Skandapurana 6.2.74.49

6.2.74.49

prajāstatsukhasaṃvṛddhā jarāmṛ tyuvivarjitāḥ ..
putriṇo dhanadhānyāḍhyāḥ sarvakāmasamanvitāḥ ..22..
yauvanasthāśca nirdvaṃdvāḥ satataṃ dharmasaṃśrayāḥ ..
nāsītpṛthivyāṃ śailastu sthalo vā dvīpa eva ca .. 23 ..
akṛṣṭapacyā pṛthivī svādavadbhiḥ phalairyutā ..
devaloka ivāsīdbhūḥ sarvakāmaguṇojjvalā ..24..
evaṃ vrajati kāle vai rājñi rājyaṃ prakurvati ..
mahāmarṣaparā devā viprakāryārthamudyatāḥ ..25..
prajānāṃ bahuduḥkhāni muhuḥ kurvaṃtyanekaśaḥ ..
athānāvṛṣṭimakarotsudīrghāṃ pākaśāsanaḥ ..26..
tathā saṃhriyamāṇeṣu lokeṣu nṛpasattamaḥ..
megho bhūtvā divaṃ prāpya suvṛṣṭimakaronnṛpaḥ ..27..
tenaivāpyāyito lokaḥ sukhī jāto yaśasvini..
tataḥ kāle tu kasmiṃścidvarṣatpākaśāsanaḥ ..
saṃvartto vārido bhūtvā meghānvai vinyapātayat .. 28 ..
tatastu māruto bhūtvā nṛpatistāmadhārayat ..
tatonalaḥ pranaṣṭo'bhūtsarvataḥ pṛthivītalāt .. 29 ..
na yajñā na japo homo na ca paktiravarttata ..
lokaśca vyādhisaṃkṣubdhastadābhūdviṣame sthitaḥ .. 5.2.74.30 ..
tataḥ sa rājā taṃ dṛṣṭvā tvabhavaddhavyavāhanaḥ ..
so'dhārayatprajāḥ sarvā yajñāṃśca tridivaukasaḥ .. 31 ..
etasminnaṃtare devi tvayā sārddhaṃ samāgataḥ ..
darśanārthaṃ svanagarīmahaṃ bhūtagaṇairvṛtaḥ .. 32 ..
tato devagaṇāḥ sarve sakiṃnaramahoragāḥ ..
sayakṣarakṣogandharvāḥ siddhavidyādharoragāḥ .. 33 ..
bhūtāḥ pretāḥ piśācāśca ye cānye gaganecarāḥ ..
catvāraḥ sāgarāścaiva kṣārakṣīrādisiṃdhavaḥ .. 34 ..
gaṃgā ca yamunā siṃdhuścaṃdrabhāgā sarasvatī ..
carmaṇvatī bhīma rathī puṇyā godāvarī nadī .. 35 ..
vipāśā devikā puṇyā śarayūḥ kauśikī tathā ..
gomatī dhūtapāpā ca bāhudā ca dṛṣadvatī .. 36 ..
pārā veda smṛtiścaiva vetraghnī narmadā śivā ..
tāpī payoṣṇī nirvindhyā sarvāstatra samāgatāḥ .. 37 ..
puṣkaraśca prayāgaśca prabhāso naimiṣastathā ..
pṛthutīrthodakaścaiva tathaivāmarakaṃṭakaḥ . 38 ..
gaṃgādvāraḥ kuśāvartto bilvako nīlaparvataḥ ..
vārāhaparvataścaiva tīrthaṃ kanakhalaṃ tathā .. 39 ..
bhṛgutuṃgaḥ sukukṣaścāpyajagaṃdhaśca pārvati ..
kāliṃjaraḥ sakedāro rudrakoṭirmahālayaḥ .. 5.2.74.40 ..
sthānāni ca samastāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca ..
merurmaheṃdro malayo maṃdaro gaṃdhamādanaḥ .. 41 ..
munayo vālakhilyāśca vedāścatvāra eva ca ..
ete cānye ca bahavaḥ samāyātā mayā saha .. 42 ..
anaṃtaraṃ mayā meruḥ sthalākāraḥ kṛtastataḥ ..
tasminsthale sthito devi upaviṣṭaḥ surairvṛtaḥ ..
niyuktāḥ sāgarāḥ pārśve catvāro lavaṇādayaḥ .. 43 ..
atha vyākulatāṃ prāptaḥ sa ca rājā ripuṃjayaḥ..
svasthalasthaṃ māṃ dṛṣṭvā samāyātastu māṃ prati..44..
tejasā dahyamāno'pi madīyena varānane ..
bhīto'pi toṣayāmāsa ko'si deva namo'stu te .. 45 ..
sthalesminnṛpa rājāhaṃ mayāpyuktaṃ vinodataḥ ..
caturvargaścaturmūrttiścaturddhā saṃsthito nṛpaḥ .. 46 ..
tenāhaṃ sarvato dṛṣṭo vāṅmaye sacarācare ..
anaṃtaraṃ stutastena bhaktyā paramayā priye .. 47 ..
prabhāvamatulaṃ dṛṣṭvā madīyaṃ vyāpakaṃ param ..
bhaktyā paramayā devi sa ca māṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ..
bhūyaḥstuto'pi tenāhaṃ tuṣṭo vai tasya bhūpateḥ ..
tenoktaṃ yadi me deva tuṣṭastvaṃ parameśvara .. 49 ..

