Skandapurana 3.3.7.99.6

3.3.7.99.6

śivadravyāpaharaṇādanyatsarvaṃ nivārayet .. 73 ..
brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ purāṇeṣu smṛtiṣvapi ..
prāyaścittāni dṛṣṭāni na śivadravyahāriṇām .. 74 ..
bahunātra kimuktena ślokārdhena bravīmyaham ..
brahmahatyāśataṃ vāpi śivapūjā vināśayet .. 75 ..
mayā kathitametatte pradoṣe śivapūjanam ..
rahasyaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāmatra nāstyeva saṃśayaḥ .. 76 ..
etābhyāmapi bālābhyāmevaṃ pūjā vidhīyatām ..
ataḥ saṃvatsarādeva parāṃ siddhimavāpsyatha .. 77 ..
iti śāṃḍilyavacanamākarṇya dvijabhāminī ..
tābhyāṃ tu saha bālābhyāṃ praṇanāma muneḥ padam .. 78 .. ..
.. viprastryuvāca .. ..
ahamadya kṛtārthāsmi tava darśanamātrataḥ ..
etau kumārau bhagavaṃstvāmeva śaraṇaṃ gatau .. 79 ..
eṣa me tanayo brahmañchucivrata itīritaḥ ..
eṣa rājasuto nāmnā dharmaguptaḥ kṛto mayā .. 3.3.7.80 ..
etāvahaṃ ca bhagavanbhavaccaraṇakiṃkarāḥ ..
samuddharāsminpatitānghore dāridryasāgare .. 81 ..
iti prapannāṃ śaraṇaṃ dvijāṃganāmāśvāsya vākyairamṛtopamānaiḥ ..
upādideśātha tayoḥ kumārayormuniḥ śivārādhanamaṃtra vidyām .. 82 ..
athopadiṣṭau muninā kumārau brāhmaṇī ca sā ..
taṃ praṇamya samāmaṃtrya jagmuste śivamaṃdirāt .. 83 ..
tataḥ prabhṛti tau bālau munivaryopadeśataḥ ..
pradoṣe pārvatīśasya pūjāṃ cakraturaṃjasā .. 84 ..
evaṃ pūjayatordevaṃ dvijarājakumārayoḥ ..
sukhenaiva vyatīyāya tayormāsacatuṣṭayam .. 85 ..
kadācidrājaputreṇa vināsau dvijanaṃdanaḥ ..
snātuṃ gato nadītīre cacāra bahulīlayā .. 86 ..
tatra nirjharanirghātanirbhinne vapra kuṭṭime ..
nidhānakalaśaṃ sthūlaṃ prasphuraṃtaṃ dadarśa ha .. 87 ..

One should refrain from everything else rather than steal Śiva's property. / In the Purāṇas and in the Smṛtis, expiations are seen / for sins such as killing a brahmin, but not for those who steal Śiva's property. / What is the use of saying much on this matter? I state it in half a verse: / Worship of Śiva destroys even a hundred killings of a brahmin. / This worship of Śiva at twilight (pradoṣa) has been told to you by me, / the secret for all living beings; there is no doubt about this. / Let worship be performed in this manner even by these two boys; / from this, in just one year, you will attain supreme perfection." / Having heard these words of Śāṇḍilya, the brahmin woman, / together with those two boys, bowed down at the sage's feet. / The brahmin woman said: / "Today I have achieved my life's purpose merely by seeing you. / O venerable one, these two boys have gone to you alone for refuge. / O brahmin, this is my son, called Śucivrata; / this one is a prince, named Dharmagupta by me. / These two and I, O venerable one, are the servants of your feet; / rescue us who have fallen into this dreadful ocean of poverty." / Having thus comforted with words sweet as nectar the brahmin woman who had sought refuge, / the sage then instructed those two boys in the knowledge of the mantra for worshipping Śiva. / Then, instructed by the sage, the two boys and that brahmin woman, / having bowed to him and taken their leave, departed from the temple of Śiva. / From that time onward, those two boys, by the instruction of the excellent sage, / readily performed the worship of Pārvatī's lord at twilight. / As the brahmin boy and the prince were thus worshipping the god, / four months passed for them in utter happiness. / Once, without the prince, that son of the brahmin / went to bathe on the riverbank and wandered about in playful delight. / There, in an embankment wall split open by the torrent of a waterfall, / he saw a large, glittering treasure jar.