Skanda Purana 6.2.85.9

6.2.85.9

8 atha kapāleśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra mahākālavane paitāmahayajñe haste kapālaṃ dhṛtvā śaṃkarasyāgamanam, śaṃkarasya kucelaveṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā brāhmaṇairapamānakaraṇam, tataḥ śivena tatra yajñamaṇḍape kapālaṃ nidhāya gamanam, tadasahamānairbrāhmaṇairmaṇḍapādbahiḥ kapālaprakṣepaṇam, tataḥ sahasrāvadhikapālānāṃ darśanam, tadadbhutaṃ dṛṣṭvā savismayairbrāhmaṇaiḥ śivastavanakaraṇam, kapāleśvaranāmnā liṃgasthāpanam, kapāleśvaraliṃgadarśanena brahmahatyādimahāpātakavināśakamāhātmyavarṇanam ... . 86 1

8. Now, the description of the glory of the Kapāleśvara liṅga; therein, the arrival of Śaṃkara holding a skull in his hand at Brahmā's sacrifice in the Mahākāla forest; the brahmins disrespecting Śaṃkara upon seeing his ragged appearance; then Śiva, placing the skull in the sacrificial pavilion, departing; the brahmins, unable to tolerate it, throwing the skull outside the pavilion; then the sight of thousands of skulls; the amazed brahmins, beholding that miracle, singing praise to Śiva; the installation of a liṅga under the name Kapāleśvara; the description of the glory that destroys grave sins such as the killing of a brahmin through the darśana of the Kapāleśvara liṅga. 86 1