Skanda Purana · Verses 1.26-2

//nārada uvāca//
atha brahmā mahādevamabhivādya kṛtāṃjaliḥ//
udvāhaḥ kriyatāṃ deva ityuvāca maheśvaram

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā prāhedaṃ bhagavānharaḥ//
parādhīnā vayaṃ brahmanhimādrestava cāpi yat

yadyuktaṃ kriyatāṃ taddhi vayaṃ yuṣmadvaśe'dhunā//
tato brahmā svayaṃ divyaṃ puraṃ ratnamayaṃ śubham

udvāhārthaṃ maheśasya tatkṣaṇātsamakalpayat//
śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ prāsādaśataśobhitam

puretasminmahādevaḥ svayameva vyatiṣṭhata//
tataḥ saptamunīndevaściṃtitābyāgatānpuraḥ

prāhiṇodaṃbikāyāśca sthirapatrārthamīśvaraḥ//
sāruṃdhatīkāste tatra hlādayaṃto himācalam

sabhāryāmīśvaraguṇaiḥ sthirapatrāṇi cādadhuḥ//
tataḥ saṃpūjitāstena punarāgamya te'calāt

nyavedayaṃsryaṃbakāya sa ca tānabhyanaṃdata//
udvāhārthaṃ tato devo viśvaṃ sarvaṃ nyamaṃtrayat

samāgataṃ ca tatsava vinā daityairdurātmabhiḥ//
sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamaṃ yacca viśvaṃ viṣṇupurogamam

sabrahyakaṃ purārātermahimānamavardhayat//
tatastaṃ vidhirāhedaṃ gandhamādanaparvate

pure sthitaṃ vivāhasya deva kālaḥ pravartate//
tatastasya jaṭājūṭe caṃdrakhaṃḍaṃ pitāmahaḥ

babaṃdha praṇayodāravisphāritavilocanaḥ//
kaparddaṃ śobhanaṃ viṣṇuḥ svaya cakre'sya harṣataḥ

kapālamālāṃ vipulāṃ cāmuṇḍā mūrdhnyabaṃdhata//
uvāca cāpi giriśaṃ putraṃ janaya śaṃkara

yo daityeṃdrakulaṃ hatvā māṃ raktaistarpayiṣyati//
sūryo jvalacchikhāraktaṃ bhābāsitajagattrayam

babaṃdha devadevasyaca svayameva pramodataḥ//
śeṣavāsukimukhyāśca jvalaṃtastejasā śubhāḥ

ātmānaṃ bhūṣaṇasthāne svayaṃ te cakrurīśvare //
vāyavaśca tatastīkṣṇaśrṛṃgaṃ himagiriprabham

vṛṣaṃ vibhūṣayāmāsurnānāratnopapattibhiḥ//
śakro gajajinaṃ gṛhya svayamagre vyavasthitaḥ

vinā bhasma samādhāya kapāle rajataprabham//
manujāsthimayīṃ mālāṃ pretanāthaśca vandanam

vahnistejomayaṃ divyamajinaṃ pradadau sthitaḥ//
evaṃ vibhūṣitaḥ sarvairbhṛtyairīśo babhau bhṛśam

tato himādreḥ puruṣā vīrakaṃ procire vacaḥ//
mā bhūtkālātyayaḥ śīghraṃ bhavasyaitannivedyatām

tato devaṃ praṇamyāha vīrakaḥ karasaṃpuṭī//
tvarayaṃti maheśānaṃ himādreḥ puruṣāstvamī

iti śrutvā vaco devaḥ śīghramityeva cābravīt//
sapta vāridhayastasya cakrurdarpaṇadarśanam

tatraikṣata mahādevaḥ svarūpaṃ sa jaganmayam//
tato baddhāṃjalirdhīmānsthāṇuṃ provāca keśavaḥ

devadeva mahādeva tripurāṃtaka śaṃkara//
śobhase'nena rūpeṇa jagadānaṃdadāyinā

maheśvara yathā sākṣādaparastvaṃ maheśvaraḥ//
tataḥ smayanmahādevo jayeti bhuvane śrutaḥ

karamālaṃbya viṣṇośca vṛṣabhaṃ ruruheśanaiḥ//
tataśca vasavo devāḥ śūlaṃ tasya nyavedayan

dhanado nidibhiryuktaḥ samīpasthastato'bhavat//
sa śūlapāṇirviśvātmā saṃcacāla tato haraḥ

devaduṃdubhinādaiśca puṣpāsāraiśca gītakaiḥ//
nṛtyadbhirapsarobhiśca jayeti ca mahāsvanaiḥ

savyadakṣiṇasaṃsthānau brahmaviṣṇūtu jagmatuḥ//
haṃsaṃ ca garuḍaṃ caiva samāruhya mahāprabhau

athāditirditiḥ sā ca danuḥ kadrūḥ suparṇajā//
paulomī surasā caiva siṃhikā surabhirmuniḥ

siddhirmāyā kṣamā durgā devī svāhā svadhā sudhā//
sāvitrī caiva gāyatrī lakṣmīḥ sā dakṣiṇā dyutiḥ

spṛhāmatirdhṛtirbuddhirmaṃthirṛddhiḥ sarasvatī//
rākā kuhūḥ sinīvālī devī bhānumatī tathā

dharaṇī dhāraṇī velā rājñī cāpi ca rohiṇī//
ityetāścānyadevānāṃ mātaraḥ patnayastathā

udvāhaṃ devadevasya jagmuḥ sarvā mudānvitāḥ//
uragā garuḍā yakṣā gaṃdharvāḥ kiṃnarā narāḥ

sāgarā girayo meghā māsāḥ saṃvatsarāstathā//
vedā maṃtrāstathā yajñāḥ śrautā dharmāśca sarvaśaḥ

huṃkārāḥ praṇavāścaiva itihāsāḥ sahasraśaḥ//
koṭiśaśca tathā devā maheṃdrādyāḥ savāhanāḥ

anujagmurmahādevaṃ koṭiśo'rbudaśaśca hi//
gaṇāśca pṛṣṭhato jagmuḥ śaṃkhavarṇāśca koṭiśaḥ

daśabhiḥ kekarākhyāśca vidyuto'ṣṭābhireva ca//
catuḥṣaṣṭyā viśākhāśca navabhiḥ pāriyātrikāḥ

ṣaḍbhiḥ sarvāṃtakaḥ śrīmāṃstathaiva vikṛtānanaḥ//
jvālākeśo dvādaśabhiḥ koṭibhiḥ saṃvṛto yayau

saptabhiḥ samadaḥ śrīmānduṃdubhoṣṭhābhireva ca//
paṃcabhiśca kapālīśaḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ saṃhrādakaḥ śubhaḥ

koṭikoṭibhirevaikaḥ kuṃḍakaḥ kuṃbhakastathā//
viṣṭaṃbho'ṣṭābhireveha gaṇapaḥ sarvasattamaḥ

pippalaśca sahasreṇa sannādaśca tathā balī//
āveśanastathāṣṭābhiḥ saptabhiścaṃdratāpanaḥ

mahākeśaḥ sahasreṇa naṃdirdvādaśabhistathā//
nagaḥ kālaḥ karālaśca mahākālaḥ śatena ca

agnikaḥ śatakoṭyā vai koṭyāgnimukha eva ca//
ādityamūrdhā koṭyā ca koṭyā caiva dhanāvahaḥ

sannāgaśca śatenaiva kumudaḥ koṭibhistribhiḥ//
amoghaḥ kokilaścaiva koṭikoṭyā sumaṃtrakaḥ

kākapādastatā ṣaṣṭyā ṣaṣṭyā saṃtānako gaṇaḥ//
mahābalaśca navabhirmadhupiṃgaśca piṃgalaḥ

nīlo navatyā saptatyā caturvaktraśca pūrvapāt//
vīrabhadraścaścatuḥṣaṣṭyā karaṇo bālakastathā

paṃcākṣaḥ śatamanyuśca meghamanyuśca viṃśatiḥ//
kāṣṭhakoṭiścatuḥṣaṣṭyā sukośo vṛṣabhastathā

viśvarūpastālaketuḥ paṃcāśacca sitānanaḥ//
īśāno vṛddhadevaśca dīptātmā mṛtyuhā tathā

viṣādo yamahā caiva gaṇo bhṛṃgariṭistathā//
aśanī hāsakaścaiva catuḥṣaṣṭyā sahasrapāt

ete cānye ca gaṇapā asaṃkhyātā mahābalāḥ//
sarve sahasrahastāśca jaṭāmukuṭadhārīṇaḥ

caṃdralekhāvataṃsāśca nīlakaṃṭhāstrilocanāḥ//
hārakuṃḍalakeyūramukuṭādyairalaṃkṛtāḥ

aṇimādiguṇairyuktāḥ śaktāḥ śāpaprasādayoḥ//
sūryakoṭipratīkāśāstatrājagmurgaṇeśvarāḥ

pātālāṃbarabhūmisthāḥ sarvalokanivāsinaḥ//
tuṃbururnārado hāhā hūhūścaiva tu sāmagāḥ

taṃtrīmādāya vādyāṃścā'vādayañchaṃkarotsave//
ṛṣayaḥ kṛtsnaśaścaiva vedagītāṃstapodhanāḥ

puṇyānvaivāhikānmaṃtrāñjeṣuḥ saṃhṛṣṭamānasāḥ//
evaṃ pratasthegiriśo vījyamānaśca gaṃgayā

tathā yamunayā cāpāṃpatinā dhṛtacchatrayā//
strībhirnānāvidhālāpailājābhiścānumoditaḥ

mahotsavena deveśo giristhānaṃ viveśa saḥ//
prabhāsatsvarṇakalaśaṃ toraṇānāṃ śatairyutam

vaiḍūryabaddhabhūmisthaṃ ratnajaiśca gṛhairyutam//
tatpraviśya stūyamāno dvāramabhyāsasāda ha

tato himācalastatra dṛśyate vyākulākulaḥ//
ādiśadātmabhṛtyānāṃ mahādeva upasthite

tato brahmāṇamacalo gurutve prārthayattadā//
kṛtyānāṃ sarvabhāreṣu vāsudevaṃ ca buddhimān

pratyāha ca vivāha'sminkumārībhrātaraṃ vinā//
bhaviṣyati kathaṃ viṣṇo lājahomādikarmasu

suto hi mama mainākaḥ sa praviṣṭo'rṇave sthitaḥ//
iti ciṃtāviṣaṇṇaṃ taṃ viṣṇurāhamahāmatiḥ

atra ciṃtā na kartavyā girirāja kathaṃcana//
ahaṃ bhrātā jaganmāturetade vaṃ ca nānyathā

tataḥ pramuditaḥ śailaḥ pārvatīṃ ca svalaṃkṛtām//
sakhībhiḥ koṭisaṃkhyābhirvṛtāṃ praveśayatsadaḥ

tato nīlamayastaṃbhaṃ jvalatkāṃcanakuṭṭimam//
muktājālapariṣkāraṃ jvalitau ṣadhidīpitam

ratnāsanasahasrāḍhyaṃ śatayojanavistṛtam//
vivāhamaṃḍapaṃ śarvo viveśānucarāvṛtaḥ

tataḥ śailaḥ sapatnīkaḥ pādau prakṣālya harṣitaḥ//
bhavasya tena toyena siṣice svaṃ jagattathā

pādyamācamanaṃ dattvā madhuparkaṃ ca gāṃ tathā//
pradānasya prayogaṃ ca saṃciṃtayaṃti brāhmaṇāḥ

dauhitrīṃ kavyavāhānāṃ dadmi putrīṃ svakāmaham//
ityuktvā tasthivāñchailo na jānāti harasya saḥ

tataḥ sarvānapṛcchatsa kulaṃ ko'pi na veda tat//
tato viṣṇuridaṃ prāha pṛchyaṃte'nye kimarthataḥ

ajñātakulatāṃ tasya pṛchyatāmayameva ca//
ahireva aheḥ pādānvetti nānyo himācala

svagotraṃ yadi na brūte na deyā bhaginī mama//
tato hāsastadā jajñe sarveṣāṃ sumahāsvanaḥ

nivṛttaśca kṣaṇādbhūyaḥ kiṃ vakṣyati harastviti//
tato vimṛśya bahudhā kiṃcidbhītānano yatā

lajjājaḍaḥ smitaṃ cakre tataḥ pārtha sa vai haraḥ//
tato viśiṣṭā bruvati śīghraṃ kālo'tivartate

hariḥ prāha maheśānaṃ bibhyadāvedmayahaṃ tava//
mātāmahaṃ ca pitaraṃ prayogaṃ śrṛṇu bhūdhara

ātmaputrāya te śaṃbho ātmadauhitrakāya te//
ityukte viṣṇunā sarve sādhusādhviti te jaguḥ

devo'pyudāharedvuddhiṃ sarvebhyo'pyadhikāṃ varām//
tataḥ śailastathā coktvā dattvā devīṃ ca sodakam

ātmānaṃ cāpi devāya pradadau sodakaṃ nagaḥ//
tataḥ sarve tuṣṭuvustaṃ vivāhaṃ vismayānvitāḥ

dātā mahībhṛtāṃ nātho hotā devaścaturmukhaḥ//
varaḥ paśupatiḥ sākṣātkanyā viśvaraṇistathā

tataḥ stuvatsu muniṣu puṣpavarṣe mahatyapi//
nadatsu devatūryeṣu karaṃ jagrāha tryambakaḥ

devo devīṃ samālokya salajjāṃ himaśailajām//
na tṛpyati na cāhlādatsā ca devāṃ vṛṣadhvajam

tatra brahmādimunayo devīmadbhutarūpiṇīm//
paśyaṃtaḥ śaraṇaṃ jagmurmanasā parameśvaram

mā muhyāma pārvatīṃ ca yathā nāradaparvatau//
tatastathaiva taccakre sarveṣāmīpsitaṃ vacaḥ

tato devaiśca munibhiḥ saṃstutaḥ parameśvaraḥ//
praviveśa śubhāṃ vedīṃ mūrtimajjvalanāśritām

vedhāḥ śrutīritairmaṃ trairmūrtimadbhirupasthitaiḥ//
mūrtamagniṃ juhāva triḥ parikramya ca taṃ haraḥ

lājāhoma umābhrātā prāha taṃ sasmitaṃ hariḥ//
bahavo militāḥ saṃti lokāḥ saṃmarda īśvara

sāvadhānena rakṣyāṇi bhūṣaṇāni tvayā hara//
tato haraśca taṃ prāha svajane mā'tigopaya

kiṃcitprārthaya dāsyāmi prāha viṣṇustato varam//
tvayi bhaktirdṛḍhā me'stu sa ca taddurlabhaṃ dadau

dadatuḥ sṛṣṭisaṃrakṣāṃ brahmaṇe dakṣiṇāmubhau//
agnaye yajñabhāgāṃśca prītau harajanārdanau

bhṛgvādīnāṃ tato dattvā śrutirakṣaṇadakṣiṇām//
tato gītaiśca nṛtyaiśca bhojanaiśca yathepsitaiḥ

mahotsavairanekaiśca vismayaṃ samapadyata//
visṛjya lokaṃ taṃ sarvaṃ kimicchādānakairbhavaḥ

sarasvatyā ca pitarau devyāścā''śvāsya duḥkhitau//
āmaṃtrya himaśaileṃdraṃ brahmaṇaṃ ca sakeśavam

jagāma maṃdaragiriṃ giriṇā yānugorcitaḥ

tato gate bhagavati nīlalohite sahomayā girimamalaṃ hi bhūdharaḥ//
sabāṃdhavo ruditi hi kasya no mano visaṃṣṭham̐laṃ jagati hi kanyakāpituḥ

imaṃ vivāhaṃ girirājaputryāḥ śrṛṇoti cādhyeti ca yo naraḥ śuciḥ//
viśeṣataścāpi vivāhamaṃgale sa maṃgalaṃ vṛddhimavāpnute ciram

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāma ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumāreśamāhātmye haragaurīvivāhavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaḍiṃśo'dhyāyaḥ