Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3648

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4) *Uttaṅka and Dhundhumāra.* See under Dhundhumāra.
5) *Uttaṅka attained salvation.* Uttaṅka was put up at a place called Ujjālaka. When he became old, he went about visiting many temples. During this tour one day Uttaṅka saw a hunter in the forest called Gulika attempting to steal the golden plates on the dome of the Viṣṇu temple in Sauvira. Gulika raised his sword to kill Uttaṅka, when he told the former that he would have to suffer the results of sin during many births if he committed a sin. This admonition of Uttaṅka so touched the heart of the hunter that he fell dead on the spot with a repentant heart. Uttaṅka sprinkled Gaṅgā water on the corpse of the hunter, who attained Vaikuṇṭha (abode of Viṣṇu). On the advice of Viṣṇu, Uttaṅka went to Badari where he did tapas and also attained Vaikuṇṭha. (Nāradīya Purāṇa).