Skandapurana 6.3.73.1

6.3.73.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
kāśī: gaṃgātaṭe kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam .
sarvapāpaharaṃ pārtha goprekṣeśvaramuttamam .
godehānniḥsṛtaṃ liṅgaṃ puṇyaṃ bhūmitale nṛpa .. 73.1 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / On the bank and shore of Kāśī-Gaṅgā, there is an exceedingly beautiful sacred ford, / destroying all sin, O son of Pṛthā, the supreme Goprekṣeśvara, / where a holy liṅga emerged from the body of a cow upon the earth, O king.