Skandapurana 2.5.18.12

2.5.18.12

11 vīrabāhurājakathāsaṃdarśanapūrvakamekādaśīmāhātmyam, bharadvājena vīrabāhunṛpasyātithyakaraṇam, bharadvājena vīrabāhoḥ prāgjanmavṛttāntakathane prāgjanmani śūdreṇa brāhmaṇasatkārajanyātpuṇyādiha janmani rājyaprāptivṛttāntavarṇanama...... 201 1

11. The māhātmya of the Ekādaśī preceded by illustrating the story of King Vīrabāhu; Bharadvāja offering hospitality to King Vīrabāhu; in Bharadvāja's narration of the account of Vīrabāhu's previous birth, the description of the account of obtaining kingship in this birth from the religious merit born of a Śūdra's hospitality to a brahmin in a previous birth. 201.1