Skandapurana 1.3.34.23

1.3.34.23

22 brahmādidevānāṃ samudrasya pare pāre yogapoṭhe samādhisthaṃ śaṃkaraṃ pratyāgamanam, brahmādikṛtā mahādevastutiḥ surastutiprasannena śaṃkareṇa pārvatīkariṣyamāṇamadanasañjīvanā- vadhivarṇanam, devānprati kāmatyāgopadeśaḥ, tataḥ śivasya samādhisthito nandikṛta- sarvadevavisarjanam, śivasya. svarūpānandasamādhisthitiḥ, tato girijāprabalatapaḥ prabhāvācchivasya samādheścalanam, girijātapaḥsthānaṃ prati bahurūpeṇa śivasyāgamanam, girijācittaparīkṣārthaṃ baṭurūpiṇā śivanindākaraṇam, tadasahamānayā girajayā sakhī dvārā baṭorvisarjane kṛte śivasyāntardhānapūrvakaṃ svasvarūpeṇa prakaṭanam, śivapārvatīsaṃ- bhāṣaṇam, pārvatyā svodvāhārthaṃ śivaprārthanā, tataḥ pārvatyai varapradānapūrvakaṃ śivasya svalokaṃ prati gamanam, tato himālayena pārvatyāstapaḥsiddhatyanantaraṃ brahmādidevaiḥ saha mahatā samāraṃbheṇa svagṛhaṃ pratyānayanama.. .. ... 47 1

22 Brahmā and the other gods approaching Śaṃkara, who is established in meditation upon a yoga seat on the far shore of the ocean; the praise of Mahādeva by Brahmā and the others; Śaṃkara, pleased by the praise of the gods, describing the time limit for Pārvatī's revival of Madana; his instruction to the gods regarding the renunciation of desire; then, while Śiva is established in meditation, Nandi dismisses all the gods; Śiva's remaining in the meditative state of the bliss of his own essential nature; then, through the power of Girijā's mighty austerity, Śiva's meditation is shaken; Śiva coming in many forms to the place of Girijā's austerity; assuming the form of a celibate student to test Girijā's heart, his reviling of Śiva; Girijā, unable to endure that, having the celibate student dismissed through her friend, whereupon Śiva disappears and reveals his true form; the conversation of Śiva and Pārvatī; Pārvatī's petition to Śiva for her marriage; then Śiva granting a boon to Pārvatī and departing to his own realm; then Himālaya, after the success of Pārvatī's austerity, bringing her back to his house with great festivity along with Brahmā and the other gods... 47