Skanda Purana 4.101.14

4.101.14

12 nairṛtalokavaṇarnam, vindhyāṭavyāṃ pallīpateḥ piṃgākṣasya viśvanāthapurīṃ pratiṃ yātukāmasya sārthasya prāṇaparirakṣaṇārthaṃ prāṇadānāllokapālatvaprāptiḥ, vāruṇalokavarṇanam, kardamasya prajāpateḥ putrasya śuciṣmato jalakrīḍāyāṃ śiśumāreṇa sarasyāharaṇam, sarasi magnaṃ śrutvā'pi sutaṃ pūjāyāmadhikāsaktasya muneḥ savidhe śivagaṇena saśiśumārasya bālakasyānayanam, śuciṣmato munikumārasya kāśyāṃ śivaliṃgaṃ saṃsthāpya tapaścaraṇam, śivaprasādādvāruṇalokasaṃprāptiśca.. .... 57

12 Description of the world of Nirṛti; Piṅgākṣa, chieftain of an outpost in the Vindhya forest, obtaining the status of a world-guardian through the sacrifice of his life to protect the lives of a caravan wishing to go to the city of Viśvanātha; description of the world of Varuṇa; Śuciṣmat, son of the Prajāpati Kardama, being seized by an alligator in a lake during water-sports; the bringing of the boy along with the alligator to the presence of the sage who, even upon hearing his son was submerged in the lake, remained deeply engaged in worship, by the attendant of Śiva; the sage's son Śuciṣmat installing a śivaliṅga in Kāśī and practicing austerity; and the attainment of the world of Varuṇa through Śiva's grace: 57.