Skandapurana 1.4.65.43

1.4.65.43

42 atha nāradasthāpitavṛddhavāsudevamāhātmyavṛttāntavarṇanam, tatprasaṃgenaitareyabrāhmaṇacaritravarṇanam, mahīsāgarasaṃgamatīrasthahārītānvayotpannamāṇḍūkināmakasya brāhmaṇasyetarānāmnyāḥ patnyā udare samutpannasyaitareyabrāhmaṇasya janmāntarīyasiddhatve'pi prakṛtajanmani mūkabhāvaṃ samāśritya harimandire niraṃtaraṃ bhagavanmantrajapatatparatve sati mātuḥ khedāpanodārthaṃ śāstrapūtayā vāṇyā mātre saṃsārāsāratopadeśavarṇanapūrvakaṃ nijapūrṇajñānitvaprakaṭanenānandasamutpādanavṛttāntavarṇanam, tataścetarākhyāyāstanmātustasya mahājñānitvaṃ dṛṣṭvā'tyānandaprāptiḥ,tatastayormātāputrayoragrato bhagavato vāsudevasyāvirbhāvaḥ, aiterayakṛtā bhagavatstutiḥ, tatkṛtastutiprasannena bhagavataitareyavrāhmaṇāya varapradānam, bhagavatprasādenetareyabrāhmaṇasya vivāhādisrvamaṃgalaprāptipūrvakaihikasakalabhogabhogānaṃtaraṃ mokṣaprāptivṛttāntavarṇanam.... ......165.... 1

42 Then the account of the māhātmya of Vṛddhavāsudeva installed by Nārada; in connection with that, the account of the deeds of the Aitareya brahmin: born from the womb of the wife named Itarā of a brahmin named Māṇḍūki of the lineage of Hārīta, who lived on the bank of the confluence of the Mahī and the sea, the Aitareya brahmin, although a perfected soul from a previous birth, assumed the state of a mute in his present life and constantly engaged in the repetition of the Lord's mantra in the temple of Hari; to remove his mother's sorrow, he taught his mother the vanity of worldly existence in speech purified by the scriptures, and produced joy in her by revealing his complete state of knowledge; then his mother, named Itarā, upon seeing his great wisdom, felt immense joy; then the appearance of Lord Vāsudeva before the mother and son; the hymn of praise sung by Aitareya to the Lord; pleased by the hymn composed by him, the Lord granted a boon to the Aitareya brahmin; and the account of the Aitareya brahmin obtaining all auspicious things such as marriage by the Lord's grace, and attaining liberation after enjoying all worldly pleasures... 165 1