Skandapurana 6.2.85.85

6.2.85.85

84 Now, the description of the māhātmya of the Uttareśvara liṅga: wherein the ruler of Ayodhyā named Parīkṣit goes to the forest for hunting; there, he converses with a certain maiden by means of questions and answers composed in prose; while the king sports after taking her [with him], that maiden enters a stepped well and goes to Pātāla; Parīkṣit's lamentation; by Parīkṣit's order, the slaughter of frogs by his ministers and others; then, an old frog relates the story of his own previous birth and tells of his becoming a frog due to the curse of Gālava; when the frog remembers the maiden, her return upon being remembered, and handing her over to that Parīkṣit; the frog's release from the curse given by Gālava through the worship of Uttareśvara; description of the māhātmya of the Uttareśvara liṅga; thus, the description of the fruit of hearing the stories of the māhātmya of the eighty-four liṅgas situated in the Avantīkṣetra; description of the conclusion to the māhātmya of the eighty-four liṅgas situated in the Āvantyakhaṇḍa. ... 171 1