[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 7.16.24\_197 # Skandapurana 7.16.24\_197 Skandapurāṇa 7.16.24\_197 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.16.24\_197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_197) sa pūjāṃ rudrasadṛśīmavāpya tridaśeśvarāt . upāviśadameyātmā śakrābhyāse varāsane46 . . 35 . . tamāsīnamupāsīnaḥ47 śatakraturarindamaḥ . pibannetrasahasreṇa na tṛptiṃ sobhyagacchata48 .. 36 . . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 31 āyāta - ka ga . 32 bhūtaśatāvṛtaḥ - gha . 33 nandinaṃ - gha. . 34 rudrasyaiva - ka kha. ga. . 35 tatastvāṃ - ya. . 36 ṛṣayo - gha . 37 kālyaṃ - ka kha. ga. . 38 kālyaḥ - kha . 39 giripriyaḥ -gha. . 40 sataiścāgnisadṛśairdvijaiḥ - ka . 41... gamat-kha . 42 tadāvāsaṃ - ka. kha. ga . 43 vāsavasyāmarāvatīm - gha. . 44 nandī tvaritaṃ - ka. kha. . 45 devo - kha . 46 śakrodyānavarāsane - gha. . 47 tamupāsta - gha, upasīnaṃ - gha, ta - ka. . 48 yobhyagacchata - ga. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 827 tato vṛtrabalāristaṃ nandinaṃ dinakṛtprabham49 . paryapṛcchata harṣeṇa kiṃ cirādāgato bhavān . . 37. . ityuktaḥ sa tu devena devaḥ svarganivāsinā . mandāravāsitovyagraḥ50 provāca kuliśādharaḥ51 ..38. . aśokatarukaṃ putraṃ giriputrī grahīṣyati52 . tatra tvāṃ sāmaraṃ devo nimantrayati bhūtapaḥ53 .3 9.. > Having received worship resembling that given to Rudra from the lord of the thirty \[gods\], / the one of immeasurable soul sat near Śakra on an excellent seat. / Attending upon him who was seated, the subduer of enemies who performed a hundred sacrifices, / drinking \[him in\] with his thousand eyes, did not reach satiety. / \[…\] / Then the enemy of Vṛtra and Bala, with joy, asked Nandī, who was radiant as the sun: / "Why have you come after so long a time?" / Thus addressed by the god who dwells in heaven, the bearer of the thunderbolt, / he who was scented with mandāra blossoms spoke without hesitation: / "The daughter of the mountain will adopt the little aśoka tree as her son; / the Lord of beings, the god, invites you there along with the immortals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.16.24\_196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_196) - [Next: 7.16.24\_198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_198) - [Up: 7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.16.24_197) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_197) · Pramāṇa