Skandapurana 4.67.92.11

4.67.92.11

iyaṃ gaṃdharvarājasya vasubhūtestanūdbhavā .. .. 48 ..
kanyā ratnāvalī nāma guṇaratnamahākhaniḥ ..
vayaṃ vayasyā etasyāśchāyevānugatāḥ sadā .. 49 ..
ārabhya bālyamapyeṣā liṃgaṃ ratneśvarābhidham ..
yāṃti pitrāpyanujñātā kāśyāmarcayituṃ sadā .. 4.2.67.150 ..
varopi dattastenāsyai prasannenātha śaṃbhunā ..
hariṣyatīti yaḥ svapne kaumāraṃ te kumārike .. 51 ..
tava nāmasamānākhyaḥ sa te bhartā bhaviṣyati ..
yuvānaṃ svapnabhoktāraṃ prāpyāpyeṣā suduḥkhitā ..52..
punastadvirahotthena vahninātīva tāpitā..
kalākauśalyato'smābhiḥ sopi citre pradarśitaḥ .. 53 ..
yasya na grāma nāmāpi nānvayopyavabudhyate ..
taṃ dṛṣṭvā citralikhitamapyeṣā jīvitā punaḥ .. 54 ..
tato ratneśvaraṃ natvā svagṛhāyotsukābhavat ..
yāṃtīstato'nayā sārdhaṃ prāṃtare gaganā dhvani .. 55..
atarkitā yamaścāsmāndhṛtvā pātālamāviśat ..
anaṃtaraṃ bhavāneva taṃ vetti danujādhamam .. ..56..
aṃga ityeva vṛttāṃto nijo'smābhirudīritaḥ ..
prasādaṃ kuru cāsmākaṃ puraḥ kosi kṛpānidhe ..57..
yadā prabhṛti cāsmābhiḥ sa dṛṣṭo duṣṭadānavaḥ ..
tadāprabhṛti no netre vidyuteva hataprabhe .. 58 ..
kāṃdiśīkā bhayatrātarna vidmaḥ kiṃcideva hi ..
kva vayaṃ kā vayaṃ kastvaṃ kiṃ jātaṃ kiṃ bhaviṣyati .. 59 ..
niśamyeti sa puṇyātmā nāgarājakumārakaḥ ..
āśvāsya tā bhayatrastāḥ provācedaṃ ca puṇyadhīḥ .. 4.2.67.160 ..
mayā saha samāyāta ratneśaṃ darthayāmi vaḥ ..
ityāhūya sa tā ninye krīḍāvāpīṃ sukhodakām ..61..
vitritramaṇisopānāṃ haṃsakokakṛtāravām..
kavīnāṃ vāsitavyājātsvāgataṃ kurvatīmiva ..62..

“This is the daughter of the Gandharva king Vasubhūti, / a maiden named Ratnāvalī, a great mine of jewels of virtues.
We are her companions, always following her like shadows.
Beginning even from childhood, having been permitted by her father, / she always went to worship the liṅga named Ratneśvara in Kāśī.
And a boon was given to her by that pleased Śambhu: / ‘He who will take away your maidenhood in a dream, O girl,
having a name equal to your own name, he shall be your husband.’ / Even after obtaining in a dream the youth who enjoyed her, she became exceedingly sorrowful,
and again she was severely tormented by the fire arisen from separation from him. / Then, by our artistic skill, he too was shown in a painting,
whose village, name, or family was not even known. / Having seen him even drawn in a painting, she revived again.
Then, having bowed to Ratneśvara, she was eager [to return] to her own home. / Going with her along the path in the sky over the wilderness,
an unexpected Yama seized us and entered Pātāla. / What happened after that, you yourself know concerning that lowest of Danu’s sons.
O noble one, thus has our own story been recounted by us. / Grant us your grace: who are you before us, O treasure of compassion?
And from the time that wicked Dānava was seen by us, / from that time our eyes have lost their luster, as if by lightning.
Fleeing in fear, O savior from danger, we truly know nothing at all: / where we are, who we are, who you are, what has happened, and what will be.”
Having heard this, that righteous young prince of snakes, / having comforted those terrified girls, whose mind was virtuous, said this:
“Come with me; I shall show Ratneśa to you.” / Calling them thus, he led them to a pleasure pond with pleasant waters,
with steps of diverse gems, resounding with geese and ruddy sheldrakes, / as if bidding welcome under the guise of the sounds of waterfowl.