Skandapurana 15.45.19

15.45.19

18 yajanadānaprāṇāyāmādyanyakarmato'pi śrīkṛṣṇadarśanasya phalādhikyavarṇanam, trivi-kramatīrthavarṇane valinigrahādivṛttāntasya samāsato varṇanam, gomatīsaṃgamasthacakra-tīrthe'nekatīrthānyaṭato durvāsasa āgamanam, yāvaddurvāsāḥ snānāya pravṛttastāvaddai-tyairdurvāsasaṃ prati bahutāḍanakaraṇam, tato daityakṛtatāḍanena duḥkhitasya durvāsaso balidvāḥsthavāmanāya daityakṛtāṃ nijadurdaśāṃ nivedayituṃ pātālaṃ prati gamanam, vāmanāya cakratīrthagatasarvavṛttāntakathanaṃ ca.... ....... 299 2

18. Description of the superior fruits of the darśana of Śrī Kṛṣṇa even beyond sacrifices, gifts, breath-control, and other rites; in the description of Trivikramatīrtha, a brief narration of the restraint of Bali and other events; the arrival of Durvāsas, while wandering to many sacred fords, at Cakratīrtha situated at the confluence of the Gomatī; just as Durvāsas set about to take his ritual ablution, demons severely beating Durvāsas; then Durvāsas, afflicted by the beating delivered by the demons, going to Pātāla to report his own miserable plight inflicted by the demons to Vāmana who stands as doorkeeper to Bali; and his recounting to Vāmana of everything that occurred at Cakratīrtha. ............... 299 2