Skandapurana 4.16.4

4.16.4

.. gaṇāvūcatuḥ ..
śivaśarmanmahābuddhe śukralokoyamadbhutaḥ ..
dānavānāṃ ca daityānāṃ gururatra vasetkaviḥ .. 1 ..
pītvā varṣasahasraṃ vai kaṇadhūmaṃ suduḥsaham ..
yaḥ prāptavānmahāvidyāṃ mṛtyusaṃjīvinīṃ harāt .. 2 ..
imāṃ vidyāṃ na jānāti devācāryoti dupkarām ..
ṛte mṛtyuṃjayātskaṃdātpārvatyā gajavaktrataḥ .. 3 ..
śivaśarmovāca .. ..
kosau śukra iti khyāto yasyāyaṃ loka uttamaḥ ..
kathaṃ tena ca vidyāptā mṛtyusaṃjīvanī harāt .. 4 .

The two gaṇas said: / 'O Śivaśarman of great intellect, this is the marvelous realm of Śukra. / Here dwells Kavi, the guru of the dānavas and daityas, / who, having inhaled the smoke of chaff, exceedingly unbearable, for a thousand years, / obtained from Hara the great vidyā that revives the dead. / Even the preceptor of the gods does not know this exceedingly difficult vidyā, / except for the Conqueror of Death, Skanda, Pārvatī, and the elephant-faced god.' / Śivaśarman said: / 'Who is this one known as Śukra, whose unexcelled realm this is? / And how was the vidyā that revives the dead obtained by him from Hara?