Skandapurana 14.64.3_6

14.64.3_6

5 arbudācale nāgatīrthamāhātmyavarṇane yayātipulastvasaṃvāde gautamyā nāgatīrthe snānārthaṃ gamanavarṇanam, tatra snātuṃ pravṛttāyāstasyāḥ putrecchāvyākulitahṛdayatvātkevala-snānena garbhadhāraṇam, tato lajjayā citāṃ praveṣṭukāmāyāstasyā nabhovāṇīśrava-ṇānmaraṇato nivartanam, nāgatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam....... ... 240 2

5. In the description of the Nāgatīrtha māhātmya on the Arbuda mountain, in the dialogue between Yayāti and Pulastya, the description of Gautamī's going to the Nāgatīrtha for a ritual ablution; as she undertakes the ablution there, because her heart is agitated with the desire for a son, she conceives merely through the ablution; then, out of shame, wishing to enter the funeral pyre, she desists from death upon hearing a voice from the sky; the description of the Nāgatīrtha māhātmya. 240 2