Skandapurana 16.305

Īśvara said: / 'Then one should go, O great goddess, to the [shrine] situated to the east of her, / named Nāradāditya, which destroys old age and poverty,

three hundred bows to the west of Mūlacaṇḍīśa. / Having worshipped the Sun, the stealer of waters, O goddess, / Nārada immediately became one whose body was freed from old age.'

The goddess said: / 'How did Nārada, the foremost sage, come to suffer old age? / How did he worship Sūrya? Tell me this, O Śaṃkara.'

Īśvara said: / 'When Nārada, the foremost sage, reached Dvāravatī, / all the mighty sons of Viṣṇu were seen by him then,

playing with one another within the royal court. / Seeing Nārada approaching, all of them, endowed with humility,

hastily bowed down according to custom, except Sāmba. / Seeing him impolite, Nārada said:

'Because you are intoxicated with physical pride, O Sāmba, son of Hari, / in no long time you shall incur a terrible curse.'

Sāmba said: / 'What need is there of bowing to seers whose minds are conquered? / And from their blessing, loss of austerity arises.

That which is the true nature of sages is not found in you in the least, O Nārada, / son of Brahmā! What more need be said than this?

You have no wife, no sons, no grandsons or great-grandsons, / no house, no doorway, no cows and no calves.

Mind-born son of Brahmā, established in celibacy, / he constantly acts improperly; why is such your nature?

Without battle you have no pleasure, no pleasure without quarrel; / of whatever sort it may be, even verbal dispute is always dear to you.

Ablution, twilight prayer, recitation, oblations, libation to ancestors and gods: / Nārada does one thing, while [other] brahmins do another.

Because, arrogant with youth, you would curse me, / therefore you too, O brahmin seer, shall become afflicted with old age.'

Thus cursed then, O goddess, Nārada, the foremost sage, / in a solitary, pure place devoid of thorns and bones,

sat upon an excellent seat covered with a black antelope skin. / Having installed on the charming bank of the Ṛṣitoyā, the great sage,

a charming image of the Sun that destroys all poverty, / praised Āditya, the dispeller of darkness, with various hymns.

Homage to you whose nature is the Ṛg[veda], to you who dwell in the realm of the Sāman chants, homage! / Homage to you whose body consists of pure knowledge, who have shaken off darkness!

To the one whose form is pure radiance, who is formless, the spotless self, / the highest, the most desirable, the all, the supreme self;

Homage to the embodiment of bliss whose form pervades the entire universe, / who is purified by all causes, the foundation of those of discerning mind!

Homage to the one whose form is everything, whose appearance is unseen radiance! / Homage to you, Bhāskara; likewise homage to the Maker of Day!

Īśvara said: / While he was praising thus, O goddess of gods, before him in his mind / the eternal Eye of the World became manifest. / Extremely pleased, he spoke to Nārada, the best of sages:

Sūrya said: / Choose a boon, O brahmin seer, whatever is in your heart; / pleased as I am, I will grant it to you, even if it is exceedingly difficult to obtain.

Nārada said: / O God, O Maker of Day, if you are pleased, by your grace / may I possess the youth of a boy, though my body is worn with old age.

Whatever man beholds you on a Sunday that is a seventh lunar day, / may he have no fear of disease by your grace, O dispeller of darkness!

Īśvara said: / Saying, “So shall it be,” the sun vanished. / Thus has been recounted to you, O goddess, the entire māhātmya / of the deity Nāradāditya, which destroys all sins.

Thus ends the three hundred and fifth chapter, titled “The Description of the Māhātmya of Nāradāditya,” in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, the first [part] of the seventh [section], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses.