Skandapurana 1.3.34.20

1.3.34.20

19 baṭave bhūmidānāya balerāgrahaṃ dṛṣṭvā śukreṇa balaye śāpapradānam balinā saṃkalpapūrvakaṃ bhūmidāne datte māyāvaṭorbhagavato vṛddhivarṇanam, padadvayena carācarabrahmāṇḍavyāpanama, tṛtīyapādaparimitabhūpradānārthaṃ vāmanena baliṃ prati garuḍapreṣaṇam, tato balipatnyā viṃdhyāvalyāḥ prahlādena saha vāmanabhagavatsamīpaṃ pratyāgamanama, tatastayā svasyā nijaputrasya nijapatyuśceti triṣu śiraḥsu vāmanarūpeṇa padatrayanidhānaprārthanam, tena vijñāpanena saṃtuṣṭena bhagavatā baleḥ sutalaṃ prati gamanārthamājñāpanam, baliprārthanayā viṣṇoḥ pātāle balisaṃnidhāvavasthānam, evaṃ pūrvajanmani kitavasya balitvaprāptirūpa- śivabhaktimahimaprabhāvavarṇanama........... 40 0

19 Seeing Bali's resolve to grant land to the celibate student, Śukra gives a curse to Bali; Bali makes the formal vow and gives the gift of land, whereupon the divine illusory celibate student is described expanding [in size]; his pervading the universe of moving and unmoving things with two steps; Vāmana sending Garuḍa to Bali to obtain the gift of land measured by the third step; then Bali's wife Vindhyāvalī coming before Lord Vāmana along with Prahlāda; then her requesting the placing of the three steps in the form of Vāmana upon the three heads—of herself, of her own son, and of her own husband; the Lord, pleased by that petition, commanding Bali to go to Sutala; at Bali's request, Viṣṇu's remaining in Pātāla in the presence of Bali; thus the description of the power of the greatness of devotion to Śiva through which a gambler in a previous birth attained the state of Bali... 40