Skandapurana 7.17.27_71

7.17.27_71

tataḥ sāmbamaśokaṃ taṃ saharaṃ saha nandinā .
kusumākṣatasaṃyuktamāśīrbhirabhinandya ca . .1 1 2. .
mahāntaḥ susvanāḥ sarve brahmasūtrajaṭādharāḥ .
praṇamanto virūpākṣaṃ yayurviprā yathāgatam .. 113 . .
surāśca pūjitā dānairvākpradānaiśca śūlinā .
yathāgataṃ121 gatāḥ sarve parivārya śatakratum122 . . 1 14..

Then, having greeted with blessings accompanied by flowers and unbroken grains / him, together with Ambā, free from sorrow, with Hara, and with Nandin, / all the great brahmins, pleasant-voiced, wearing the sacred thread and matted locks, / bowed to Virūpākṣa and departed as they had come. / And the gods, honoured by the Trident-holder with gifts and words of welcome, / departed as they had come, surrounding Indra.