Skandapurana 7.16.24_95

7.16.24_95

ityevaṃ vṛcchatīṃ pṛcchāṃ śikṣāṃ dīkṣāṃ kriyāṃ matim7 .
umāmanupamāṃ deva idaṃ vacanamabravīt . .6. .
sūkṣmārthaṃ eṣa rambhoru yaṃ pṛcchasi varānane .
ahaṃ te taṃ8 pravakṣyāmi śailendratanayevyaye . .7. .
koṣṭhajāttanayādyasmād bhūmijastanayo varaḥ .
śālmalau vaitaraṇyāṃ ca asipatravaneṣu ca . .8..

To Umā, the peerless one, who was thus asking the question,
[embodying] instruction, initiation, action, and intellect, the God spoke these words:
"Subtle is this matter that you ask, O woman with thighs like plantain stems, O fair-faced one;
I shall declare it to you, O imperishable daughter of the king of mountains,
why a son born from the earth is better than a son born from the womb,
in the Śālmali, in the Vaitaraṇī, and in the forests of sword-leaves...