Skandapurana 5.279.274

5.279.274

278 dvādaśādityavarṇanaprasaṃgena brahmakṛtayajñaprastāve śakreṇa brahmapatnītvena kartuṃ gopakanyāyā govaktreṇa niṣkāsyānayanam , gāyatrībrahmaṇorvivāhottaraṃ sāvitryā āgamanam, tataḥ pitāmahasyasāvitrīdattaśāpena śunaḥśepaprapautrasya cārāyaṇasya gṛhe yājñavalkyetinā-mnājanmagrahaṇam ,parastrīlampaṭatvarūpadurvyasanārtaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā tasya yājñavalkyasya pitā-mahena cārāyaṇena yājñavalkyasya svāśramānniḥsāraṇam, tataḥ śākalyasya śiṣyatvaṃ prāpya tasya gṛhe nivāsakaraṇam, tataḥ kadācicchiṣyānukrameṇaikadā tasya yājña-valkyasya rājagṛhe śāṃtipūrvakamāśīḥpradānārtha gamane rājñā'pamānakaraṇam , tataḥ paścāttāpavatā rājñā punaraparedyustasya yājñavalkyasyaiva rājamaṃdirepreṣaṇārthaṃ prārthanāyāṃ kṛtāyāṃ rājagṛhe gantuṃ tasya yājñavalkyasya guruṇājñākaraṇam, tāṃ gurvājñāmullaṃghya yājñavalkyasya tasya rājño gṛhe gamananiṣedhanam , tato yājñavalkyena kruddhasya tasya guroratinirbaṃdhāttasmādadhītāṃ vidyāṃ vamanena nirudgīrya gurave tadvidyāyā nivedanam,
tato vidyāprāptyarthaṃ sūryārādhanākaraṇam, tataḥ sūryato vidyāṃ labdhvā sūryaṃ saṃmānya sūryājñāpālanaṃ pratijñāya śākalyagurusamīpegurudakṣiṇāṃ dātuṃ yājñavalkyasyāgamanam, tataḥ sūryaprāptāṃ vidyāṃ gurudakṣiṇātvena śākalyāya kathayitvā saśiṣyeṇa śākalyena samaṃ yājñavalkyasya dvādaśādityasaṃnidhau gamanam, dvādaśādityotpattiratnādityotpa-ttimāhātmyavarṇanapūrvakaṃ yājñavalkyavṛttāntavarṇanam......... 321 1

278. In the context of describing the twelve Ādityas, during the sacrifice performed by Brahmā, Śakra bringing forth a cowherd maiden drawn out through a cow's mouth to act as Brahmā's wife; the arrival of Sāvitrī after the marriage of Gāyatrī and Brahmā; then, due to the curse pronounced by Sāvitrī upon the Grandfather [Brahmā], his taking birth under the name of Yājñavalkya in the house of Cārāyaṇa, the great-grandson of Śunaḥśepa; seeing him afflicted with the wicked vice of lusting after other men's wives, Yājñavalkya's grandfather Cārāyaṇa expelling Yājñavalkya from his hermitage; then, becoming a disciple of Śākalya, his residing in his house; then, when Yājñavalkya once went in his turn among the disciples to the royal palace to pronounce blessings after peaceful rites, his being insulted by the king; then, upon the remorseful king requesting on the next day that Yājñavalkya alone be sent to the royal palace, the guru commanding Yājñavalkya to go to the king's palace; Yājñavalkya disobeying that command of his guru and refusing to go to that king's house; then, under intense insistence from his enraged guru, Yājñavalkya regurgitating by vomiting the lore studied from him and returning that lore to the guru; then worshipping Sūrya to acquire knowledge; then, having obtained knowledge from Sūrya, honouring Sūrya, and promising obedience to Sūrya's command, Yājñavalkya approaching his guru Śākalya to offer the guru's fee; then, having recited to Śākalya the knowledge obtained from Sūrya as the guru's fee, Yājñavalkya going together with Śākalya and his disciples into the presence of the twelve Ādityas; narration of the story of Yājñavalkya accompanied by a description of the origin of the twelve Ādityas and the origin and māhātmya of Ratnāditya... 321 1