Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.171

c5.171

DAṆḌAKARA. A Śūdra who had saved himself from going to hell by taking the vow called Viṣṇupañcaka. This Śūdra who lived in the tretāyuga had done a good deal of wicked deeds. Finally he accepted the advice of Brāhmaṇas and performed the vow of Viṣṇupañcaka and because of the vow he attained heaven. (Padma Purāṇa, Chapter 23).