Skandapurana 3.3.7.99.7

3.3.7.99.7

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasāgatya harṣakautukavihvalaḥ ..
daivopapannaṃ manvāno gṛhītvā śirasā yayau .. .. 88 ..
sasaṃbhramaṃ samānīya nidhāya kalaśaṃ balāt ..
nidhāya bhavanasyāṃte mātaraṃ samabhāṣata .. 89 ..
mātarmātarimaṃ paśya prasādaṃ girijāpateḥ ..
nidhānaṃ kumbharūpeṇa darśitaṃ karuṇātmanā .. 3.3.7.90 ..
atha sā vismitā sādhvī samāhūya nṛpātmajam ..
svaputraṃ pratinaṃdyāha mānayantī śivārcanam .. .. 91 ..
śṛṇutāṃ me vacaḥ putrau nidhānakalaśīmimām ..
samaṃ vibhajya gṛhṇītaṃ mama śāsanagauravāt .. 92 ..
iti māturvacaḥ śrutvā tutoṣa dvija naṃdanaḥ ..
pratyāha rājaputrastāṃ visrabdhaḥ śaṃkarārcane .. 93 ..
mātastava sutasyaiva sukṛtena samāgatam ..
nāhaṃ grahītumicchāmi vibhaktaṃ dhanasaṃca yam .. 94 ..
ātmanaḥ sukṛtāllabdhaṃ svayameva bhunaktvasau ..
sa eva bhagavānīśaḥ kariṣyati kṛpāṃ mayi .. 95 ..
evamarcayatoḥ śaṃbhuṃ bhūyopi parayā mudā ..
saṃvatsaro vyatīyāya tasminneva gṛhe tayoḥ .. 96 ..
athaikadā rājasūnuḥ saha tena dvijanmanā ..
vasaṃtasamaye prāpte vijahāra vanāṃ tare .. 97 ..
atha dūraṃ gatau kvāpi vane dvijanṛpātmajau ..
gandharvakanyāḥ krīḍaṃtī śataśastāvapaśyatām .. 98 ..
tāḥ sarvāścārusarvāṃgyo viharaṃtyo manoharam ..
dṛṣṭvā dvijātmajo dūrāduvāca nṛpanaṃdanam .. 99 ..

Seeing it, having approached quickly, overcome with joy and curiosity, / thinking it obtained by divine providence, he took it up on his head and went away. / Bringing it with haste and putting down the jar by force, / placing it inside the house, he spoke to his mother: / "Mother! Mother! Look at this favor of the lord of the mountain's daughter! / A treasure has been revealed in the form of a pot by the compassionate one!" / Then the virtuous woman, astonished, called the prince, / and, congratulating her own son while honoring the worship of Śiva, she said: / "Listen to my words, my two sons: divide this treasure jar / equally and take it, out of respect for my command." / Hearing these words of his mother, the brahmin boy was pleased; / the prince, confident in the worship of Śaṃkara, replied to her: / "Mother, it has arrived solely by the merit of your son; / I do not wish to take a divided store of wealth. / Let him enjoy by himself what was obtained from his own merit; / that same divine Lord will show mercy to me." / As they thus worshipped Śambhu once again with supreme delight, / a year passed for them in that very house. / Then one day, when the spring season arrived, the prince, / together with that brahmin, wandered in the midst of a forest. / Then, having gone far away somewhere in the forest, the brahmin boy and the prince / saw hundreds of Gandharva maidens playing. / Seeing all of them, charming in all their limbs and strolling delightfully, / the brahmin's son said to the prince from afar: