Skandapurana 7.20.104

7.20.104

narakagatinivārakāṇāṃ śubhakarmaṇāṃ kathanam, sukeśopākhyānopasaṃhāraḥ . kāṣṭhakūṭopākhyānam, bhūmanyunāmno gautamakulotpannasyāputrasya vṛddhabrāhmaṇasya rudrārādhanataḥ, suyaśānāmnyā patnyāṃ kāṣṭhakūṭanāmasutotpattiḥ . kāṣṭha- kūṭasya vipravaṭoḥ pitroranumatyā vidyādhyayanārthaṃ gṛhānnirgatya cyavanasavidhe gamanam . tadantare bhūmanyordiṣṭāntaprāptiḥ, kāṣṭhakūṭe ' dhyayanaṃ samāpya gṛhaṃ pratyāgate bhartṛśokākulāyāstanmāturapi prāṇatyāgaḥ . kāṣṭhakūṭasya rudrārādhanam rudrānugraheṇa kāṣṭhakūṭasya gāṇapatyaprāptiḥ . tatpitrorujjīvanam, teṣāṃ śvetaparvate nivasanam, kāṣṭhakūṭopākhyānaupa- saṃhāraḥ . upamanyusukeśakāṣṭhakūṭādiṣu mahādevasya yosāvanugrahaḥ sa devyāṃ tapasi sthitāyāṃ saṃvṛtta iti kathanam .

Account of auspicious deeds that avert going to hell; conclusion of the episode of Sukeśa. The episode of Kāṣṭhakūṭa: through propitiation of Rudra by an aged childless brahmin named Bhūmanyu, born of the Gautama family, the birth of a son named Kāṣṭhakūṭa to his wife named Suyaśā; departure of the young brahmin boy Kāṣṭhakūṭa from home with his parents' permission to study sacred lore in the presence of Cyavana; meanwhile, the death of Bhūmanyu; when Kāṣṭhakūṭa, having finished his studies, returned home, his mother also, overcome with grief for her husband, gave up her life; Kāṣṭhakūṭa's propitiation of Rudra; Kāṣṭhakūṭa's attainment of the status of a gaṇa-chief by Rudra's grace; the revival of his parents; their dwelling on the white mountain; conclusion of the episode of Kāṣṭhakūṭa. Statement that this grace shown by Mahādeva unto Upamanyu, Sukeśa, Kāṣṭhakūṭa, and others took place while the Goddess was engaged in austerity.