Skandapurana 16.367.p39

16.367.p39

37 pārvatyā snānakāle kimarthaṃ jale kaṃkaṇaprakṣepaṇaṃ kāryamiti pṛṣṭena śivenendumatīvṛttāntakathanam ,tatra bṛhadrathabhūpaṃ prati kaṇvamaharṣerāgamanam , bṛhadrathena kaṇvasyātithyādi- kaṃ vidhāya mitho dharmaviṣayakakathākaraṇam, tata indumatyā nijaiśvaryaprāptikāraṇa- jijñāsayā kaṇvāya praśnakaraṇam, kaṇvena tasyā indumatyā pūrvajanmavṛttāntakatha- nam, tatra pūrvajanmani mahāśūdryāstasyāścaritrakathanam, someśvarartārthe snānakara- ṇasamaye tasyā mahāśūdryā hastato jale kaṅkaṇapatanam, tīrthe tasya kaṅkaṇasya pata- nasya prabhāveṇa janmāntare rājakule jananakathanam, tatkaṇvavākyaṃ śrutvendumatyāstra- payā'dhomukhībhūtvā tūṣṇīṃbhavanam, tataḥ kaṇvasya svasthāne gamanam, tato bṛhadrathe-nendumatyā saha prativarṣaṃ sarasvatītīre gatvā kaṃkaṇanikṣepaṇam, tena tayorbṛhadra-thendumatyordevatvaprāptivarṇanam kaṃkaṇaprakṣepaṇamāhātmyavarṇanam.. 61 2

37 Being asked by Pārvatī why a bracelet should be cast into the water at the time of ritual ablution, Śiva relating the story of Indumatī; there, the arrival of the great seer Kaṇva before King Bṛhadratha; Bṛhadratha offering hospitality to Kaṇva, and their discussing matters of dharma; then Indumatī asking Kaṇva to learn the cause of her attaining prosperity; Kaṇva telling the story of Indumatī's previous birth; there, the description of her conduct as a senior Śūdra woman in her previous life; at the time of bathing in the Someśvaratīrtha, a bracelet falling from that senior Śūdra woman's hand into the water; by the power of that bracelet falling into the tīrtha, the account of her birth in a royal family in another life; hearing those words of Kaṇva, Indumatī hanging her head in shame and remaining silent; then Kaṇva departing to his own abode; thereafter Bṛhadratha, together with Indumatī, going every year to the bank of Sarasvatī and casting a bracelet [into it]; by that, the description of Bṛhadratha and Indumatī attaining godhood; the description of the māhātmya of casting a bracelet... 61.2