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Skandapurana 16.185

Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate) 16.185

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16.185.1

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi devamātaramavyayām ..
maṃkīśānnairṛte bhāge gaurīrūpasamāśritām..
devamātā sarasvatyā nāma lokeṣu gīyate .. 1 ..

Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to Devamātā, the imperishable, / in the south-western direction from Maṅkīśa, having assumed the form of Gaurī. / She is sung among the worlds as the Devamātā of Sarasvatī.

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16.185.2

pādukāsanasaṃsthā ca tatra devī sarasvatī ..
gaurīrūpeṇa sā tatra vaḍavāśritavigrahā .. 2 ..

There the goddess Sarasvatī is seated upon sandals, / having assumed her form resorting to the submarine mare in the form of Gaurī.

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16.185.3

mātṛvadrakṣitā devā vaḍavānalabhītitaḥ ..
devamāteti loke'smiṃ stataḥ sā vibudhaiḥ kṛtā .. 3 ..

Like a mother, the gods were protected [by her] from fear of the submarine fire. / Therefore she was made [famed as] Devamātā by the gods in this world.

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16.185.4

māghe māse tṛtīyāyāṃ yastāmarcayate naraḥ ..
nārī vā saṃyatā sādhvī sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt .. 4 ..

Whatever man worships her on the third day in the month of Māgha, / or a chaste woman who is self-controlled, will attain all desires.

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16.185.5

daṃpatī bhoja yedyastu pāyasaiḥ śarkarādibhiḥ ..
gaurīsahasrabhojyasya dattasya phalamāpnuyāt .. 5 ..

And whoever feeds a married couple with rice-pudding, sugar, and other sweets / attains the fruit of giving food to a thousand forms of Gaurī.

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16.185.6

suvarṇapādukā deyā tatra viprāya śīline .. 6 ..

A pair of gold sandals should be given there to a virtuous brahmin.

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16.185.185

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye devamātṛgaurīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcā śītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 185 .. .. cha ..

Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-fifth chapter, entitled "Description of the Māhātmya of Devamātṛgaurī," in the first [section, named] Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh [section, named] Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.

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