Skandapurana 2.7.19.51.3

2.7.19.51.3

taṃ sthāpayata śīlāḍhyaṃ śauryaudāryaguṇānvitam..
ityuktā vibhunā devāḥ sarve śakrapurogamāḥ..2.7.19.30..
evaṃ vivadire'nyonyamahaṃ bhūyāmahaṃ tviti..
sarve vivadamānāśca sūryaṃ kecitparaṃ viduḥ ..31..
śakraṃ kecitparaṃ kāmaṃ kecittūṣṇīṃ tu tasthire..
te nirṇayamapaśyaṃtaḥ praṣṭuṃ nārāyaṇaṃ yayuḥ ..32..
namaskṛtya punaḥ prāhuḥ sarve prāṃjalayo'marāḥ..
vicāritaṃ mahāviṣṇo sarvairasmābhiraṃjasā..33..
asmāsu devamadhikaṃ naiva vidmaḥ kathaṃcana ..
tvameva nirṇayaṃ brūhi devāḥ saṃśayinaḥ khalu ..34..
iti pṛṣṭo'maraiḥ sarvaiḥ prahasannidamabravīt ..
dehādasmācca vairājādyasminniṣkrāmati hyayam..35..
patiṣyati praviṣṭe tu yasminvai hyutthito bhavet..
sa devo hyadhiko nūnaṃ nāparastu kathaṃcana ..36..
ityuktāste tataḥ sarve tathāstviti vaco'bruvan ..
niścakrāma jayaṃtāhvaḥ pādātpūrvaṃ sureśvaraḥ ..37..
tadā paṃgumamuṃ prāhurna dehaḥ patitastadā ..
śṛṇvanpibanvadañjighranpaśyannāste'calannapi ..38..
paścādguhyādviniṣkrāṃto dakṣonāma prajāpatiḥ ..
tadā ṣaṃḍhamamuṃ prāhurna dehaḥ patitastadā .. 39..
śṛṇvanpibanvadañjighranpaśyannāste calannapi ..
paścāddhastādviniṣkrāṃta indraḥ sarvāmareśvaraḥ .. 2.7.19.40..
hastahīnamamuṃ prāhurna dehaḥ patitastadā ..
śṛṇvanpibanvadañjighranpaśyannāste calannapi ..41..
locanābhyāṃ viniṣkrāṃtaḥ sūryastejasvināṃ varaḥ..
tadā kāṇamamuṃ prāhurna dehaḥ patitastadā ..42..
śṛṇvanpibanvadañjighranpaśyannāste calannapi ..
prāṇātpaścādviniṣkrāṃtau nāsatyau viśvabheṣajau..
ajighrāṇamamuṃ prāhurna dehaḥ patitastadā ..43..

"Install him who is rich in good conduct, endowed with the qualities of valour and generosity."
Having been thus spoken to by the Lord, all the gods, led by Indra,
disputed among one another in this way, saying, "I should be [he]," and "I [should be he]!"
And as they all disputed, some considered the Sun to be supreme;
some considered Indra supreme, others Kāma, while yet others stood silent.
Seeing no resolution, they went to Nārāyaṇa to ask.
Having bowed down, all the immortals said again with folded hands:
"This was deliberated truly by all of us, O Mahāviṣṇu,
[yet] we do not know at all who is the superior god among us.
You alone tell us the decision; for the gods are indeed full of doubt."
Thus questioned by all the immortals, he smiled and said this:
"He upon whose departure from this cosmic body it indeed
falls, and upon whose entrance it surely rises up,
that god is indeed superior; definitely none other at all."
Being thus addressed, all of them then said, "So be it."
First, the ruler of gods named Jayanta departed from the foot.
Then they called this [body] lame, but the body did not fall then:
hearing, drinking, speaking, smelling, seeing, it remained, even without moving.
Afterwards, the lord of creatures named Dakṣa departed from the genitals.
Then they called this [body] a eunuch, but the body did not fall then:
hearing, drinking, speaking, smelling, seeing, it remained, even moving.
Afterwards, Indra, the lord of all immortals, departed from the hands.
They called this [body] handless, but the body did not fall then:
hearing, drinking, speaking, smelling, seeing, it remained, even moving.
From the eyes departed the Sun, the best of the luminous.
Then they called this [body] blind in one eye, but the body did not fall then:
hearing, drinking, speaking, smelling, seeing, it remained, even moving.
Afterwards, from the nose departed the two Nāsatyas, the universal physicians.
They called this [body] devoid of smell, but the body did not fall then: