Skandapurana 7.4.52_38.22

7.4.52_38.22

bhadrakarṇahrade snātvā saha devairdivaṃ yayau . . 183 . .
taṃ prayāntaṃ282 tadā dakṣo brahmāṇamidamūcivān .
kartavyaṃ kiṃ mayā deva mama tad brūhi pṛcchataḥ ..184..
pitāmaha uvāca
prasādaya maheṣvāsaṃ283 śarvamugraṃ kapardinam .
tato yajñasamāptiṃ ca lokāṃśca prāpsyase kṣayān284 . .185..
sanatkumāra uvāca
sa evamukto devena brahmaṇā vyāsa tattvataḥ .
liṃgaṃ kanakhale kṛtvā rudramabhyarcayat tadā ..186. .
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275 nivartanānyaṣṭau - ka, . 276 nātidūre tato - kha. . 277 nivartasvābravīd - gha. . 278 āvṛtya - kha, āvarttatāṃ - gha. . 279 prakṛte. - gha., prakṛtiḥ - kha. . 280 parityajedyastu - gha, tathā - ka. . 281... sureśvaraḥ - gha. . 282 prayātaṃ - ka. gha. . 283 maheśānaṃ - kha . 284... ścāvāpbhyasevyayān - kha. .
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tasya saṃvatsaraśate pūrṇe divye prajāpateḥ .
mahādevodrijāṃ prāha prahasan girimūrdhani . . 1 87. .
prācetasātmajo devi sthitastapasi saṃyataḥ .
paśyainaṃ madgateneśe cetasā samavasthitam .. 188 ..
tato dṛṣṭvā mahādevī vāyubhakṣamavasthitam285 .
liṅgeparamayā bhaktyā pūjayantaṃ maheśvaram . .1 89. .
uvāca hṛṣitā devī devaṃ sarvasurārcitam .
kṛtāñjalipuṭā vyāsa286 sarvadevapatiṃ patim ..8.32.1 90 . .
devyuvāca
kṣudroyaṃ287 duṣṭacetāśca stabdho mānī288 ca durmatiḥ .
viṣṭyā tvayā289 vinikṛta290 stvāmeva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ . . 191..
tadasya291 duṣṭabhāvasya292 prapannasya293 maheśvara .
kṣantumarhasi bhaktasya tvāmasyārthe prasādaye294 .. 1 92..
devadeva uvāca

and having bathed in the Bhadrakarṇa pool, he went to heaven together with the gods. / Then Dakṣa spoke this to Brahmā as he was departing: / “O God, tell me who am asking, what ought to be done by me?” / The Grandfather said: / “Propitiate Śarva, the wielder of the great bow, the fierce one with matted hair. / Then you will attain the completion of the sacrifice and imperishable worlds.” / Sanatkumāra said: / Having been thus addressed in truth by the god Brahmā, O Vyāsa, / he set up a liṅga at Kanakhala and then worshipped Rudra. / When a divine hundred years of that Prajāpati were completed, / Mahādeva, smiling on the mountain summit, said to the Mountain's daughter: / “The son of Pracetas, O goddess, stands restrained in austerity. / Behold him, O ruler, established with mind focused on me!” / Then, having seen him subsisting on air, / worshipping Maheśvara in the liṅga with supreme devotion, / the delighted goddess, with joined palms, O Vyāsa, / said to the god, her husband, the Lord of all gods who is worshipped by all deities: / The goddess said: / “This fellow is low, wicked-minded, arrogant, proud, and evil-natured. / Fortunately, humbled by you, he has resorted to you alone for refuge. / Therefore, O Maheśvara, you ought to forgive this devotee of wicked disposition who has surrendered; / I propitiate you for his sake.” / The God of gods said: