Skandapurana 7.12.584_403

7.12.584_403

95 śakreṇojjīvita (?) . 96 evetya - ka . 97 ṛṣisattamāḥ - ka. . 98 nau - kha . 99 vimucyate - kha. . 100 vā - ka. . 101 mṛṣṭamaśnātu - ka. kha. . 102 nno prayacchaśva hi - ka. kha. . 103 tamāgamya - ka. kha. . 104 tadā - ka. . 105 ṛṣigaṇānvite - ka. .
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tataste himavacchailaṃ samāgamya mudānvitāḥ .
ayājayayan106 tadā viṣṇumaśvamedhena suvratāḥ .
tasmin yajati deveśastryambakaḥ107 sagaṇeśvaraḥ .
yajñaṃ prati mudā yukta ājagāma vihāyasā .. 1 07..
vyāsa uvāca
aho bata tvayedaṃ me kathitaṃ brahmaṇaḥ suta .
yātudhānyā upākhyānaṃ paraṃ guhyaṃ sudurvidam ..1 08..
idaṃ108 hi guhyaṃ paramaṃ mahārthavat109 sadā yaśasyaṃ paramaṃ ca pāvanam .
tvayā110 mahāyoga yathāvadīritaṃ purāmṛtaṃ pūrṇaśaśiprabhaṃ yathā . . 10 9..
iti skandapurāṇe vāmanatīrthayātrāyāṃ yātudhānyupākhyāne ūnaviṃśottara-śatatamodhyāyaḥ111

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Then, having approached the Himavat mountain, filled with joy,
those of noble vows caused Viṣṇu to perform the horse-sacrifice.
While he was sacrificing, Tryambaka, lord of the gods, along with the lords of his gaṇas,
arrived through the sky toward the sacrifice, filled with delight.
Vyāsa said:
Oh, indeed, this narrative of the female demon has been told to me by you,
O son of Brahmā—a supreme secret, most difficult to know.
For this is a supreme secret, endowed with great meaning, ever conferring renown and supremely purifying,
set forth properly by you, O master of great yoga, like the nectar of old, radiant as the full moon.
Thus ends the one hundred and nineteenth chapter, the narrative of the female demon in the pilgrimage of Vāmana's sacred ford, in the Skandapurāṇa.