Skandapurana 3.2.10.3.3

3.2.10.3.3

yauvanasthāḥ surūpāśca kanyā gandharvajāḥ śubhāḥ .. 28 ..
rudrasyānucarau rājannaṃdī bhṛṃgī śubhānanau ..
pūrvadṛṣṭāśca tāḥ kanyāḥ kathayāmāsatuḥ śivam.. 29 ..
dṛṣṭāḥ purā mahādeva gandharvanagare vibho ..
viśvāvasugṛhe kanyā asaṃkhyātāḥ sahasraśaḥ .. 3.2.10.30 ..
tā ānīya valādeva gobhujebhyaḥ prayaccha bho ..
evaṃ śrutvā tato devastripuraghnaḥ sadāśivaḥ .. 31 ..
preṣayāmāsa dūtaṃ tu vijayaṃ nāma bhārata ..
sa tatra gatvā yatrāste viśvāvasurariṃdamaḥ .. 32 ..
uvāca vacanaṃ caiva pathyaṃ caiva śiveritam ..
dharmāraṇye mahābhāga kājeśena vinirmitāḥ .. 33 ..
sthāpitā vāḍavāstatra vedavedāṃgapāragāḥ ..
teṣāṃ vai paricaryārthaṃ kāmadhenuśca prārthitā .. 34 ..
tayā kṛtāḥ śubhācārā vaṇijaste tvayonijā ..
ṣaṭtriṃśacca sahasrāṇi kumārāste mahābalāḥ .. 35 ..
śivena preṣito'haṃ vai tvatsamīpamupāgataḥ ..
kanyārthaṃ hi mahābhāga dehidehītyuvāca ha .. 36 ..
.. gandharva uvāca .. ..
devānāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ gandharvāṇāṃ mahāmate ..
parityajya kathaṃ loke mānuṣāṇāṃ dadāmi vai .. 37 ..
śrutvā tu vacanaṃ tasya nivṛtto vijayastadā ..
kathayāmāsa tatsarvaṃ gandharva caritaṃ mahat ..38 ..
.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..
tataḥ kopasamāviṣṭo bhagavām̐llokaśaṃkaraḥ ..
vṛṣabhe ca samārūḍhaḥ śūlahastaḥ sadāśivaḥ .. 39 ..
bhūtapretapiśācādyaiḥ sahasrairāvṛtaḥ prabhuḥ ..
tato devāstathā nāgā bhūtavetālakhecarāḥ .. 3.2.10.40 ..
krodhena mahatāviṣṭāḥ samājagmuḥ sahasraśaḥ ..
hāhākāro mahānāsīttasminsainye visarpati .. 41 ..
prakaṃpitā dharādevī diśāpālā bhayāturāḥ ..

Those auspicious daughters born of the gandharva are youthful and beautiful.
Rudra’s two attendants, Nandin and Bhṛṅgin of auspicious faces, O king,
having seen those maidens previously, reported to Śiva:
"Formerly, O Mahādeva, in the gandharva city, O all-pervading lord,
countless thousands of maidens were seen in the house of Viśvāvasu.
Bring them by force, O lord, and grant them to the cow-born ones!"
Having heard this, the god Sadāśiva, slayer of Tripura,
sent a messenger named Vijaya, O descendant of Bharata.
He went there where Viśvāvasu the subduer of enemies resided,
and spoke words that were wholesome and uttered by Śiva:
"In Dharmāraṇya, O fortunate one, [brahmins] were created by the unborn lord;
brahmins who have mastered the Vedas and their auxiliary branches were settled there.
For their service, Kāmadhenu was requested.
By her, merchants of good conduct, not born from a womb, were produced:
thirty-six thousand youths, possessed of great strength.
Sent by Śiva, I have indeed come into your presence
for the sake of the maidens, O fortunate one! Give them, give them!" he said.
The gandharva said:
"Passing over all the gods and the gandharvas, O noble-minded one,
how shall I give [them] to men in the world?"
Having heard his words, Vijaya then returned,
and reported all that great conduct of the gandharva.
Vyāsa said:
Then, overcome with anger, the blessed one, who brings peace to the world,
Sadāśiva, mounted upon the bull, with a trident in hand,
the lord surrounded by thousands of bhūtas, pretas, piśācas, and others,
and then the gods, as well as nāgas, bhūtas, vetālas, and sky-farers,
overcome with great wrath, arrived by the thousands.
A great tumult arose as that army advanced.
The goddess Earth trembled, and the guardians of the quarters were agitated by fear;