श्कंद-पुराणनि बे फोरबोखौ गिबि-गिबियाव काशीयाव कुशध्वज राजाया शिवजिखौ मान होनायाव बाहायदोंमोन ।
Skad-Purana states that at first king Kushdhvaj has started this festival in the honor of Shiv ji in Kashi .