Skanda Purana 6.1.72.52

6.1.72.52

50 pāpanāśinītīrthavarṇanaprasaṅgenādharmacāriṇo damanasya rājño mṛgayārthamaraṇye gamanam, niśi vaṭavṛkṣe ghoṭakaṃ baddhvā tatraiva rājño nidrākaraṇam, tato rājamastake sarpapata- . nam, sarpadaṃśanena pīḍitasyāgre yamadūtānāmāgamanam, tato yamalokagatasya rājño yamayātanāsamaye vāyasabhakṣitasya taccharīramāṃsasya śiprāyāṃ patanam, tena puṇyena damanasya śivaloke gamanam, yamayamadūtasaṃvāde śiprāmāhātmyavarṇanam-... 52 1

50. In the context of describing the Pāpanāśinī sacred ford: King Damana, who acted unrighteously, goes to the forest for hunting; tying his horse to a banyan tree at night, the king falls asleep right there; then a snake falls onto the king's head; the messengers of Yama arrive before him as he suffers from snakebite; then, when the king goes to the world of Yama, at the time of his torment by Yama, flesh from his body eaten by crows falls into the Śiprā; through that merit, Damana goes to the world of Śiva; description of the māhātmya of the Śiprā in the dialogue between Yama and the messengers of Yama. 52.1