Skandapurana 6.3.63

Chapter 63

The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O king of kings, one should go to the excellent Kumāreśvara, / famous among all sacred fords, near Agastyeśvara. 63.1

In ancient times, dear one, having propitiated with supreme devotion [the liṅga] that destroys all sins, / perfection was attained by the Six-faced One, O lord of men. 63.2

He became the commander of the army of the gods, the slayer of all enemies; / endowed with fierce splendor, that great-souled one arose through serving that sacred ford. 63.3

From that time on, that sacred ford came into being on the bank of the Narmadā. / Whoever goes to that sacred ford with a focused mind and subdued senses, 63.4

especially on the fourteenth and eighth days of Kārttika, / and bathes the Lord of the Mountain's Daughter with curds, milk, and clarified butter, 63.5

singing should be performed there, and offering of funeral cakes according to the rules, / with auspicious brahmins who are learned in the Veda and engaged in the six duties, O son of Pṛthā. 63.6

Whatever is given there becomes imperishable, O son of Pāṇḍu; / that sacred ford, consisting of all sacred fords, was made by the peacock-rider, O king. 63.7

All this fruit arising from Kumāreśvara has been told to you. / Merit is attained by the sight of Kumāra, O son of Pāṇḍu; 63.8

upon dying, one attains heaven; this is truth spoken by Īśvara. 63.9

Thus ends the sixty-third chapter, titled "Description of the Māhātmya of the Kumāreśvara Sacred Ford," in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.