Skandapurana 7.4.52_11

7.4.52_11

varadosmīti tuṣṭena117 viṣṇunā sa ca118 coditaḥ .
provāca praṇato viṣṇumidaṃ vyāsa mahāmanāḥ119 . .73 . .
kṣupa uvāca
dadhīco nāma viprarṣiravadhyokṣaya eva ca .
sakhā mama hṛṣīkeśa sa ca māmāha nityadā120 . .74. .
bibhemyahaṃ na devasya rākṣasasyāsurasya vā .
piśācasyātha yakṣasya vayaso mānuṣasya vā121 . .75 . .
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101 vakreṇā tāḍayat - ka. . 102 tadā - gha. . 103... ttaṃ - gha. . 104 mahāyogaṃ - gha. . 105 śakraḥ - gha. . 106 mahātmanaḥ - ka. . 107 svadehaṃ - kha., sa - gha . 108 tyaktā - ka.. bhūtvā - kha., śrutvā - gha. . 109 sāṃtvayāmāsa - gha. . 110 taṃ vareśvaramārādhya saṃprāpya varamuttamam - gha. . 111 saṃkhyamabhūt - gha. . 1] 2 saṃ - ka. gha. . 1 . 3 samabhitāḍayata - kha. . 114 cāsya - kha. . 115 mayaṃ - kha. . 116 varārthamatapattapaḥ - kha., samavārayat - gha. . 117 tuṣṭosmi - kha. . 118 sa tu - gha., sama... - kha. . 119 mahātapāḥ - gha. . 120. nāmahanatsadā - gha. . 121 ca - gha. .
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bibhemīti yathā brūyāt tathā tvaṃ122 kartumarhasi123 .
evamukto nareśena124 sa viṣṇurlokabhāvanaḥ ..76 . .
tathāstviti ca taṃ procya dadhīcasyāśramaṃ yayau .
sa125 praviśyāśramaṃ vyāsa dadhīcenābhipūjitaḥ ..77..

Addressed by the pleased Viṣṇu, who said, “I grant boons,” / that high-minded king bowed to Viṣṇu and spoke these words, O Vyāsa: / Kṣupa said: / “The brahmin seer named Dadhīca is invulnerable and imperishable. / He is my friend, O Hṛṣīkeśa, and he always says to me: / ‘I do not fear any god, rākṣasa, or asura, / piśāca, yakṣa, bird, or mortal.’ / You should act in such a way that he might say, ‘I am afraid.’ ” / Addressed in this way by the ruler of men, Viṣṇu, the creator of the worlds, / said to him, “So be it,” and went to Dadhīca's hermitage. / Having entered the hermitage, O Vyāsa, being honoured by Dadhīca,