Matsya Purana 179: adhyāyaḥ 179

179.1

bhavamāhātmyavarṇanam.
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ.
śrutaḥ padmodbhavastāta vistareṇa tvayeritaḥ.
samāsād bhava māhātmyaṃ bhairavasya vidhīyatām .. 179.1 ..

The Risis said:—"O Sûta! we have heard the creation from the lotus and the glory of Lord Viṣṇu narrated by you at such a full length; pray now tell us about the glory of the Lord Bhairava Bhava (Śiva)"?

179.2

sūta uvāca.
tasyāpi devadevasya śrṛṇudhvaṃ karma cottamam.
āsīddaityo'ndhako nāma bhinnāñjana cayopamaḥ .. 179.2 ..

Sûta spoke:—I shall relate the glory of Śiva the Lord of Devas, which please hear with attention.

In ancient times there was a demon, as black as soot, who was known by the name of Andhaka He was invulnerable of the Devas and was constantly engaged in his asceticism. Seeing one day the Lord Śiva and Pârvatî enjoying in each others company, he wished to snatch away the latter from the Lord, when a most fearful battle ensued

179.3

tapasā mahatāyukto hyabadhyastridivaukasām.
sa kadācit mahādevaṃ pārvatyā sahitaṃ prabhum .. 179.3 ..

179.4

krīḍamānaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā hartuṃ devīṃ pracakrame.
tasya yuddhaṃ tadā ghoramabhavat saha śambhunā .. 179.4 ..

between Him and the demon That battle was fought in the Mahâkâla forest, in the district of Avanti The Lord was very much oppressed by the demon when the Lord Rudra discharged the weapon called Pasupata Out of the blood that gushed from the body of that demon by the blow of that formidable arrow, thousands of Andhaka demons sprang up, and the gore of those demons also similarly multiplied itself into hundreds of demons—2 7.

179.5

āvantye viṣaye ghore mahākālavanaṃ prati.
tasminyuddhe tadā rudraścāndhakenātipīḍitaḥ .. 179.5 ..

179.6

suṣuve bāṇamatyugra nāmnā pāśupataṃ hi tat.
rudrabāṇavinirbhedādrudhirādandhakasya tu .. 179.6 ..

179.7

andhakāśca samutpannāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ.
teṣāṃ vidāryamāṇānāṃ rudhirādapare punaḥ .. 179.7 ..

179.8

babhūvurandhakā ghorā yairvyāptamakhilaṃ jagat.
evaṃ māyāvinaṃ dṛṣṭvā tañca devastadāndhakam .. 179.8 ..

