Skandapurana 7.3.91_360

7.3.91_360

krīḍate na hi26 devānāṃ krīḍā bhavati tādṛśī .
yatkila tvaṃ mahādeva gaṇaistai27rvividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ .
ramase tadaniṣṭaṃ hi mama māturvṛṣadhvaja .. 15..

such is not the sport of the gods." / Because you, O Mahādeva, take delight with those various auspicious gaṇas, / that is indeed distasteful to my mother, O Bull-bannered Lord!' (15)