Skanda Purana · Verses 1.9-2

// ulūka uvāca//
itīdamuktamakhilaṃ pūrvajanmasamudbhavam//
svarūpamāyuṣo hetuḥ kauśikatvasya ceti me

ityuktvā virate tasminpurūhūtasanāmani//
nāḍījaṃgho bako mitramāha taṃ duḥkhito vacaḥ

//nāḍījaṃgha uvāca//
yadarthaṃ vayamāyātāstanna siddhaṃ mahāmate//
kāryaṃ tanmaraṇaṃ nūnaṃ trayāṇāmapyupāgatam

iṃdradyumnāparijñāne bhadrako'yaṃ mumūrṣati//
tasyānu mitraṃ mārkaṃḍastaṃ cānvahamapi sphuṭam

mitrakārye vinirvṛtte mriyamāṇaṃ nirīkṣate//
yo mitraṃ jīvitaṃ tasya dhigasnigdhaṃ durātmanaḥ

tadetāvanuyāsyāmi mriyamāṇāvahaṃ dvija//
āpṛcche tvāṃ namaskāra āśleṣaścāthapaścimaḥ

pratijñātamaniṣpādya mitrasyābhyāgatasya ca//
kathaṃkāraṃ na lajjaṃte hatāśā jīvitepsavaḥ

tasmādvahniṃ pravekṣyāmi sārdhamābhyāmasaṃśayam//
āpṛṣṭo'syadhunā snehānmama dehi jalāṃjalim

ityuktavatyulūko'sau nāḍījaṃghe sagadgadam//
sāśrunetraṃ sthirībhūya prāha vācaṃ sudhāsamucam

//ulūka uvāca//
mayi jīvati mitre me bhavānmaraṇameti ca//
adyaprabhṛti kastarhi hṛdā mama labhiṣyati

astyupāyo mahānatra gandhamādanaparvate//
mattaścirāyurmitrosti gṛdhraḥ prāṇasamaḥ suhṛt

sa vijñāsyati vo'bhīṣṭamiṃdradyumnaṃ mahīpatim//
ityuktvā puratastasthāvulūkaḥ sa ca bhūpatiḥ

mārkaṃḍeyo bakaścaiva prayayurgaṃdhamādanam//
tamāyāṃtamathālokya vayasyaṃ purataḥ sthitam

svakulāyātprahṛṣṭo'sau gṛdhraḥ saṃmukhamāyayau//
kṛtasaṃvidasau pūrvaṃ svāgatāsanabhojanaiḥ

ulūkaṃ gṛdhrarājaśca kāryaṃ papraccha taṃ tathā//
ma cācakhyāvayaṃ mitraṃ bako me'sya muniḥ kila

munerapi tṛtīyo'yaṃ mitraṃ cārthoyamudyataḥ//
iṃdradyumnaparijñāne svayaṃ jīvati nānyathā

vahniṃ pravekṣyate vyaktamayaṃ tadanu vai vayam//
mayā niṣiddho'yaṃ jñātvā tvāṃ ciraṃtanamātmanā

taccejjānāsi taṃ brūhi caturṇāṃ dehi jīvitam//
saṃrakṣyāpnuhi satkīrtiṃ kṣayaṃ cākhilapāpmanaḥ

//gṛdhra uvāca//
ṣaṭ‌paṃcāśadvyatītā me kalpā jātasya kauśika//
na dṛṣṭo na śruto'smābhiriṃdradyumno mahīpatiḥ

tacchrutvā vismayāviṣṭa iṃdradyumno'pi duḥkhitaḥ//
papracacha jīvite hetumatimātre vihaṃgamam

//gṛdhra uvāca//
śrṛṇu bhadrai purā jāto markaṭo'haṃ ca cāpalaḥ//
āsaṃ kadācidabhavadvasaṃto'tha ṛtuḥ kramāt

tatrāgre devadevasya vanamadhye śivālaye//
bhavodbhavasya purato jagadyogeśvarābhidhe

caturdaśīdine hastanakṣatre harṣaṇābhidhe//
yoge caitre site pakṣa āsīddamanakotsavaḥ

atra sauvarṇyadolāyāṃ liṃga āropite janaiḥ//
niśāyāmadhirūhyā'haṃ dolāṃ tāṃ ca vyacālayam

nisargājjaticāpalyāccirakālaṃ punaḥpunaḥ//
atha prabhāta āyātā janāḥ pūjākṛte kapim

dolādhirūḍhamālokya lakuṭairmāṃ vyatāḍayan//
dolāsaṃsthita evāhaṃ pramītaḥ śivamaṃdire

teṣāṃ prahāraiḥ sudṛḍhairbahubhirvajraduḥsahaiḥ//
śivāṃdolanamāhātmyājjāto'haṃ nṛpamaṃdire

kāśīśvarasya tanayaḥ pratīto'smi kuśadhvajaḥ//
jāti smarastato rājye kramātprāpyāhamaiśvaram

kārayāmi dharāpṛṣṭhe caitre damanakotsavam//
yathā yathā dolayati śivaṃ dolāsthitaṃ naraḥ

tathā tathā'śubhaṃ yāti puṇyamāyāti bhadraka//
śivadīkṣāmupāgamyākhilasaṃskārasaṃskṛtaḥ

śivācāryairvimukto'haṃ paśupāśaistadāgamāt//
nirvāhadīkṣāparyaṃtānsaṃskārānprāpya sarvataḥ

ārādhayāmi deveśaṃ pratyakcittamumāpatim//
samastakleśavicchedakāraṇaṃ jagatāṃ gurum

cittavṛttinirodhena vairāgyābhyāsayogataḥ//
japannudgītamasyārthaṃ bhāvayannaṣṭamaṃ rasam

tato māṃ praṇidhānenābhyāsena dṛḍhabhūminā//
antarāyānupahataṃ jñātvā tuṣṭo'bravīddharaḥ

//īśvara uvāca//
kuśadhvajāhaṃ tuṣṭodya varaṃ varaya vāṃchitam//
na hīdṛśamanuṣṭhānaṃ kasyāpyasti mahītale

śrutvetyukto mayā śambhurbhūyāsaṃ te gaṃṇo hyaham//
anenaiva śarīreṇa tathetyevāha gāṃ prabhuḥ

tataḥ kailāsamānīya vimānaṃ mama cādiśat//
sarvaratnamayaṃ divyaṃ divyāścaryasamāvṛtam

vicarāmi pratīto'haṃ tadārūḍho yadṛcchayā//
atha kāle kiyanmātre vyatīte'traivaṃ parvate

gavākṣādhiṣṭhito'paśyaṃ vasaṃte munikanyakām//
pravāti dakṣiṇe vāyau madanāgnipradīpitaḥ

agniveśyasutāṃ bhadra vivastrāṃ jalamadhyagām//
udbhinnayauvanāṃ śyāmāṃ madhyakṣāmāṃ mṛgekṣaṇām

vistīrṇajaghanābhogāṃ raṃbhoruṃ saṃhatastanīm//
tāmaṃkuritalāvaṇyāṃ jalasekā divāgrataḥ

pronnidrapaṃkajamukhīṃ varṇanīyatamākṛtim//
yathāprajñānayāthātmyādvidvidbhirapi varṇinīm

prodyatkaṭākṣavikṣepaiḥ śaravrātairiva smaraḥ//
svayaṃ tadaṃgamāsthāya tāḍayāmāsa māṃ dṛḍham

vayasyāsaṃvṛcāmevaṃ khelamānāṃ yadṛcchayā//
avatīryāhamaharaṃ vimānānmadanāturaḥ

sā gṛhītā mayā dīrghaṃ prakurvāṇā mahāsvanam//
tāteti ca vimānasthā rurodātīva bhadraka

tato vayasyāstā dīnā munimāhuḥ pradhāvitāḥ//
vaimānikena kenāpi hriyate tava putrikā

rudantīṃ bhagavannetāṃ trāhyuttiṣṭheti sarvataḥ//
tāsāṃ tadākarṇya vaco munirbhadrataponidhiḥ

agniveśyo'bhyagāttasyā vyomanyupapadaṃ tvaran//
tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti māmuktvā saṃstabhya tapasā gatim

tataḥ prakupitaḥ prāha munimāmati duḥsaham//
//agniveśya uvāca//
yasmānmadīyā tanayā māṃsapeśīva te hṛtā

gṛdhreṇevā'dhunā vyomni tasmādgadhro bhava drutam//
anicchaṃtī madīyeyaṃ sutā bālā tapasvinī

tvayā hṛtādhunāsyaitatphalamāpnuhi durmate//
ityākarṇya bhayāviṣṭo lajjayādhomukho muneḥ

pādau pragṛhya nyapataṃ rudannatitarāṃ tadā//
na mayeyaṃ parijñāya hṛtā nādyāpi dharṣitā

prasādaṃ kuru te śāpaṃ vyāvartaya taponidhe//
praṇateṣu kṣamāvanto nisargeṇa tapodhanāḥ

bhavaṃti saṃtastadgṛdhro mā bhaveyaṃ prasīda me//
iti prapannena mayā praṇato'sau mahāmuniḥ

prasannaḥ prāha no mithyā mama vākyaṃ bhavetkvacit//
kiṃ tviṃdradyumnabhūpālaparijñāne sahāyatām

yadā yāsyasi śāpasya tadā muktimavāpsyasi

ityuktvā sa muniḥ prāyādgṛhītvā nijakanyakām//
akhaṇḍaśīlāṃ svāvāsamahaṃ gṛdhro'bhavaṃ tadā

evaṃ tadā damanakotsava īśvarasya āṃdolanena nṛpaveśmani me'vatāraḥ//
śambhorgaṇatvamabhavacca tathāgniveśyaśāpena gṛdhra iha bhadra tavedamuktam

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṃḍe mahīprādurbhāve damanakamāhātmyaṃnāma navamo'dhyāyaḥ