Skandapurana 5.279.52

5.279.52

53 bhūṇagartāmāhātmya varṇane mitrasahasya rājño vasiṣṭhaśāpādrākṣasatvaprāptivṛttāntavarṇanam, rākṣasadharmeṇānuvartamānena tena rājñā viprādīnāmapi hananam, tena nṛpeṇa brahmahatyā-doṣanivṛttaye śāpamuktyuttaraṃ vasiṣṭhājñayā tīrthayātrākaraṇam, bhrūṇagartātīrthasnā-nena brahmahatyādoṣādunmucya pūrvavadrājyakaraṇam, rājyottaramante śivalokegamanaṃ ca, bhrūṇagartāmāhātmyavarṇanam .. .... 62

53 In the description of the māhātmya of Bhrūṇagartā: the account of King Mitrasaha's attaining the state of a rākṣasa through the curse of Vasiṣṭha; that king, behaving according to the nature of a rākṣasa, also killing brahmins and others; for the removal of the sin of killing a brahmin, after release from the curse, that king undertaking a pilgrimage to sacred fords by the command of Vasiṣṭha; being released from the sin of killing a brahmin through ritual ablution at the Bhrūṇagartātīrtha, and ruling his kingdom as before; after his reign, his departure for the world of Śiva in the end; and the description of the māhātmya of Bhrūṇagartā. 62