Skandapurana 7.18.2_2

7.18.2_2

sanatkumāra uvāca
śṛṇu vyāsa mahābuddhe yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi2 .
kumāreṇa yathā bhinno mainākiḥ3 krauñcaparvataḥ ..3 ..
girirājamathābhyetya meruṃ sarvasurālayam .
apaśyadvāsavaḥ skandaṃ saṃghātaṃ tejasāmiva . .4. .
śarastambavane dṛṣṭvā kumāramanalaprabham4 .
surarājyamadāviṣṭaḥ śakraḥ papraccha ṣaṇmukham . .5..
kastvaṃ divyavapurbāla meruparvatamāśritaḥ .
na māṃ pūjayase dṛṣṭvā devarājamihāgatam . .6. .
tamevaṃ vādinaṃ śakraṃ prāha śūladharātmajaḥ .
brahmādyā māṃ vijānanti siddhā vedavidaśca ye . .7..
tapasā labdharājyena na cirādastameṣyatā5 .
kiṃ tvayā jānatā śakra kāryaṃ kiṃ pūjitena vā . .8 . .
athovāca punaḥ śakrastaṃ deva6manalātmajam7 .
mattaḥ parataro8 nāsti muktvā śarvapitāmahau ..9. .
kathamevamavocastvaṃ9 vibudhādhipamāgatam .
yadi mattastvamātmānaṃ mahāntaṃ manyasenagha . . 8.171.10 ..
mainākatanayo hyeṣa krauñcasiddhaniṣevitaḥ10 .
suvistīrṇo mahāśailo naikanirjharanisravaḥ . . 11 . .
ehyehi11 tvaṃ mayā sārdhaṃ kuru śīghra pradakṣiṇam .
ya enamāvayorekaḥ pūrvameva kramiṣyati . . 12 . .
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1 sarvagirīṇāṃ ca - kha. . 2 pṛṣṭavānasi - ka . 3 mainākaḥ - kha. . 4 kumāraṃ hyanalaprabham - kha. . 5.. to - ka. kha. 6 śakrastadeva - ka. . 7.. manalātmajaḥ - ka. . 8 parataraṃ - kha. . 9 kathaṃ mithya(ā)- mavocastvaṃ - kha. . 10 siddharṣisevitaḥ - kha. . 11 ehyevaṃ - kha .
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Sanatkumāra said: / “Listen, O Vyāsa of great intellect, to what you ask me: / how Mount Krauñca, son of Maināka, was split by Kumāra.
Then Vāsava, having approached Mount Meru, the king of mountains and the abode of all gods, / beheld Skanda as if a mass of fires.
Seeing Kumāra in a grove of reeds, shining like fire, / Śakra, overwhelmed with pride in his sovereignty over the gods, questioned the six-faced one:
‘Who are you, a child of divine form dwelling on Mount Meru, / that seeing me, the king of gods, arrived here, you do not worship me?’
To Śakra speaking thus, the son of the spear-wielder said: / ‘Brahmā and the others know me, as do the Siddhas and those who know the Vedas.
What need is there of knowing me or being worshipped by you, O Śakra, / whose kingdom, gained by austerity, will before long come to an end?’
Then Śakra spoke again to that divine son of Fire: / ‘None is superior to me, except Śarva and the Grandfather.
How can you speak thus to the sovereign of the gods who has arrived? / If you consider yourself greater than me, sinless one—
this is Krauñca, son of Maināka, frequented by Siddhas, / a vast great mountain flowing with many torrents.
Come, come, make a quick pradakṣiṇa [around it] along with me. / Whichever one of us traverses it first—