Skandapurana 7.4.52_10

7.4.52_10

svaṃ dehaṃ107 sa tathābhūtaṃ108 dadhīco yogamāyayā .
sandhayāmāsa109 śarvañca śaraṇaṃ samapadyata . . 67. .
sa sureśvaramārādhya prāpyāvadhyatvamuttamam110 .
vajrāsthitvamabhedyatvamajaratvañca śaṅkarāt ..68. .
sarvabhūtānukampitvaṃ mahāyogitvameva ca .
punarāgāt kṣupaṃ draṣṭuṃ punaḥ sakhyamabhūt111 tayoḥ .. 69. .
rāgo jātikṛto yaśca pūrvavat sa112 babhūva ha .
vāmapādena cāpyenaṃ kṣupa sa samatāḍayat113 ..8.31.70 . .
punaśca vajramādāya sa cainamahanattadā .
na cārtiṃ na vyathāṃ tasya114 tadvajramakaronmune ..71 . .
avadhyatvamatho115 jñātvā kṣupastasya mahātmanaḥ .
nārāyaṇaṃ samāsādya varārthaṃ samarādhayat116 ..72..

By his yogic power Dadhīca rejoined his own body that had become so, / and went to Śarva for refuge. / Having propitiated the Lord of gods, he obtained supreme invulnerability, / bones as hard as a thunderbolt, impenetrability, and freedom from old age from Śaṅkara, / compassion for all beings, and great yogic power. / He returned to see Kṣupa, and friendship arose between the two again. / And the passion born of caste arose just as before: / that Kṣupa struck him with his left foot. / And taking the thunderbolt again, he struck him then. / But that thunderbolt caused him neither distress nor pain, O sage. / Then, realizing the invulnerability of that great-souled one, / Kṣupa approached Nārāyaṇa and propitiated him for a boon.