Skandapurana 14.64.3_3

14.64.3_3

2 gautamaśiṣyasyottaṃkasya gurudakṣiṇāṃ dātuṃ gurupatnyā saudāsapatnīmadayantīkuṇḍalānayane pracoditasya saudāsagṛhaṃ prati gamanam, tatra svasya dehaṃ bhakṣitumāgataṃ vyāghrāsyaṃ saudāsaṃ dṛṣṭvā svātmapradānāya tasmai pratijñākaraṇam, tatastatpatnyāḥ sakāśātkuṇḍalalabdhiḥ, saudāsasya śāpādvimuktiḥ, tataḥ kuṇḍale gṛhītvā gatena gautama-śiṣyeṇa madhyemārgaṃ nihitayostayoḥ kuṃḍalayostakṣakeṇa haraṇam, tatastakṣa-kasya pṛṣṭhatastatpratyānayanārthaṃ pātāle gamanam, tasminneva samaye tatra gartotpādanam, gautamaśiṣyottaṃkacaritravarṇanam... ... ....... 237 2

2. Gautama's pupil Uttaṅka, urged by his preceptor's wife to bring the earrings of Saudāsa's wife Madayantī in order to pay the preceptor's fee, goes to Saudāsa's house; seeing there Saudāsa with the face of a tiger coming to devour his body, he makes a pledge to him to give up his own self; then he receives the earrings from his wife; Saudāsa's release from the curse; then, as Gautama's pupil departs taking the earrings, while they are set down on the way, Takṣaka steals those two earrings; then he goes to Pātāla after Takṣaka to bring them back; at that very time, the creation of a pit there; the narration of the deed of Gautama's pupil Uttaṅka. 237 2