The subjects, thriving in that happiness, were free from old age and death, / blessed with sons, rich in wealth and grain, endowed with all desires, / in the prime of youth, free from dualities, and constantly devoted to righteousness. / There was on earth no mountain, dry high ground, or island [left barren]; / the earth brought forth crops without cultivation and was laden with delicious fruits. / The earth became like the realm of the gods, resplendent with the qualities of all desires. / As time passed in this manner, while the king was ruling his realm, / the gods, consumed with great jealousy, strove to hinder his affairs. / They repeatedly inflicted manifold miseries upon the subjects; / then Pākaśāsana caused an exceedingly long drought. / When the worlds were thus being ruined, that best of kings, / having become a cloud, went to the sky and produced abundant rain. / Refreshed by that alone, the people became happy, O illustrious lady! / Then at a certain time, as Pākaśāsana poured down rain, / having become the Samvartaka storm cloud, he cast down torrential rains. / Then, having become the wind, the king held it back. / Then fire vanished everywhere from the face of the earth: / neither sacrifices, nor silent prayers, nor oblations, nor cooking took place, / and the world, afflicted with disease, was thrown into dire distress. / Then that king, seeing this, became the bearer of oblations himself; / he sustained all the subjects and the sacrifices of the heaven-dwellers. / In the meantime, O goddess, I came together with you / to see his city, accompanied by the host of spirits. / Then all the hosts of gods, along with kinnaras and great serpents, / with yakṣas, rākṣasas, and gandharvas, with siddhas, vidyādharas, and serpents, / bhūtas, pretas, piśācas, and whatever others roam the sky; / the four oceans as well, the salt sea, milk ocean, and the rest; / the Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Sindhu, Candrabhāgā, Sarasvatī, / Carmaṇvatī, Bhīmarathī, and the holy Godāvarī river; / Vipāśā, the holy Devikā, Śarayū, and Kauśikī; / Gomatī, Dhūtapāpā, Bāhudā, and Dṛṣadvatī; / Pārā, Veda, Smṛti, Vetraghnī, the auspicious Narmadā, / Tāpī, Payoṣṇī, and Nirvindhyā—all arrived there; / Puṣkara, Prayāga, Prabhāsa, and Naimiṣa; / Pṛthūtaka, and likewise Amarakaṇṭaka; / Gaṅgādvāra, Kuśāvarta, Bilvaka, Nīlaparvata, / Vārāhaparvata, and the tīrtha Kanakhala; / Bhṛgutuṅga, Sukukṣa, and Ajagandha, O Pārvatī; / Kāliñjara with Kedāra, Rudrakoṭi, and Mahālaya; / and all holy sites and shrines; / Meru, Mahendra, Malaya, Mandara, Gandhamādana; / the sages, the Vālakhilyas, and the four Vedas— / these and many others arrived along with me. / Thereupon, Meru was fashioned by me into the form of a plateau. / Situated on that plateau, O goddess, I sat surrounded by the gods; / stationed at my side were the four oceans, beginning with the salt sea. / Then that king Ripuñjaya fell into agitation; / seeing me seated on his plateau, he approached me. / Though scorched by my splendor, O fair-faced lady, / and though frightened, he pleased me [saying]: “Who are you, O god? Homage to you!” / “O king, on this plateau I am king,” I too said playfully. / “The king is the fourfold ends of life, the fourfold form, situated in four ways.” / By him I was perceived everywhere in whatever is endowed with speech, moving and unmoving; / thereafter, he praised me with supreme devotion, O beloved! / Seeing my matchless and supreme all-pervading power, / with supreme devotion, O goddess, he sought refuge with me. / As he praised me repeatedly, I was indeed pleased with that lord of the earth. / By him it was said: “If you are pleased with me, O god, supreme lord: