Skanda Purana 16.367.p149

16.367.p149

148 kuṇḍalakūpamāhātmye sudarśanarājena gāṃdhārarājakanyāṃ sunaṃdāṃ pariṇīya sunaṃdābhāryānu-modanaṃ gṛhītvā tayā sārdhaṃ śivarātryupoṣaṇādivratakaraṇam, tatra śivarātrimā-hātmyavarṇane dhananāmrā vaṇikputreṇa śivarātryupoṣaṇakaraṇam, tasyāḥ śivarātrivrata kāriṇyā dhananāmakavaṇigbhāryāyāśchidramanveṣayituṃ sthitena kuṇḍalinena vaṇijā niśi dhananāmakavaṇigbhāryāyāḥ karṇau troṭayitvā palāyanakaraṇam, tadā tadrakṣakaiḥ karṇatroṭanavārtāṃ śrutvā kolāhalaṃ kṛtvā kuṇḍalinasya kapālacchedakaraṇam, sapa-tnīkasya surdaśanasya tatkapālaṃ draṣṭuṃ gamanam, sudarśanasunaṃdayostatra prabhāse gatvā kuṇḍalinakapālaṃ dṛṣṭvā kuṇḍakūpadarśanakaraṇam, kuṇḍakūpamāhātmyavarṇanam .. 110 2

148. In the māhātmya of Kuṇḍalakūpa: King Sudarśana marrying Sunandā, the princess of Gāndhāra, obtaining the assent of his wife Sunandā, and observing the vow of fasting on Śivarātri together with her; in that context, during the description of the māhātmya of Śivarātri, the merchant's son named Dhana observing the fast of Śivarātri; the merchant Kuṇḍalin, waiting to find a fault in that wife of the merchant named Dhana who was observing the Śivarātri vow, cutting off the two ears of Dhana's wife by night and fleeing; then, her guardians hearing the news of the cutting of the ears, raising a clamour, and cutting off Kuṇḍalin's skull; Sudarśana going with his wife to see that skull; Sudarśana and Sunandā going there to Prabhāsa, seeing Kuṇḍalin's skull, and having darśana of the Kuṇḍakūpa; description of the māhātmya of Kuṇḍakūpa. 110 2