Skandapurana 14.64.3_19

14.64.3_19

18 atīvapāpakāriṇaścitrāṃgadasya jalaṃ praviṣṭasya tṛṣārtasya grāheṇa haraṇam, tato yama-dūtaiḥ pāpinaścitrāṃgadasya narake prakṣepaṇam, citrāṃgadasya narake prakṣepaṇena tatratyajīvānāṃ sukhaprāptiḥ, tata āścaryaṃ dṛṣṭvā yamena jñānekṣaṇena samavalokya mattīrthasnānaka-raṇena tatraivāsya mṛtiprāpternāyaṃ narakalokaduḥkhabhāgiti manasi vicārya tasya nara-kato mocanam, tatastasya citrāṃgadasyāpsarogaṇaveṣṭitavimānena svarge gamanam, yamatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. .. ... ...... ... 249 2

18. Citrāṅgada, a great sinner, having entered the water while afflicted by thirst, is seized by an alligator; then Yama's messengers cast the sinful Citrāṅgada into hell; through the casting of Citrāṅgada into hell, the beings there attain happiness; then, having seen this wonder, Yama perceives through the eye of knowledge: “Because he performed an ablution in my sacred ford and died right there, this man should not partake of the suffering of the world of hell”; reflecting thus in his mind, he releases him from hell; then Citrāṅgada goes to heaven in an aerial chariot surrounded by hosts of apsarases; the description of the Yamatīrtha māhātmya. 249 2