Skandapurana 7.17.p16

7.17.p16

sanatkumāra uvāca
āmantriteṣu vipreṣu nārāyaṇapadatraye1 .
nandinyatha nivṛtte ca gaṇayūthapayūthape . . 1 . .
bhagavān kratukāmaghnaḥ pūṣṇo dantanipātanaḥ .
mālī maulī balī kālaḥ kāle vacanamavravīt . . 2. .
ambike jagataḥ2 sarve brāhmaṇā brāhmaṇaḥ2 samāḥ .
āmantritā varārohe kuru yatte manogatam . . 3 . .
sa yatrāśokatarukaḥ putrakaste bhaviṣyati .
tatra sajjīkaropyanna4mannadaḥ piṅgalaḥ5 priye . .4..
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28... bhimantrya - ka . 29 damayamamaṃyanaśaucasatvayuktāḥ - ka, damaśama - kha. gha. . 30 mayeti - kha. . 1 trilokapuravāsiṣu - gha . 2... dhyāgatā - gha. . 3 brahmaṇā (?) . 4 karotvannaṃ - ka, karod devi - gha . 2.., tva - ka., piñjalaḥ - ka. .
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Sanatkumāra said: / When the brahmins had been invited throughout the three strides of Nārāyaṇa, and Nandin, the leader of the hosts of attendants, had returned, / the blessed Lord, the destroyer of the sacrifice and of Kāma, the knocker-out of Pūṣan's teeth, wearing a garland, bearing a diadem, mighty, the Embodiment of Time, spoke these words at that time: / 'O Ambikā, all the brahmins of the world are like Brahmā. / They have been invited, O fair-hipped lady; do what you desire in your mind. / Where that small aśoka tree is, which will become your son, / let Piṅgala, the giver of food, prepare the food there, O beloved.'