Skandapurana 5.53.76

5.53.76

.. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. ..
rākṣasatvaṃ prapannena tvayā pārthivasattama ..
brāhmaṇā bahavo dhvastāstathā vidhvaṃsitā makhāḥ ..
teṣāṃ tvaṃ pārthivaśreṣṭha saṃspṛṣṭo brahmahatyayā .. 76 ..

Vasiṣṭha said: / "When you fell into the state of a rakshasa, O best of kings, / many brahmins were destroyed by you, and sacrifices were ruined; / by their murder of a brahmin you have been touched, O best of kings."