Skandapurana 16.367.p34

16.367.p34

32 devaiḥ sthāpitānāmastrāṇāṃ sāraṃ jalena saha pītvā dadhīceruttarāṃ diśaṃ subhadrākhyayā nijapatnyā saha gamanam, tatastatrāśrame sthitasya dadhīce retasā vyāptaṃ vastraṃ paridhāya ṛtusnātāyāḥ subhadrāyā nadyāṃ gamanam, tatra nadyāṃ snānaṃ kurvatyāḥ subhadrāyā udare retaḥpraveśena garbhadhāraṇam, tato lajjayā'śvatthavṛkṣamūle sthitvā garbhaṃ tyaktvā yena duṣṭena pativratāyā mamodare jñānenājñānena vā garbhādhānaṃ kṛtaṃ sa mariṣyati iti śāpadānam, tatastatrāstragrahaṇaṃ cikīrṣūṇāṃ devānāmāgamanam, dadhīcinā'straprāśanaṃ kṛtamiti jñātvā'sthigrahaṇāya devaiḥ samudyogakaraṇam, vajrādiśastranirmāṇārthaṃ dadhīcinā dehatyāgakaraṇam, tato dadhīcyasthīni gṛhītvendrādibhirdevaiḥ svasvavajradaṇḍapāśādinirmāṇakaraṇam, tato dadhīcimaraṇācchokākulāyāḥ subhadrāyā devaiḥ samādhānakaraṇam, subhadrayā 'dadhīcervīryādayaṃ putra utpannaḥ iti śrutvā''hlādakaraṇam, subhadrayā dadhīceraurdhvadehikādikaraṇam, jarāyujāṇḍajasvedajodbhijjānāmutpattivarṇanam, subhadrayā svaputrasya pippalādeti nāma kṛtvā vedoktasaṃskārakaraṇam, tataḥ pippalādena pitṛhantṝndevānhantuṃ pratijñāṃ kṛtvā himālaye śivārādhanā kartuṃ gamanam , kṛtyāyā nirmāṇārthaṃ pippalādenoruṃ nirmathya bāḍavayuktavaḍavotpādanam, tato vāḍavavaḍavābhyāṃ vaḍavānalanarasyotpatti-varṇanam, devānbhakṣituṃ pippalādavacanādvaḍavānalasya svarge gamanam, tato deva-stutamahāviṣṇukṛtavaḍavānalavañcanavṛttāntavarṇanam ..... 52 1

32 Dadhīci, having swallowed the essence of the weapons left by the gods together with water, went to the northern direction with his wife named Subhadrā; then, while he remained in that hermitage, Subhadrā, having bathed after her period and wearing a garment covered with Dadhīci's semen, went to the river; as Subhadrā bathed in that river, she conceived a child due to the semen entering her belly; then, out of shame, standing at the base of an aśvattha tree, she abandoned the fetus and uttered a curse: “May that wicked one die, by whom, knowingly or unknowingly, this pregnancy was caused in the womb of me, a devoted wife!”; then the arrival of the gods desiring to take back their weapons; learning that the weapons had been consumed by Dadhīci, the gods made efforts to obtain his bones; Dadhīci's relinquishment of his body for the sake of fashioning the vajra and other weapons; then, having taken Dadhīci's bones, the fashioning of their respective vajra, staff, noose, and other weapons by Indra and the other gods; then the comforting of Subhadrā, who was afflicted with grief over Dadhīci's death, by the gods; Subhadrā's delight upon hearing, “This son was born from Dadhīci's semen”; Subhadrā's performance of the funeral rites and other ceremonies for Dadhīci; the description of the origin of the womb-born, egg-born, sweat-born, and plant-born beings; Subhadrā's naming her son Pippalāda and performing the Vedic rites of passage; then, Pippalāda's making a vow to slay the gods who killed his father, and going to the Himālaya to worship Śiva; Pippalāda's churning his thigh to generate a mare with a stallion for the sake of creating a kṛtyā; then the description of the origin of the submarine fire in the form of a man from the stallion and mare; the submarine fire's going to heaven at Pippalāda's command to consume the gods; then the narrative of the deception of the submarine fire performed by Mahāviṣṇu, who was praised by the gods... 52.1