Skandapurana 16.367.p26

16.367.p26

24 vaivasvatasya manordaśame tretāyuge rohiṇīnāthena śivamārādhya śaṃkaraṃ pratyakṣīkṛtya stutikaraṇam, tatastuṣṭena śivena liṃgasāṃnidhyaprāpakavarapradānam, śivena candramase someśvaraliṃgaprabhāvakathanam, someśvarapūjanakramavarṇanam, someśvarayātrāphalakatha- nam, candramaso yakṣmato nivṛttivarṇanam, someśvarasya priyāṇāṃ puṣpāṇāṃ kathanam, candrabrahmādīnāṃ viprājñayā svasvasthāneṣu gamanam, duṣṭajanebhyo varapradānakāraṇe śaṃkaraṃ prati pārvatyā pṛṣṭe sati śaṃkareṇa sāttvikarājasatāmasabhaktānāṃ varṇanam, hariharābhedakathanam, bhagavaddhṛtanṛsiṃhādyavatāravarṇanam, sārūpyādimuktivarṇanam, someśvarasaṃtopakopavāsādividhānavarṇanam, somavāravratamāhātmyavarṇane svayaṃprabhā- nagaryā sthiteta suśīlāpatnīsahitena ghananāmakagaṃdharveṇa bahukāle gate gaṃdharvasenā- nāmakakanyāyā utpādanam, gaṃdharvasenāyāḥ pāṇigrāhavidhiṃ vidhātuṃ ghananāmaka-gaṃdharveṇa sevakadvārā varaśodhanakaraṇam, śikhaṃḍigaṇanāyake viyanmārgeṇa gacchati matsadṛśarūpavānnaiva ko'pi ityādi gaṃdharvasenānāmakagaṃdharvakanyāyā vākyaṃ śrutvā śikhaṃḍigaṇena rūpagarvitāṃ gaṃdharvakanyāṃ dṛṣṭvā tasyai kuṣṭhaprāpakaśāpapradānam, gaṃdharvasenayā śikhaṇḍigaṇasya prārthanāṃ kṛtvocchāpagrahaṇam , śikhaṇḍivacanātsa pitṛkāyā gaṃdharvasenāyāḥ kuṣṭhanirasanārthaṃ himālayaparvate gośṛṃgamunerāśrame gamanam , ghananāmakena gaṃdharvoṇa tasmai gośṛṃgamunaye svaduhituḥ sarvavṛttāntakathanam, gośṛṃgeṇa tatsarvaṃ śrutvā kuṣṭhanirasanakārakopāyakathanam, ghananāmakagaṃdharvasya gaṃdharvasenāyāśca gośṛṃgarṣervacanātsomeśvare gamanam, tatra somavāravratādibhiḥ śivārādhanāṃ vidhāya śivaprasādaṃ gṛhītvā gaṃdharvasenāyāḥ kuṣṭhanirasanapūrvakaṃ śivato varaprāptiḥ, śivasya tatraivāntardhānam , ghananāmakagaṃdharvasya gaṃdharvasenāyāśca svagṛhe gamanam, somavāra-vratamāhātmyavarṇanam... .. 40 2

24 In the tenth Tretāyuga of Vaivasvata Manu, the lord of Rohiṇī worships Śiva, brings Śaṃkara visibly before him, and praises him; then Śiva, being pleased, grants the boon securing presence in the liṅga; Śiva explains to the moon the power of the Someśvara liṅga; description of the procedure for worshipping Someśvara; declaration of the fruit of the pilgrimage to Someśvara; description of the moon's recovery from consumption; statement of flowers dear to Someśvara; departure of the moon, Brahmā, and others to their respective abodes at the command of the brahmins; when asked by Pārvatī about the reason for granting boons to wicked persons, Śaṃkara describes devotees who are pure, passionate, and dark; teaching of the non-difference between Hari and Hara; description of the descents such as the Man-Lion assumed by the Blessed One; description of liberations such as having the same form; description of regulations for fasting and the like that please Someśvara; in the praise of the majesty of the Monday observance, after much time had passed, the gandharva named Ghana, accompanied by his wife Suśīlā, living in the city of Svayaṃprabhā, begets a daughter named Gandharvasenā; the gandharva named Ghana seeks a groom through servants to perform the wedding ceremony for Gandharvasenā; while the gaṇa leader Śikhaṇḍin was travelling along the path of the sky, he hears the words of the gandharva maiden named Gandharvasenā, 'No one is equal to me in beauty,' and seeing the gandharva maiden proud of her beauty, the gaṇa Śikhaṇḍin curses her with leprosy; Gandharvasenā prays to the gaṇa Śikhaṇḍin and receives the termination of the curse; by Śikhaṇḍin's instruction, Gandharvasenā accompanied by her father goes to the hermitage of the sage Gośṛṅga on the Himālaya mountain to remove the leprosy; the gandharva named Ghana narrates all the circumstances of his daughter to the sage Gośṛṅga; hearing all that, Gośṛṅga describes the means for removing leprosy; the gandharva named Ghana and Gandharvasenā go to Someśvara at the word of the seer Gośṛṅga; having performed the worship of Śiva there by means of the Monday observance and other rites, and received Śiva's grace, Gandharvasenā is cured of leprosy and receives a boon from Śiva; Śiva vanishes right there; the gandharva named Ghana and Gandharvasenā return to their home; description of the majesty of the Monday observance. 40 2