Skandapurana 7.4.52_38.27

7.4.52_38.27

uvāca duhitṛtve me335 bhavatveṣā sureśvari . .228..
sanatkumāra uvāca
evamastvityumā procya336 tāṃ devīṃ pradadau sutām .
mṛtyustvamiti337 sopyuktvā338 ghore karmaṇyayojayat ..229..
sarvaprāṇabhṛtāṃ339 devīm340 prāṇāpaharaṇe śubhām341 .
sāpi tatkāryakaraṇe niyuktā brahmaṇā svayam .
ūrdhvabāhuḥ342 sadeveśā343 sadodyuktā344 tvayā mayā ..8.32.23 0 ..
ya idaṃ345 dakṣayajñasya vidhvaṃsanamanuttamam .
bhadreśvarapratiṣṭhāñca dakṣānugrahameva ca . .23 1 ..
paṭhed vā346 śṛṇuyādvāpi śrāvayīta dvijānapi .
sa sarvapāpavirmuktaḥ347 svargaloke mahīyate . .232. .
bhaganayananipātaṃ348 dakṣayajñe davāgniṃ349
madanapurahutāśaṃ candralekhojjvalāṅgam .
suragurumakhakālaṃ350 saptalokādhipālaṃ
śaraṇamupagatohaṃ śaṅkaraṃ śarmahetoḥ ..23 3 . .
iti skandapurāṇe dakṣayajñapramathane dvātriṃśodhyāyaḥ
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333 hi sā - kha. . 334 praṇamya - kha. . 335 me duhitṛtve - kha . 336... ti provācya ka,. kha. . 337... stvamasi - kha. . 338 sāpyuktvā - ka. kha. . 339 prāṇabhṛtā - gha. . 340 devī - gha. . 341 śubhā - gha. . 342 udvavāha - ka., udvāhastu - kha., udvāhaḥ kriyatāṃ kāla tvayāsyā duhiturmama - gha. . 343 sa deveśo - kha. . 344 sadyoktā - kha. . 345 imaṃ - ka. . 346 paṭheta - ka. . 347 sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ - kha. . 348 nipātī - ka . 349 dakṣayajñāntakartā - kha. . 350 mukhakālaṃ - ka., sukhakālaṃ - kha. . āditaḥ prabhṛti sarvaikatvena ślokasaṃkhyā 1504 .
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sanatkumāra uvāca
yathā tu vṛṣabho devamavahanmunipuṅgava .

[Dakṣa] said: / "O ruler of the gods, let her become my daughter." // 228
Sanatkumāra said: / Saying "So be it," Umā gave that goddess as a daughter. / And saying "You are Death," he engaged her in dreadful work, // 229
the auspicious goddess, in taking away the breath of all living beings. / Appointed by Brahmā himself to perform that task, / with raised arms, along with the Lord of gods, always engaged by you and me. // 230
Whoever reads or listens to this matchless destruction of Dakṣa's sacrifice, / the establishment of Bhadreśvara, and the grace bestowed on Dakṣa, // 231
or recites it to twice-born [brahmins], / freed from all sins, is glorified in the heavenly world. // 232
To the one who cast down the eyes of Bhaga, the forest fire to Dakṣa's sacrifice, / the fire to Madana's city, whose body is radiant with the crescent moon, / the time of destruction for the sacrifice of the gods' priest, the guardian of the seven worlds— / to Śaṃkara I have gone for refuge for the sake of peace. // 233
Thus ends the thirty-second chapter, the destruction of Dakṣa's sacrifice, in the Skandapurāṇa.
Sanatkumāra said: / How the bull carried the god, O best of sages,