Skanda Purana 6.2.85.56

6.2.85.56

55 atha siṃheśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra śivaprāptyarthaṃ gauryā tapasi kriyamāṇe brahmaṇa āgamanam, brahmavacanātkuddhāyā devyā mukhataḥ siṃhasyotpattistatpoṣārthaṃ devyāḥ stanābhyāṃ dugdhasrāvavarṇanam, pārvatyājñayā siṃhasya mahākālavane gamanam, tasya gaurīvāhanatvaprāptivarṇanam, tena siṃhena svanāmnā liṃgasthāpanam, siṃheśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam ...... .. 135 1

55. Now, the description of the māhātmya of the Siṃheśvara liṅga: therein, while austerity was being performed by Gaurī to attain Śiva, the arrival of Brahmā; from the speech of Brahmā, the birth of a lion from the mouth of the enraged Goddess; for its nourishment, the description of milk flowing from the Goddess's breasts; by Pārvatī's command, the lion's going to the Mahākāla forest; the description of his becoming Gaurī's mount; the installation of a liṅga by that lion in his own name; the description of the māhātmya of the Siṃheśvara liṅga. 135 1