shining like fire. / Seeing him, that queen, thought ill of [by her husband] though virtuous, rose up at once.
Subduing herself with modesty, having prostrated and greeted him, / bowing low, the chaste woman asked the cause of separation from the king:
"O venerable one, I am the daughter of the king of Kāśi, exceedingly beloved, / sister of Śatrusena, and very dear to my mother.
Married by the king named Aśvavāhana, O great sage, / in accordance with righteousness, by a righteous rite, one equal to Prajāpati.
Why then have I become disliked by that king, / while he, the monarch, is always exceedingly dear to me, O lord?
How did I become unfortunate? By what deed, O ascetic? / How can my husband, the best of kings, become subservient to me, / and how may good fortune be mine? Tell me this truthfully!"

Hearing her words, the sage of strict vows / explained to her through his insight the cause of her ill fortune:
“At the moment of marriage, you were aspected by malefic planets; / your husband, the king, O daughter, was aspected by benefic planets.
Therefore the king is dear to you, but you are not dear to the king.” / Hearing his words, the queen, despondent in mind,
inquired with humility, bowing her neck in devotion:
“O venerable one, by what gift, by what ritual ablution, and by what observance, / by what deed indeed may supreme good fortune come to be?”
Hearing her words, the sage of strict vows / recounted the māhātmya by which good fortune is attained:
“In the Mahākāla forest, O daughter, is a liṅga that bestows good fortune; / beside Mataṅgeśvara, it grants what is desired.
Merely by the darśana of it, you will obtain good fortune.
That liṅga was formerly worshipped by Indrāṇī for the sake of good fortune; / she obtained supreme good fortune, and even Indra, who was lost, was regained by her.
Therefore, go by my command to the auspicious Mahākāla forest.
Good fortune will be yours there, as well as a meeting with your beloved; / an auspicious son will be born from the darśana of that liṅga.”
Having been spoken to thus by that ascetic, O fair-faced one, / she went to the Mahākāla forest where that liṅga is located.
Filled with affection, she beheld the liṅga that bestows good fortune. / From the darśana of that liṅga, the king remembered his beloved wife.
He asked Jamadagni: “O lord, where has my beloved gone? / Has she been devoured in the forest, O brahmin, by lions, tigers, or night-wandering demons?
She was abandoned by me, a cruel man, yet I was dear to her.” / As the king spoke thus, he was answered by Jamadagni:
“She has not been devoured, O ruler of the earth, by lions, tigers, or night-wandering demons. / Her conduct is uncorrupted; she is devoted to you and faithful to her husband.

She has gone to the Mahākāla forest, O king, desiring good fortune. / A wife must be protected, O ruler of the earth: so states the supreme Vedic scripture.
When a wife is protected, offspring are protected; / for the self is born in her, therefore she must be protected, O lord of men.
A loss of virtue occurs day by day for one without a wife, O king; / there is failure in daily rites, and that surely leads to downfall.
A wife should be accommodating, whatever the nature of the husband; / even a ill-natured or unfortunate wife must be maintained, O lord of men.”
Hearing his words, the ruler of men arrived / in the delightful Mahākāla forest and then beheld his beloved,
adorned with good fortune, the fair-browed one worshiping Maheśvara. / Seeing her, embracing her with affection, he spoke in return to that beloved:
“I have been tormented by separation from you, O fair-faced one. / Today my eyes are fruitful, and my life is truly a good life,
since I see you, O fortunate lady; I have been made fulfilled by you.” / Having seen her husband thus with great joy, / she said, “Be gracious,” again and again, filled with delight.
Then the king, having embraced the lovely lady with impetuosity, said: / “Beloved, I am already gracious; what more should I say repeatedly?”
Then their union took place, and an exceedingly virtuous son was born; / by the māhātmya of that liṅga, he is celebrated by the name Datta.
Incomparable good fortune was attained by that queen, O daughter of Himavat; / from that time forward on the surface of the earth, it has been known as Saubhāgyeśvara.
Those who behold the lord Saubhāgyeśvara, O wide-eyed lady, / in their family ill fortune is not born, O daughter of the mountain.
There will be no poverty, and no separation from kinsmen, / from sons, friends, or wives, due to the complete worship of this liṅga.