Skandapurana 7.13.3_176

7.13.3_176

39 tāṃ varam ka. kha. . 40... kṣayaṃ ka. . 41 tadarthe ka . 42 tripiṣṭapāt ka.
702
svayaṃbhūryadyasau43 brahmā śakro vāpi44 sureśvaraḥ .
viṣṇurvāpyaditeḥ putro nayāmyeva na saṃśayaḥ . .46 . .
adya paśyantu me lokā45 mahadvegaṃ durāsadam .
patantyā bhuvi durdharṣamevaṃ sā saridabravīt . .47. .
sanatkumāra uvāca
tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā sāvalepaṃ46 ca śaṃkaraḥ .
cakāra nigrahītuṃ tāṃ saṃkalpaṃ saritāṃ varām ..48..

[Variant readings: 39 tāṃ varam (ka., kha.); 40 ... kṣayaṃ (ka.); 41 tadarthe (ka.); 42 tripiṣṭapāt (ka.).] / 702 / "Whether it be the self-manifest Brahmā, or Śakra, the lord of the gods, / or Viṣṇu, the son of Aditi, I will surely carry him away, of this there is no doubt. / Today let the worlds behold my immense, irresistible rush / as I plunge down to the earth, invincible!" Thus spoke the river. / Sanatkumāra said: / Hearing her haughty words, Śaṃkara / made up his mind to suppress that foremost of rivers.