Skandapurana 16.367.p22

16.367.p22

20 daityāvatārāṇāṃ kramakathane hiraṇyakaśipunā śakrādilokāñjetuṃ garte sthitvā tapaḥkara-ṇam, tena trailokyajayitvasaṃpādanam, tato balerjanmādikaṃ kathayitvā baliprabhāva-varṇanam, prahlādajanmavṛttāntavarṇanam, kārtavīryasya janmakarmavarṇanam, viśravasa utpattiḥ, kuberarāvaṇādīnāmutpattikathanam, śrīrāmakṛtarāvaṇanāśakathanam, śiśu-pālajanmakathanam, navapaulastyanāmavarṇanam, pulaharṣermṛgādisaṃtativarṇanam, atrerda-śapatnīnāṃ bhadrāśvasya ghṛtācyaṃtadaśāpsarasāṃ bhadrādīnāṃ bhāskarapatnīnāṃ ca kathanama, prabhākarasya bhadrāpatnyāṃ somarasasamutpādanavarṇanam, tato'triṇā tatsomarasaṃ pītvā tapasi kriyamāṇe tannetrābhyāṃ prāśitasomarasasrāveṇa somamayasomotpattivarṇanam, taṃ somaṃ digbhirgṛhītvā sarvatraśītatvena prakāśakaraṇam , oṣadhīnāmutpattivarṇanam, kulatthaśyāmākādidhānyānāmutpattikathanam, saptaviṃśatinakṣatrāṇāmutpattivarṇanam, candrsya nakṣatrauṣadhyādīnāmādhipatyapradānavṛttāntavarṇanam, candreṇa rājasūyayajña-mārabhya tatrodgātṛtve brahmāṇaṃ sadasyatve viṣṇuṃ sanatkumārādikāṃścānyartvaksthāneṣu saṃsthāpya yajñāraṃbhaṃ kṛtvā tatsamāptau sarvadvijarṣabhāndakṣiṇādinā saṃtoṣitānkṛtvā'- vabhṛthasnānādikaraṇavarṇanam... ... ... 32 1

20. In the narration of the order of the incarnations of the daityas, Hiraṇyakaśipu performing austerity while dwelling in a pit in order to conquer the worlds of Indra and others; the winning by him of the conquest of the three worlds; then, having related the birth and other deeds of Bali, the description of the power of Bali; the description of the story of the birth of Prahlāda; the description of the birth and deeds of Kārtavīrya; the origin of Viśravas; the account of the origin of Kubera, Rāvaṇa, and others; the account of the destruction of Rāvaṇa by Śrī Rāma; the account of the birth of Śiśupāla; the description of the names of the nine Paulastyas; the description of the progeny such as the beasts of the seer Pulaha; the account of the ten wives of Atri, of the ten apsarases ending with Ghṛtācī belonging to Bhadrāśva, and of the wives of the Sun such as Bhadrā; the description of the production of soma juice in the wife Bhadrā by Prabhākara; then, while austerity was being performed by Atri after drinking that soma juice, the description of the origin of the soma-natured Moon from the flow of the soma juice that had been imbibed from his two eyes; the quarters receiving that Soma and making him shine everywhere with coolness; the description of the origin of medicinal herbs; the account of the origin of grains such as kulattha and śyāmāka; the description of the origin of the twenty-seven constellations; the story of granting lordship over constellations, medicinal herbs, and so forth to the Moon; the Moon commencing the Rājasūya sacrifice, and having installed Brahmā as the udgātṛ, Viṣṇu as the sadasya, and Sanatkumāra and others in the offices of the other priests, having begun the sacrifice, and at its completion having gratified all the foremost brahmins with sacrificial fees and the like, the description of his performing the avabhṛtha bath and other rites... 32 1