Skandapurana 4.34.3.5

4.34.3.5

sāpīṣṭadevatānāmnā tatpaṭīdarśanena ca ..
sudhāsekamiva prāpya mūrchāṃ hitvotthitā drutam .. 4.1.34.60 ..
avagrahaparimlānā varṣāsārairivauṣadhīḥ ..
punarālokayāṃcakre jñānadāṃ jñānavāpikām .. 61 ..
spṛṣṭvā kalāvatī tāṃ tu vāpīṃ citragatāmapi ..
lebhe bhavāṃtarajñānaṃ yathāsītpūrvarjanmani .. 62 ..
punarvicārayāṃcakre vāpī māhātmyamuttamam..
aho citragatāpīyaṃ saṃspṛṣṭā jñānavāpikā .. 63 ..
jñānaṃ me janayāmāsa bhavāṃtara samudbhavam ..
atha tāsāṃ puro hṛṣṭā kathayāmāsa suṃdarī ..64..
nijaṃ prāgbhava vṛttāṃtaṃ jñānavāpīprabhāvajam ..
.. kalāvatyuvāca .. ..
etasmājjanmanaḥ pūrvamahaṃ brāhmaṇakanyakā .. 65 ..
upaviśveśvaraṃ kāśyāṃ jñānavāpyāṃ rame mudā ..
janako me harisvāmī janayitrī priyaṃvadā .. 66 ..
ākhyā mama suśīleti māṃ ca vidyādharo'harat ..
madhyemārgaṃ niśīthetha tadopa malayācalam .. 67 ..
rakṣasā sahato vīro rākṣasaṃ sa jaghānaha ..
rakṣopi muktaṃ śāpāttu divyavapuravāpa ha .. 68 ..
avāpa janmagaṃdharvastvasau malayaketutaḥ ..
karṇāṭanṛpateḥ kanyā babhūvāhaṃ kalāvatī .. 69 ..
iti jñānaṃ mamodbhūtaṃ jñānavāpīkṣaṇātkṣaṇāt ..
iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā sāpi buddhiśarīriṇī .. 4.1.34.70 ..
tāśca tatparicāriṇyaḥ prahṛṣṭāsyāstadā'bhavan ..
procustāṃ praṇipatyātha puṇyaśīlāṃ kalāvatīm .. 71 ..
aho kathaṃ hi sā labhyā yatprabhāvoyamīdṛśaḥ ..
dhigjanma teṣāṃ martye'sminyairnaikṣi jñānavāpikā .. 72 ..
kalāvati namastubhyaṃ kurunopi samīhitam ..
janiṃ saphalayāsmākaṃ naya naḥ prārthya bhūpatim .. 73 ..
ayaṃ ca niyamosmākamadyārabhya kalāvati ..

She too, upon the mention of her favorite deity and the sight of that scroll, / as if receiving a sprinkling of nectar, quickly arose, casting off her faint,
like medicinal herbs withered by drought revived by downpours of rain, / and gazed again upon the Jñānavāpikā, the bestower of knowledge.
Touching that well, even though it was on the painting, Kalāvatī / obtained knowledge of another birth, as it had been in her previous life.
Again she reflected upon the supreme greatness of the well: / 'Ah! Even though situated in a painting, this Jñānavāpikā, being touched,
has produced in me the knowledge arising from another birth!' / Then, delighted, the beautiful lady related before them
her own past-life story, which had arisen from the power of the Jñānavāpī.
Kalāvatī said: / 'Before this birth, I was the daughter of a brahmin.
I used to sport with joy at the Jñānavāpī near Viśveśvara in Kāśī.
My father was Harisvāmin, and my mother Priyaṃvadā;
my name was Suśīlā. A vidyādhara carried me away.
Then, along the path in the middle of the night, near the Malaya mountain, / a hero, struck by a rākṣasa, slew that rākṣasa.
The rākṣasa too, freed from his curse, attained a divine body.
He was born as a gandharva from Malayaketu; / and I became Kalāvatī, the daughter of the Karṇāṭa king.
This knowledge arose in me instantly from the sight of the Jñānavāpī.' / Hearing her words, Buddhiśarīriṇī
and those attendants of hers became joyful of face; / bowing down to the virtuous Kalāvatī, they said:
'Ah! How indeed can that [well] be attained, whose power is such? / Cursed is the birth of those in this mortal world by whom the Jñānavāpikā has not been seen!
O Kalāvatī, homage to you! Fulfill our desire! / Make our birth fruitful! Praying to the king, take us there!
And this is our vow, beginning today, O Kalāvatī: