Skandapurana 7.17.27_81

7.17.27_81

ehi devi gṛhān yāma saṃpūrṇaste manorathaḥ .
bhūyaḥ sutaṃ154 taṃ drakṣyāmaḥ stabakaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam .. 1 34. .
ityuktā patinā sādhvī harṣapūrṇamukhekṣaṇā .
prāhedaṃ vacanaṃ tatra haritaṃ hariṇekṣaṇā155 . . 13 5. .
hariṇākṣa sthitamiha156 amuṃ157 putra suputrakam .
gopāyasva hare yatnād gajāśvāccāṇḍajāṇḍapāt . .1 3 6. .
yadi vāpi bhavedeṣa stabakaiḥ samalaṃkṛtaḥ .
aśokaputrako mahyaṃ tadā māṃ draṣṭumarhasi .. 1 37. .
iti saṃdiśya haritamudbhrāntahariṇekṣaṇā .
sāpāṅgacakṣurvikṣepaṃ kṛtvomā patinā saha .
viveśa sadanaṃ devī prabhevādityamaṇḍalam . . 1 38. .
iti paśupatinā sahaiva devī sutamupagṛhya taruṃ hyaśokapotam158 .
pramuditagaṇamadhyagā viveśa svabhavanameva tadā prahṛṣṭacittā . . 1 39..

Come, Goddess, let us go home; your desire is fulfilled.
We shall see that son again, adorned with clusters of flowers.” // 134
Addressed thus by her husband, the virtuous lady, her face and eyes filled with joy,
she of fawn-like eyes spoke these words there to Harita: // 135
“O fawn-eyed one, protect with care this little son standing here,
this good son, O Hari, from elephants, horses, and birds! // 136
And when this little Aśoka son
becomes adorned with clusters of flowers, then you must come see me.” // 137
Having thus instructed Harita, she of startled fawn-like eyes,
casting a sidelong glance, entered her abode
with her husband, as radiance enters the solar disc. // 138
Thus, together with the Lord of Beings, having adopted the sapling Aśoka tree as her son,
the Goddess, standing amid the delighted Gaṇas, then entered her own home with a joyful heart. // 139