Skandapurana 1.1.14.4

1.1.14.4

3 athāruṇādrīśvaracaritravarṇanama, tatra bhagavatyā jagadambayā kadācidrahasi śambhoḥ krīḍāvaśena netratrayapidhānama, śaṃkarasya candrasūryāgnirūpeṣu triṣu netreṣu pārvatyā nimiṣārdhamātraṃ pihiteṣu sakalajagato'kāle kṣayaḥ, tadānīmavināśibhistapasā labdhasphūrtibhiḥ siddhaistapobalaprāptajñānacakṣuṣā tatsāṃbaśaṃkaracaritraṃ vijñāya sāṃbasadāśivastutikaraṇama, śrīśaṃkareṇa siddhānāṃ stutimākarṇya nijanimiṣārdhena vatsarakoṭiparimitakālātikramaṇena jagataḥ pralayaṃ dṛṣṭvā pārvatīṃ pratīdaṃ tvayā'yogyaṃ karma kṛtamityukte pārvatyā svakṛtajagatkṣayajanitaduritanivṛttyai prāyaścittapṛcchāyāṃ kṛtāyāṃ bhagavatā lokaśikṣārthaṃ pārvatyai tapaḥkaraṇārthamanujñākaraṇam, tataḥ śrīśaṃkarānujñayā pārvatyāḥ kāṃcīpurīsthakaṃpānadītīrasthitaikāmratale tapaścaryārthamāgamanam.

3. Next, narration of the deeds of the Lord of Aruṇādri; therein, the venerable Mother of the Universe, out of sport, once covers the three eyes of Śambhu in secret; when the three eyes of Śaṃkara, which are in the forms of the moon, the sun, and fire, are covered by Pārvatī for merely half a twinkling of an eye, the untimely destruction of the entire universe; then, the indestructible perfected beings, whose vigor was gained by austerity, perceiving that deed of Śaṃkara accompanied by Ambā with the eye of knowledge attained through the power of austerity, sing praises to Sadāśiva accompanied by Ambā; Śrī Śaṃkara, hearing the praise of the perfected beings and seeing the dissolution of the universe caused by the passing of a period of ten million years during his half a twinkling of an eye, says to Pārvatī: “An improper deed has been committed by you”; upon Pārvatī asking for an expiation to ward off the evil arising from the destruction of the universe caused by herself, the Lord grants permission to Pārvatī to perform austerity for the instruction of the world; then, by the command of Śrī Śaṃkara, Pārvatī’s arrival to perform austerity beneath a mango tree situated on the bank of the Kampā river in the city of Kāñcī.