Skanda Purana 7.20.222

7.20.222

ekabhaktopavāsakṛcchracāndrāyaṇādivividhavratavidhivarṇanam . strīṇāṃ bhartranujñayaiva dharmācaraṇādāvadhikāra iti kathanam . pārvatyā devamātṛbhiḥ saha mandare vanadidṛkṣayā bhramaṇam . tatra pārvatyā puṣpitāśokatarupotakadarśanam . bālāśokadarśanājjātasnehāyāḥ pārvatyā hṛdi tasya putratvena grahaṇābhilāṣaḥ, tadantare sagaṇasyāndhakasya pātālāda- bhyetya mandarācale gamanam . tatra tasya pārvatīdarśanānmanaḥkṣobhaḥ, tadvijñāya pārvatyā dūrata eva tatonyatra gamanam . jaganmātuḥ pārvatyā anavamānārthamandhakāya prahlādasyopadeśaḥ, mandare saptarṣīṇāṃ dhātrādibhiḥ samāgamaḥ, teṣāṃ yathā- śrutāmṛtamathanetivṛttakathanam .

Description of the rules for various vows such as eating once a day, fasting, the kṛcchra, and the cāndrāyaṇa penances. The statement that women are entitled to practice dharma and related duties only with their husband's permission. Pārvatī's wandering with the mothers of the gods on Mount Mandara out of a desire to see the forest. There, Pārvatī sees a young sapling of an aśoka tree in bloom. From seeing the tender aśoka tree, affection arises in Pārvatī, and the desire to take it as a son awakens in her heart. Meanwhile, Andhaka, accompanied by his host, emerges from Pātāla and comes to Mount Mandara. There, upon seeing Pārvatī, his mind becomes agitated; perceiving this from afar, Pārvatī departs to another place. Prahlāda's instruction to Andhaka not to insult Pārvatī, the mother of the world. The meeting of the Seven Seers with Dhātṛ and the others on Mandara; their narration of the events of the churning for the nectar of immortality just as they had heard them.