Skanda Purana 7.4.52_132

7.4.52_132

sarpayajñopavītī ca vyāghracarmāmbaracchadaḥ .
kṛṣṇājinottarīyaśca kamaṇḍaludharastathā . . 11 6. .
daṇḍī śūlī mahāhāso143 gaṇapairbahubhirvṛtaḥ .
uvāca putra putreti tuṣṭosmi tapasā tava . 1 17..

wearing a serpent as his sacred thread, clad in a tiger-skin garment, / with a black-antelope skin as an upper cloth, and holding a water pot; / carrying a staff, holding a trident, laughing loudly, surrounded by many gaṇa leaders, / he said: "Son! O son, I am pleased with your austerity!