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# Skandapurana 1.4.20: adhyāyaḥ 22

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 22

### [1.4.20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.1)

..nārada uvāca..  
evaṃ viprakṛtā devā maheṃdrasahitāstadā..  
yayuḥ svāyaṃbhuvaṃ dāma markarūpamupāśritāḥ.. 22.1 ..

> Nārada said:  
> Thus humiliated, the gods, along with great Indra at that time,  
> resorting to the form of monkeys, went to the abode of the Self-born One.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.2)

tataśca vismito brahmā prāha tānsurapuṃgavān..  
svarūpeṇeha tiṣṭhadhvaṃ nātra vastārakādbhayam.. 22.2 ..

> Then Brahmā, astonished, said to those foremost of gods:  
> "Stand here in your own forms; there is no fear for you from Tāraka here."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.3)

tato devāḥ svarūpasthāḥ pramlānavadanāṃbujāḥ..  
tuṣṭuvuḥ praṇatāḥ sarve pitaraṃ putrakā yathā.. 22.3 ..

> Then the gods, assuming their own forms with lotus faces withered,  
> bowed down and all praised him, like sons praising their father:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.4)

namo jagatprasūtyai te hetave pālakāya ca..  
saṃhartre ca namastubhyaṃ tisro'vasthāstava prabho.. 22.4 ..

> "Salutations to you, the source of the universe, the cause, the protector,  
> and the destroyer—salutations to you; three are your states, O Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.5)

tvamapaḥ prathamaṃ sṛṣṭvā tāsu vīryamavāsṛjaḥ..  
tadaṇḍamabhavaddhaimaṃ yasmillokāścarācarāḥ.. 22.5 ..

> Having first created the waters, you cast your seed into them;  
> that became a golden egg, in which are all moving and unmoving worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.6)

vedeṣvāhurvirāḍ‌rūpaṃ tvāmekarūpamīdṛśam..  
pātālaṃ pādamūlaṃ ca pārṣṇipāde rasātalam.. 22.6 ..

> In the Vedas they speak of you as the cosmic form, endowed with a single form like this:  
> Pātāla is the soles of the feet, and Rasātala the heels and feet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.7)

mahātalaṃ cāsya gulphau jaṃghe cāpi talātalam..  
sutalaṃ jānunī cāsya ūrū ca vitalātale.. 22.7 ..

> Mahātala is his ankles, and Talātala his shanks;  
> Sutala is his knees, and the two thighs are in Vitala.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.8)

mahītalaṃ ca jaghanaṃ nābhiścāsya nabhastalam..  
jyotiḥ padamuraḥ sthānaṃ svarloko bāhurucyate.. 22.8 ..

> The earth is the hips, and the region of the sky is his navel;  
> the realm of the luminaries is the chest, and the celestial world is called his arms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.9)

grīvā mahaścavadanaṃ janalokaḥ prakīrtyate..  
lalāṭaṃ ca tapolokaḥ śīrṣa satyamudāhṛtam.. 22.9 ..

> The neck is Maharloka, and Janaloka is proclaimed as the face;  
> Tapoloka is the forehead, and Satyaloka is declared to be the head.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.10)

candrasūryau ca nayane diśaḥ śrotre nāsikāśvinau..  
ātmānaṃ brahmaraṃdhrasthamāhustvāṃ vedavādinaḥ.. 22.10 ..

> The moon and the sun are the two eyes, the directions the ears, and the Aśvins the nose;  
> those who know the Vedas speak of you as the Self residing in the aperture of the crown.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.11)

evaṃ ye te virāḍ‌rūpaṃ saṃsmaraṃta upāsate..  
janmabandhavinirmuktā yāṃti tvāṃ paramaṃ padam.. 22.11 ..

> Those who thus worship your cosmic form, remembering it,  
> freed from the bondage of birth, attain you, the supreme state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.12)

evaṃ sthūlaṃ prāṇimadhyaṃ ca śūkṣmaṃ bhāvebhāve bhāvitaṃ tvāṃ gṛṇaṃti..  
sarvatrasthaṃ tvāmataḥ prāhurvedāstasmai tubhyaṃ padamja idvidhema.. 22.12 ..

> Thus they praise you, gross and subtle within living beings, conceived in every state of being;  
> therefore the Vedas speak of you as dwelling everywhere. To you, O lotus-born one, we offer worship.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.13)

evaṃ stuto viraṃcistu kṛpayābhipariplutaḥ..  
jānannapi tadā prāha teṣāmāśvāsahetave.. 22.13 ..

> Thus praised, the Creator, flooded with compassion,  
> though knowing \[the reason\], spoke to them to bring them comfort:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.14)

sarve bhavanto duḥkhārtāḥ parimlānamukhāṃbujāḥ..  
bhraṣṭāyudāstathā'kasmādbhraṣṭā bharaṇavāsasaḥ.. 22.14 ..

> "All of you are afflicted with grief, your lotus faces utterly withered,  
> your weapons cast aside, and suddenly bereft of ornaments and garments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.15)

mamaivayaṃ kṛtirdevā bhavatāṃ yadvaḍambanā..  
yadvairājaśarīre me bhavanto bāhusaṃjñakāḥ.. 22.15 ..

> This humiliation of yours, O gods, is indeed my own affliction;  
> since in my cosmic body you are designated as the arms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.16)

yadyadvibhūtimatsattvaṃ dhārmikaṃ corjitaṃ mahat..  
tatrāsīdbāhunāśo me bāhusthāne ca te mama.. 22.16 ..

> Whatever being is endowed with power, righteous, mighty, and great,  
> there was the loss of my arm, for you are in the place of my arms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.17)

tannūnaṃ mama bhagnau ca bāhū tena durātmanā..  
yena copahṛtaṃ devāstanmamākhyātu marhatha.. 22.17 ..

> Surely, then, my two arms were broken by that evil-minded one.  
> By whom was this brought about, O gods? You should tell me that."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.18)

..devā ūcuḥ..  
yo'sau vajrāṃgatanayastvayā dattavaraḥ prabho..  
bhṛśaṃ viprakṛtāstena tattvaṃ jānāsi tattvataḥ.. 22.18 ..

> The gods said:  
> That son of Vajrāṅga, unto whom a boon was granted by you, O Lord—  
> by him we have been greatly tormented; in truth, you know this in reality.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.19)

yattanmahīsamudrasya taṭaṃ śārvikatīrthakam..  
tadākramya kṛtaṃ tena marubhūmisamaṃ prabhoḥ.. 22.19 ..

> That which was the shore of the earth’s ocean, a sacred ford dedicated to Śarva—  
> having invaded that, he has turned the place of the Lord into something like a desert.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.20)

ṛddhayaḥ sarvadevānāṃ gṛhītāstena sarvataḥ..  
mahābhūtasvarūpeṇa sa eva ca jagatpatiḥ.. 22.20 ..

> The prosperities of all the gods have been seized by him from all sides;  
> in the form of the great elements, he alone is the lord of the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.21)

caṃdrasūryau grahāstārā yaccānyaddevapakṣataḥ..  
tacca sarvaṃ nirākṛtya sthāpito daityapakṣakaḥ.. 22.21 ..

> The moon, the sun, the planets, the stars, and whatever else belonged to the faction of the gods—  
> having cast all that aside, the faction of the Daityas has been established \[in their places\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.22)

vayaṃ ca vidhṛtā stena bahūpahasitāstathā..  
prasādānmuktāśca kathaṃcidiva kaṣṭataḥ.. 22.22 ..

> And we have been restrained by him, and greatly mocked as well;  
> somehow, with great distress, we were released by his favor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.23)

tadvayaṃ śaraṇaṃ prāptāḥ pīḍitāḥ kṣuttṛṣārditāḥ..  
dharmarakṣā karāśceti saṃciṃtya trātumarhasi.. 22.23 ..

> Therefore, afflicted and tormented by hunger and thirst, we have sought refuge;  
> considering that we are the protectors of dharma, you ought to deliver us.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.24)

ityuktaḥ svātmabhūrdevaḥ surairdaityaviceṣṭitam..  
surānuvāca bhagavānataḥ saṃciṃtya tattvataḥ.. 22.24 ..

> Thus addressed by the gods concerning the actions of the Daitya,  
> the self-born lord, the Blessed One, having considered \[it\] truly from that \[perspective\], spoke to the gods:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.25)

avadhyastārako daityaḥ sarvairapi surāsuraiḥ..  
yasya vadhyaśca nādyāpi sa jāto bhagavānpunaḥ.. 22.25 ..

> The Daitya Tāraka cannot be slain even by all the gods and Asuras together;  
> and the Blessed One by whom he is to be slain has not even yet been born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.26)

mayā ca varadānena cchandayitvā nivāritaḥ.. 22.26 ..

> And he was restrained by me, having been gratified with the granting of a boon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.27)

tapasā sa hidīpto'bhūttrailokyadahanātmakaḥ..  
sa ca vavre vadhaṃ daityaḥ śiśataḥ saptavāsarāt.. 22.27 ..

> For through his austerity he had become ablaze, capable of burning up the three worlds;  
> and that Daitya chose his slaying by a child seven days old.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.28)

sa ca saptadino bālaḥ śaṃkarādyo bhaviṣyati..  
tārakasya ca vīrasya vadhakartā bhaviṣyati.. 22.28 ..