When they were killed the blood from them again gave births to hundreds of Andhakas of formidable appearances In such a way innumerable demons spread all over, when the Lord created the following Divine Mothers to drink their blood :—Mâheśvarî, Brahmî, Kaumârî, Mâlinî, Suparṇî Vâyavyâ, Śakrî Nairṛitî, Saurî, Saumyâ, Śivâ, Dutî Châmundâ, Vâruṇî, Vârahî, Nârasiṅhî, Vaisṇavî Chalachhikâ, Śatânandî Bhagânandâ, Pichhillâ, Bhagamâlinî, Balâ, Atibalâ, Raktâ, Surabhî Mukhamandikâ, Mâtrinandâ, Sunandâ, Vidâlî, Śakunî, Raivatî, Mahâraktâ, Pilapichikâ, Jayâ, Vijayâ, Jayantî, Aparâjitâ, Kâlî, Mahâkâlî, Dûtî, Subhagâ, Durbhagâ, Karalî, Nandinî, Aditî, Ditî, Mâtî Mṛityu, Karṇamoṭî, Gramyâ, Ulookî, Ghaṭodarî, Kapâlî, Vajrahastâ, Piśâchî, Râksasî, Bhuṣaṇḍî, Saṅkârî, Chaṇḍâ, Lângalî, Putabbî, Khetî, Sulochanâ, Dhûmrâ, Ekavîrâ, Karâlinî, Viśaladanṣṭriṇî, Śyâmâ, Trijatî, Kukurî, Vinayakî, Vaitînî, Umattudumbarî, Sidhî, Lailihânâ, Kaikarî, Garadabhî, Bhrṅkuttî, Bahuputrî, Prevâynâ, Viḍambinî, Kraunchâ, Śailamukhî, Vinatâ, Surasâ, Danu, Uṣâ, Rambhâ, Menakâ, Salilâ, Chitrarupinî, Svâhâ, Svadhâ, Vaṣṭkîra, Dhṛitî, Jeṣṭhâ, Kapardinî, Mâyâ, Vichitrarûpâ, Kâmarûpâ, Saṅgamâ, Mukhevîlâ, Maṅgalâ, Mahânasâ Mahâmukhî, Kumârî, Rochanâ, Bhîma, Sadahâsâ, Mahoddhatâ, Alamvâkṣhî, Kâlaparnî, Kumbhakarṇî, Mahâsurî, Kosiṇî, Saṅkhinî, Lambâ, Piṅgalâ, Lohitamukhî, Ghaṇṭâravâ, Danṣṭrâlâ, Rochanâ, Kâlajaṅghikâ, Gokarnikâ, Ajamukhbikâ, Mahâgrîvâ, Mahâmukhî, Ulkâmukhî, Dhûmaśikhâ, Kampinî, Parikampinî, Mohanâ, Kampanâ Khelâ, Nirbhayî, Bîhusâlinî, Sarpakarṇî, Ekâkṣî, Viśokâ, Nandinî, Jyotsnâmukhî, Rabhasâ, Nikumbhâ, Rakta kampanâ, Avikârâ, Mahachitrâ, Chandrasenâ, Manoramâ, Adarśanâ, Haratpapâ, Mâtaṅgî, Lambamekhalâ, Abâlâ, Vanchonâ, Kalî, Pramodâ, Lângalavatî, Chittâ, Chitti-jalâ, Konâ, Sântikâ, Aghavinâśinî, Lambastanî, Lambastî, Visatî, Vasachârnint, Skhalantî, Dîrghakeśî, Suchirâ, Sundarî, Subhâ, Ayomukhî, Kaṭumukhî, Krodhinî, Aśanî, Kuṭumbikâ, Muktikâ, Chandrikâ, Balamohinî, Sâmânyâ, Hâsinî, Lambâ, Kovidârî, Samâsavî, Kankukarnî, Mahânâdâ Mahâdevî, Mahodarî, Humkarî, Rudrasusatâ, Rudreśî, Bhûtaḍâmarî, Kuṇḍajibvâ, Chalyjvâlâ, Sivâ and Jwâlâmukhî, and several others—8-32

179.9

pānārthamandhakāsrasya so'sṛjanmātarastadā.
māheśvarī tathābrāhmī kaumārī mālinī tathā .. 179.9 ..

179.10

sauparṇī hyatha vāyavyā śākrī vai naiṛtī tathā.
saurī saumyā śivā dūtī cāmuṇḍā cātha vāruṇī .. 179.10 ..

179.11

vārāhī nārasiṃhīca vaiṣṇavīca calacchikhā.
śatānandā bhagānandā picchilā bhagamālinī .. 179.11 ..

179.12

balā cātibalā raktā surabhī mukhamaṇḍikā.
mātṛnandā sunandāca viḍālī śakunī tathā .. 179.12 ..

179.13

revatīca mahāraktā tathaiva pila picchikā.
jayāca vijayā caiva jayantī cāparājitā .. 179.13 ..

179.14

kālī caiva mahākālī dūtī caiva tathaiva ca.
subhāgā durbhagā caiva karālī nandinī tathā .. 179.14 ..

179.15

aditiśca ditiścaiva mārīvai mṛtyureva ca.
karṇamoṭī tathā grāmyā ulūkīca ghaṭodarī .. 179.15 ..

179.16

kapālī vajrahastā ca piśācī rākṣasī tathā.
bhuśuṇḍī śāṅkarī caṇḍā lāṅgalī kuṭabhī tathā .. 179.16 ..

179.17

kheṭā sulocanā dhūmrā ekavīrā karālinī.
viśāladaṃṣṭriṇī śyāmā trijaṭī kukkuṭī tathā .. 179.17 ..

