Skandapurana 2.5.18.4

2.5.18.4

3. The rule for applying the tripuṇḍra made with clay originating from Dvāravatī, clay from the root of a tulasī plant, and so forth; description of the rule for applying the gopīcandana mark; the fruit of bearing the marks of the Lord's incarnations on one's body; narration of obtaining the fruit of religious merit for a body marked with the Lord's weapons; description of the qualification for all rites of a body imprinted with the Lord's eight-syllable name. 194.1