Skandapurana 1.3.34.16

1.3.34.16

15 apamānitasya bṛhaspaterasāṃnidhye viśvakarmasutasya viśvarūpasya śakrapaurohityam, viśvarūpeṇa kṛtā daityānāṃ havirdānarūpāṃ devavañcanāmavekṣya śakreṇa vajreṇa viśvarūpaśiraśchedakaraṇam ,tadvadhodbhūtabrahmahatyayopadrutasya śakrasyāpsu nimajjanam ,tataḥ sarvalokapālairguroḥ samīpamabhyetya śakrakṛtabrahmahatyādivṛttāntanivedanam, tato nāradoktyendrasthāne nahuṣasya sthāpanaviṣaye mantraṇam, indrasthāne nahuṣasthāpanaṃ śrutvā śacyāḥ śokenāntaḥpuraṃ prati gamanam, nahuṣasyendrapadādhirohaṇāya sarvadevānumodanam, nahuṣasyendrapadābhiṣekaḥ, nahuṣeṇendrāṇīviṣaye kāmecchayā bṛhaspaterindrāṇīsaṃnidhau preṣaṇam, indrāṇyā'vāhya vāhanenāgamanārthaṃ nahuṣāya saṃdeśapraṣeṇam, nahuṣeṇa śibikāvāhanārthamagastyādibrāhmaṇayojanam, tataḥ kupitenāgastyena nahuṣasyājagaro bhaveti śāpapradānam, tato'jagaratvaprāptyā nahuṣasya svargātpatanottaraṃ yayāterindratve sthāpanam, tasya ca svapuṇya kīrtanena puṇyakṣayādadhaḥ patanam, tataḥ sarveṣāṃ surāṇāṃ cintāprāptiḥ... - ... - - 26 1

15. In the absence of the insulted Bṛhaspati, Viśvakarma's son Viśvarūpa becoming Śakra's domestic priest; Śakra seeing the deception of the gods committed by Viśvarūpa through offering oblations to the demons, and severing Viśvarūpa's head with his thunderbolt; Śakra, afflicted by the sin of killing a brahmin (brahmahatyā) arising from that slaying, plunging into the waters; then all the world-protectors approaching the Guru and reporting the matter of the killing of a brahmin and other events committed by Śakra; then, by Nārada's advice, consultation regarding the installation of Nahuṣa in Indra's place; hearing of Nahuṣa's installation in Indra's place, Śacī going to the inner apartments in grief; the approval of all the gods for Nahuṣa's ascent to Indra's station; the consecration of Nahuṣa to the office of Indra; Nahuṣa, driven by lust for Indrāṇī, sending Bṛhaspati into Indrāṇī's presence; Indrāṇī sending a message to Nahuṣa to come mounted upon an unprecedented conveyance; Nahuṣa yoking Agastya and other brahmins to carry his palanquin; then the enraged Agastya giving the curse, "Become a python"; then Nahuṣa falling from heaven upon becoming a python, and the subsequent installation of Yayāti in Indra's state; and his fall downwards due to the exhaustion of merit caused by boasting of his own merits; then anxiety overtaking all the gods. ... 26 1