Skandapurana 7.5.p24

7.5.p24

ataḥ paraṃ vaitaraṇīṃ nadīṃ pāpapraṇāśanīm1 .
śṛṇuṣvāvahitaḥ2 putra pāpakarmabhayāvahām3 ..1 . .
nadī vaitaraṇī putra ṭaṅkacchinnataṭā śubhā .
keśāsthirudhirāpūrṇā mahākṣārarasā tathā4 . .2. .

Hereafter, listen attentively, O son, to the river Vaitaraṇī, / which destroys sins and brings terror to those of sinful deeds. (1) / The river Vaitaraṇī, O son, whose banks are cut as if by chisels, [though called] auspicious, / is filled with hair, bones, and blood, and is full of burning alkali. (2)