Skandapurana 2.4.2.p110

2.4.2.p110

2.4.2.41
satyaketuviṣaye kathāmāha sāroddhāre-purā satyajinnāmā brāhmaṇaḥ dharmaśīlaḥ sarvakāmebhyo yo niḥspṛhaḥ sadā tīrthayātrāparaḥ - "nānyeṣu ramate cittaṃ gaṃgāṃ nityaṃ smaratyasau .. bhāgīrathīṃ suniṣṇāto viśeṣeṇa mahāmuniḥ ..” sa tīrthayātrāṃ kurvannekadā viśālānagarīṃ gatvā janairdarśitaṃ satyaketugṛhaṃ praviveśa, tadā satyaketuḥ tṛṭparītaṃ kṣudhāviṣṭaṃ bhojanamicchaṃtaṃ satyajitaṃ dṛṣṭvā utthāya arghapādyapūjāṃ kṛtvovāca-he dvijottama tavāgamanenā'dya mama janmanaḥ sāphalyaṃ jātam . pitarastṛptāḥ, devāśca suprītā jātāḥ, he dvijendra icchitaṃ bhojanaṃ kuru, tvayi bhukte me kiṃcitkartavyaṃ nāvaśiṣyate, tava darśanādaprāpyaṃ na hi vidyate, tadā satyajiduvāca - he satyaketo tava śuśrūṣayā vākyena ca tṛpto'smi . kiṃ ca, annadātāraḥ loke bahavaḥ saṃti tatra tvayā sadṛśaḥ kopi na dṛṣṭaḥ tvaṃ gṛhasthāśramiṇāṃ madhye śreṣṭho'si . tvayā gaṃgāyātrā kṛtā na vā, tadā satyaketuruvāca - he dvija, madgṛhe atithīnāmannadātā anyaḥ ko'pi nāsti tenā'dyāpi bhāgīrathīsnānaṃ na jātaṃ tacchrutvā satyajitaṃ viniṃdastvayā bhāgīrathīsnānaṃ na kṛtam ataḥ tvadgṛhe'dya na bhokṣyāmītyuktvā gṛhānnirgatya snānārthaṃ bhāgīrathīṃ gataḥ, tadaiva gaṃgā aṃtarhitā'bhavata, sa yadā jalaṃ nāpaśyattadā kṛtāṃjalirgaṃgāṃ tuṣṭāva, he devi mayā aṇumātro'pyaparādho na kṛtaḥ, me darśanaṃ dehi, anyāyaṃ kṣaṃtumarhasi, iti stutā gaṃgā pratyakṣamūrtyā dvijamāha--he satyajit tvaṃ satyaketugṛhaṃ gatvā taṃ prasādya annaṃ bhuktvā punarāgaccha tadannabhojanena bahavo mokṣaṃ gatāḥ, iti gaṃgāvacaḥ śrutvā satyaketugṛhe bhojanaṃ kṛtvā, tadanujñātaḥ gaṃgāmāgataḥ gaṃgāṃ dṛṣṭvā snānaṃ cakāra evaṃ satyaketuḥ kevalamannadānapuṇyena sadgatiṃ prāpa iti .
2.4.2.43
kaścitsuśarmānāma brāhmaṇaḥ vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ śāṃto jiteṃdriyaḥ sarvayajñakartā dhanī nityadānaparaḥ sarveṣāṃ hite rataḥ purāṇavaktā baṃdhūnāṃ hitakṛt bahuputravān āsīt, sa ca uttare vayasi gṛhabhāraṃ putreṣu samarpya vanaṃ gatvā śrīviṣṇumārādhayan svīyatapasā svargaṃ prāpa, tatraikadā yamadūtaiḥ parājitāndevadūtānprati iṃdraḥ provāca-he dūtāḥ dharmiṣṭhāḥ, mamā''jñayā divaṃ yāṃtu pāpiṣṭhāḥ narakaṃ yāṃtu tatrāpi ye gopradātāraḥ te pāpino'pi divaṃ yāṃtu, godānena pāparāśirnaśyati, etadiṃdravacaḥ śrutvā suśarmā brāhmaṇaḥ svaputrānupadeṣṭumaṃtarikṣamārgeṇa putrānsaṃbodhya provāca - he putrāḥ yūyaṃ yadi svargamīpsatha tadā madvākyādgodānaṃ kartavyaṃ, godānātparamanyaddānaṃ triloke nāstīti uktvā gataḥ, te putrāśca aśarīravācaṃ śrutvā vismitāḥ saṃtaḥ sarve'pi vidhinā gopradānaṃ cakruḥ, tena sadgatiṃ prāptāḥ .

2.4.2.41
Regarding Satyaketu, the story is related in the Sāroddhāra: Formerly there was a brahmin named Satyajit, virtuous, free from all desires, and always devoted to pilgrimage: "His mind delights in nothing else; he continually remembers the Gaṅgā. / Highly proficient regarding the Bhāgīrathī, especially so was that great sage." Making pilgrimages, he once went to the city of Viśālā and entered the house of Satyaketu, pointed out by the people. Then Satyaketu, seeing Satyajit afflicted with thirst, seized by hunger, and desiring food, stood up, performed the worship with offering of argha and pādhya, and said: "O best of the twice-born, by your arrival today the purpose of my life has been achieved. The ancestors are satisfied, and the gods have become well pleased. O king among the twice-born, eat the food you desire. When you have eaten, there remains nothing left for me to do; from your darśana there is indeed nothing unattainable." Then Satyajit said: "O Satyaketu, by your service and your words I am satisfied. Moreover, there are many givers of food in the world, yet none has been seen equal to you; you are the best among householders. Have you made a pilgrimage to the Gaṅgā or not?" Then Satyaketu said: "O twice-born, in my house there is no other giver of food to guests; therefore even to this day a ritual ablution in the Bhāgīrathī has not taken place." Hearing that, [Satyajit] censured him: "You have not performed a ritual ablution in the Bhāgīrathī; therefore I will not eat in your house today." Having spoken thus, he left the house and went to the Bhāgīrathī for a ritual ablution. At that very moment the Gaṅgā vanished. When he did not see the water, he folded his hands and praised the Gaṅgā: "O goddess, I have not committed even an atom of offense; grant me your darśana, you ought to forgive any wrongdoing." Praised thus, the Gaṅgā spoke to the twice-born in visible form: "O Satyajit, go to the house of Satyaketu, propitiate him, eat his food, and come back. By eating his food many have attained liberation." Hearing this speech of the Gaṅgā, he ate in the house of Satyaketu, and, permitted by him, came to the Gaṅgā, saw the Gaṅgā, and took his ritual ablution. Thus Satyaketu attained the good state solely through the religious merit of giving food.
2.4.2.43
There was a certain brahmin named Suśarman, a master of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, calm, with senses subdued, a performer of all sacrifices, wealthy, constantly devoted to charity, engaged in the welfare of all, an expounder of the Purāṇas, a benefactor to his kin, and having many sons. In his later years, having entrusted the household burden to his sons, he went to the forest, worshipped Lord Viṣṇu, and by his own austerity reached heaven. There once Indra said to the messengers of the gods who had been defeated by the messengers of Yama: "O messengers, let the righteous go to heaven by my command; let the most sinful go to hell. Even among them, let those who are givers of cows go to heaven though they be sinners; by the gift of a cow a heap of sin is destroyed." Hearing these words of Indra, the brahmin Suśarman, in order to instruct his own sons, addressed his sons through the celestial path and said: "O sons, if you desire heaven, then by my word the gift of a cow must be made; in the three worlds there is no gift higher than the gift of a cow." Having said this, he departed. And his sons, hearing the bodiless voice, were astonished, and all gave cows according to rule; thereby they attained the good state.