Matsyapurana 115.12

115.12

upoṣya pūjayāmāsa rājyakāmo janārdanam
cakāra sopavāsaśca snānam abhyaṅgapūrvakam //

Sûta said.—Seers ! In the village of Dvija, on the bank of a river, there was a Brâhmaṇa named Purûravâ, who in his after life became the King of Madra, named Purûravâ ; because in his former life of a Brâhmaṇa, he always observed the Dvvadaśî fast and worshipped Janârdana, with the desire of getting a kingdom. But though he kept the fast, he bathed, with his body rubbed with oil.—10-12.