Skandapurana 7.13.3_166

7.13.3_166

16 salilairyutaḥ - gha. . 17 kruddha - ka. kha . 18. prabhaḥ - ka. kha. . 19 samamehi - ka. . 20 viṣṇustutoṣa vijñāya - gha . 21 parandharmam̐ - kha. . 22 saṃsthitam - ka. . 23 vanaṃ - ka. kha. . 24 tāṃ - ka. . 25 satyavāñchūro - ka. kha. . 26 janmaprabhṛtyaiva - kha. . 27 prabhoḥ - kha. .
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atha kālena mahatā kṛtvā sarvakriyāṃ nṛpaḥ .
tapastatāpa sumahadyenātuṣyajjagatprabhuḥ28 . .26. .
brahmā svayamathābhyetya tamuvāca yatavratam .
brūhi kinte prayacchāni29 varān vṛṇu naradhipa . .27. .
sanatkumāra uvāca
tatassa rājā30 taṃ dṛṣṭvā31 praṇamya hṛṣitānanaḥ .
uvāca dharmasyākṣayyaṃ svarge vāsaṃ tathākṣayam ..28 ..

Then, in the course of time, having performed all duties, the king / performed immense austerity, by which the Lord of the Universe was pleased.
Then Brahmā himself approached and said to him who observed strict vows: / “Speak! What shall I give you? Choose your boons, O lord of men!”
Sanatkumāra said:
Then the king, seeing him, bowed with a joyful face / and spoke of the imperishability of righteousness and an imperishable abode in heaven,