Skandapurana 7.6.65_47

7.6.65_47

devadevaṃ tatobhyetya sukeśañca praṇemire .
tamuvāca punardevaḥ sukeśaṃ gaṇanāyakam .. 35. .
yo hi68 tārayate jantūnāpadaḥ69 kām̐ścideva tu .
teṣāṃ dharmapitā bhūtvā saṃsāraṃ na sa paśyati70 ..3 6. .

Then, approaching the God of gods and Sukeśa, they bowed down. / The God spoke again to Sukeśa, the leader of the gaṇas: // 35
"He who rescues any creatures from calamity, / becoming their father in dharma, does not see worldly existence. // 36