Skanda Purana 7.13.3_199

7.13.3_199

kāryārthaṃ prārthyamāno hi sarvo bhavati garvitaḥ .
loke tanurapi svāmin kimuteyaṃ saridvarā . .77. .
saiṣā sarinmahādeva dhāraṇāyepsitā tvayā .
sarvaśreṣṭhena devena garvitā katthate67 tataḥ68 . .78. .
tvayā daivatanāthena dhāriteyaṃ saridvarā .
puṇyā bhavitrī lokesmin sarvakilviṣanāśanī..79. .
yaḥ kaścit pātinīmenāṃ69 saritaṃ devatādhipa .
śakto dhārayituṃ devo na tu śreyo70 bhavettataḥ ..8.127.8 0 . .
tasmāttvaṃ yācito devai rājñā cānena kālahan .
dhārayasva71 nadīmenāṃ72 śivo73 bhūtvā surottama74 ..8 1 . .
sanatkumāra uvāca
evaṃ sa bhagavān devai75stathyaṃ bahvavirodhi ca76 .
uktaḥ sabrahmakairdevaḥ sanārāyaṇalokapaiḥ77 ..8 2..

For when anyone in the world is solicited for the sake of some purpose, / he becomes proud, even if he is insignificant, O Lord; what then of this best of rivers?
This river, O Mahādeva, desired by you to be borne, / proud because you are the supreme god among all, therefore boasts.
When she, the best of rivers, is borne by you, the Lord of gods, / she will become auspicious in this world, destroying all sins.
Any [other] god, O Lord of deities, might be capable / of bearing this falling river, but no higher welfare would come from it.
Therefore you are entreated by the gods and by this king, O slayer of Kāla: / becoming benevolent, O best of gods, bear this river!
Sanatkumāra said:
When the Lord, the God, was thus addressed by the gods along with Brahmā / and Nārāyaṇa, the guardians of the world, with words that were true, abundant, and irreproachable,