Skanda Purana 16.367.p335

16.367.p335

334 śaṃkarāṅgata utpannena talākhyadaityena devaparājayakaraṇam, tato devairviṣṇum ārādhya svaduḥkhanivedanakaraṇam, tato viṣṇunā samaṃ talasya yuddham, tayoryuddhe pravṛtte śrāṃtasya viṣṇoḥ śramavināśāya hareṇa taptodakuṇḍanirmāṇakaraṇam, tatra taptodakuṇḍe snānakaraṇena śramarahitena viṣṇunā talasya kaṃdhare samākrānte talena hāsyakaraṇam, taddṛṣṭvā viṣṇunā talāya varapradānam, talavacanāttalasvāmītināmnā sthāpanākaraṇam, talasvāmimāhātmyavarṇanam-.. -..... -...... 182 2

334. The defeat of the gods by the daitya named Tala born from Śaṃkara's body; then the gods, having propitiated Viṣṇu, submitting their distress; then Tala's battle with Viṣṇu; as their battle progressed, Hara's creation of the Taptodakuṇḍa to remove the exhaustion of the weary Viṣṇu; when Viṣṇu, freed from fatigue by bathing in that Taptodakuṇḍa, mounted Tala's neck, Tala's laughter; Viṣṇu, seeing that, granting a boon to Tala; installation under the name Talasvāmin at Tala's word; description of the māhātmya of Talasvāmin. ... 182 2