Skandapurana 1.3.34.2

1.3.34.2

1 maṅgalācaraṇama, atha skāndamahāpurāṇopakramaḥ, tatra naimiṣāraṇye śaunakādimaharṣidarśanārthaṃ vyāsaśiṣyasya lomaśasūtamaharṣerāgamanam, śaunakādimaharṣibhirlomaśaṃ prati śrīśivamāhātmyaśravaṇecchayā praśnakaraṇam, atha lomaśamaharṣiṇā purāṇopakramapūrvakaṃ śivaparamamahimopakramavarṇanam, tatrādau-dakṣayajñavidhvaṃsavṛttāntavarṇanam, tatra dakṣeṇa śivaniṃdākaraṇapūrvakaṃ śivāya śivagaṇebhyaśca śāpapradānam, śivaśivakiṃkaraśāpamasahamānena nandinā dakṣādibrāhmaṇebhyaḥ śāpapradānam , atha śaṅkareṇa nandinaḥ sāntvanam, dakṣasya śaṅkaranindanenā'śāntivarṇanam.. 1 .

1. Invocation of auspiciousness; now the commencement of the Skandamahāpurāṇa; therein, the arrival of the great seer Lomasa Sūta, the disciple of Vyāsa, at Naimiṣāraṇya to behold the great seers headed by Śaunaka; the posing of questions by the great seers headed by Śaunaka to Lomaśa out of a desire to hear the glorious Śivamāhātmya; now the description of the commencement of the supreme greatness of Śiva by the great seer Lomaśa following the introduction to the Purāṇa; therein, first, the narration of the destruction of Dakṣa's sacrifice; therein, Dakṣa pronouncing a curse upon Śiva and the attendants of Śiva following his censure of Śiva; Nandin, unable to bear the curse upon Śiva and Śiva's servants, pronouncing a curse upon Dakṣa and the other brahmins; now the pacification of Nandin by Śaṅkara; the description of Dakṣa's unrest caused by his reviling of Śaṅkara. 1.