Vaishnavakhanda 3.1.11

3.1.11

" iti| atha prasaṃgānusāreṇaitasya skāndamahāpurāṇasya purāṇatvopayuktapañcalakṣaṇasamanvitatvavicāre kriyamāṇe hi vaiṣṇavapurāṇabrahmāṇḍapurāṇayoḥ—
"sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca || vaṃśyānucaritaṃ caiva purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam ||" iti, skānde mahāpurāṇe saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye dvitīye'dhyāye—"brahmaviṣṇvarkarudrāṇāṃ māhātmyaṃ bhuvanasya ca || saṃhāraśca pradaśyeta purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam ||" iti ca yadyapvidhena sāmānyataḥ purāṇasya pañcalakṣaṇatvamāśrayate tatrāsya
skāndamahāpurāṇasya pūrvoktalakṣaṇasya yathāvadanukramasaṃbandhāduttaralakṣaṇasyaiva samanvayaucityādanantaroktameva pañcalakṣaṇatvaṃ sādhu yujyata iti vidāṃkurvaṃtu sudhiyaḥ || astvetatra
prasaṃgopāttam || etāvatā vivecanenaitadeva māheśvarādiprabhāsāntasaptakhaṇḍātmakaṃ skāndaṃnāma mahāpurāṇamiti hi sarvathā siddham
7 brahmadevarṣikṛtā śivastutiḥ, brahmādikṛtastutisantuṣṭena śivena brahmādīnprati viṣṇuprārthanārthamājñākaraṇam, brahmādibhirviṣṇustavanam, tata ākāśavāṇyā viṣṇoḥ piṇḍībhāvena śivaliṅgadhāraṇam, tataḥ śivapriyeṇa vīrabhadreṇa brahmādibhiḥ saha śivaliṅgapūjanam, tataḥ śaṃkarasyānekairdevādibhiranekeṣu sthaleṣu nānānāmakaliṅgasthāpanam, tatratatra
liṃgārcanārtha vīrabhadrāṃśasthāpanaṃ vīrabhadrādārabhya liṃgapūjakaguruparaṃparotpattiḥ, nandino
liṃgamahimapraśaṃsakaprathamācāryatvam, skandasya ca liṃgapūjakācāryatvam, tataśca liṃgapūjakaguruparaṃparāpravṛttiḥ, śivabhaktimāhātmyam, tatra pataṃgāḥ kīṭapakṣiṇyā: śivamandiramārjanapuṇyavaśena kāśirājasutātvaprāptivṛttāntavarṇanam, uddālakamarṣeḥ kāśirājasutayā sundaryākhyayā saha saṃvādaḥ| .... ... ... .... 11