Skandapurana 7.4.52_118

7.4.52_118

ayaṃ ca madhuparkaste gṛhyatāṃ sadasaspate .
kiṃ karomi tadākhyāhi prārthayasva mahābala .
kṛtameva97 hi tadviddhi yadi syāt sukaraṃ mayā . .85. .
śaka98 uvāca
bhakto me pitā vipra sakhābhūt paramaḥ99 purā .
tena snehena dṛṣṭvāhaṃ bhavantaṃ tapasi sthitam .
kliśyamānamihāyāto brūhi kinte dadānyaham100..86. .
upamanyuruvāca
devarājyamapi101 tvatto nāhaṃ kāṃkṣe surottama .
mahādevamahaṃ bhaktastasmādicchāmyahaṃ varam ..87..

and let this honey-mixture be accepted by you, O lord of the assembly. / Tell me, what shall I do? Make your request, O mighty one. / Know it to be already done, if it is easy for me to accomplish." / Śakra said: / "O brahmin, your father was my devotee and a supreme friend in former times. / Out of that affection, seeing you engaged in tapas, / suffering hardships, I have come here. Tell me, what shall I give you?" / Upamanyu said: / "I do not desire even kingship over the gods from you, O best of the suras. / I am a devotee of Mahādeva; from him I desire a boon."