Skandapurana 2.7.26.22

2.7.26.22

21 vaiśākhamāsamāhātmyaśravaṇena sarpasya muktiḥ, tasyaiva pūrvajanmavṛttāntakathanam, śaṃkhavyādhasaṃvāde vyādhasya janmāntare vālmīkarṣitvaprāptikathanam..... 260 2

21. A serpent's liberation through hearing the māhātmya of the month of Vaiśākha; narration of his previous life; narration of the hunter attaining the status of the seer Vālmīki in another birth, in the dialogue between Śaṅkha and the hunter ... 260 2