[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 7.17.p25 # Skandapurana 7.17.p25 Skandapurāṇa 7.17.p25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.17.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p25) 832 vareṇa tu mamānena gopate yadi tuṣyasi20 . nityā bhavatu me bhaktistvayi sāmbe maheśvara21 .. 1 6. śiṣṭānāṃ madviśiṣṭānāṃ gaṇānāṃ gaṇapādhipaḥ22 . tvayā kṛto devavara kimatonyat kariṣyasi . . 17. . ityevaṃ nandinaṃ devo bhāṣamāṇaṃ tadā natam23 . prītyāpaśyad24 virūpākṣaḥ śaśāṅkakṛtaśekharaḥ .. 18 .. > 832 / 'If you are pleased with me, O Lord of the earth, grant this boon: let my devotion to you along with Ambā be eternal, O Maheśvara! / You have already made me the sovereign of the hosts, of those distinguished and more distinguished than me, O best of gods! What else can you do beyond this?' / Seeing Nandin thus speaking and bowing down, the three-eyed God, whose crest is the moon, looked upon him with affection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.17.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p24) - [Next: 7.17.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p26) - [Up: 7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.17.p25) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p25) · Pramāṇa