Skandapurana 2.4.37.28

2.4.37.28

27 viṣṇudāsākhyadvijena svasya rūkṣānnāpaharaṇakāriṇaṃ caṃḍālaṃ dṛṣṭvā tasmai ghṛtapradānārthaṃ taṃ pratyanudhāvanam, tato mūrchitaṃ patitaṃ caṇḍālamavalokya tena viṣṇudāsena kṛpayā tasya caṇḍālasya satkārakaraṇam, tataścaṇḍālarūpadhāriṇā bhagavatā viṣṇudāsasyānugrahakaraṇam, bhagavatprasādādviṣṇudāsabrāhmaṇaṃ prati svargato vimānāgamanam, tasminnadhiruhya viṣṇudāse gacchati sati colarājenāgnipraveśanam, tato'smai bhagavatā svarūpadarśanam, colabhūpaviṣṇudāsabrāhmaṇayormuktiprāptiśca 177 2

27. The twice-born named Viṣṇudāsa, seeing an outcaste stealing his dry food, running after him to give him clarified butter; then, seeing the outcaste fallen unconscious, Viṣṇudāsa showing hospitality to that outcaste out of compassion; then, the Lord, assuming the form of an outcaste, showing favor to Viṣṇudāsa; by the Lord's grace, the arrival of an aerial chariot from heaven for the brahmin Viṣṇudāsa; as Viṣṇudāsa mounts it and departs, the Cola king entering fire; then, the Lord revealing his true form to him; and both the Cola king and the brahmin Viṣṇudāsa attaining liberation. 177 2