Skanda Purana 7.4.52_155

7.4.52_155

tuṣṭosmi tava bhadrante tapasānena suvrata .
varaṃ varaya viprarṣe yaste26 manasi vartate .. 8.35.20 . .
sukeśastu tato dṛṣṭvā nārāyaṇamupāgatam .
abravīcchaṅkarādicche27 varaṃ na bhavato hyaham ..2 1 ..

“I am pleased with you; may it be well with you! By this tapas, O one of good vows,
choose a boon, O brahmin-seer, which is in your heart.” // 20
Then Sukeśa, seeing that Nārāyaṇa had arrived,
said: “I wish for a boon from Śaṃkara, indeed not from you.” // 21