Skanda Purana 7.13.3_280

7.13.3_280

24 duṣṭaṃ bhāvaṃ - kha. . 25 gaṇānāṃ jñāpayāmāsa - ka . 26 andhakaḥ - ka. . 27 mudyatograśarāsanaḥ (?) 28 tataśśūlaṃ samudyamya - gha. . 29 devī (?) . 30 dīptārkatejasamam - gha. . 31 samārabdhā (?) 32 evamuktvā - ka kha. . 33 tato nandī tu - gha . 34 tata uvāca - gha. .
720
viśiṣṭeṣṭāstvayā35 sṛṣṭāḥ svayaṃ sṛṣṭau sanātanāḥ36 .
prajābhāvena37 nānātvaṃ yeṣāṃ38 tatvaṃ sudurvacam39 . .43 ..
vṛṣadhvajā vṛṣarathāścandrāvayavabhūṣaṇāḥ .
ta ime samanuprāptā rudrā rudra tava priyāḥ . .44. .
koṭīśatasahasrāṇāṃ śatameṣāṃ mahātmanām .
tāvanti ca sahasrāṇi śatāni ca tathā vibho . .45. .

[…]
[Nandin said:]
“The eternal beings, chosen and distinguished, were created by you yourself at creation,
whose manifold nature as subjects is indeed difficult to describe.
Having bull-banners, bull-chariots, and crescent moons as ornaments,
these Rudras, dear to you, O Rudra, have arrived together.
One hundred times a hundred thousand times ten million is the number of these great souls,
and just as many thousands and hundreds, O all-pervading lord.