Skanda Purana 7.4.52_179

7.4.52_179

sohaṃ bhavadbhi38rdharmeṇa pareṇa ca samādhinā .
janitastapasā yukto bhavatāmeva39 sarvaśaḥ40 .. 15 . .
devamārādhya narakāt pitṝm̐stāritavān punaḥ41 .
eṣa prabhāvo yuṣmākaṃ tapaḥ sucaritaṃ ca ha . .1 6. .
mamātra42 kiṃ mahāprajñā43 anṛtaṃ vātra kiṃ vacaḥ44 .
iyaṃñca vaidikī śubhrā śrutirvedavidāṃ varāḥ . . 17. .
pramāṇaṃ yadi manyadhvaṃ ātmanā45 kṛtamityuta .
aṅgādaṅgāt saṃbhavasi hadayādadhijāyase .. 18 ..

Such as I am, endowed with austerity, I was begotten by you / in accordance with righteousness and supreme contemplation, solely belonging to you in every way. // 15
Having worshipped the Lord, I delivered the ancestors from hell again; / this is your own power and well-performed austerity! // 16
What is mine in this, O very wise ones, or what here is an untrue word? / And this is the pure Vedic revelation, O best among knowers of the Vedas: // 17
If you accept as authority [the sacred text]: 'It was made by yourself: / You are born from limb after limb, you are engendered from the heart; // 18 //'