Skandapurana 6.3.223

Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, at a distance of one krośa, O son of Pṛthā, is the excellent sacred ford Vāsava, / installed there by the Vasus after staying for twelve years.

Dhara, Dhruva, Soma, Āpa, Anila, Anala, / Pratyūṣa, and Prabhāsa—these were the eight Vasus of old.

Tormented by their father's curse to dwell in a womb, O descendant of Bharata, / they reached the sacred ford of the Narmadā and performed austerities with restrained senses,

worshipping the supreme, imperishable husband of Bhavānī / for twelve years, O best of kings. Thereupon Maheśvara was pleased;

manifesting before their eyes, he granted them their desired, excellent boon. / Then, having installed that Maheśvara under their own name, / the Vasus departed into the sky when Śaṅkara had become pleased.

From then on, that sacred ford became renowned by the name Vāsava. / At that sacred ford, O great king, whoever worships Śiva with devotion / and with offerings as available, and carefully offers a lamp

on the eighth day of the bright fortnight, or daily according to one's ability, / shall dwell in the presence of Śiva for eight thousand years.

Then he goes to the abode of Śiva and does not experience dwelling in a womb. / Whether with flowers, sprouts, fruits, or grains,

if he worships the god Īśāna, he never suffers distress; / freed from all grief, he is glorified in the heavenly world.

Even for a single day, O son of Kuntī, whoever dwells at Vāsaveśvara, / having shaken off the mass of sins, rejoices in heaven like the sun.

One should also feed brahmins with devotion, and give garments and priestly fees.

Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-third chapter, entitled 'Description of the Greatness of the Vāsaveśvara Sacred Ford,' in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses].