Skandapurana 2.7.26.7

2.7.26.7

6 vaiśākhamāse jaladānamāhātmyakathanam, tadviṣaye hemāṅgadarājakathāvaiśākhamāse jalādānāttasya tiryagyoniprāptiḥ, maithilarājagṛhe godhikātvaṃ prāptasya tasya śrutadevasakāśānmuktiḥ........ 228 2

6. Declaration of the māhātmya of giving water in the month of Vaiśākha; regarding that, the story of King Hemāṅgada; his falling into an animal birth from not giving water in the month of Vaiśākha; his attaining the form of a monitor lizard in the palace of the king of Mithilā and his release through Śrutadeva... 228 2