Skandapurana 1.3.34.6

1.3.34.6

5 viṣṇoḥ svadhāmagamanānantaraṃ vīrabhadrādigaṇaiḥ sarvadevānvijitya bhṛgvādimaharṣiviḍaṃbanapūrvakaṃ dakṣaśiraśchittvā yajñāgnikuṇḍe homakaraṇam, sarveṣāṃ devarṣipitṛyakṣrarākṣasādònāṃ bhītyā palāyanam, putraśokapīḍitasya brahmaṇaḥ śaṃkaraṃ prasādayituṃ kailāsaṃ prati gamanam , bahmakṛtā śivastutiḥ, stutiprasannena śaṃkareṇa sarvairdevaiḥ saha dakṣayajñamaṇḍapaṃ pratyāgatya dakṣakabandhopari kūrcayuktacchāgapaśuśiraḥsaṃyojanapūrvakaṃ dakṣasya saṃjīvanam, dakṣakṛtā śivastutiḥ, stutiprasannena śivena dakṣayopadeśakaraṇam, śivabrahmādīnāṃ svasvalokagamanama, lomaśena sūtena śivopāsanāśivavratavidhimāhātmyavarṇanam, śivabhaktimāhātmyaprasaṃgena indradyumnasutasya indrasenasyetihāsavarṇanam, tatrā'tipāpiṣṭhasya tasya yamadūtairyamalokaṃ nītasyāpi-'āhara praharasva' ityādiśabdamiṣeṇa pāpakarmasvapi 'hara' nāmoccāraṇaprabhāvādyamena satkārakaraṇama, tataḥ śivadūtai'rvimānamāropya tasya śivalokaṃ prati nayanama, haranāmoccāraṇamahimnendrasenasya caṇḍanāmakagaṇatvaprāptivarṇanama, śivanāma-bhasma-rudrākṣa-tripuṃḍramāhātmyam, śivapūjanamāhātmyam, tatprasaṃgena nandivaiśyakirātayoritihāsavarṇanam, tatra nandivaiśyena ratnairārādhite śive kirātena mukhadhṛtajalagaṇḍūṣasamarpaṇādirūpabhaktikaraṇam, tadbhaktisaṃtuṣṭena śivena kirātasya kirātaprārthanayā naṃdivaiśyasya ca mahākālanāmakaśivadvārapālatvapradānama, śivabhaktimāhātmyam... ... -.. -.. 6 5

5. After Viṣṇu's departure to his own abode, Vīrabhadra and his attendants conquering all the gods, mocking the great seers headed by Bhṛgu, severing Dakṣa's head, and offering it as an oblation into the sacrificial fire pit; all the divine seers, ancestors, yakṣas, rākṣasas, and others fleeing out of fear; Brahmā, afflicted with grief for his son, going to Kailāsa to propitiate Śaṃkara; the praise of Śiva sung by Brahmā; Śaṃkara, pleased by the hymn of praise, returning with all the gods to the pavilion of Dakṣa's sacrifice, restoring Dakṣa to life by joining the bearded head of a sacrificial goat onto Dakṣa's torso; the praise of Śiva sung by Dakṣa; Śiva, pleased by the hymn of praise, giving instruction to Dakṣa; Śiva, Brahmā, and the others returning to their respective worlds; the Sūta Lomaśa describing the greatness of Śiva's worship and the rules for Śiva vows; in the context of the greatness of devotion to Śiva, narration of the history of Indrasena, son of Indradyumna; there, even though that extremely sinful man was taken to the realm of Yama by Yama's messengers, Yama honoring him due to the power of his utterance of the name 'Hara' even amidst sinful acts under the pretext of words such as 'bring' [āhara] and 'strike' [prahara]; then Śiva's messengers placing him on an aerial chariot and conveying him to the world of Śiva; description of Indrasena attaining the status of an attendant named Caṇḍa by the greatness of uttering the name of Hara; the greatness of the name of Śiva, sacred ash, rudrākṣa beads, and the tripuṇḍra mark; the greatness of worshipping Śiva; in that context, narration of the history of the merchant Nandi and the Kirāta; there, while Śiva was worshipped with gems by the merchant Nandi, the Kirāta offering devotion consisting of spitting out mouthfuls of water held in his mouth; Śiva, satisfied with that devotion, granting the status of Śiva's door-keeper named Mahākāla to the Kirāta and, by the Kirāta's request, to the merchant Nandi; the greatness of devotion to Śiva. 5