Skanda Purana 4.101.30

4.101.30

28 śivādhiṣṭhānagauravataḥ kāśyāṃ gaṃgāsnānānmahāpātakopapātakaśamanavarṇanam, kaliṃgadeśe vāhīkanāmnaḥ kasyacinnāmamātradvijasya vṛṣalīpateraraṇye vyāghreṇa māraṇam, sāsthi tanmāṃsaṃ samādāya gacchato gṛdhrasyānyagṛdhreṇa yuddham, daivatastadasthno gaṃgājalepatanena gaṃgājalasaṃgamānmahāścaryam, nānāvidhapātakakṣālanāya kumbhīpākādinarakeṣu prakṣiptasyāpi tasya vāhīkasya sukhāvāptiṃ vilokya sarveṣāṃ vismayakaraṇam, ante vimānamāruhya vāhīkasya svargalokaprayāṇam, gaṃgāmāhātmyakathanaṃ ca- - - 119 1

28. Description of the pacification of mortal sins and secondary sins through bathing in the Gaṅgā at Kāśī by virtue of Śiva’s presence; a certain nominal brahmin named Vāhīka, the husband of a Śūdra woman, is killed in a forest in Kaliṅga by a tiger; a vulture takes his flesh along with the bone and, while flying, fights with another vulture; by divine destiny the bone falls into the water of the Gaṅgā; the great wonder resulting from contact with the water of the Gaṅgā; astonishment of all upon seeing that this Vāhīka, though cast into hells such as Kumbhīpāka for the purification of various sins, experiences pleasure; at last, mounting a vimāna, Vāhīka departs for the heavenly realm; and exposition of the Gaṅgāmāhātmya. 119 1