Skandapurana 16.280

Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the supreme Cyavaneśvara; / the liṅga situated right there destroys all sins. (1)

Where Sukanyā was given to the great seer by Śaryāti; / where [Cyavana] paralyzed the army and then afflicted it with constipation. (2)

O goddess, this region of Śaryāti's sacrifice shines forth / in the midst of Prabhāsa sacred field, directly destroying sins. (3)

There Kauśika directly shared Soma along with the two Aśvins, / and the Bhārgava of great austerity became angry with Mahendra. (4)

Lord Cyavana immobilized that Vāsava, / and he obtained Sukanyā, the king's daughter, as his wife. (5)

The goddess said: / How was the venerable Pākaśāsana immobilized by him? / For what reason did the Bhārgava of great austerity become angry? (6)

And how did he make the two Nāsatyas drinkers of Soma, O lord? / May the Lord explain all of that to me as it occurred. (7)

Īśvara said: / The great seer Bhṛgu had a son named Cyavana by name; / he reached Prabhāsa, and that great sage performed austerity. (8)

Becoming like a pillar, of great splendour, in the posture of a hero, O passionate lady, / he stood for a very long time in one spot, O fair-faced one. (9)

There he became an anthill covered all around with creepers; / after a long time, O goddess, he was overrun by ants. (10)

Covered thus like a lump of clay on all sides, the wise one, / enclosed by the anthill, practiced severe austerity. (11)

Now as this time passed, a king named Śaryāti, / in the course of a pilgrimage to sacred fords, wishing to see glorious Someśa, / came to the great sacred field of Prabhāsa, which destroys sins. (12)

His wives taken in marriage were four thousand [in number]; / but he had only one radiant daughter, Sukanyā by name. (13)

Surrounded by her female companions, adorned with all ornaments, / wandering about, she approached the anthill of the Bhārgava. (14)

And she of beautiful teeth, gazing at delightful / forest trees and gathering [flowers] there, sported surrounded by friends. (15)

Through her beauty, youth, and the intoxication of drinking liquor, / she broke the richly blossomed branches of the forest trees. (16)

The wise Bhārgava saw her, separated from her friends, alone, / dressed in a single garment and adorned, moving like lightning. (17)

Beholding her in the solitary place, he of supreme splendour was delighted; / and the brahmin seer, whose throat was emaciated, was endowed with the power of austerity. (18)

He spoke to that auspicious lady, but she did not hear him; / then Sukanyā, having seen the two eyes of the Bhārgava in the anthill, (19)

out of curiosity, overpowered by the force of deluded thinking, / saying 'What indeed is this?', pierced his two eyes with a thorn. (20)

Pierced by her in both eyes, he became angry, filled with supreme wrath; / then he obstructed the feces and urine of Śaryāti's army. (21)

Then, with feces and urine obstructed, the army was afflicted with constipation; / having observed it reduced to such a condition, the king was deeply distressed. (22)

'Who here today has wronged the great-souled Bhārgava, / who is constant in austerity, aged, and particularly prone to anger? / Whether known or unknown, speak this without delay!' (23)

There all the soldiers said: 'We do not know of any offence; / may your majesty discover it by every means according to your desire.' (24)

Then that protector of the earth questioned his group of friends himself, both gently and sternly; / but they too did not know.

Then, seeing that army distressed with constipation and standing before him, / and also her father sorrowful, Sukanyā said:

"Father, here in an anthill I saw something blazing brightly all around / like a light. Out of ignorance, I pierced it up close."

Hearing this, Śaryāti went quickly to the anthill; / there he saw the descendant of Bhṛgu, aged in austerity and advanced in years.

Then that king, with joined palms, spoke for the sake of his army: / "You ought to forgive what was done out of ignorance by the young girl."

Then the descendant of Bhṛgu, Cyavana, said to the protector of the earth: / "[Your daughter,] endowed with beauty and generosity, [though now] overcome with greed and delusion—

only after accepting that daughter of yours, O king, / will I forgive [you], O protector of the earth. This I say to you in truth."

Īśvara said: / Learning the seer's word, Śaryāti, without hesitating, / gave his daughter to that great-souled Cyavana.

And having accepted that maiden, the blessed one was pleased. / When favor was obtained, the king went to his city together with his army.

Sukanyā too, having gained an unblemished ascetic as her husband, / constantly served him with love, austerity, and observance.

Attentive to the fires and guests, without jealousy, / that fair-faced woman quickly gratified Cyavana.

Thus ends the two hundred and eightieth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Cyavaneśvara', in the first [sub-section], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh [section], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses].