Skandapurana 1.4.65.46

1.4.65.46

45 kapilasthāpitakapileśvarasya naṃdabhadravaṇijā trikālamarcākaraṇam,saṃsārāsāravicāra pūrvakaṃ naṃdabhadravaiśyasya śuddhasadācārapravṛttivaṇarnam, saddharmācaraṇaniṣṭhasya naṃdabhadrasya daivavaśādbhāryāputranāśena duḥkhitasya tatsamīpavartinā satyavratākhyena nāstikaśūdreṇa buddhibhedārthaṃ viruddha upadeśe kriyamāṇe nandabhadreṇa tadviruddhavādakhaṇḍanapūrvakaṃ devatāstitvasthāpanapūrvakaṃ saddharmācaraṇāya bhaṭṭārkasthale bahūdakakuṃḍaṃ pratyāgamanam..... 174 1

45 Description of the merchant Nandabhadra's threefold daily worship of Kapileśvara installed by Kapila, description of the vaiśya Nandabhadra's pursuit of pure virtuous conduct preceded by reflection on the unsubstantial nature of saṃsāra; when Nandabhadra, intent on practicing true dharma, was grieved by the loss of his wife and son through the power of destiny, and contrary counsel was given to confound his intellect by a nihilist śūdra nearby named Satyavrata, Nandabhadra refuted his contrary thesis, established the existence of the deity, and came to the Bahūdaka pool at the site of Bhaṭṭārka to practice true dharma... 174 1