Skandapurana 2.2.50.19

2.2.50.19

18 atha bilveśvarāsannapradeśe samudrasya taṭānte'kasmādāgatya prādurbhūtaṃ kaṃcidvṛkṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayamāpannaistadrakṣakai rājānaṃ prati vṛkṣadarśanavṛttāntanivedanam, tato'vabhṛthasnānena yajñaparisamāptiḥ, bhagavadromabhirnirmito'yamiti nāradena tadvṛkṣamāhātmyavarṇanam, . vṛkṣasthāpanam, tataḥ kasmiṃścitsamaye pūjāṃ kartuṃ sthitenendradyumnena kīdṛśī viṣṇumūrtirvidhayetyevaṃ nāradaṃ prati praśnaḥ, ko vā cedṛśīṃ mūrtiṃ vidhāsyatīti cintayatastasya rājño'gre bhagavadbhṛtavṛddhavarddhakisvarūpadarśanam, ahaṃ tāṃ mūrtiṃ vidhāsyāmīti kathayitvā tasya tasyāṃ paṭācchāditāyāṃ vedyāmevāntardhānama. ... 82 2

18. Then, in the vicinity of Bilveśvara, at the edge of the seashore, seeing a certain tree that had suddenly appeared and manifested, its guards, filled with wonder, reported the occurrence of seeing the tree to the king; then, with the avabhṛtha ritual ablution, the sacrifice was concluded; Nārada's explanation of the māhātmya of that tree, saying, "This has been created from the hairs of the Lord"; the installation of the tree; then, when Indradyumna stood at a certain time to perform worship, his question to Nārada as to what sort of image of Viṣṇu should be made; while that king was wondering who indeed would make such an image, the Lord's manifestation before him in the form of an old carpenter; having declared, "I shall make that image," his disappearance within that very altar-platform covered with a cloth. ... 82 2