Skandapurana 7.20.71

7.20.71

sukeśopākhyānam,- sukeśasya pathi gacchato vane gartāntarvīraṇastambāśrita lambanānādhomukhasvapūrvajapitrādidarśanam . sukeśasya taduddharaṇopāyajijñāsā . sukeśāya pitṛkṛto'patyotpādanopadeśaḥ, ūrdhvaretasaḥ sataḥ sukeśasyāpatyo- tpādanamantareṇaiva pitṝṇāmuddhārārthaṃ rudrārādhanā, tuṣṭena rudreṇa sukeśapitṝṇāṃ narakāduddharaṇaṃ, tasya gāṇapatya- pradānaṃ ca .

The narrative of Sukeśa: Sukeśa, traveling on a path in the forest, sees his ancestors—his father and others—hanging upside down suspended from a clump of vīraṇa grass inside a pit. Sukeśa’s inquiry into the means of their deliverance. The father’s instruction to Sukeśa to beget offspring; Sukeśa, being of chaste life (ūrdhvaretas), worships Rudra for the deliverance of his ancestors without begetting offspring; the deliverance of Sukeśa’s ancestors from hell by the pleased Rudra, and his bestowal of leadership of the gaṇas upon him.