[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.p4 # Skandapurana 7.17.p4 Skandapurāṇa 7.17.p4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.17.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p4) nimantrayati deveśo yajñakoṭīnimantritaḥ9 . yatibhissaha sarvastvaṃ mandaraṃ citrakandaram . . 8.161.10 . . vraja mānada devānāmevamājñāpayatyajaḥ . ityevaṃ vacasāṃ kartā vacaḥ śrutvā sa nandinaḥ . .1 1 . . japyapriyamuvācedaṃ hṛṣṭarūpaḥ10 pitāmahaḥ . nandīśvara vrajasva tvamavighnena śivena ca . .1 2. . ahamapyāgamiṣyāmi ebhissaha śivāntikam . mokṣyate cāpyaśokosau dakṣaśāpakṛtaṃ tamaḥ .. 13 .. > "The Lord of gods, who is invited by ten million sacrifices, invites you: / 'Go, O giver of honor, with all the ascetics to Mandara of wondrous caves; / so the Unborn One commands the gods.' / Having thus heard the speech of Nandī, that creator of speech, / the Grandfather, who delights in silent prayer, delighted in appearance, said this: / 'O Nandīśvara, go safely and auspiciously. / I too shall come together with these \[sages\] into the presence of Śiva. / And this Aśoka tree will be released from the darkness caused by Dakṣa's curse— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.17.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p3) - [Next: 7.17.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p5) - [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.p4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.17.p4) · Pramāṇa