Skandapurana 7.13.3_68

7.13.3_68

yaścātra niyamaṃ kṛtvā bhasmasnāyī yatavrataḥ .
muhūrtamapi tiṣṭheta sa gacched gaṇamadhyatām ..93. .
akṣayaścāmaraścaiva jarārogavivarjitaḥ80 .
rudrasya gaṇapo bhūtvā yogaiśvaryamavāpsyati ..94..

And whoever, observing restraints here, bathes in ashes with vows subdued,
should stay even for a single muhūrta, shall go to the midst of the gaṇas.
Imperishable, immortal, freed from old age and disease,
he becomes a leader of Rudra's gaṇas and attains the sovereign power of yoga.