Skandapurana 7.20.9
Skandapurāṇa 7.20.9
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7.20.9
prajāsṛṣṭyarthaṃ brahmaṇaḥ punastapaścaraṇam . rudrādvaraprāptiḥ, putrakāmanayāgnau havirjuhvato brahmaṇo lalāṭajasvedasaṃsa- rgādagnito nīlalohitarudrasyotpattiḥ, dakṣadharmādīnāmutpattiḥ, krameṇa sakalaprajāsṛṣṭiḥ, kālāntare tasya (brahmaṇaḥ) visarjanam, prayāge yajato marīcyādiṣaṭkulīyānāmṛṣīṇāmāgamaḥ, samāgatānāṃ teṣāṃ sarvajaganniyantṛparamakāraṇa- jijñāsayā praśnaḥ, brahmaṇā rudrasyaiva sarvajaganniyantṛparamakāraṇatvakathanam, taddarśanārthaṃ ca mahāsatrānuṣṭhānopadeśaḥ, brahmaṇā cakrasya virjanam, naimiśotpattiḥ .
Brahmā's practicing of austerity once more for the sake of creating progeny; the obtaining of a boon from Rudra; the birth of the dark-red (Nīlalohita) Rudra from the fire due to contact with the sweat arising on Brahmā's forehead as he offered oblations into the fire desiring a son; the birth of Dakṣa, Dharma, and others; the gradual creation of all creatures; in the course of time, his (Brahmā's) departure; the arrival of the seers belonging to the six lineages, Marīci and others, who were sacrificing at Prayāga; the inquiry by those who had assembled out of a desire to know the supreme cause and controller of the entire world; Brahmā's declaration that Rudra alone is the supreme cause and controller of the entire world, and his instruction to perform a great sacrificial session in order to see him; Brahmā's release of the wheel; the origin of Naimiṣa.
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