Skandapurana 7.17.27_76

7.17.27_76

ityevaṃ jalpamānāste anyonyena130 gaṇottamāḥ131 .
jagmuḥ svabhavanānyeva dīpyamānā yathāgnayaḥ . . 121 . .
devopi nandinā sārdhaṃ sombayā132 cābhirūpayā .
aśokatarukasyādha upaviṣṭombikārcitaḥ133 . . 122 . .
tataḥ praṇamya134 varadaṃ135 somā136 somavibhūṣaṇam .
uvāca vacasāṃ yonirbhūtasaṃghapatiṃ patim . . 123 . .
sunirvṛtāsmi saṃvṛttā tripurāndhakasūdana137 .
yanmayāśokatarukaḥ putraḥ138 prakṛtakaḥ kṛtaḥ . .1 24. .

Talking thus among themselves, the best of the Gaṇas
went to their own abodes, blazing like fires. // 121
The Lord too, along with Nandin and beautiful Ambā,
sat under the Aśoka tree, worshipped by Ambikā. // 122
Then, having bowed to the giver of boons, the moon-adorned lord, Umā,
the source of speech, said to her husband, the master of the host of beings: // 123
“I have become deeply content, O slayer of Tripura and Andhaka,
since I have adopted an Aśoka tree as a son. // 124