Skandapurana 2.1.41.29

2.1.41.29

28 kaṭāhatīrthamāhātmyam, kaṭāhatīrthamahimaśraddhāśūnyānāṃ janānāṃ mahānarakaprāptiḥ, kaṭāhatīrthapānakramaḥ, keśavākhyadvijavṛtāntaḥ, gaṇikālaṃpaṭasya keśavadvijasya brahmahatyāprāptikramaḥ, svasutarakṣaṇodyukte padmanābhe brahmahatyoktiḥ, padmanābhaṃ prati bhāradvājakathito brahmahatyāvimuktyupāyaḥ, bhāradvājoktyā kaṭāhatīrthapānena keśavasya brahmahatyāvimuktiḥ vrahmahatyāvimuktasutena sahitaṃ padmanābhaṃ prati bhagavaduktiḥ... 38 1

28. The māhātmya of Kaṭāha tīrtha: the attainment of a great hell by people devoid of faith in the greatness of Kaṭāha tīrtha; the procedure for drinking from Kaṭāha tīrtha; the account of the twice-born named Keśava; the process of the twice-born Keśava, who was addicted to a courtesan, contracting the murder of a brahmin; the speech of the guilt of killing a brahmin to Padmanābha as he engaged in protecting his son; the means of deliverance from the murder of a brahmin spoken by Bhāradvāja to Padmanābha; the deliverance of Keśava from the murder of a brahmin through drinking from Kaṭāha tīrtha according to the word of Bhāradvāja; the Lord's speech to Padmanābha together with his son delivered from the murder of a brahmin. 38 1