[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) › 7.20.110 # Skandapurana 7.20.110 Skandapurāṇa 7.20.110 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.20.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.110) brahmaṇo'bhyarthanayā pārvatyāstapaso vinivṛttiḥ . brahmaṇā vareṇacchandanam . pārvatyā prathamaṃ vyāghrasya kṛte varayācanam. brahmaṇā vyāghrasya somanandināmanirdeśanapuraḥsaraṃ gaṇatvapradānam . brahmaṇaḥ sakāśe pārvatyāḥ svasya gauravarṇatvāya lokottaramahimaputraprāptaye ca prārthanā . brahmaṇā pārvatyā yathābhilaṣitavarapradānam . > Cessation of Pārvatī's austerity upon Brahmā's supplication; enticement \[of her\] by Brahmā with a boon; Pārvatī's requesting a boon first on behalf of the tiger; Brahmā's conferring the status of a gaṇa \[on the tiger\] while bestowing the name Somanandin; Pārvatī's prayer before Brahmā for obtaining a fair complexion for herself and a son of extraordinary greatness; Brahmā's granting of the desired boon to Pārvatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.20.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.109) - [Next: 7.20.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.111) - [Up: 7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.20.110) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.110) · Pramāṇa