Skandapurana 6.3.238.1_97

6.3.238.1_97

97- vyāsatīrthotpattivarṇanaprasaṅge parāśaramunitapaścaraṇavṛttāntavarṇanam, tapasoṃ'te parāśaramuninā kasyāścidbālāyā dāśakanyāyā darśanam, tāṃ prati ttvaṃ rājakanyāsi' ityuktvā tasyāḥ prāksarvavṛttāntakathanam, tataḥ parāśarasya tayā matsyagaṃdhayā saha saṃgame tatkṣaṇameva parāśaramunivīryaprabhāvādvyāsasyotpattivarṇanam, vyāsena narmadātaṭe tapaścaraṇam, tattapaḥsaṃtuṣṭeneśvareṇa vyāsāya varapradānam, vyāsena narmadāstotrakaraṇaṃ vyāsena narmadātaṭe śivaliṃgasthāpanaṃ ca,. vyāsatīrthe snānadānādiphalamāhātmyavarṇanam. .... .. ...... ... .... 255 1

97. In connection with describing the origin of Vyāsa tīrtha, the account of the sage Parāśara's practice of austerity; at the end of his austerity, the sage Parāśara's sight of a certain young maiden of the fishermen; saying to her, 'You are a king's daughter,' he relates all her past history; then in the union of Parāśara with that Matsyagandhā, immediately, through the potency of the sage Parāśara's semen, the description of the birth of Vyāsa; Vyāsa's practice of austerity on the bank of the Narmadā; Īśvara, pleased by that austerity, grants a boon to Vyāsa; the composition of a hymn of praise to the Narmadā by Vyāsa and the installation of a Śiva liṅga on the bank of the Narmadā by Vyāsa; description of the māhātmya and the fruit of ritual ablution, gifts, and the like at Vyāsa tīrtha. 255 1.