Skandapurana 7.10.29_72

7.10.29_72

sanatkumāra uvāca
ta evaṃ brahmaṇā proktā labdhayogāḥ18 sureśvarāḥ .
praṇamya sarvabhūtānāṃ sraṣṭāramidamabruvan19 . .8.96.20 . .
hṛtāni no mahāyogasthānāni ditinandanaiḥ .
kva tiṣṭhāma vayaṃ brūhi diśa naḥ sthānamavyayam ..21 ..
brahmovāca
hṛtāni sarvasthānāni yuṣmākaṃ viditañca20 me .
śṛṇudhvaṃ yatra vastavyaṃ21 yuṣmābhiryogamāyayā ..22..
yūyaṃ sarve śarīreṣu22 yogād viśata23 sattamāḥ .
prajānāṃ sarvato devāstato vṛttimavāpsyatha ..23..
teṣā24maśitapītaiśca saṃskāraiśca pṛthagvidhaiḥ .
pṛthivī nāgabaddhāpi25 yuṣmānāpyāyayiṣyati ..24..
sanatkumāra uvāca
ta evamuktā26 devena devāḥ sarve27 savāsavāḥ .
tathā cakruryathovāca brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ ..25..
tevartayanta satataṃ tatrasthāḥ surasattamāḥ .
caturyugamupāsanto28 lokadhāturmate sthitāḥ . .26..
atha yogād hiraṇyākṣaḥ prajāsu samavāsthitān29 .
surānapaśyadyogātmā cukrodha30 ca sa31 tānprati ..27..
yasminyasminnapaśyacca suraṃ sa samavasthitam32 .
avadhīttaṃ tamabhyetya tadā dānavasattamaḥ .. 28..

Sanatkumāra said:
Addressed thus by Brahmā, the lords of the gods, having obtained yoga, / bowed to the creator of all beings and spoke this: / "Our places of great yoga have been seized by the sons of Diti. / Tell us where we are to stay; direct us to an imperishable abode." / Brahmā said:
"All your abodes have been seized, and this is known to me. / Listen to where you must dwell by means of your power of yoga: / enter with yoga into the bodies of all the creatures, / everywhere, O best of gods; from that you will obtain sustenance. / By their food and drink, and by various bodily rites, / the earth, even though held by the Nāga, will nourish you." / Sanatkumāra said:
Addressed in this way by the god, all the gods, along with Indra, / did just as Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, had said. / Staying there, the best of gods maintained themselves continually, / serving through the four ages, abiding by the design of the Creator of the world. / Then, through yoga, Hiraṇyākṣa saw the gods stationed within creatures; / possessed of yoga, he grew furious with them. / Wherever he saw a god abiding, / the best of the Dānavas approached and struck down that very one.