Skandapurana 4.51.4.4

4.51.4.4

labhedabhīpsitāṃ siddhiṃ na kvaciddurgatiṃ labhet .. 43 ..
.. skaṃda uvāca .. ..
ataḥ paraṃ śṛṇu mune keśavādityamuttamam ..
yathā tu keśavaṃ prāpya savitā jñānamāptavān .. 44 ..
vyomni saṃcaramāṇena saptāśvenādikeśavaḥ ..
ekadā darśibhāvena pūjayam̐lliṃgamaiśvaram .. 45 ..
kautukādiva uttīrya hare ravirupāviśat ..
niḥśabdo niścalaḥ svastho mahāścaryasamanvitaḥ .. 46 ..
pratīkṣamāṇovasaraṃ kiṃcitpraṣṭumanā harim ..
hariṃ visarjitārcaṃ ca praṇanāma kṛtāṃjaliḥ .. 47 ..
svāgataṃ te hariḥ prāha bahumānapuraḥsaram ..
svābhyāśaṃ āsayāmāsa bhāsvaṃtaṃ natakaṃdharam.. 48..
athāvasaramālokya lokacakṣuradhokṣajam ..
natvā vijñāpayāmāsa kṛtānujño'surāriṇā .. 49 ..
.. raviruvāca .. ..
aṃtarātmāsi jagatāṃ viśvaṃbhara jagatpate ..
tavāpi pūjyaḥ kopyasti jagatpūjyātra mādhava .. 4.2.51.50 ..
tvattaścāvirbhavedetattvayi sarvaṃ pralīyate ..
tvameva pātā sarvasya jagato jagatāṃnidhe .. 51 ..
ityāścaryaṃ samālokya prāptosmyatra tavāṃtikam ..
kimidaṃ pūjyate nātha bhavatā bhavatāpahṛt .. 52 ..
iti śrutvā hṛṣīkeśaḥ sahasrāṃśorudīritam ..
uccairmāśaṃsa saptāśvaṃ vārayankarasaṃjñayā .. 53 ..
.. śrīviṣṇuruvāca .. ..
devadevo mahādevo nīlakaṃṭha umāpatiḥ ..
eka eva hi pūjyotra sarvakāraṇakāraṇam .. 54 ..
atra trilocanādanyaṃ samarcayatiyolpadhīḥ ..
salocanopi vijñeyo locanābhyāṃ vivarjitaḥ ..55..
eko mṛtyuṃjayaḥ pūjyo janmamṛtyujarāharaḥ ..
mṛtyuṃjayaṃ kilābhyarcya śveto mṛtyuṃjayobhavat .. 56 ..
kālakālaṃ samārādhya bhṛṃgī kālaṃ jigāyavai ..
śailādimapi tatyāja mṛtyurmṛtyuṃjayārcakam ..57..

would obtain the desired perfection and would nowhere suffer misfortune.
Skanda said:
Listen next, O sage, to the supreme Keśavāditya,
and how Savitṛ, having reached Keśava, attained knowledge.
Once, as he traversed the sky, the seven-horsed [Sun] saw
Ādikeśava worshipping the liṅga of Īśvara.
As if out of curiosity, descending from the sky, Ravi approached,
silent, motionless, composed, filled with great astonishment.
Awaiting an opportunity, wishing to ask Hari something,
when Hari had concluded his worship, he bowed with folded hands.
Hari said “Welcome to you” with great respect,
and made the Sun, who had his neck bowed, sit near himself.
Then, perceiving an occasion, the Eye of the World (the Sun),
having bowed to Adhokṣaja and received permission from the enemy of the Asuras, made this petition:
Ravi said:
“You are the inner self of the worlds, O All-Sustainer, Lord of the Universe!
Do you too have someone worthy of worship, O Mādhava, who are worshipped by the universe?
From you this all manifests, and in you everything dissolves;
you alone are the protector of the entire world, O treasure-house of the worlds!
Seeing this wonder, I have come here to your presence.
What is this being worshipped by you, O Lord, you who remove the affliction of worldly existence?”
Having heard this spoken by the thousand-rayed [Sun], Hṛṣīkeśa,
checking the seven-horsed [Sun] with a hand gesture, spoke aloud:
Śrī Viṣṇu said:
“The God of gods, Mahādeva, the blue-throated Lord of Umā,
he alone is indeed to be worshipped here, the cause of all causes.
Here, the fool who worships someone other than the Three-Eyed One
is to be known as truly bereft of eyes, even though he has eyes.
Mṛtyuñjaya alone is to be worshipped, the remover of birth, death, and old age;
indeed, having worshipped Mṛtyuñjaya, Śveta became victorious over death.
Having worshipped the Death of Death, Bhṛṅgin truly conquered death;
Death also abandoned Śailādi, the worshipper of Mṛtyuñjaya.”