Skandapurana 3.1.53.7

3.1.53.7

4 gālavamaharṣitrāsadāyakarākṣasavṛttāntavarṇanam, tatra viśvāvasugandharvasutasya durdamākhya- sya salilāśaye vivastrasya vivastrābhiḥ strībhiḥ saha krīḍayā madāndhatāmavekṣya mādhyā- hnikavidhānārthe salilāśayaṃ pratyāgatena vasiṣṭhamaharṣiṇā śāpapradānam, vasiṣṭhaśā- pāddurdamasya rākṣasatvaprāptiḥ, tadbhāryābhiḥ prārthitena vasiṣṭhena durdamasya śāpāntāva- dhikaraṇam, tato durdamasya sudarśanacakrakṛtaśiraśchedānantaraṃ divyadehaprāptiḥ, durdamena sudarśanacakrastutikaraṇam , darbhaśayanamārabhya devīpattanaparyantaṃ cakratīrtha- syāyāmavistāravattve satyapi madhyemadhye vicchinnatākāraṇakathanānusāreṇa śakrakṛta- parvatapakṣacchedanavṛttāntavarṇanam......... .... 8 2

4. The account of the rākṣasa who caused terror to the great seer Gālava: There, the great seer Vasiṣṭha, who had arrived at the reservoir of water to perform the midday rites, seeing the infatuation through lust of Durdama, the son of the gandharva Viśvāvasu, as he sported in the water without clothes together with naked women, uttered a curse; through Vasiṣṭha's curse Durdama attained the condition of a rākṣasa; Vasiṣṭha, implored by his wives, set a limit to the end of Durdama's curse; then, following the decapitation wrought by the Sudarśanacakra, Durdama attained a divine body; Durdama's praise of the Sudarśanacakra; although Cakratīrtha extends continuously from Darbhaśayana up to Devīpattana, the account of the cutting of the wings of the mountains by Śakra in explanation of why it is broken in between......... 82