Skandapurana 1.3.34.18

1.3.34.18

17 surabhyā kāmadhenvā svajihvayā dadhīcyasthnālehanena nirmāṃsakaraṇam ,devaistadasthibhirva- jrādyāyudhanirmāpaṇam, suvarcākhyayā dadhīcipatnyā devānāmaprajastvaśāpapradānam, suvarcayā svaputraṃ pippalādamaśvatthasaṃnidhau saṃsthitaya ājñāpya patyā saha samādhinānugamanama, devāsurasaṃgrāmārambhaḥ, vṛtrāsurasaṃgrāmārambhaḥ vṛtrāsurahananāya bṛhaspatyājñayendreṇa śani- pradoṣavratakaraṇena śivārādhanam, śanipradoṣavratavidhānam, vṛtrāsurasya pūrvajanmani citrarathasya gaṃdharvasya devīśāpenāsuratvaprāptivṛttāntavarṇanama, śanipradoṣavratodyāpanavi- dhānama , śanipradoṣavrataprabhāvenendrasya parākramaprāptyanaṃtaraṃ daityaiḥ saha saṃgrāmakaraṇam, raṇātpalāyitānāṃ daityānāṃ vṛtrāsureṇa yuddhadharmavarṇanam, devadānavānāṃ tumulayuddhavarṇanam, vṛtrakṛtaprahāreṇendrasya mūrchayā patanam, tato labdhasaṃjñasyendrasya brahmājñayā vṛtrahananāya śivārādhanarūpatapaḥkaraṇama, śivoktyā vṛtramajayyaṃ matvā śakreṇa sahasravatsaraparyaṃtaṃ vṛtreṇa saha maitrīṃ kṛtvā vṛtrasamīpe taddhananāya nivāsakaraṇam, vṛtrasya garvaḥ, vajrapāṇinā narmadātaṭa oṃkāreśvarasya pradoṣavratena sampūjanam, vṛtrasya tu pradoṣasamaye śivapūjāṃ vismṛtya nidrākaraṇena tapohānyā niḥśrīkatvaprāptyā manorathabhaṃgaḥ, tato vṛtrendrayuddhe vṛtreṇendragrasanama, brahmaprārthanayā saṃtuṣṭena bhagavatā''kāśavāṇyā brahmāṇaṃ prati pradoṣavrate śakrasya pīṭhikālaṃghanakaraṇadoṣakaraṇāddaityakṛtagrāsarūpāpatprāptikathanam ,tatprasaṃgena traikālikaliṃgapūjāvidhivarṇanam, tataḥ śaṃkarājñayā devairyathāśāstraṃ liṃgapūjākaraṇam, tatprabhāveneṃdrasya vṛtrakukṣiṃ bhittvā bahirnirgamanam, vṛtrāsuraśarīrasya ca patana- varṇanam , gaṃgāyamunayormadhye'ntarvedyāṃ śarīrapatanama, mālave ca śiraḥpatanam, savardevaiḥ ṣaṇmāsaparyataṃ vṛtraśiraḥkṛntanam, indrasya jayaprāptiḥ, tato daityaniveditavṛtravadhavṛttāntena balinā śukrājñayā yajñe kriyamāṇe tasmādrathaprāptiḥ, taṃ rathamāruhya daityasenāsamanvitasya baleḥ suravijayārthaṃ svargalokaṃ prati gamanam, tadāgamanaṃ śrutvā śakrasya lajjā- prāptiḥ. .. 30 1

17. The stripping of flesh from Dadhīci's bones by the celestial cow Surabhi through licking with her tongue; the fashioning of the vajra and other weapons by the gods from his bones; the pronouncing of a curse of childlessness upon the gods by Dadhīci's wife named Suvarcā; her instructing her son Pippalāda as she stood near the sacred fig tree, and then following her husband through yogic absorption; the beginning of the battle between the gods and the asuras; the beginning of the battle with the demon Vṛtra; Indra's worship of Śiva by performing the Śanipradoṣa vow at Bṛhaspati's command to slay the demon Vṛtra; the prescribed rules for the Śanipradoṣa vow; the description of the account of the demon Vṛtra's previous birth as the gandharva Citraratha receiving the state of an asura due to the Goddess's curse; the procedure for the concluding rite of the Śanipradoṣa vow; Indra's battle with the daityas after gaining valor through the power of the Śanipradoṣa vow; the demon Vṛtra's exposition of the duty of warriors to the daityas fleeing from the battlefield; the description of the tumultuous battle between the gods and the dānavas; Indra's falling into a swoon from a blow struck by Vṛtra; then Indra, having regained consciousness, performing austerity consisting of the worship of Śiva to slay Vṛtra according to Brahmā's command; Śakra, knowing Vṛtra to be invincible based on Śiva's words, forming an alliance with Vṛtra for a thousand years and residing near Vṛtra in order to kill him; Vṛtra's pride; the wielder of the thunderbolt's thorough worship of Oṃkāreśvara on the bank of the Narmadā through the Pradoṣa vow; but Vṛtra, having forgotten the worship of Śiva at the time of twilight and falling asleep, suffering loss of his austerity, loss of fortune, and the ruin of his purpose; then, in the battle between Vṛtra and Indra, Vṛtra's swallowing of Indra; the Lord, pleased by Brahmā's prayer, speaking via a voice from the sky to Brahmā to declare that Śakra incurred the misfortune of being swallowed by the daitya due to the flaw of transgressing the pedestal during the Pradoṣa vow; in that context, the description of the procedure for the three-fold daily worship of the liṅga; then, by the command of Śaṃkara, the gods performing the worship of the liṅga in accordance with the scriptures; by its power, Indra piercing Vṛtra's belly and coming out; the description of the falling of the demon Vṛtra's body; the body's falling in the Antarvedi between the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā; the head's falling in Mālava; the cutting of Vṛtra's head by all the gods for six months; Indra's attainment of victory; then Bali, informed of the account of Vṛtra's slaying by the daityas, obtaining a chariot from a sacrifice performed at the command of Śukra; Bali, mounted upon that chariot and accompanied by the army of daityas, setting out toward heaven for the conquest of the gods; Śakra's feeling of shame upon hearing of his arrival. [30] 1.