Skandapurana 7.8.34_203

7.8.34_203

sanatkumāra uvāca
sa evamuktvā tu tataḥ pārāśarya mahābalaḥ .
saṃvatsaraṃ vāyubhakṣo babhūva klamavarjitaḥ ..7. .
tathā triṣavaṇa4 snāyī juhvānognīm̐stathaiva ca5 .
devārcanarataścaiva japahomaparastathā6 ..8. .
varṣe varṣe tu7 saṃpūrṇe svāṅgādutkṛtya kārṣikam8 .
piśitasya tadā bhāgaṃ juhāvāgnau mahāsuraḥ9 ..9. .
evaṃ tasyāgamaddivyaṃ sahasraṃ munisattama .
juhvataḥ svāni māṃsāni varṣāṇāṃ pratyahaṃ tadā . . 8.74.10 ..

Sanatkumāra said: / Having spoken thus, O descendant of Parāśara, he of great strength / fed on wind for a year, free from weariness,
bathing at the three junctures of the day, making offerings into the fires, / devoted to worshipping the gods, and intent on silent recitation and oblations.
As each full year passed, cutting from his own limbs a kārṣika measure / portion of flesh, the great asura then offered it into the fire.
In this manner a thousand divine years passed for him, O best of sages, / as he daily offered his own flesh.