Pushpa's Boon from the Sun God

Verse 1 (skanda.6.157.1)

सूत उवाच। एवं संबोधितस्तैस्तु लोकैः पुष्पस्तदा द्विजाः ॥ तानब्रवीत्ततः कुद्धो न करिष्यामि भोजनम्

sūta uvāca evaṁ saṁbodhitastaistu lokaiḥ puṣpastadā dvijāḥ tānabravīttataḥ kuddho na kariṣyāmi bhojanam

Suta said: Thus consoled by those people, Pushpa, in anger, said to them: "I shall not eat,

Verse 2 (skanda.6.157.2)

यावन्न चास्य पापस्य करिष्यामि प्रतिक्रियाम् ॥ तद्वदध्वं महाभागा देवो वा देवताऽथवा

yāvanna cāsya pāpasya kariṣyāmi pratikriyām tadvadadhvaṁ mahābhāgā devo vā devatā'thavā

not until I have taken revenge upon this sinful man. Therefore, O most fortunate ones, tell me — is there here any god or goddess,

Verse 3 (skanda.6.157.3)

तथान्ये सिद्धमन्त्रा वा सद्यः प्रत्ययकारकाः ॥ आराधिता यथा सद्यो मानुषाणां वरप्रदाः

tathānye siddhamantrā vā sadyaḥ pratyayakārakāḥ ārādhitā yathā sadyo mānuṣāṇāṁ varapradāḥ

or some other proven mantra, that grants its fruit at once — worshipping whom, as I have heard, men swiftly receive their boons?"

Verse 4 (skanda.6.157.4)

जना ऊचुः। एको देवः स्थितश्चात्र सद्यःप्रत्ययकारकः ॥ तथैका देवता चात्र श्रूयते जगती तले

janā ūcuḥ eko devaḥ sthitaścātra sadyaḥpratyayakārakaḥ tathaikā devatā cātra śrūyate jagatī tale

The people said: Here upon this earth, one god and one goddess are renowned as swiftly granting their fruit, as we have heard.

Verse 5 (skanda.6.157.5)

पुष्प उवाच। कोऽसौ देवः कियद्दूरे कस्मिन्स्थाने व्यवस्थितः ॥ तथा च देवता ब्रूत दयां कृत्वा ममोपरि

puṣpa uvāca ko'sau devaḥ kiyaddūre kasminsthāne vyavasthitaḥ tathā ca devatā brūta dayāṁ kṛtvā mamopari

Pushpa said: "Who is that god, how far away, in what place established? And who too is that goddess — tell me, taking pity on me."

Verse 6 (skanda.6.157.6)

जना ऊचुः। चमत्कारपुरे सूर्यो याज्ञवल्क्यप्रतिष्ठितः ॥ अस्ति विप्र श्रुतोऽस्माभिः सद्यः प्रत्ययकारकः

janā ūcuḥ camatkārapure sūryo yājñavalkyapratiṣṭhitaḥ asti vipra śruto'smābhiḥ sadyaḥ pratyayakārakaḥ

The people said: In Chamatkarapura is the Sun, established by Yajnavalkya, who, O brahmin, we have heard, grants his fruit at once.

Verse 7 (skanda.6.157.7)

सूर्यवारेण सप्तम्यां फलहस्तः प्रदक्षिणाम् ॥ यः करोति नरस्तस्य ह्यष्टोत्तरशतं द्विज

sūryavāreṇa saptamyāṁ phalahastaḥ pradakṣiṇām yaḥ karoti narastasya hyaṣṭottaraśataṁ dvija

On a Sunday falling on the seventh lunar day, whatever man, fruit in hand, performs a hundred and eight circumambulations of him, O brahmin —

Verse 8 (skanda.6.157.8)

तस्य सिद्धिप्रदः सम्यङ्मनसा वांछितं ददेत् ॥ तथान्या शारदा नाम देवी काश्मीरसंस्थिता

tasya siddhipradaḥ samyaṅmanasā vāṁchitaṁ dadet tathānyā śāradā nāma devī kāśmīrasaṁsthitā

— to him he duly grants siddhi, whatever is desired in the mind. And there is also another goddess, named Sharada, established in Kashmir —

Verse 9 (skanda.6.157.9)

उपवासकृतेरेव सापि सिद्धिप्रदायिनी ॥ तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तेषां जनानां स द्विजोत्तमाः

upavāsakṛtereva sāpi siddhipradāyinī tacchrutvā vacanaṁ teṣāṁ janānāṁ sa dvijottamāḥ

— she too grants siddhi by mere fasting. Having heard their words, that foremost of brahmins —

Verse 10 (skanda.6.157.10)

समुद्दिश्य चमत्कारं तस्मात्स्थानात्ततः परम् ॥ चमत्कारपुरं प्राप्य सप्तम्यां सूर्यवासरे

samuddiśya camatkāraṁ tasmātsthānāttataḥ param camatkārapuraṁ prāpya saptamyāṁ sūryavāsare

— setting his aim on Chamatkara (the deity), went on from that place, and, arriving at Chamatkarapura on a Sunday falling on the seventh lunar day —

Verse 11 (skanda.6.157.11)

तत्रागत्य ततः स्नात्वा शुचिर्भूत्वा समाहितः ॥ गतः संति ष्ठते यत्र याज्ञवल्क्यकृतो रविः

tatrāgatya tataḥ snātvā śucirbhūtvā samāhitaḥ gataḥ saṁti ṣṭhate yatra yājñavalkyakṛto raviḥ

— arrived there, bathed, purified himself, and, with focused mind, went to where the Sun established by Yajnavalkya stood.

Verse 12 (skanda.6.157.12)

ततः प्रदक्षिणाः कृत्वा अष्टोत्तरशतं मिताः ॥ नालिकेराणि चादाय श्रद्धया परयाः युतः

tataḥ pradakṣiṇāḥ kṛtvā aṣṭottaraśataṁ mitāḥ nālikerāṇi cādāya śraddhayā parayāḥ yutaḥ

Then, having completed a hundred and eight circumambulations, holding coconuts, filled with the deepest reverence —

Verse 13 (skanda.6.157.13)

ततः क्षुत्क्षामकंठः स परिश्रांतस्तदग्रतः ॥ उपविष्टो जपं कुर्वन्सूर्येष्टैः स्तवनैस्तदा

tataḥ kṣutkṣāmakaṁṭhaḥ sa pariśrāṁtastadagrataḥ upaviṣṭo japaṁ kurvansūryeṣṭaiḥ stavanaistadā

— weakened by hunger, utterly exhausted, he sat before him and continued his recitation with hymns of praise to the Sun.

Verse 14 (skanda.6.157.14)

मंडलब्राह्मणाद्यैश्च तारं स्वरमुपाश्रितः ॥ सप्तयुंजर वाद्यैश्च अग्निरेवेति भक्तितः

maṁḍalabrāhmaṇādyaiśca tāraṁ svaramupāśritaḥ saptayuṁjara vādyaiśca agnireveti bhaktitaḥ

With the Mandala-brahmana and other mantras, in a raised voice, with the mantras beginning "agnireva" addressed to the seven-horsed one, with devotion —

Verse 15 (skanda.6.157.15)

आदित्यव्रतसंज्ञाद्यैः सामभिर्दृढभक्तिभाक् ॥ क्षुरिकामंत्रपूर्वैश्च तथैवाथर्वणोद्भवैः

ādityavratasaṁjñādyaiḥ sāmabhirdṛḍhabhaktibhāk kṣurikāmaṁtrapūrvaiśca tathaivātharvaṇodbhavaiḥ

— with the Sama-mantras called the Aditya-vrata, filled with firm devotion, and with the Kshurika mantras and those drawn from the Atharvaveda as well —

Verse 16 (skanda.6.157.16)

यावदन्योर्कवारस्तु नैव तुष्टो दिवाकरः ॥ पौर्णमासीदिने प्राप्ते वैराग्यं परमं गतः

yāvadanyorkavārastu naiva tuṣṭo divākaraḥ paurṇamāsīdine prāpte vairāgyaṁ paramaṁ gataḥ

— yet, even until the following Sunday, the Sun god remained unsatisfied; and when the full-moon day arrived, he fell into the utmost despair.