179.18

vaināyakī ca vaitālī unmatto dumvarī tathā.
siddhiśca lelihānā ca kekarī gardabhī tathā .. 179.18 ..

179.19

bhrukuṭī bahuputrīca pretayānā viḍambinī.
krauñcā śailamukhī caiva vinatā suramā danuḥ .. 179.19 ..

179.20

uṣā rambhā menakāca salilā citrarūpiṇī.
svāhā svadhā vaṣaṭkārā dhṛtirjyeṣṭhākapardinī .. 179.20 ..

179.21

māyā vicitrarūpā ca kāmarūpā ca saṅgamā.
mukhevilā maṅgalā ca mahānāsā mahāmukhī .. 179.21 ..

179.22

kumārī rocanā bhomā sadāhā sā madoddhatā.
alambākṣī kālaparṇī kumbhakarṇo mahāsurī .. 179.22 ..

179.23

keśinī śaṅkinī lambā piṅgalā lohitāmukhī.
ghaṇṭāravātha daṃṣṭrālā rocanā kākajaṅghikā .. 179.23 ..

179.24

gokarṇikāca mukhikā mahāgrīvā mahāmukhī.
ulkāmukhī dhūmaśikhā kampinī parikampinī .. 179.24 ..

179.25

mohanā kampanākṣvelā nirbhayā bāhuśāhinī.
sarpakarṇī tathaikākṣī viśokā nandinī tathā .. 179.25 ..

179.26

jotsnā mukhī ca rabhasā nikumbhā raktakampanā.
avikārā mahācitrā candrasenā manoramā .. 179.26 ..

179.27

adarśanā haratpāpā mātaṅgī lambamekhalā.
avālā vañcanā kālī pramodā lāṅgalāvatī .. 179.27 ..

179.28

cittā cittajalā koṇā śāntikāghavināśinī.
lambastanī lambasaṭā visaṭā vāsacūrṇinī .. 179.28 ..

179.29

skhalantī dīrghakeśīca sucirā sundarī śubhā.
ayomukhī kaṭumukhī krodhanīca tathāśanī .. 179.29 ..

179.30

kuṭumbikā muktikā ca candrikā balamohinī.
sāmānyā hāsinī lambā kovidārī samāsavī .. 179.30 ..

179.31

kaṅkukarṇī mahānādā mahādevī mahodarī.
huṅkārī rudrasusaṭā rudreśī bhūtaḍāmarī .. 179.31 ..

179.32

piṇḍajihvā calajjvālā śivā jvālāmukhī tathā.
etāścānyāśca deveśaḥ so'sṛjanmātarastadā .. 179.32 ..

179.33

andhakānāṃ mahāghorāḥ papustadrudhiraṃ tadā.
tato'ndhakāsṛjaḥ sarvāḥ parāṃ tṛptimupāgatāḥ .. 179.33 ..

They looked very terrible They all drank the blood of those demons and were exceedingly gratified After they were quite full and could not drink more blood, the demons again began to multiply by leaps and bounds, when Lord Śiva went to seek the succour of Viṣṇu - 33 35

179.34

tāsu tṛptāsu saṃbhūtā bhūya evāndhakaprajāḥ.
arditastairmahādevaḥ śūlamudgara pāṇibhiḥ .. 179.34 ..

179.35

tataḥ sa śaṅkaro devastvandhakai rvyākulīkṛtaḥ.
jagāma śaraṇaṃ devaṃ vāsudevamajaṃ vibhum .. 179.35 ..

179.36

tatastu bhagavān viṣṇuḥ sṛṣṭavān śuṣkarevatīm.
yā papau sakalanteṣāmandhakānāmasṛk kṣaṇāt .. 179.36 ..

Then Lord Viṣṇu, with great wrath, created Suṣka Revatî who in a moment drank the blood of all the Andhaka demons She became more withered and dry as she drank their blood, and when all the blood was drunk, the demons were completely annihilated—36-37

179.37

tathā tathā'dhikaṃ devī saṃśuṣyati janādhipa!.
pīyamāne tathāteṣāmandhakānāṃ tathāsṛji .
andhakāstu kṣayannītāḥ sarvaṃ te tripurāriṇā .. 179.37 ..

179.38

mūlāndhakantu vikramya tadā śarvastrilokadhṛk.
cakāra vegācchūlāgre sa catuṣṭāva śaṅkaram .. 179.38 ..

When Śiva with His valour was ready to pierce Andhaka the primary Asura, with His trident, the demon prayed to the Lord and He being pleased with His devotion, bestowed Gaṇeśatva to him, and also made him the attendant in chief, and allowed him to remain in His company (granted Sāmīpya).—38-39

179.39

andhakastu mahāvīryastasya tuṣṭo'bhavad bhavaḥ.
sāmīpyaṃ pradadau nityaṃ gaṇeśatvaṃ tathaiva ca .. 179.39 ..

179.40

tato mātṛgaṇāḥ sarve śaṅkaraṃ vākyamabruvan.
bhagavan! bhakṣayiṣyāmaḥ sa devāsuramānuṣān .. 179.40 ..

Then all the Divine Mothers said to Śiva "Bhagavân! We shall through your favour eat up all the Devas, demons and men residing in all the three realms Pray order us accordingly" Śiva said—"You should all undoubtedly protect the creation, so you should abandon this ignoble desire of yours" But they unmindful of the words of the Lord, started their campaign of destruction, assuming terrific appearance Then Śiva thought of Narasiṅha, birthless and deathless and the creator of all the Lokas, Who instantly appeared then and there with His claws be smeared with the gore of Hiraṇyakaśyapu, His tongue flapping out like a spark of electricity, with His formidable fangs and long teeth, full of mighty energy and roaring like that of the rumbling clouds, agitated by the fearful wind that blows at the time of the destruction of the world, thundering like the oceans, with His mouth wide open, with His nails hard like thunderbolt, with His eyes gleaming red like the Sun, burning with the fire of fury, wearing a crown, garlands, armlets, girdle of bells, fine garments, spreading His lustre all over the universe, shining like the fire blaze, having majestic hair, and wearing garlands of various kinds of beautiful flowers His appearance looked like the mountain Meru, and His two eyes looked like the Suns. His fearful rows of teeth, though formidable yet beautiful, illumined His face His colour was blue like blue lotuses.—40-51

179.41

tvatprasādājjagat sarvaṃ tadanujñātumarhasi.
śaṅkara uvāca.
bhavatībhiḥ prajāḥ sarvā rakṣaṇīyā na saṃśayaḥ .. 179.41 ..

179.42

tasmādghorānabhiprāyānmanaḥ śīghraṃ nivartyatām.
ityevaṃ śaṅkareṇoktamanādṛtya vacastadā.. 179.42 ..

179.43

bhakṣayāmāsuratyugrāstrailokyaṃ sacarācaram.
trailokye bhakṣyamāṇe tu tadā mātṛgaṇena vai .. 179.43 ..

179.44

nṛsiṃhamūrtiṃ deveśaṃ pradadhyau bhagavāñchivaḥ.
anādinidhanaṃ devaṃ sarvaloka bhavodbhavam .. 179.44 ..

179.45

daityendravakṣorudhira carcitāgra mahānakham.
vidyujjihvaṃ mahādaṃṣṭraṃ sphuratkesarakaṇṭakam ..
kalpāntamārutakṣubdhaṃ saptaparṇa samasvanam .. 179.45 ..

179.46

vajratīkṣṇanakhaṃ ghoramākarṇa-vyāditānanam.
meruśailapratīkāśamudayārkasamekṣaṇam .. 179.46 ..

179.47

himādriśikharākāraṃ cārudaṃṣṭrojvalānanam.
nakhaniḥsṛtaroṣāgni jvālā kesaramālinam .. 179.47 ..

179.48

vajrāṅgadaṃ sumukuṭaṃ hārakeyūrabhūṣaṇam.
śroṇīsūtreṇa mahatā kāñcanena virājitam .. 179.48 ..

