Skandapurana 7.13.3_64

7.13.3_64

asammataḥ sadā loke yena jīryenna70 karhicit .
yogañca paramaṃ prāpya yogānāṃ yatparaṃ71 mahat . .84..
yasmāt72 parataraṃ nāsti ṣaḍaṅgaṃ sarvakāmikam .
yena muktaḥ pated bhūyo na yogī73 maraṇādiṣu ..85..
taṃ yogaṃ samanuprāpya siddho divyena karmaṇā .
na lipyate74 mahāyogī karmabhistu kṛtākṛtaiḥ ..86. .
sanatkumāra uvāca
evaṃ te devadevena samājñaptā divaukasaḥ .
samāpya tadvrataṃ ghoraṃ śaṃkarasya gaṇā babhuḥ . .87..
te gaṇatvamanuprāpya tasya devasya śūlinaḥ .
anvagṛhaṇanta taṃ deśaṃ tapasā bhāvitā bhṛśam . .88 . .
devā ūcuḥ
yasmādiha sucīrṇaṃ naḥ puraścaraṇamantaśaḥ75 .
tasmādidaṃ76 maheśasya guhyamāyatanaṃ smṛtam . .89..

always unregarded in the world, so that one may never decay;
and attaining the supreme yoga, which is the highest among yogas,
than which there is nothing greater, six-limbed, fulfilling all desires,
liberated by which a yogin falls no more into death and the like.
Attaining that yoga, perfected by divine action,
the great yogin is not smeared by deeds done or undone.”
Sanatkumāra said:
Thus commanded by the God of gods, the heaven-dwellers,
having completed that severe observance, became attendants of Śaṃkara.
Attaining the status of attendants of that trident-bearing God,
deeply suffused with austerity, they favored that region.
The gods said:
“Because our preparatory rite was well practiced here to its completion,
therefore this is known as the secret sanctuary of Maheśa.”