> And that seven-day-old child who will be born from Śaṃkara  
> shall become the slayer of the heroic Tāraka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.29)

satīnāmā tu yā devī vinaṣṭā dakṣahelayā..  
sā bhaviṣyati kalyāṇī himācalaśarīrajā.. 22.29 ..

> Now, that goddess named Satī who perished through Dakṣa’s disrespect,  
> that auspicious one will be born from the body of Himācala.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.30)

śaṃkarasya ca tasyāśca yatnaḥ kāryaḥ samāgame..  
ahamapyasya kāryasya śeṣaṃ kartā na saṃśayaḥ.. 22.30 ..

> And an effort must be made to bring about the union of Śaṃkara and her;  
> I too shall accomplish the rest of this task, without a doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.31)

ityuktāstridaśāstena sākṣātkalayoninā..  
jagmurmeruṃ praṇamyeśaṃ markarūpeṇa saṃvṛtāḥ.. 22.31 ..

> Having been thus addressed by him, the creator born from the lotus,  
> the thirty \[gods\], having bowed to the Lord, went to Meru, disguised in the form of monkeys.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.32)

tato gateṣu deveṣu brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ..  
niśāṃ sasmāra bhagavānsvāṃ tanuṃ pūrvasaṃbhavām.. 22.32 ..

> Then, when the gods had departed, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds,  
> the Blessed One, called to mind Night, his own body that had originated previously.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.33)

tato bhagavatī rātrirupatasthe pitāmaham..  
tāṃ vivikte samālokya tathovāca vibhāvarīm.. 22.33 ..

> Then the blessed Night approached the Grandfather;  
> beholding that Night in a secluded spot, he spoke to her thus:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.34)

vibhāvari mahākāryaṃ vibudhānāmupasthitam..  
tatkartavyaṃ tvayā devi śrṛṇu kāryasya niścayam.. 22.34 ..

> O Night, a great task for the gods has presented itself;  
> that must be accomplished by you, O goddess; hear the determination of the task.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.35)

tārakonāma daityeṃdraḥ suraketuranirjjitaḥ..  
tasyābhāvāya bhagavāñjanayiṣyati yaṃ śivaḥ.. 22.35 ..

> There is a lord of Daityas named Tāraka, the banner of the gods’ defeat, invincible;  
> for his destruction, the son whom the blessed Śiva will engender—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.36)

sutaḥ sa bhavitā tasya tārakasyāṃtakārakaḥ..  
ahaṃ tvādau yadā jātastadāpaśyaṃ puraḥsthitam.. 22.36 ..

> that son of his shall be the cause of Tāraka’s end.  
> When I was born in the beginning, I saw standing before me  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.37)

ardhanārīśvaraṃ devaṃ vyāpya viśvamavasthitam..  
dṛṣṭvā tamabruvaṃ devaṃ bhajasveti ca bhaktitaḥ.. 22.37 ..

> the god Ardhanārīśvara, who abides pervading the universe;  
> seeing him, I said to that god with devotion: ‘Share \[yourself\].’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.38)

tato nārī pṛthagjātā puruṣaśca tathā pṛthak..  
tasyāścaivāṃśajāḥ sarvāḥ striyastribhuvane smṛtāḥ.. 22.38 ..

> Thereupon the woman became separate, and the man likewise separate;  
> and all women in the three worlds are remembered as born from her portion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.39)

ekādaśa ca rudrāśca puruṣāstasya cāṃśajāḥ..  
tāṃ nārīmahāmālokya putraṃ dakṣamathā bravam.. 22.39 ..

> And the eleven Rudras and men were born from his portion;  
> beholding that woman, I then spoke to my son Dakṣa:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.40)

bhajasva putrīṃ jagatī mamāpi ca tavāpi ca..  
puṃduḥkhanakāttrātrī putrī te bhāvinī tviyam.. 22.40 ..

> ‘Accept this daughter of the universe, who belongs to me and also to you;  
> for she is to become your daughter, the protectress from the distress of men.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.41)

evamukto mayā dakṣaḥ putrītve pari kalpitām..  
rudrāya dattavānbhaktyā nāma dattvā satīti yat.. 22.41 ..

> Being thus addressed by me, Dakṣa gave her, who was assigned daughterhood,  
> to Rudra with devotion, having bestowed the name Satī \[upon her\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.42)

tataḥ kāle cam̐ kasmiṃścidavamene ca tāṃ pitā..  
mumūrṣuḥ pāpasaṃkalpo durātmā kulakajjalaḥ.. 22.42 ..

> Then, in the course of time, her father slighted her—  
> about to die, evil in intent, wicked, a stain upon his lineage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.43)

ye rudraṃ naiva manyaṃte te sphuṭaṃ kulakajjalāḥ..  
piśācāste durātmāno bhavaṃti brahmarākṣasāḥ.. 22.43 ..