Verse 17 (skanda.6.157.17)

ततः पुष्पो विधायाथ स्नानं धौतांबरः शुचिः ॥ भूनाम्ना साध्य भूमिं च स्थंडिलार्थं द्विजोत्तमाः

tataḥ puṣpo vidhāyātha snānaṁ dhautāṁbaraḥ śuciḥ bhūnāmnā sādhya bhūmiṁ ca sthaṁḍilārthaṁ dvijottamāḥ

Then Pushpa, having bathed, put on washed garments, and purified himself, O best of brahmins, purified the ground for a sthandila (earthen altar) —

Verse 18 (skanda.6.157.18)

स्थंडिलं हस्तमात्रं च स्थंडिले प्रत्यकल्पयत् ॥ अग्निमीळेतिमंत्रेण ततोऽग्निं स निधाय च

sthaṁḍilaṁ hastamātraṁ ca sthaṁḍile pratyakalpayat agnimīḻetimaṁtreṇa tato'gniṁ sa nidhāya ca

— fashioned a sthandila one cubit in extent upon that consecrated ground; then, with the mantra "agnimīḷe," established the fire there —

Verse 19 (skanda.6.157.19)

तृणैः परिस्तृणामीतिकृत्वोपस्तरणं ततः ॥ आब्रह्मन्निति मन्त्रेण दत्त्वा ब्रह्मासनं ततः

tṛṇaiḥ paristṛṇāmītikṛtvopastaraṇaṁ tataḥ ābrahmanniti mantreṇa dattvā brahmāsanaṁ tataḥ

— spread grass over it with the mantra "paristṛṇāmi," and, with the mantra "ābrahman," set out the seat for the Brahman priest —

Verse 20 (skanda.6.157.20)

सुत्रामाणमिति प्रोच्य समिधःस्थापनं च यत् ॥ प्रोक्षणीपात्रमासाद्य प्रोक्षणं कृतवांस्ततः

sutrāmāṇamiti procya samidhaḥsthāpanaṁ ca yat prokṣaṇīpātramāsādya prokṣaṇaṁ kṛtavāṁstataḥ

— reciting "sutrāmāṇam," set the sacrificial fuel-sticks in place, and, taking up the vessel for sprinkling, performed the sprinkling rite —

Verse 21 (skanda.6.157.21)

पात्राणामथ सर्वेषां स्रुवादीनां यथाक्रमम् ॥ ततः प्रकल्पयामास हविःस्थाने निजां तनुम्

pātrāṇāmatha sarveṣāṁ sruvādīnāṁ yathākramam tataḥ prakalpayāmāsa haviḥsthāne nijāṁ tanum

— then, having in due order prepared all the vessels beginning with the sruk and sruva, he placed his own body in the position of the oblation.

Verse 22 (skanda.6.157.22)

न्यायं तु देवतास्थाने स आचार्यविधानतः ॥ ग्रहणं प्रोक्षणं चैव सूर्याय त्वेति चोत्तरम्

nyāyaṁ tu devatāsthāne sa ācāryavidhānataḥ grahaṇaṁ prokṣaṇaṁ caiva sūryāya tveti cottaram

Performing the taking and sprinkling at the deity's station according to the acharya's rite, with the response mantra "sūryāya tvā" —

Verse 23 (skanda.6.157.23)

अयं त इध्म आत्मेति जप्त्वाथ समिधं ततः ॥ अग्निसोमेति मन्त्राभ्यां हुत्वा चाज्याहुती ततः

ayaṁ ta idhma ātmeti japtvātha samidhaṁ tataḥ agnisometi mantrābhyāṁ hutvā cājyāhutī tataḥ

— reciting "ayaṁ ta idhma ātmā" over the fuel-stick, and then, with the "agnisoma" mantra, offering two oblations of clarified butter —

Verse 24 (skanda.6.157.24)

कृत्वा व्याहृतिहोमं तु भूर्भुवः स्वेति भो द्विजाः ॥ ये ते शतेति मन्त्राद्यैर्हुत्वात्रैव च दारुणम्

kṛtvā vyāhṛtihomaṁ tu bhūrbhuvaḥ sveti bho dvijāḥ ye te śateti mantrādyairhutvātraiva ca dāruṇam

— performing the vyahriti-homa with "bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ," and, O brahmins, offering there a dreadful oblation with mantras beginning "ye te śatam" —

Verse 25 (skanda.6.157.25)

आह्वयामास वह्निं च प्रत्यक्षो भव देव मे ॥ एवं मन्त्रेण कृत्वा तं संमुखं ज्वलनं ततः

āhvayāmāsa vahniṁ ca pratyakṣo bhava deva me evaṁ mantreṇa kṛtvā taṁ saṁmukhaṁ jvalanaṁ tataḥ

— invoking Agni, with the mantra "O god, be present before me manifest," and turning that blazing fire to face him —

