Skanda Purana 16.367.p79

16.367.p79

78 vahnīśamāhātmyavarṇane kenacicchukena svabhāryayā sārdhamekasminvṛkṣe nīḍaṃ kṛtvā vāsakaraṇam, tato nīḍarakṣārthaṃ samaṃtato bhāryayā sahitena śukena bhramaṇam , vaiśvānareśvarasyāpyanāyāsena pradakṣiṇākaraṇaprabhāvādaparajanmani tayordvayorlopāmudrā'gastyatvena janmaprāptivarṇanam, pūrvajanma smaratā'gastinā vaiśvānareśvarapradakṣiṇāphalakathanam, vaiśvānareśvaramāhātmyavarṇanama......... 76 1

78. In the description of the māhātmya of Vahnīśa: a certain parrot building a nest in a tree and dwelling there together with his wife; then the parrot wandering about in all directions along with his wife to protect the nest; the description of the attainment of birth as Lopāmudrā and Agastya in another life by those two on account of the power of having effortlessly performed circumambulation of Vaiśvānareśvara; the narration of the fruit of circumambulating Vaiśvānareśvara by Agasti who remembered his previous birth; and the description of the māhātmya of Vaiśvānareśvara. 76 1