Skandapurana 7.4.52_31

7.4.52_31

dadhīcopi mahātejāstapastepe svakāśrame176 .
mahādevaprasādārthamugraṃ vāyvambubhojanaḥ177 .. 1 07. .
athāsya yuktasya tadā tapasā bhāskaradyuteḥ .
tutoṣa bhagavān tryakṣastuṣṭaścaivābravīdidam .. 1 08. .
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159 tatra - gha. . 160 su - ka gha. . 161 cakra - gha. . 162 muṣṭi... - ka. . 163 saṃvighnarūpa - gha . 164 kleśena - kha. . 165... dvijaḥ- ka. . 166 kṛtenāsya- kha . 167... stvayamīśvarāt-kha. . 168. kha - ka. . 169 tasmādeva - kha. . 170 kṣāmayainaṃ - ka. . 171 brahmaṇo vacanaṃ - kha. . 172 ca śaṃkarāt - ka . 173 kṣamayāmāsa - gha. . 174 śāntvā - gha. . 175 ca lokapaḥ - gha. . 176 svake... - kha. . 177... bhojanam - ka. .
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devadeva uvāca
cyāvane tapasānena tava tuṣṭosmi suvrata .
brūhi yatte bhilaṣitaṃ kṛtameva hi tanmayā . . 1 09. .
dadhīciruvāca178
bhagavan yadi tuṣṭosi yadi deyo varaśca me .
icchāmi viṣṇunā sārdhaṃ sarvāndevām̐stvayā jitān179 ..8.31.1 10 . .
sanatkumāra uvāca
tataḥ prahasya varado dadhīcamṛṣisattamam .
evamastviti taṃ prāha praṇatārtiharo haraḥ . . 11 1. .
tasmindatte180 tadā tena tryambakeṇa vare śubhe .
amanyata sthitaṃ181 vairaṃ kṣupeṇa saha vai ṛṣiḥ .. 112 ..

Dadhīca too, endowed with great fiery energy, performed austerity in his own hermitage, / terrible [tapas] consuming only air and water to win Mahādeva's favor. / Then, as he who had the brilliance of the sun was engaged in austerity, / the three-eyed Lord was pleased, and, being pleased, spoke thus: / The God of gods said: / 'O Cyāvana, O observer of vows, I am pleased by this austerity of yours. / Speak what you desire; it is already accomplished by me.' / Dadhīca said: / 'O Lord, if you are pleased and if a boon is to be given to me, / I wish for all the gods along with Viṣṇu to be conquered by you.' / Sanatkumāra said: / Then Hara, who dispels the distress of the bowed, the giver of boons, laughed / and said to Dadhīca, the best of seers: 'So be it.' / When that auspicious boon was granted by the three-eyed Lord, / the seer considered the enmity with Kṣupa to be ended.