Verse 26 (skanda.6.157.26)

कालीकरालिकाद्याश्च सप्तजिह्वाश्च याः स्मृताः ॥ तासामाह्वानकं कृत्वा ततो दीप्ते हविर्भुजि

kālīkarālikādyāśca saptajihvāśca yāḥ smṛtāḥ tāsāmāhvānakaṁ kṛtvā tato dīpte havirbhuji

— invoking the seven tongues of flame remembered as Kali, Karalika, and the rest, and then into that blazing fire that consumes oblations —

Verse 27 (skanda.6.157.27)

जुहाव च स मांसानि स्वानि चोत्कृत्त्य शस्त्रतः ॥ लोमभ्यः स्वाहेति विदिशो दिग्भ्यो दत्त्वा ततः परम्

juhāva ca sa māṁsāni svāni cotkṛttya śastrataḥ lomabhyaḥ svāheti vidiśo digbhyo dattvā tataḥ param

— cutting his own flesh with his own weapon, he offered it as oblation into it; saying "lomabhyaḥ svāhā," he offered too to the intermediate and cardinal directions —

Verse 28 (skanda.6.157.28)

अग्नये स्विष्टकृतइति यावदात्मानमाक्षिपेत् ॥ तावद्धृतः स सूर्येण स्वहस्तेन समंततः

agnaye sviṣṭakṛtaiti yāvadātmānamākṣipet tāvaddhṛtaḥ sa sūryeṇa svahastena samaṁtataḥ

— saying "agnaye sviṣṭakṛte," and, just as he was about to cast his own body into the fire, the Sun himself seized him firmly with his own hand from every side.

Verse 29 (skanda.6.157.29)

धृतश्च सादरं तेन मा विप्र कुरु साहसम् ॥ नेदृग्घोमः कृतः क्वापि कदाचित्केनचिद्द्विज

dhṛtaśca sādaraṁ tena mā vipra kuru sāhasam nedṛgghomaḥ kṛtaḥ kvāpi kadācitkenaciddvija

Holding him with great respect, he said: "O brahmin, do not do such a rash thing; never has such a homa been performed anywhere, by anyone.

Verse 30 (skanda.6.157.30)

तुष्टोऽहं च महाभाग ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते ॥ अदेयमपि दास्यामि यत्ते मनसिवर्तते

tuṣṭo'haṁ ca mahābhāga brūhi kiṁ karavāṇi te adeyamapi dāsyāmi yatte manasivartate

O illustrious one, I am pleased with you; tell me, what shall I do for you? Even if what is in your heart is hard to obtain, I shall give it."

Verse 31 (skanda.6.157.31)

पुष्प उवाच। यदि तुष्टोसि देवेश यदि देयो वरो मम ॥ तद्देयं गुटिकायुग्मं यदर्थं प्रार्थयाम्यहम्

puṣpa uvāca yadi tuṣṭosi deveśa yadi deyo varo mama taddeyaṁ guṭikāyugmaṁ yadarthaṁ prārthayāmyaham

Pushpa said: "O lord of gods, if you are pleased, if you wish to grant me a boon, then give me the boon for which I am praying —

Verse 32 (skanda.6.157.32)

वैदिशे नगरे चास्ति मणिभद्रो महाधनी ॥ कुब्जांगः क्षत्रियो देव जरावलिसमन्वितः

vaidiśe nagare cāsti maṇibhadro mahādhanī kubjāṁgaḥ kṣatriyo deva jarāvalisamanvitaḥ

— in the city of Vaidisha there is an exceedingly wealthy kshatriya named Manibhadra, O god, hunchbacked in body and stricken with old age,

Verse 33 (skanda.6.157.33)

अब्रह्मण्यो महानीचः कीनाशो जनदूषितः ॥ द्वयोरेकां यदा वक्त्रे सदा चैव करोम्यहम्

abrahmaṇyo mahānīcaḥ kīnāśo janadūṣitaḥ dvayorekāṁ yadā vaktre sadā caiva karomyaham

hostile to brahmins, utterly base, miserly, and condemned by the people. Whenever I place one of these two upon my face —

Verse 34 (skanda.6.157.34)

तदा मे तादृशं रूपमविकल्पं भवत्विति ॥ यदा पुनर्गृहीत्वा तां द्वितीयां प्रक्षिपाम्यहम्

tadā me tādṛśaṁ rūpamavikalpaṁ bhavatviti yadā punargṛhītvā tāṁ dvitīyāṁ prakṣipāmyaham

— then may I obtain that very form of his without any difference, and when I take up and cast away the other of the two —

Verse 35 (skanda.6.157.35)

ततश्च सहजं रूपं मम भूयात्सुरेश्वर ॥ वैदिशे नगरे चास्ति मणिभद्रः सुरेश्वर

tataśca sahajaṁ rūpaṁ mama bhūyātsureśvara vaidiśe nagare cāsti maṇibhadraḥ sureśvara

— then may my own natural form be restored to me, O lord of the gods. In the city of Vaidisha there is that Manibhadra, O lord —

Verse 36 (skanda.6.157.36)

अपरं तस्य यत्किंचिद्धनधान्यादिकं गृहे ॥ तत्सर्वं विदितं मे स्यात्तथा देव प्रजायताम्

aparaṁ tasya yatkiṁciddhanadhānyādikaṁ gṛhe tatsarvaṁ viditaṁ me syāttathā deva prajāyatām

— whatever wealth and grain and so forth is in his house, let all of that become known to me, O god — grant this too.

Verse 37 (skanda.6.157.37)

किं वानेन बहूक्तेन तस्य मित्राणि बांधवाः ॥ व्यवहारास्तथा सर्वे प्रकटाः स्युः सदैव हि

kiṁ vānena bahūktena tasya mitrāṇi bāṁdhavāḥ vyavahārāstathā sarve prakaṭāḥ syuḥ sadaiva hi

What use is there in saying more — let his friends, his kinsmen, and all his dealings too always lie plainly open to me —

Verse 38 (skanda.6.157.38)

न कश्चिज्जायते तत्र विकल्पः कस्यचित्क्वचित् ॥ मम तस्याधम स्यापि सर्वकृत्येषु सर्वदा

na kaścijjāyate tatra vikalpaḥ kasyacitkvacit mama tasyādhama syāpi sarvakṛtyeṣu sarvadā

— so that between him and me, in every matter always, no one anywhere should perceive any difference."

Verse 39 (skanda.6.157.39)

भास्कर उवाच। गृहाण त्वं महाभाग गुटिकाद्वितयं शुभम् ॥ शुक्लं कृष्णं च वक्त्रस्थं विभेद जननं महत्

bhāskara uvāca gṛhāṇa tvaṁ mahābhāga guṭikādvitayaṁ śubham śuklaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ ca vaktrasthaṁ vibheda jananaṁ mahat

The Sun said: "O illustrious one, take these two auspicious pills — one white and one black — which, placed upon the face, produce a great transformation.

Verse 40 (skanda.6.157.40)

शुक्लया तस्य रूपं च तव नूनं भविष्यति ॥ कृष्णयापि पुनः स्वं च संप्राप्स्यसि महाद्विज

śuklayā tasya rūpaṁ ca tava nūnaṁ bhaviṣyati kṛṣṇayāpi punaḥ svaṁ ca saṁprāpsyasi mahādvija

By the white pill you shall surely obtain his form, and, O great brahmin, by the black pill you shall regain your own form again."

Verse 41 (skanda.6.157.41)

पुष्प उवाच। अपरं वद मे देव संदेहं हृदये स्थितम् ॥ यत्त्वां पृच्छामि देवेश तव कीर्तिविवर्धनम्

puṣpa uvāca aparaṁ vada me deva saṁdehaṁ hṛdaye sthitam yattvāṁ pṛcchāmi deveśa tava kīrtivivardhanam

Pushpa said: "O god, tell me also of one more doubt lodged in my heart, which I ask you, O lord of gods, and which only enhances your own glory —

Verse 42 (skanda.6.157.42)

मया श्रुतं सुरश्रेष्ठ सप्तम्यां सूर्यवासरे ॥ यस्ते प्रदक्षिणानां च कुर्यादष्टोत्तरं शतम् ॥ तस्य त्वं तत्क्षणादेव फलहस्तस्य सिद्धिदः

mayā śrutaṁ suraśreṣṭha saptamyāṁ sūryavāsare yaste pradakṣiṇānāṁ ca kuryādaṣṭottaraṁ śatam tasya tvaṁ tatkṣaṇādeva phalahastasya siddhidaḥ

I have heard, O foremost of gods, that whoever performs a hundred and eight circumambulations of you on a Sunday falling on the seventh lunar day, fruit in hand, you at once grant him siddhi —

Verse 43 (skanda.6.157.43)

मूर्खस्यापि च पापस्य सर्वदोषान्वितस्य च ॥ चतुर्वेदस्य मे कस्मात्तीर्थयात्रापरस्य च

mūrkhasyāpi ca pāpasya sarvadoṣānvitasya ca caturvedasya me kasmāttīrthayātrāparasya ca

— then for one such as myself, foolish, sinful, possessed of every fault, yet versed in all four Vedas and devoted to pilgrimage, why did it —

Verse 44 (skanda.6.157.44)

सप्तरात्रे गते तुष्टो होम एवंविधे कृते

saptarātre gate tuṣṭo homa evaṁvidhe kṛte

— take seven nights to pass, and so elaborate a homa to be performed, before you became satisfied?"

Verse 45 (skanda.6.157.45)

श्रीसूर्य उवाच। तामसेन तु भावेन त्ववा सर्वमिदं कृतम्॥ तेन सर्वं वृथा जातं त्वया सर्वं च यत्कृतम्

śrīsūrya uvāca tāmasena tu bhāvena tvavā sarvamidaṁ kṛtam tena sarvaṁ vṛthā jātaṁ tvayā sarvaṁ ca yatkṛtam

Shri Surya said: "It was with a tamasic disposition that you did all this; therefore all that you performed became fruitless.

Verse 46 (skanda.6.157.46)

यत्किंचित्क्रियते विप्र तामसं भावमाश्रितैः ॥ तत्सर्वं जायते व्यर्थं किं न वेत्ति भवा निदम्

yatkiṁcitkriyate vipra tāmasaṁ bhāvamāśritaiḥ tatsarvaṁ jāyate vyarthaṁ kiṁ na vetti bhavā nidam

O brahmin, whatever is done under the sway of a tamasic disposition all becomes fruitless — do you not know this?

Verse 47 (skanda.6.157.47)

एवमुक्त्वा ततः सूर्यस्तस्य गात्राण्युपास्पृशत् ॥ खंडितानि स्वहस्तेन निर्व्रणानि कृतानि च

evamuktvā tataḥ sūryastasya gātrāṇyupāspṛśat khaṁḍitāni svahastena nirvraṇāni kṛtāni ca

So saying, the Sun touched his limbs with his own hand, whereby those severed limbs became whole again, without any wound.

Verse 48 (skanda.6.157.48)

अब्रवीच्च पुनः पुष्पं प्रसन्न वदनः स्थितः ॥ अनेनैव विधानेन यः करोति कुशंडिकाम्

abravīcca punaḥ puṣpaṁ prasanna vadanaḥ sthitaḥ anenaiva vidhānena yaḥ karoti kuśaṁḍikām

Then, with a pleased countenance, he spoke again to Pushpa: "Whoever performs the kushandika (fire-rite) by this very method —

Verse 49 (skanda.6.157.49)

सोम्यभावं समाश्रित्य समिद्भिश्चार्कसंभवैः ॥ तिलाक्षतैर्विशेषेण होमं यस्तु समाचरेत्

somyabhāvaṁ samāśritya samidbhiścārkasaṁbhavaiḥ tilākṣatairviśeṣeṇa homaṁ yastu samācaret

— resting in a gentle (saumya) disposition, using fuel-sticks born of the sun-tree, offering especially with sesame and unbroken rice —

Verse 50 (skanda.6.157.50)

छन्दऋषिसमोपेतमेकं यावत्सहस्रकम् ॥ तस्य दास्याम्यहं हृत्स्थमधिकेभ्योऽधिकं फलम्

chandaṛṣisamopetamekaṁ yāvatsahasrakam tasya dāsyāmyahaṁ hṛtsthamadhikebhyo'dhikaṁ phalam

— up to a thousand oblations complete with their chandas and rishi — to him I shall give a fruit greater even than the one lodged in his heart."

Verse 51 (skanda.6.157.51)

एवमुक्त्वा सहस्रांशुस्तत्रैवां तरधीयत ॥ दीपवल्लक्षितो नैव केन मार्गेण निर्गतः

evamuktvā sahasrāṁśustatraivāṁ taradhīyata dīpavallakṣito naiva kena mārgeṇa nirgataḥ

So saying, the thousand-rayed Sun vanished there on the spot; like the flame of a lamp, by what path he departed, no one could tell.