Skandapurana 7.4.52_29

7.4.52_29

viṣṇuṃ saṃvignarūpaṃ163 tu kopāveśāt pramohitam .
tatrāgamya svayaṃ brahmā tadā vacanamabravīt .. 8.31.100 . .
kintavānena govinda tathā yatnena164 sadadvije165 .
kṛtenātha166 dadhīcasya śarvāllabdhavarasya tu . .1 01 . .
kinna vetsi yathā hyeṣa prasādāt pārameśvarāt .
avadhyatvaṃ suyogitvaṃ guṇaiśvaryatvameva ca . . 10 2. .
vajrāsthisāratāñcaiva labdhavān svayamīśvarāt 167 .
na caivaṃ168 tvadvidhā deva brāhmaṇeṣu vikurvate . .1 03 . .
tasmādāśu169 nivartasva kṣamayainaṃ170 dvijottamam .
tato brahmavacaḥ171 śrutvā sa viṣṇurlokabhāvanaḥ . .1 04..

Brahmā himself came there and spoke these words / to Viṣṇu, who was distressed and bewildered by the onset of fury: / 'Govinda, what is gained by this effort of yours against this true twice-born, / made against Dadhīca, who has obtained a boon from Śarva? / Do you not know that, by the supreme Lord's grace, / invulnerability, supreme yoga, the sovereignty of virtues, / and adamantine bone strength were obtained by him from Īśvara himself? / Persons of your stature, O god, do not act with hostility against brahmins. / Therefore withdraw at once and appease this best of the twice-born.' / Then, hearing Brahmā's words, Viṣṇu, the fashioner of the worlds,