Skandapurana 2.1.9.243

2.1.9.243

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye dharaṇīvarāhasaṃvāde vasu nāmaka niṣādavṛttāntapadmasaromāhātmyādivarṇanaṃnāma navamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 9 ..

Thus ends the ninth chapter, titled “The Description of the Story of the Niṣāda Named Vasu, the Māhātmya of the Lotus Lake, and Other Matters, in the Dialogue of Dharaṇī and Varāha,” in the Māhātmya of Śrī Veṅkaṭācala, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses].