Skanda Purana · Chapter 1.2.8

// naṃdikeśvara uvāca // //
aruṇācalamāhātmyaṃ vistarātparipṛcchatā //
mārkaṃḍeya tvayā manye mayi nyasto mahānbharaḥ

sthāne kutūhalākṣiptaṃ manastava mahāmate //
yaḥ śoṇādrīśacaritaṃ na vetti sa naraḥ paśuḥ

kathaṃ vā śakyate vaktuṃ jānānarapi kārtsnyataḥ //
śoṇācalajuṣaḥ śaṃbhormāhātmyaṃ mahitodayam

kathaṃ vā śrutamapyetadāścaryarasabhāvitaiḥ //
aśeṣamavadhāryeta prajñāvatpravarairapi

idānīṃ smara citraṃ tu caritraṃ smaravairiṇaḥ //
parāmṛtānubhūtyeva satyaṃ nṛtyati me manaḥ

adbhutaṃ śivacāritramāskaṃditamanoharam //
mama varṇayituṃ kārtsnyānnaiva śaknoti śemuṣī

tathāpyeṣa pravakṣye'hamaṃśāṃśena yathāmati //
puṇyaṃ śoṇādrināthasya māhātmyaṃ śrūyatāṃ mune

purādidevakalpādau nirvikalpo maheśvaraḥ //
svecchayā sakalaṃ viśvaṃ punarapyudabhāvayat

udbhāvitaṃ ca tadviśvaṃ sraṣṭuṃ pātuṃ ca sarvadā //
anvicchannādidevo'sau brahmaviṣṇū vinirmame

asṛjaddakṣiṇāṃgena tryaṃbakaḥ parameṣṭhinam //
viṣṭaraśravasaṃ devo vāmāṃgena ca sṛṣṭavān

brahmāṇaṃ rajasā viṣṇuṃ sattvena samayūyujat //
niyuktau devadevena tau viraṃcyacyutāvubhau

īśāte sarvajagatāṃ sṛṣṭirakṣāvidhānayoḥ //
manasaiva marīcyādīnsasarja brāhmaṇāndaśa

dakṣaṃ ca dakṣiṇāṃguṣṭhātsṛṣṭyai prāvartayadvidhiḥ //
mukhena brāhmaṇāndorbhyāṃ kṣatriyānūruto viśaḥ

śūdrāṃśca padbhyāṃ niramātsvayaṃ ca kamalāsanaḥ //
marīcitanayājjajñuḥ kaśyapādasurāssurāḥ

marutaḥ phaṇino gṛdhrā gaṃdharvāsaraso'pi ca //
manuśca yasya saṃtāno mānavo'yaṃ pravarttate

nānājñātitvamāpādya nānākarmapravartakāḥ //
atreśca samabhūdārṣaṃ kṣātraṃ ca dvividhaṃ kulam

pulastyapulahābhyāṃ ca jajñire yakṣarākṣasāḥ //
utathyagīṣpatimukhā jajñireṃ'giriso muneḥ

bhṛgoragniḥ samudabhūccyavanādyāstatharṣayaḥ //
vasiṣṭhapramukhebhyaśca saṃbabhūburmaharṣayaḥ //
yatputrapautrairbhuvanamidamāpūryate'khilam

evaṃ brahmā''tmajaiḥ svīyairidamāpūrayajjagat //
kālena vaibhavenāpi visasmāra maheśvaram

acyuto'pi bhṛgoḥ putrīmudvāhya kamalālayām //
matsyādirūpo jagati bhavannāsmaradīśvaram

sṛṣṭisthitibhyāṃ druhiṇābjanābhau svādhīnatāṃ nūnamupāgatābhyām //
atīva garvaṃ dadhaturna kasya mado'dhikāreṇa bhavennarasya

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṃḍe'ruṇācalamāhātmya uttarārdhe sṛṣṭivaṇarnaṃnāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