Skandapurana 7.11.28_212

7.11.28_212

15 saṃtyajya - ka., saṃtyaktvā - kha. . 15 sonyadehaṃ - kha . 17 candrapīṭhe - ka. . 18 kāñcanairmaṇi- bhūṣaṇaiḥ - kha, . 19 varāha - kha . 20 ca nāśo - kha . 21 kṛtosmi - ka. .
581
viṣṇuruvāca
yadi tuṣṭosi no deva yadi deyo varaśca naḥ .
yattat pāpaharaṃ22 divyaṃ vratamādeṣṭumarhasi ..27..
yadāśritya vayaṃ sarve saśakrāssārvakāmikam23 .
yuddhe jeṣyāma daiteyān duḥkhaśokavivarjitāḥ ..28..
devadeva uvāca
hanta vaḥ kathayiṣyāmi guhyametat sanātanam .
vrataṃ pāśupataṃ divyaṃ yena kāmānavāpsyatha . .29..
ityuktvā devadeveśo devānāṃ hitakāmyayā .
yayau divamathāmantrya devīṃ girivarātmajām ..8.110.30 . .
atha himagiritulyacārumūrttiṃ vṛṣabhavaraṃ24 bhagavām̐stadādhirūḍhaḥ25 .
suragaṇasahitaḥ prabhussumeruṃ vratamupadeṣṭumanā jagāma śarvaḥ ..31..
iti skandapurāṇe hiraṇyākṣavadhe varāharūpasaṃhāre devadevasya devalokagamanaṃ nāma daśottaraśatodhyāyaḥ26

[Variant readings: 15. saṃtyajya – ka., saṃtyaktvā – kha. 15. sonyadehaṃ – kha. 17. candrapīṭhe – ka. 18. kāñcanairmaṇibhūṣaṇaiḥ – kha. 19. varāha – kha. 20. ca nāśo – kha. 21. kṛtosmi – ka.] / 581 / Viṣṇu said: / “If you are pleased with us, O God, and if a boon is to be granted to us, / you ought to teach that celestial observance which removes sin, / relying upon which we all, together with Śakra, fulfilling every desire / and freed from grief and sorrow, may conquer the Daityas in battle.” / The God of gods said: / “Ah, I shall tell you this eternal secret, / the celestial Pāśupata observance by which you will attain your desires.” / Having spoken thus, the Lord of the gods of gods, desiring the welfare of the gods, / took leave of the goddess, the daughter of the best of mountains, and went to heaven. / Then the Lord Śarva, mounted upon the excellent bull of beautiful form equal to the snowy mountain, / went together with the host of gods to Sumeru, intending to teach the observance. / Thus ends the one hundred and tenth chapter, entitled ‘The Going of the God of gods to the World of the Gods upon the Slaying of Hiraṇyākṣa and the Withdrawal of the Boar Form,’ in the Skandapurāṇa.