Skandapurana 7.12.584_404

7.12.584_404

vyāsa uvāca
ataḥ paraṃ sa bhagavān yathāgātparameśvaraḥ .
yajñena yajamānaṃ taṃ samīkṣya1 kathayasva naḥ .. 1 ..
sanatkumāra uvāca
sa tu śūladharo devo bhagavān govṛṣadhvajaḥ .
kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāmuvācedaṃ devīṃ himavataḥ sutām ..2. .
devyadya subhage loke kṛṣṇapakṣāṣṭamī2 śubhā .
rajanyāmadya yāsyāva śmaśānānyabhivīkṣitum . .3 ..
devyuvāca
yathā te rocate deva tathā bhavatu lokapa .
taveṣṭaṃ yanmahādeva mamāpi dviguṇaṃ hi tat3 ..4. .

Vyāsa said:
Beyond this, tell us how that blessed supreme lord went
after having seen him who was sacrificing with the sacrifice.
Sanatkumāra said:
That spear-wielding deity, the blessed one whose emblem is a bull,
spoke thus to the goddess, the daughter of Himavat, on the eighth day of the dark fortnight:
'O goddess, O blessed one, today in the world is the auspicious eighth day of the dark fortnight;
tonight we two shall go to observe the cremation grounds.'
Devī said:
'As it pleases you, O god, O protector of the world, let it be so;
whatever is dear to you, O Mahādeva, is twice as dear to me.'