179.49

nīlotpaladalaśyāmaṃ vāsoyugavibhūṣaṇam.
tejasākrāntasakala brahmāṇḍāgāra saṅkulam .. 179.49 ..

179.50

pavanaṃ bhrāmyamāṇānāṃ hutahavya-vahārciṣām.
āvartasadṛśākāraiḥ saṃyuktaṃ dehalomajaiḥ .. 179.50 ..

179.51

sarvapuṣpavicitrāñca dārayantaṃ mahāsrajam.
sa dhyātamātro bhagavān pradadau tasya darśanam .. 179.51 ..

179.52

yādṛśenaivarūpeṇa dhyāte rudreṇa dhīmatā.
tādṛśenaiva rūpeṇa durnirīkṣyeṇa daivataiḥ .. 179.52 ..

Narasiṅha appeared before Śiva in the same form as was thought of by Him He was adorned with a pair of garments The whole universe was overpowered with His lustre The waving of the hairs on His body looked like so many rays of fire moving in wind The Lord saluting Him said—"Lord of the universe! Devadeva in the form of Narasiṅha, my salutations to Thee Looking handsome with Thy claws dyed in the gore of the demons shining like gold, Padmanâbha (from whose navel sprouted the lotus) the superior of the universe, my salutations to Thee Thundering like the clouds at the time of the dissolution of the universe, illustrious like the thousands of suns charged with the fury of a thousand Yamas, powerful like the thousands of Indras, prosperous like thousand Kuveras, the soul of a thousand Varuṇa and Kāla calm like a thousand earths, lustresome like thousand Moons, glorified like a thousand Rudras, valiant like a thousand heavenly bodies, having a thousand arms and eyes, the destroyer of many weapons, the liberator of thousands, such you are Deva! the Divine Mothers that I had created for the destruction of Andhaka are now ready to devour the whole universe with utter disgard of My orders I have created them, but I cannot destroy them now Myself How can I, being their Creator become their Destroyer—"—52 61

179.53

praṇipatya tu deveśaṃ tadā tuṣṭāva śaṅkaraḥ.
śaṅkara uvāca.
namaste'tu jagannātha! narasiṃha vapurdhara! .. 179.53 ..

179.54

daityanāthāsṛjāpūrṇa! nakhaśakti virājita!.
tataḥ sakala saṃlagne hemapiṅgalavigraha! .. 179.54 ..

179.55

nato'smi padmanābha! tvāṃ suraśakra! jagadguro!.
kalpāntāmbhodanirghoṣa! sūryakoṭisamaprabha .. 179.55 ..

179.56

sahasrayamasaṃkrodha! sahasrendraparākrama!.
sahasradhanadasphīta! sahasravaruṇātmaka! .. 179.56 ..

179.57

sahasrakālaracita! sahasraniyatendriya!.
sahasrabhūmisaddhairya! sahasrānanta! mūrtiman! .. 179.57 ..

179.58

sahasracandrapratima! sahasragrahavikrama!.
sahasrarudratejaska! sahasrabrahmasaṃstuta! .. 179.58 ..

179.59

sahasrabāhuvargogra! sahasrāsya nirīkṣaṇa!.
sahasrayantramathana! sahasravadhamocana! .. 179.59 ..

179.60

andhakasya vināśāya yāḥ sṛṣṭāḥ mātaro mayā.
anādṛtya tu madvākyam bhakṣayantyadyatāḥ prajāḥ .. 179.60 ..

179.61

kṛtvā tāśca na śakto'haṃ saṃhartumaparājita!.
svayaṅkṛtvā kathantāsāṃ vināśamabhikāraye .. 179.61 ..

179.62

evamuktaḥ sa rudreṇa narasiṃhavapurdharaḥ.
sasarja devo jihvāyāstadāvāṇīśvarīṃ hariḥ .. 179.62 ..

Hearing such words of Śiva, Narasiṅha created Vāgīśvarī from His tongue, Mâyâ from His mind Bhavamalinī from His hinder private parts, Kālī from His bones who drank the blood of the high bodied demon Andhaka. She is known in this world by Śuṣka Revatī—62 64

179.63

hṛdayācca tathā māyā guhyācca bhavamālinī.
asthibhyaśca tathākālī sṛṣṭā pūrvaṃ mahātmanā .. 179.63 ..

