Skandapurana 1.2.3

Mārkaṇḍeya said:

O lord, enough of evasiveness, when I am solely devoted to you.

Is there any disciple like me? Your own grace here is the witness.

In the places previously spoken of by you, the fruits are different for each.

Tell me, O all-pervading lord, that place where all fruits are obtained,

by the mere recollection of which there is liberation

for moving and unmoving beings, whether knowing or unknowing; tell [me] that, O teacher!

Look, the lord is not being propitiated by me alone;

indeed, you are surrounded by all the sages for this very purpose:

by Pulaha, Pulastya, Vasiṣṭha, Marīci,

by Agastya, Dadhīca, Nakru, Bhṛgu, Atri,

by Jābāli, Jaimini, Dhaumya, Jamadagni,

by Upayāja, Yāja, Bharata, Arvarīvat,

by Pippalāda, Kaṇṭha, Kumuda, Upamanyu,

by Kumudākṣa, Kutsa, Vatsa, Varatantu,

by Vibhāṇḍaka, Vyāsa, Kaṇva, Ṛṣi Kaṇḍu,

by Māṇḍavya, Mataṅga, Kukṣi, Māṇḍakarṇi,

by Caṇḍakauśika, Śāṇḍilya, Śākaṭāyana, Kauśika,

by Śātātapa, Madhucchandas, Garga, Saubhari, Lomaśa,

by Āpastamba, Pṛthustamba, Bhārgava, Udaṅka, Parvata,

by Bhāradvāja, Dālbhya, Dānta, Śvetaketu,

by Kauṇḍinya and Puṇḍarīka, by Raibhya, Tṛṇabindu,

by Vālmīki, Nārada, Vahni, Dṛḍhamanyu,

by Bodhāyana and Subodha, by Hārīta, Mṛkaṇḍu,

by the intensely fierce Durvāsas, by Jālapāda, Śakti,

by Kāṅkvārya, Nadanta, Devadatta, Nyaṅku,

by Suśruta, and Agniveśya, Gālava, Marutvat,

by Lokākṣi, Viśravas, Saiṃdhava, Sumantu,

by Śiśupāyana, Maudgalya, Pathya, Cyavana, Mātura,

by Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, Ekapād, Krauñca, Dṛḍhagomukha, Devala,

by Aṅgiras, Vāmadeva, Aurva, Patañjali, Kapiñjala,

by Sanatkumāra, Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanātana,

by Hiraṇyanābha, the one called Satya, Vātāśana, Suhotra,

by Maitreya, Puṣpajit, Satyatapas, Śālīṣya, Śaiśira,

by Nidāgha, Utathya, Saṃvarta, Śaulkāyani, Parāśara,

by Vaiśampāyana, Kauśalya, Śāradvata, Kapidhvaja,

by Kuśasvārcika, Kaivalya, Yājñavalkya, Āśvalāyana,

by Kṛṣṇātapa, Uttama, Ānanda, Karuṇa, Āmalakapriya,

by Caraka, Pavitra, Kapila, Kaṇāśin,

and by Nara and Nārāyaṇa, and by other divine great seers,

eager to hear the answer to my question, you are closely watched.

You are the foremost among devotees of Maheśvara, fully versed in all the Āgamas,

and pervading all the worlds; therefore, instruct us!

From your mouth alone, O lord, we have been well taught

previously, O god; what else indeed could be proper?

The divine Āgamas and the Purāṇas, Parameśvara who is to be seen,

or Kātyāyanī, or Skanda, or the Lord, or else yourself [know this].

If we have devotion to you, and if you have compassion for us,

you should grant the favor of disclosing this secret.”

Thus modestly addressed by the son of Mṛkaṇḍu, Nandikeśa, with a smiling face,

spoke to him who possessed superior devotion to Śiva, and who had attained perfection of the body from Śiva, pleased by his prior devotion.

Thus ends the third chapter, named “Description of the Inquiry regarding the Secret Place Named Aruṇācala,” in the second half of the Aruṇācalamāhātmya, in the first [section, the] Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses.