Skandapurāṇa Adhyāya 112: S recension E-text generated on July 20, 2022 from the original TeX files of: Bisschop, Peter C. and Yuko Yokochi, eds. The Skandapurāṇa. Vol. V. Adhyāyas 96-112. The Varāha Cycle and the Andhaka Cycle Continued. Critical Edition with an Introduction & Annotated English Synopsis, in cooperation with Sanne Dokter-Mersch and Judit Törzsök. Leiden: Brill, 2021. (SP V) https://brill.com/view/title/59532 SP1120010: devyuvāca| SP1120011: devyaḥ śṛṇuta bhūyo 'pi yathā dānaṃ vinā śubhāḥ| SP1120012: ayamevopavāsena yathā dharmo 'pi labhyate|| 1|| SP1120021: ekabhaktena yo devyo māsaṃ mārgaśiraṃ kṣapet| SP1120022: sa tena karmaṇā devyo gomānbhavati nityaśaḥ|| 2|| SP1120031: pauṣamāsena putrāṃśca bahūnāpnoti dhārmikān| SP1120032: māghamāse ca kurvāṇaḥ striyaḥ prāpnoti vai priyāḥ|| 3|| SP1120041: ekabhaktaṃ tu kurvāṇaḥ phālgune māsi nityaśaḥ| SP1120042: strīṣu saubhāgyamāpnoti striyaśca paramapriyāḥ|| 4|| SP1120051: yaḥ kṣapedekabhaktena caitramāsaṃ narottamaḥ| SP1120052: dhanadhānyasamṛddhe sa kule jāyeta rūpavān|| 5|| SP1120061: vaiśākhaṃ yaḥ kṣapenmāsamekabhaktena mānavaḥ| SP1120062: yāti sa śreṣṭhatāṃ loke pūjito dhanavānapi|| 6|| SP1120071: jyeṣṭhamūlaṃ tu yo māsamekabhaktaṃ samācaret| SP1120072: bhrātṝṇāṃ bhavati jyeṣṭho bhogaṃ prāpnoti puṣkalam|| 7|| SP1120081: āṣāḍhaṃ cāpi yo māsamekabhaktaṃ samācaret| SP1120082: sa rājño 'mātyatāṃ prāpya kāmānāpnoti puṣkalān|| 8|| SP1120091: śrāvaṇe cāpi yo māse tathā caivācarennaraḥ| SP1120092: senāpatyaṃ sa saṃprāpya balavānabhijāyate|| 9|| SP1120101: yastu bhādrapade māsa-m-ekabhaktaṃ samācaret| SP1120102: sa tena karmaṇā devyo dhanavānabhijāyate|| 10|| SP1120111: yo 'pi cāśvayujaṃ māsamekabhaktena tiṣṭhati| SP1120112: vāṇijyaṃ phalate tasya kṛṣiḥ paśugaṇāstathā|| 11|| SP1120121: kārttikaṃ tvapi yo māsamekabhaktena tiṣṭhati| SP1120122: so 'śvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya vahniloke mahīyate|| 12|| SP1120131: yaḥ kṣapedekabhaktena yāvajjīvaṃ narottamaḥ| SP1120132: vimānenārkavarṇena sa gacchecchakralokatām|| 13|| SP1120141: saṃvatsaraṃ tu yaḥ pūrṇamekabhaktena tiṣṭhati| SP1120142: sa pārthivasamo bhūtvā mahīṃ pāti mahendravat|| 14|| SP1120151: ahorātraṃ tu yo devyaḥ kuryādekaṃ narottamaḥ| SP1120152: daśānāṃ sa suvarṇānāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti śobhitam|| 15|| SP1120161: māse māse tvahorātraṃ yaḥ karoti narottamaḥ| SP1120162: sa tena karmaṇā śuddho vidvānbhavati dhārmikaḥ|| 16|| SP1120171: caturdaśīmaṣṭamīṃ ca ubhayoḥ pakṣayorapi| SP1120172: ahorātraṃ kṣapedyastu saṃvatsaramaśeṣataḥ|| 17|| SP1120181: sa tena karmaṇā yuktaḥ sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ| SP1120182: na yāti narakaṃ devyo yamaṃ ca na sa paśyati|| 18|| SP1120191: māse māse ca yaḥ kuryāttrirātrakṣapaṇaṃ budhaḥ| SP1120192: kauberaṃ lokamāsādya sa vindetparamaṃ sukham|| 19|| SP1120201: caturthe 'hani yo bhuṅkte prayatātmā śucirnaraḥ| SP1120202: gāndharvaṃ sa padaṃ prāpya modate śakravaddivi|| 20|| SP1120211: pañcame 'hani yo bhuṅkte pratimāsamatandritaḥ| SP1120212: vāyulokaṃ samāsādya svargalokaṃ sa gacchati|| 21|| SP1120221: yo bhuṅkte divase ṣaṣṭhe nityaṃ niyamamāsthitaḥ| SP1120222: vāruṇaṃ lokamāsādya so 'pi vindenmahatpadam|| 22|| SP1120231: saptame 'hani yo bhuṅkte jitadvandvo dṛḍhavrataḥ| SP1120232: ādityalokamāsādya so 'pi vindenmahatpadam|| 23|| SP1120241: aṣṭame caiva yo bhuṅkte divase mānavaḥ śuciḥ| SP1120242: vaiṣṇavaṃ lokamāsādya sa bhavetparamadyutiḥ|| 24|| SP1120251: navame 'hani yo bhuṅkte naro niyamamāsthitaḥ| SP1120252: sa vasūnāṃ priyo bhūtvā carate vasubhiḥ saha|| 25|| SP1120261: daśame 'hani bhuktvā tu daśāhasya phalaṃ labhet| SP1120262: aśvibhyāṃ ca samo bhūtvā sūryavajjvalate sadā|| 26|| SP1120271: mānuṣyaṃ ca punaḥ prāpya daśa bhāryā labheta saḥ| SP1120272: suvarṇamakṣayaṃ caiva na cākāle mriyeta saḥ|| 27|| SP1120281: ekādaśe tu yo bhuṅkte divase mānavaḥ śuciḥ| SP1120282: ekādaśyāḥ phalaṃ prāpya sa rudragaṇatāṃ labhet|| 28|| SP1120291: sthitvā tatra śatānyaṣṭāvatisaukhyasamanvitaḥ| SP1120292: brāhmaṇatvamanuprāpya yajvā sa iha jāyate|| 29|| SP1120301: dvādaśe divase yastu devyo bhuṅkte sadā naraḥ| SP1120302: dvādaśāhaṃ sa saṃprāpya śakralokamavāpnuyāt|| 30|| SP1120311: tatroṣya sa sukhaṃ bhūya iha jāto narottamaḥ| SP1120312: rājā vā rājamātro vā dhanī vā sumahānbhavet|| 31|| SP1120321: trayodaśe tu yo nityamaśnāti divase naraḥ| SP1120322: viśetsa bhārgavaṃ sthānaṃ prāpya divyasukhānvitaḥ|| 32|| SP1120331: atha cenmānuṣo bhūyaḥ sa naro jāyate śubhaḥ| SP1120332: dhanadhānyasamākīrṇe jāyate sa kule śubhaḥ|| 33|| SP1120341: caturdaśa tu yo nityaṃ divasāni kṣapennaraḥ| SP1120342: tauṣitaṃ lokamāsādya bhavedgaṇapatirvaraḥ|| 34|| SP1120351: ardhamāsaṃ kṣapedyastu nityameva hyatandritaḥ| SP1120352: devarājena tulyo 'sau bhūtvā svarge 'vatiṣṭhati| SP1120353: iha rājā mahānbhūmau bhūya evābhijāyate|| 35|| SP1120361: yastu māsaṃ kṣapeddhīro jitakrodho jitendriyaḥ| SP1120362: vimānena sa divyena apsarobhiḥ samāvṛtaḥ|| 36|| SP1120371: pūjyamāno yathā devaḥ stūyamānaśca sarvaśaḥ| SP1120372: jvalanādityasaṃkāśo nityaṃ sukhamupāśnute| SP1120373: sarvalokeṣu vasate bahūnyabdāyutāni tu|| 37|| SP1120381: tato brahmasadaṃ prāpya brahmaṇā sa supūjitaḥ| SP1120382: brahmaloke nivasate yathā brahmā narottamaḥ|| 38|| SP1120391: atha cetpunarāyāti brāhmaṇo bhavatīśvaraḥ| SP1120392: yogaṃ ca tatra labhate yenaiśvaryaṃ samaśnute| SP1120393: yogīśaḥ sa tato bhūtvā śambhorgaṇapatirbhavet|| 39|| SP1120401: sarveṣāṃ copavāsānāṃ vidhiṃ paramapuṇyadam| SP1120402: devyaḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ matto 'nyaṃ yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ|| 40|| SP1120411: snātaḥ śucirathācānto hutāgniḥ susamāhitaḥ| SP1120412: dīkṣayitvā tato 'tmānamupavāsaṃ caredbudhaḥ|| 41|| SP1120421: snāyettriṣavaṇaṃ caiva juhuyādagnimeva ca| SP1120422: vāgyato 'krodhano dānto dhārmikaḥ satyavāgghṛṇī|| 42|| SP1120431: japansa caiva gāyatrīṃ pavitrāṇi ca nityaśaḥ| SP1120432: rudrānatha gaṇānvāpi rātrau ca sthaṇḍileśayaḥ| SP1120433: kuśānāstīrya vidhivatstrīśūdraiḥ parivarjitaḥ|| 43|| SP1120441: samaśnīyāttato devyo vītaśoko vimatsaraḥ| SP1120442: yāvantyahāni tiṣṭheta tāvadviprāṃstu bhojayet|| 44|| SP1120451: tataḥ pūrṇe tu kāle vai brāhmaṇānāṃ śataṃ varam| SP1120452: sahasramathavā śaktyā pūjayitvā tu sarvaśaḥ|| 45|| SP1120461: haviṣyaṃ bhojanaṃ dattvā gāvo vāsāṃsi ca kramāt| SP1120462: suvarṇaṃ tilapātraṃ ca ekaikasya pradāpayet| SP1120463: tatastatphalamāpnoti yadanyairdurlabhaṃ vrataiḥ|| 46|| SP1120471: vṛṣabhaṃ yastu nīlāṅgamutsṛjeta narottamaḥ| SP1120472: anyaṃ vāpi mahābhāgāḥ sa pitṝṃstārayennaraḥ|| 47|| SP1120481: yāvanti tasya romāṇi vṛṣabhasya mahātmanaḥ| SP1120482: tāvantyeva sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ divi modate|| 48|| SP1120491: tilapātrāṇi yo dadyādviprebhyaḥ śuddhamānasaḥ| SP1120492: amāvāsyāṃ samāsādya kṛṣṇānāṃ susamāhitaḥ|| 49|| SP1120501: sa pitṝṃstarpayitvā tu akṣayaṃ narapuṃgavaḥ| SP1120502: pitṛlokaṃ samāpnoti ciraṃ ca sukhamaśnute|| 50|| SP1120511: upavāsavidhistveṣa kathito me suśobhanāḥ| SP1120512: cāndrāyaṇavidhiṃ bhūyaḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ|| 51|| SP1120521: yastu cāndrāyaṇaṃ kuryādyathoktaṃ susamāhitaḥ| SP1120522: sa somalokamāsādya somena samatāṃ vrajet|| 52|| SP1120531: prājāpatyaṃ tu yaḥ kuryādekaśo bahuśo 'pi vā| SP1120532: prajāpatisamo bhūtvā tasya loke mahīyate|| 53|| SP1120541: yastu sāṃtapanaṃ kṛcchraṃ karoti narasattamaḥ| SP1120542: ātmānamuddharetkṛcchrātso 'gnilokaṃ ca gacchati|| 54|| SP1120551: mahāsāṃtapanaṃ yaśca karoti sumahāmanāḥ| SP1120552: sarvajñatāmavāpnoti brahmalokaṃ ca vindati|| 55|| SP1120561: tulāpuruṣakaṃ yaśca kurute dvijasattamaḥ| SP1120562: sa muktaḥ sarvapāpaistu gaccheta divi-m-ūrjitaḥ|| 56|| SP1120571: atikṛcchreṇa tu naraḥ śarvasya bhavanaṃ vrajet| SP1120572: kṛcchrātikṛcchreṇa tathā gāṇāpatyamavāpnuyāt|| 57|| SP1120581: yastu sarvāṇi kṛcchrāṇi kurute narasattamaḥ| SP1120582: sa yaṃ prārthayate kāmaṃ tameva samupāśnute|| 58|| SP1120591: yasya kasyacideveha kṛcchrasya susamāhitaḥ| SP1120592: sa tena siddho bhavati devatvaṃ cāpi vindati|| 59|| SP1120601: payobhakṣastu yo nityaṃ naraḥ saṃvatsaraṃ vaset| SP1120602: yāvakaṃ copayuñjāno gomūtreṇābhisaṃskṛtam|| 60|| SP1120611: piṇyākaphalabhakṣo vā akṣāralavaṇo 'pi vā| SP1120612: so 'śvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya brahmalokaṃ samaśnute|| 61|| SP1120621: sarvapāpavinirmukto vimuktaḥ sarvabandhanaiḥ| SP1120622: vimānenārkavarṇena brahmavaccarate ca saḥ|| 62|| SP1120631: yastvetānyeva sarvāṇi vyastāni narasattamaḥ| SP1120632: yāvaducchvāsamāsevenmahātmā naṣṭakilbiṣaḥ|| 63|| SP1120641: sa lokānvā mahāsattvo yatheṣṭānmokṣameva vā| SP1120642: aiśvaryaṃ vā mahatprāpya dīpyamāno 'vatiṣṭhate|| 64|| SP1120651: etānyeva ca sarvāṇi dānāni ca tapāṃsi ca| SP1120652: vinā mantreṇa satataṃ śūdrāṇāmapi sarvaśaḥ|| 65|| SP1120661: vidhīyante na saṃdeha evamāha prajāpatiḥ| SP1120662: amantrāste smṛtāḥ sarve śūdrā vigatakalmaṣāḥ|| 66|| SP1120671: strīṇāṃ tu daivataṃ bhartā na tato 'nyadvidhīyate| SP1120672: sa gatiḥ paramaṃ dhāma sa dharmaḥ paramaḥ smṛtaḥ|| 67|| SP1120681: tena yā tvabhyanujñātā idaṃ dharmaṃ samācaret| SP1120682: sā phalaṃ tasya dharmasya prāpnoti susamāhitā|| 68|| SP1120691: yā tu tenānanujñātā dharmaṃ kuryācchucismitāḥ| SP1120692: na tatphalaṃ sā labhate labhate cāsatīphalam|| 69|| SP1120701: yā tu bhartrābhyanujñātā kṛtvā dharmaṃ supuṣkalam| SP1120702: dadyāttu pataye nārī tasyānantaṃ hi tatphalam|| 70|| SP1120711: yacca prārthayate kiṃcidiha loke paratra vā| SP1120712: tatsarvaṃ prāpnute devyaḥ subhagā cābhijāyate|| 71|| SP1120721: vaśyaścāsyā bhavedbhartā priyā tasya ca sā tadā| SP1120722: putraprajā ca bhavati na ca duḥkhaṃ samaśnute| SP1120723: eṣa dharmo mayākhyāto yuṣmākaṃ lokamātaraḥ|| 72|| SP1120730: sanatkumāra uvāca| SP1120731: tatastāḥ sahitāḥ sarvā devyo lokasya mātaraḥ| SP1120732: pūjayitvā mahādevīmūcuḥ saṃhṛṣṭacetasaḥ|| 73|| SP1120741: aho dharmastvayākhyātaḥ sarvāmaranamaskṛte| SP1120742: yasya saṃsevanātkṣipraṃ prāpyate sumahatphalam|| 74|| SP1120751: ito vīkṣāmahe devi girerasya vanaṃ śubham| SP1120752: puṣpajātisamākīrṇaṃ bahupakṣigaṇāvṛtam|| 75|| SP1120761: tata utthāya sā devī sahitā devamātṛbhiḥ| SP1120762: mandarasya girerdivyaṃ draṣṭuṃ tadvanamuttamam| SP1120763: vicacāra mahāyogā cakṣurdehasukhāvaham|| 76|| SP1120771: mānaḥśilāni śṛṅgāṇi sauvarṇāni ca vīkṣatī| SP1120772: ramyāṇi sitatoyāni gireḥ prasravaṇāni ca|| 77|| SP1120781: sarāṃsyutpalapūrṇāni vāpīśca sumanoharāḥ| SP1120782: tutoṣa girijā dṛṣṭvā pārśvasaṃsthaṃ ca nandinam|| 78|| SP1120791: tataḥ sā devadevī tu vicarantī mahāgirim| SP1120792: apaśyadbālasūryābhaṃ bālāśokaṃ supuṣpitam| SP1120793: ātāmrapallavaśataiḥ kṛtvāñjalimavasthitam|| 79|| SP1120801: taṃ dṛṣṭvā girijā devī parāṃ prītimagānmune| SP1120802: eṣa me tanayaḥ ślāghyo bhavitā nandivardhanaḥ|| 80|| SP1120811: bhagavatyāgate hyenamanujñātā svayambhuvā| SP1120812: grahīṣyāmi priyaṃ putraṃ bālāśokaṃ supādapam|| 81|| SP1120821: athāsminnantare tatra utpāto 'tīva bhīṣaṇaḥ| SP1120822: vāyuvego mahānāsīdgirivṛkṣanipātanaḥ|| 82|| SP1120831: andhako 'pi tadā daityaḥ pātālānmandaraṃ yayau| SP1120832: prahlādapramukhairdaityairdānavaiśca sahasraśaḥ| SP1120833: vṛtaḥ śrīmānmahādaityaḥ śakro devagaṇairiva|| 83|| SP1120841: so 'ndhakaḥ sumahāvīryaḥ sakhībhiḥ sahitāṃ tadā| SP1120842: apaśyaddevadevīṃ tu vṛkaḥ siṃhavadhūmiva|| 84|| SP1120851: dṛṣṭvā bhagavatīṃ devīṃ sa daityo mūḍhacetanaḥ| SP1120852: praṇāmaṃ nākarodvyāsa anvavekṣata kevalam|| 85|| SP1120861: taṃ dṛṣṭvānimiṣaṃ daityaṃ paśyantamacalātmajām| SP1120862: prahlādastu mahābuddhiridamāha vaco 'rthavat|| 86|| SP1120871: jagato jananī hyeṣā himavadduhitāvyayā| SP1120872: umeti jagati khyātā tapoyogabalānvitā|| 87|| SP1120881: yasya putro 'bhavadbrahmā sarvalokapitāmahaḥ| SP1120882: asmākaṃ devatānāṃ ca yo dadāti varāñchubhān|| 88|| SP1120891: yaḥ sthitaḥ sarvamāviśya bhūtagrāmamaśeṣataḥ| SP1120892: yasyātmanā sarvamidaṃ dhāryate jagadavyayam|| 89|| SP1120901: patnīyaṃ tasya devasya parameśasya dhīmataḥ| SP1120902: śaktā hīyaṃ jagatsarvaṃ kṣaṇena ditijādhipa|| 90|| SP1120911: dagdhuṃ vāpyathavā hartuṃ kṣeptuṃ naraka eva vā| SP1120912: kathamasyāḥ praṇāmaṃ tvaṃ nākarordaitya mohita|| 91|| SP1120920: sanatkumāra uvāca| SP1120921: athaivaṃ bruvatastasya dharmayuktaṃ suradviṣaḥ| SP1120922: devībhiḥ sahitā devī kṣaṇenāntarhitā mune|| 92|| SP1120931: atha te daityapāḥ sarve vicaranto mahāgirau| SP1120932: bahunirjharasaṃkīrṇe nānāpādapasaṃkule|| 93|| SP1120941: tatra te vicarantastu ekasminnirjhare sthitān| SP1120942: apaśyansaptarṣīnsiddhānyogayuktānmahāmunīn|| 94|| SP1120951: tāndṛṣṭvā so 'ndhako 'pṛcchatprahlādamasurottamam| SP1120952: ka ime ṛṣayo hyatra kimarthaṃ ceha saṃgatāḥ|| 95|| SP1120960: prahlāda uvāca| SP1120961: ete 'ndhaka mahātmāno ṛṣayaḥ sapta saṃgatāḥ| SP1120962: bhṛguratrirmarīciśca viśvāmitro 'ṅgirāstathā|| 96|| SP1120971: bharadvājo vasiṣṭhaśca yogasiddhāstapodhanāḥ| SP1120972: naiṣāṃ niṣkāraṇaṃ manye mandarāgamanaṃ prabho|| 97|| SP1120981: ito vayamihaikānte sthitvā sarve 'sureśvarāḥ| SP1120982: mataṃ gṛhṇīma sarveṣāṃ tūṣṇīṃ tiṣṭhata daityapāḥ|| 98|| SP1120991: tatasteṣu sthiteṣvevamasureṣu durātmasu| SP1120992: ṛṣayaste tapoyuktā vākyamūcuḥ parasparam|| 99|| SP1121001: na śuddho 'yaṃ girerdeśo gacchāmo 'nyatra vai dvijāḥ| SP1121002: ihāgamo hi daityānāṃ dṛśyate sudurātmanām|| 100|| SP1121011: gatāste nidhanaṃ sarve dharmaṃ ye nāśayantyuta| SP1121012: rājyārthaṃ yadi taiḥ krūrairna dharmo nāśito bhavet| SP1121013: naiva te nidhanaṃ sarve prāptāḥ syuramaradviṣaḥ|| 101|| SP1121021: svarājyaparisaṃtuṣṭā bhaveyuryadi saṃsthitāḥ| SP1121022: te 'pi sarveṣu lokeṣu babhuḥ pūjyāḥ surā iva|| 102|| SP1121031: asurānprati sarveṣāmevaṃ kathayatāṃ tadā| SP1121032: āgāddhātā vidhātā ca kṛtāntaśca mahābalaḥ|| 103|| SP1121041: tāṃste saṃpūjya vidhivatparasparamanuvratāḥ| SP1121042: ūcuḥ kvedaṃ bhavanto 'dya prasthitā lokadhāriṇaḥ|| 104|| SP1121050: vidhātovāca| SP1121051: brahmalokādupāvṛttā vayamadya gatā dvijāḥ| SP1121052: brahmaṇā sma samājñāptāḥ kaśyapasya tato 'ntikam|| 105|| SP1121061: athābravīnmuniṃ dhātā kaśyapaṃ taṃ prajāpatim| SP1121062: yattvayā jñāpito brahmanbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ|| 106|| SP1121071: asurā api me putrā devāścāpi priyāḥ prabho| SP1121072: teṣāṃ naiva yathānyonyaṃ vairaṃ syāllokabhāvana| SP1121073: tathā kuru suraśreṣṭha bhaveyaṃ nirvṛtastataḥ|| 107|| SP1121081: tatrāhaṃ brahmaṇājñāpto bravīmi tvāṃ mahāmune| SP1121082: devāsuraṃ yathāvṛttamanyonyaṃ sakhyameva ca| SP1121083: amṛtotpādanaṃ caiva rājyasaṃsthāṃ ca kṛtsnaśaḥ|| 108|| SP1121091: tasyaivaṃ pṛcchataḥ sarvaṃ bhaviṣyamṛṣisattamaḥ| SP1121092: kathayāmāsa bhūtārthaṃ devāsuraviceṣṭitam|| 109|| SP1121101: nivedya tasya tatsarvaṃ brahmaṇā preṣitā vayam| SP1121102: ihāgatā bhagavatīṃ draṣṭuṃ himagireḥ sutām|| 110|| SP1121110: sanatkumāra uvāca| SP1121111: tānevaṃvādino bhūyo ṛṣayaste tapodhanāḥ| SP1121112: papracchurniyatātmānaḥ sarva eva tadā mune|| 111|| SP1121121: devāsurāṇāṃ yadvṛttaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ kathitaṃ śubhāḥ| SP1121122: tadvayaṃ śrotumicchāmo yadi vo 'nugrahe matiḥ|| 112|| SP1121131: kiṃ ca vijñāpitā devī yuṣmābhiḥ surasattamāḥ| SP1121132: kathayadhvaṃ ca tatsarvaṃ yadyanugrāhyatā hi naḥ|| 113|| SP1121141: teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā trayaste devasattamāḥ| SP1121142: tvamācakṣva kṛtānteti vākyamūcurmahābalāḥ|| 114|| SP1121151: tataḥ sa teṣāṃ bahucitrakāraṇaṃ yathābhaviṣyaṃ kathayāṃcakāra| SP1121152: surāsurāṇāṃ jayatāṃ ca kāraṇaṃ purā vidhātrā vihitaṃ yathārthavat|| 115|| SP1129999: iti skandapurāṇe dvādaśottaraśato 'dhyāyaḥ||