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Skandapurana 7.20.69

Skandapurāṇa 7.20.69

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7.20.69

devadevasya vṛṣavāhatvakathopasaṃhāraḥ . mahādevena kathāntare kṛṣṇetyuktāyāḥ pārvatyā gauravarṇatvaprāptaye putrasaṃjananārthaṃ ca himavacchikhare duścaratapaścaraṇam . pārvatyā alaṃkāratolaṃkāradhārākhyapuṇyasalilasaridutpattiḥ . pārvatyāṃ tapasi sthitāyāṃ tadbhakṣaṇoddeśena tatra samāgatasya śārdūlasya tatpratīkṣayā tasyāmanimeṣadṛṣṭestaddinātprabhṛti tatraiva niścalatayāvasthānam . upamanyūpākhyānam, upamanyoranāyāsopasthitakṣīrānnabhojanaprāptaye rudrārādhanam . yathepsita- varaprāptiḥ, upamanyukṛtā śivastutiḥ .

Conclusion of the story of the God of Gods taking the bull as his mount. The practice of severe tapas on the peak of Himavat by Pārvatī—who had been called ‘black’ by Mahādeva in another episode—in order to attain a fair complexion and to bring about the birth of a son. The emergence of the sacred river named Alaṅkāradhārā from Pārvatī’s ornaments. A tiger that arrived there with the intent to devour Pārvatī while she was engaged in tapas, remaining motionless right there from that day forward, waiting for her with unblinking gaze. The narrative of Upamanyu; Upamanyu’s worship of Rudra to obtain effortless meals of milk-rice. The attainment of the desired boon; the praise of Śiva uttered by Upamanyu.

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