Skandapurana 5.279.23

5.279.23

23 mṛgatīrthavarṇane kasyacidvṛkṣasyacchāyāyāṃ saṃsthitānmṛgāndṛṣṭvā luvdhakānāṃ tatrāgamanam, lubdhakadarśanena bhītānāṃ mṛgānāṃ tataḥ palāyanam, lubdhakānāṃ mṛgānudhāvanam, mṛgānāṃ sarovarapraveśanena sadya eva mānuṣatva prāptiḥ, tatsaraḥprabhāvaṃ mṛgamukhā-cchrutvā lubdhakairapi tasminsarasi snānakaraṇam, tena lubdhakānāmapi saundarya-prāptiḥ, sarveṣāṃ mokṣaprāptivarṇanam, mṛgatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam . 25 1

23. In describing the Mṛgatīrtha, hunters arriving there after seeing deer standing in the shade of a tree; the flight of the deer from there, terrified at the sight of the hunters; the hunters pursuing the deer; the deer immediately attaining human form upon entering a lake; hearing the power of that lake from the mouth of a deer, the hunters also bathing in that lake; thereby the hunters too attaining beauty; description of all of them attaining liberation; description of the māhātmya of the Mṛgatīrtha. 25 1