Skandapurana 6.3.238.p9

6.3.238.p9

8 kalpakāle kasyacidbakasya mārkaṇḍeyena darśanam, kastvamiti mārkaṇḍeyapṛṣṭena bakena jagatsthitirakṣāpralayādikartāhamityādyuttarapradānavarṇanam, mārkaṇḍeyasya kiṃcicchabdaśravaṇam, daśadikṣu sthitāyāḥ kanyāyā darśanam, tato mahāśivaliṃgadarśanam, śivaligārcanakāriṇyāḥ kanyāyā darśanam, tayā mvasyā narmadānāmakathanam, itthaṃ bakakalpasamudbhavavarṇanam.. .. .... ... 183 2

8. Mārkaṇḍeya's sighting of a certain heron at the time of the aeon; description of the reply given by the heron when asked by Mārkaṇḍeya, "Who are you?", saying, "I am the maker of the world's maintenance, protection, dissolution, and so forth"; Mārkaṇḍeya's hearing a certain sound; sighting of a maiden stationed in the ten directions; then the sighting of a great Śiva-liṅga; sighting of the maiden performing worship to the Śiva-liṅga; her stating her own name as Narmadā; thus the description of the origin during the Baka Aeon. 183 2