Skandapurana 3.1.53.14

3.1.53.14

11 atha sītāsarastīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam ,tatprasaṃgena puraṃdarabrahmahatyāvimukti vṛttānta varṇanam, tatra sasainyasya kapālābharaṇākhyarākṣasasya śakrādidevaiḥ saha yuddham, tasminyuddhe śakreṇa kapālābharaṇarākṣasavadhakaraṇam , tadvadhajanitayā brahmahatyayā śakrasyopadrava-ṇam , kapālābharaṇākhyarākṣasasyabrāhmaṇatvakāraṇavarṇanaprasaṃgena trivakrarākṣasabhāryāyāḥ suśīlānāmnyāḥ patyājñayā śucināmakabrāhmaṇasakāśātputrotpādanātkapālābharaṇasya brāhmaṇavīryotpannatvavṛttāntaḥ, atha brahmahatyayopadrutasya śakrasya brahmopadeśena dakṣiṇodadhisthagandhamādanaparvatavartisītākuṇḍe snānena yajñaiḥ sadāśivasaṃtoṣaṇena ca brahmahatyāto vimuktivarṇanam , sītāsaromāhātmyapraśaṃsāvarṇanam 22 1

11. Now, the description of the māhātmya of the Sītāsaras sacred ford; in that connection, the account of Puraṃdara's release from the sin of killing a brahmin is described; therein, the battle of the rākṣasa named Kapālābharaṇa with his army against the gods headed by Śakra; in that battle, Śakra slays the rākṣasa Kapālābharaṇa; Śakra is tormented by the sin of killing a brahmin arising from slaying him; in the context of describing the reason for the brahminhood of the rākṣasa named Kapālābharaṇa, the account of Kapālābharaṇa being generated from a brahmin's semen is told, because the wife of the rākṣasa Trivakra, named Suśīlā, by her husband's order, produced a son from a brahmin named Śuci; then Śakra, afflicted by the sin of killing a brahmin, upon the instruction of Brahmā, is freed from the sin of killing a brahmin by bathing in Sītākuṇḍa situated on Mount Gandhamādana on the southern ocean, and by pleasing Sadāśiva with sacrifices; the praise of the māhātmya of Sītāsaras is described. 22 1