Skandapurana 15.45.4

15.45.4

3 rukmiṇyā durvāsodattaśāpaṃ smṛtvā bahuśokakaraṇam, rukmiṇyagre nāradāgamanam, nāradena bahuprakāreṇa rukmiṇyai vodhaṃ kṛtvā rukmiṇyā saha rukmiṇīśāpa-nivṛttyarthaṃ bhāgīrathītīrthe gamanam tatra bhāgīrathītīrastharukmiṇīvane sukhena ramamāṇāyā rukmiṇyā vṛttāntaṃ kṣutvā 'svavākyaṃ kathaṃ mṛṣā bhavet iti manasi kṛtvā durvāsasā bhāgīrathyai rukmiṇīvanasthitebhyo'nyavṛkṣebhyaśca śāpadānam, tato rukmiṇyā maraṇe niścayakaraṇya, kaṇṭhapāśakarāṃ rukmiṇīṃ maraṇodyatāṃ jñātvā garuḍamāruhya śrīkṛṣṇasya tatrāgamanama, tato durvāsasā'pi 'mayā kimidaṃ kṛtam ityeva svayaṃ paścāttāpaṃ kṛtvā rukmiṇīsamīpametya śrīrukmiṇīkṛṣṇayoḥ kṣamayā santoṣīkaraṇam, rukmiṇīduḥkhaśāpamocanakaraṇam. ... ... 281 1

3. Remembering the curse given by Durvāsas, Rukmiṇī grieves greatly; Nārada arrives before Rukmiṇī; Nārada instructs Rukmiṇī in many ways and goes with Rukmiṇī to the sacred ford of the Bhāgīrathī to remove Rukmiṇī's curse; hearing the account of Rukmiṇī happily sporting there in the Rukmiṇī grove on the bank of the Bhāgīrathī, thinking in his mind "How could my word prove false?", Durvāsas curses the Bhāgīrathī and the other trees standing in the Rukmiṇī grove; then Rukmiṇī resolves to die; knowing that Rukmiṇī has put a noose around her neck and is intent on death, Lord Kṛṣṇa arrives there mounted on Garuḍa; then Durvāsas also repents of his own accord, thinking "What is this that I have done?", approaches Rukmiṇī, and gratifies Śrī Rukmiṇī and Kṛṣṇa with his forgiveness; and he frees Rukmiṇī from sorrow and the curse. ... 281 1