Skandapurana 7.19.43_103

7.19.43_103

sevanādyogasaṃsiddhiṃ mokṣaṃ ca paramaṃ labhet .
ādyaṃ puṇyamumāpate60rdvijavṛṣāḥ stotrānuvādaṃ paraṃ
devyāścāpi mahāprabhāvakathanaṃ sarvāgamairaṃnvitam .
skandasyodbhavavikramai61 - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - pnuyuḥ . .72. .
nāgendrairasurendrayakṣavibudhaiḥ siddhairdvijendrairapi
śambhāvarpitasarvabhāvahṛdayairyaiyairayaṃ62 sevitaḥ63 .
sarve te jvaladarkavahnivapuṣastryakṣāḥ śaśāṅkatviṣaḥ
devāsyānucarā babhurgaṇavarā - - - - - - - ..73 ..

Through veneration, one may obtain the highest attainment of yoga and supreme liberation. / O bulls among brahmins, [hearing] this primordial, holy and supreme hymn of praise to the lord of Umā, / and the narration of the great majesty of the Goddess, combined with all the sacred scriptures, / along with the birth and exploits of Skanda […] / […] they would attain […]. / By whichever lords of serpents, kings of asuras, yakṣas, gods, siddhas, and lords of brahmins / this has been revered, with hearts yielding all existence to Śambhu, / they all, possessing bodies bright as the blazing sun and fire, three-eyed, shining like the moon, / shone as followers of the god and excellent attendants […].