Skanda Purana 7.4.52_126

7.4.52_126

brahmovāca129
rudraste nādadadvipra kṣoraudanamadurlabham130 .
sa tenyat kuta eveha dāsyate varamuttamam . .1 05. .
prājāpatyaṃ suratvaṃ vāpyamaratvamathāpi vā .
indratvamatha somatvaṃ viṣṇutvaṃ131 vā dadāni132 te ..1 06 ..

Brahmā said: / "O brahmin, Rudra did not give you milk-rice, which is not difficult to obtain. / From where else, then, will he give you an excellent boon here? / The state of Prajāpati, or godhood, or immortality, / or the status of Indra, Soma, or Viṣṇu—I shall give to you!"