Skandapurana 7.18.89_94

7.18.89_94

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sūta uvāca evamukto munīndreṇa brahmaṇastanayovyayaḥ .
ṛṣiḥ paramayogīśaḥ kathayāmāsa tattvataḥ . . 3 . .
prayāte himavacchṛṅgaṃ devadeve sahomayā .
babhāṣe girijā devaṃ praṇamya parameśvaram . .4. .
uñchavṛtterhiraṇyasya2 naimiśāraṇyavāsinaḥ .
śaucena tapasā bhaktyā yuktasya ca śamena hi . .5. .
svayameva prayātāhaṃ dvijaṃ pūjāṃ pratīcchitum .
māhātmyaṃ tasya tad dṛṣṭvā brāhmaṇasya tapasvinaḥ . .6 ..

Sūta said:
Addressed thus by the chief of sages, the imperishable son of Brahmā, / the seer, the supreme lord of yoga, related it in truth: // 3
When the god of gods had gone to the peak of the Himālaya together with Umā, / the mountain-born goddess bowed to the supreme lord and spoke to the god: // 4
"I went in person to accept the worship of the twice-born Hiraṇya, / who dwells in Naimiṣāraṇya, lives by gleaning grains, and is endowed with purity, austerity, devotion, and tranquility. // 5
Having seen that māhātmya of that ascetic brāhmaṇa, // 6