Skandapurana 3.1.53.13

3.1.53.13

10 atha dakṣiṇodadhisthagandhamādanaparvatamāhātsyavarṇanam, gandhamādanaparvatasthapāpavinā- . śanatīrthamāhātmyam, tatra dṛḍhamatyākhyaśūdravṛttāntavarṇanam, tatprasaṃgena śūdradharma-varṇanam, yāgadīkṣānarhasya dṛḍhamatyākhyaśūdrasya devāyatanādidharmakṛtyakaraṇapūrvakaṃ tapaḥ kartuṃ munivṛttyā sthitasya sumatyākhyavipreṇa vaidikakarmopadeśakaraṇam, tenāyā-jyayājanadoṣeṇa sumatyākhyaviprasya narakādiprāptipūrvakavividhagardabhādiyoniprāpti-rūpadurgativarṇanam, atha katipayajanmānantaratasya brāhmaṇajanmaprāptau brahmarākṣasagraha-gṛhītatayā vaidikakarmaparibhraṣṭatvam , atha tatpitrā taṃ gṛhītvāgastyaṃ prati śaraṇagamanam
tato'gastyopadeśena dakṣiṇodadhitīrasthapāpavināśākhyatīrthe tatpitrā nītasya tasya saṃkalpapūrvakasnānamātreṇa brahmarākṣasagrahamuktiḥ, sakalabhogāvāptipūrvakamokṣāvāptiśca, tadupadiṣṭavaidikakarmācaraṇatatparasya dṛḍhamatyākhyaśūdrasya narakaprāptipūrvakānekatirya-gyonijanmaprāptiḥ, tataḥ krameṇa gṛdhrajanmaprāptau dakṣiṇodadhisthagandhamādanaparvatavarti-pāpavināśanākhyatīrthajalaprāśanātsvargalokāvāptiḥ, pāpavināśanatīrthaprabhāvavarṇanam 20 1

10. Now, the glorification of Mount Gandhamādana situated on the southern ocean; the māhātmya of Pāpavināśanatīrtha situated on Mount Gandhamādana; therein, the account of a śūdra named Dṛḍhamati is related; in that connection, the duties of a śūdra are described; to the śūdra named Dṛḍhamati, who was ineligible for Vedic sacrifice initiation but was performing meritorious acts such as [building] temples and living by the lifestyle of a sage in order to practice austerity, a brahmin named Sumati gives instruction in Vedic rituals; through the sin of performing sacrifices for one unfit to sacrifice, that brahmin named Sumati undergoes downfall, going to hells and obtaining various wombs such as that of an ass; then after some births, when he obtains birth as a brahmin, he falls away from Vedic rites because of being possessed by a brahmarākṣasa; then his father takes him and seeks refuge with Agastya; then, upon Agastya's instruction, he is led by his father to the sacred ford named Pāpavināśana situated on the shore of the southern ocean, and upon merely taking a ritual bath with solemn resolve, he is freed from possession by the brahmarākṣasa, experiences all enjoyments, and attains liberation; and the śūdra named Dṛḍhamati, who was intent on performing the Vedic rites taught to him, goes to hell and takes birth in many animal wombs; then, in due course obtaining birth as a vulture, he attains the heavenly world from drinking the water of the sacred ford named Pāpavināśana situated on Mount Gandhamādana on the southern ocean; the power of Pāpavināśanatīrtha is described. 20 1