179.64

yayā tadrudhirampītamandhakānāṃ mahātmanām.
yācāsminkathitā loke nāmataḥ śuṣkarevatī .. 179.64 ..

179.65

dvātriṃśanmātaraḥ sṛṣṭā gātrebhyaścakriṇā tataḥ.
tāsāṃ nāmāni vakṣyāmi tāni me gadataḥ śruṇu .. 179.65 ..

I shall also name to You the thirty two Divine Mothers created by Viṣṇu from His body They are all prosperous and fortunate Their names are —65

179.66

sarvāstāsu mahābhāgā ghaṇṭākarṇī tathaiva ca.
trailokyamohinī puṇyā sarvasatva vaśaṅkarī .. 179.66 ..

Ghaṇṭākarṇī, Trailokyamohinī Sarvasattvavaśaṃkarī, Chakrahridaya, Vyomachāriṇī, Śaṅkhinī, Lekhanī, Kāmasaṅkarṣiṇī, are the maids of honour of Vaniśvarī, and Saṅkarṣiṇī, Aśvathāmā, Bījabhāvā Aparājitā, Kalyāṇī, Madhudaṃṣṭrī, Kamalotpalāhastikā, are the maids of Māyā, and Ajitā, Sūkṣmahṛidayā, Vriddhā, Veśasmadaṃśinī, Nṛisiṃhabhairavā, Vilvā, Garutmāhṛidayā, Jayā, these eight the maids of Bhavamālinī, and Ākarṇaṇī, Sabhātā, Uttaramilikā Padmakarā Jvālāmukhī, Bhīṣaṇikā, Kāmadhenu, Balikā are the maids of Revatī —66-72

179.67

tathā ca cakrahṛdayā pañcamī vyomacāriṇī.
śaṅkhinī lekhinī caiva kālasaṅkarṣaṇī tathā .. 179.67 ..

179.68

ityetaḥ pṛṣṭhagā rājan! vāgīśānucarāḥ smṛtāḥ.
saṅkarṣaṇī tathāśvatthā vījabhāvā parājitā .. 179.68 ..

179.69

kalyāṇī madhudaṃṣṭrī ca kamalotpala hastikā.
iti devyaṣṭakaṃ rājan! māyānucaramucyate .. 179.69 ..

179.70

ajitā sūkṣmahṛdayā vṛddhā veśāśma daṃśanā.
nṛsiṃsabhairavā bilvā garutmahṛdayā jayā .. 179.70 ..

179.71

bhavamālinyanucarā ityaṣṭau nṛpamātaraḥ.
ākarṇanī sambhaṭā ca tathaivottaramālikā .. 179.71 ..

179.72

jvālāmukhī bhīṣaṇikā kāmadhenuśca bālikā.
tathā padmakarā rājan! revatyanucarāḥ smṛtāḥ .. 179.72 ..

179.73

aṣṭau mahābalāḥ sarvā devagātra samudbhavāḥ.
trailokyasṛṣṭisaṃhāra samarthāḥ sarvadevatāḥ .. 179.73 ..

All of them are most powerful and have been created from the body of Viṣṇu They are powerful enough to create and destroy the whole universe. The Divine Mothers created by Viṣṇu subdued those created by Śiva because none can stand the flash of wrath beaming from their eyes The Mātṛikās who were ready to destroy the world, now took refuge of Nṛisiṃgha Deva who then explained them the whole situation

179.74

tāḥ sṛṣṭamātrā devena kruddhā mātṛgaṇasya tu.
pradhāvitā mahārāja! krodhavisphāritekṣaṇāḥ .. 179.74 ..

179.75

aviṣahya tamantāsāṃ dṛṣṭitejaḥ sudāruṇam.
tameva śaraṇaṃ prāptā nṛsiṃho vākyamabravīt .. 179.75 ..

179.76

yathā manuṣyāḥ paśavaḥ pālayanti cirāt sutān.
jayanti te tathaivāśu yathā vai devatāgaṇaḥ .. 179.76 ..

He said —“You should also foster and guard the universe with My command, as the men and animals look after their off spring, and as the Devas protect the creation so do ye also and work in every way like the Devas Let the Devas and men worship the Deva Tripurārī Never cause pain to the devotees of Śiva, and you should also protect those who contemplate on Me Those who will offer you sacrifices every day, you should give them all their desired objects You should also guard those who recite the praises uttered by Me and you should protect My seat Lord Śiva will give you His Raudrā Devī You all would occupy the position of the highest Devī and protect Her also You should guard the universe in conjunction with Her The Divine Mothers created by Me will remain with Me, and will attain the oblations made by the devotees along with Me Those who will adore you separately, you should give them all their desires. Those desirous of progeny will get children no doubt, if they worship Śuṣkadevī —73-81

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bhavatyastu tathālokānpālayantu mayeritāḥ.
manujaiśca tatā devairyajadhvaṃ tripurāntakam .. 179.77 ..

179.78

naca bādhā prakartavyā ye bhaktā stripurāntake.
yeca māṃ saṃsmarantīha te ca rakṣyāḥ sadā narāḥ .. 179.78 ..

179.79

balikarma kariṣyanti yuṣmākaṃ ye sadā narāḥ.
sarvakāmapradāsteṣāṃ bhaviṣyadhvantathaiva ca .. 179.79 ..

179.80

ucchāsanādikaṃ ye ca kathayanti mayeritam.
te ca rakṣyāḥ sadālokā rakṣitavyaṃ madāsanam .. 179.80 ..

179.81

raudrīṃ caiva parāṃ mūrtiṃ mahādevaḥ pradāsyati.
yuṣmanmukhyā mahādevyastaduktaṃ parirakṣaya .. 179.81 ..

179.82

mayā mātṛgaṇaḥ sṛṣṭo yo'yaṃ vigatasādhvasaḥ.
eṣa nityaṃ viśālākṣyo mayaiva saha raṃsyate .. 179.82 ..

179.83

mayā sārddhaṃ tathā pūjāṃ narebhyaścaiva lapsyatha.
pṛthak supūjitā lokaiḥ sarvān kāmān pradāsyatha .. 179.83 ..

179.84

śuṣkāṃ saṃpūjayiṣyanti ye ca putrārthino janāḥ.
teṣāṃ putrapradā devī bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ .. 179.84 ..

179.85

evamuktvā tu bhagavān saha mātṛgaṇena tu.
jvālā mālākulavapustatraivāntaradhīyata .. 179.85 ..

Saying so Lord Viṣṇu disappeared from that spot with the Mātṛikās, and the sacred Kṛitaśaucha tīrtha sprang up there And here Mahādeva the Dispeller of all the troubles gave His Divine Raudrī form to the Mātṛikās created by Him And He remained enshrined there amongst the Mātṛikās.—85-86

179.86

tatra tīrthaṃ samutpannaṃ kṛtaśauceti yajjaguḥ.
tatrāpi pūrvajo devo jagadārtiharo haraḥ .. 179.86 ..

179.87

raudrasya mātṛvargasya dattvā rudrastu pārthiva.
raudrāṃ divyāṃ tanuṃ tatra mātṛ madhye vyavasthitaḥ .. 179.87 ..

179.88

sapta tā mātaro devyaḥ sārddhanārīnaraḥ śivaḥ.
niveśya raudraṃ tat sthānaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata .. 179.88 ..

Śiva half man and half woman, after installing the seven Mātṛikās there in that Raudrasthāna disappeared And whenever the Mātṛikās created by Śiva approach the form of Him, the Lord Śiva, the Destroyer of Tripurāntaka, then that enemy of Tripura and Andhaka pays homage and puja to the Lord Viṣṇu in His form of Man Lion, (and thus Śiva worships Viṣṇu) —87-90

179.89

sa mātṛvargasya harasya mūrtiryadā yadā yāti ca tatsamīpe.
deveśvarasyāpi nṛsiṃhamūrteḥ pūjāṃ vidhatte tripurāndhakāriḥ .. 179.89 ..