Overcome with supreme compassion, the sages gazed upon Maṇikarṇikā in astonishment and addressed her, “O beautiful one, why do you follow this man of such great sin?” To this, Maṇikarṇikā replied with unwavering devotion, “What will I do with beauty, without my own husband? Whether he is ugly or handsome, poor or lord of wealth, he alone is my chosen companion.” The sages, deeply moved, recognized the sincerity in her words and said, “This boy, O best of sages, has come under your protection.” Again, filled with supreme compassion, the sages looked at one another. Together, they revived her husband, restoring him to life. At that very moment, a celestial chariot—just as the sages had desired in their minds—appeared before them. The devoted couple arose and stood humbly before those sages of purified souls. Then, Maṇikarṇikā was addressed by the sages. Pleased by her steadfast fidelity to her husband and especially by her truthfulness, they proclaimed, “Whatever great liṅga is here shall bear your name. This alone is our desire; we have no other purpose.” Thus, the sacred place named Maṇikarṇikā came into being, eternally bearing her name. The Vālakhilyas, renowned for their austerity, are especially established there. When a solar eclipse occurs, rites such as bathing and charitable giving are performed at this holy site. Whoever bathes there, contemplating any desire, attains it. Therefore, one should strive with all effort to bathe at this sacred place. It is here that, in earlier times, austerity was practiced by a lame brāhmaṇa. This brāhmaṇa, named Paṃgu and descended from the lineage of Cyavana, once lived there with his relatives, faithfully engaged in household duties. Eventually, abandoned by his kin, he journeyed to Mount Arbuda. There, he established a liṅga and devoted himself to the worship of Lord Śiva, living on nothing but air. In time, Mahādeva was pleased with the brāhmaṇa’s devotion and appeared before him, saying, “I will grant you anything, even if it is very difficult to obtain.” Paṃgu replied, “Let my lameness depart here by your grace, O Śaṃkara. May your constant presence be here, together with your wife.” Śiva responded, “Through the power of your austerity, O noble one, this sacred place will attain great fame. On the fourteenth day of the bright half of Caitra, my presence will be here as well.” Pulastya continued, “By merely bathing at that tīrtha, the brāhmaṇa obtained a divine form. On that day, O best of kings, one should perform bathing there.” Thus concludes the seventeenth chapter, ‘The Greatness of Paṅgu Tīrtha,’ in the third section, Arbuda Khaṇḍa, of the seventh Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, in the eighty-one-thousand-verse Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. Pulastya then said: “Thereafter, O best of kings, one should proceed to the unsurpassed Yama Tīrtha. Long ago, there was a king named Citrāṅgada, exceedingly greedy. He was extremely cruel and wicked, a tormentor of gods and brāhmaṇas, devoid of truth and purity, and filled with deceit and jealousy. From wandering, he became exhausted, overwhelmed by hunger and thirst. He came upon a reservoir, filled with blooming lotuses and teeming with crocodiles, alligators, and fish.