> Those who do not honor Rudra are clearly a stain upon their lineage;  
> those wicked ones become piśācas and brahmarākṣasas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.44)

avamānena tasyāpi yathā devī jahau tanum..  
yathā yajñaḥ sa ca dhvasto bhavena viditaṃ hi te'.. 22.44 ..

> How, through his insult, the goddess abandoned her body,  
> and how that sacrifice was destroyed by Bhava, is indeed known to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.45)

adhunā himaśailasya bhavitrī duhitā ca sā..  
maheśvaraṃ patiṃ sā ca punaḥ prāpsyati niścitam.. 22.45 ..

> Now she is to become the daughter of the snowy mountain,  
> and she will surely obtain Maheśvara again as her husband.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.46)

tadidaṃ ca tvayā kāryaṃ menāgarbhe praviśya ca..  
tasyāśchaviṃ kuru kṛṣṇāṃ yathā kālī bhavettu sā.. 22.46 ..

> Therefore, this must be done by you: having entered the womb of Menā,  
> make her complexion dark, so that she will be Kālī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.47)

yadā rudropahasitā tapastapsyati sā mahat..  
samāptaniyamā devī yadā cogrā bhaviṣyati.. 22.47 ..

> When, mocked by Rudra, she performs great austerity—  
> when, having completed her vow, the goddess becomes fierce—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.48)

svayameva yadā rūpaṃ sugauraṃ pratipatsyate..  
viraheṇa haraścāsyā matvā śūnyaṃ jagattrayam.. 22.48 ..

> when of her own accord she assumes a very fair form—  
> and Hara, considering the three worlds empty due to separation from her,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.49)

tasyaiva himaśailasya kaṃdare siddhasevite..  
pratīkṣamāṇastāṃ devīmugraṃ saṃtapsyate tapaḥ.. 22.49 ..

> in a cave of that very snowy mountain frequented by Siddhas,  
> awaiting that goddess, will perform fierce austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.50)

tayoḥ sutaptatapasorbhavitā yo mahānsutaḥ..  
bhaviṣyati sa daityasya tārakasya nivārakaḥ.. 22.50 ..

> The great son who will be born to the two of them, who have performed severe austerity,  
> shall be the slayer of the Daitya Tāraka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.51)

tapaso hi vinā nāsti siddhiḥ kutrāpi śobhane..  
sarvāsāṃ karmasiddhīnāṃ mūlaṃ hi tapa ucyate.. 22.51 ..

> For without austerity there is no success anywhere, O fair one;  
> indeed, austerity is said to be the root of all achievements of actions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.52)

tvayāpi dānavo devi dehanirgatayā tadā..  
caṃḍamuṃḍapurogāśca haṃtavyā lokadurjayāḥ.. 22.52 ..

> By you as well, O goddess, having departed from her body at that time,  
> the Danavas led by Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa, who are invincible to the worlds, must be slain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.53)

yasmāccaṃḍaṃ ca muṃḍaṃ ca tvaṃ devi nihaniṣyasi..  
cāmuṃḍeti tato loke khyātā devi bhaviṣyasi.. 22.53 ..

> Because you will slay Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa, O goddess,  
> therefore you will become renowned in the world as Cāmuṇḍā, O goddess.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.54)

tatastvāṃ varade devī lokaḥ saṃpūjayiṣyati..  
bhederbahuvidhākāraiḥ sarvagāṃ kāmasādhanīm.. 22.54 ..

> Then, O boon-giver, the world will worship you, the goddess,  
> through distinctions of many kinds of forms, as all-pervading and fulfilling desires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.55)

oṃkāravaktrāṃ gāyatrīṃ tvāmarcaṃti dvijottamāḥ..  
ūrjitāṃ baladāṃ pāpi rājānaḥ sumahābalāḥ.. 22.55 ..

> Best of brahmins worship you as Gāyatrī whose face is the syllable Oṃ;  
> exceedingly powerful kings \[worship you\] as powerful, granting strength, and protecting.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.56)

vaiśyāśca bhūtimityeva śivāṃ śūdrāstathā śubhe..  
kṣāṃtirmunīnāmakṣobhyā dayā niyamināmapi.. 22.56 ..

> Vaiśyas \[worship you\] as prosperity, and Śūdras as auspicious, O fair one;  
> \[you are\] the unshakable forbearance of sages and the compassion of the self-restrained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.57)

tvaṃ mahopāya sandohā nītirnayavisarpiṇām..  
paristhitistvamarthānāṃ tvamaho prāṇikā matā.. 22.57 ..

> You are the assemblage of great means, the policy of those who practice statesmanship;  
> you are the abiding state of wealth, and oh, you are regarded as the life-force of living beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.58)

tvaṃ yuktiḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tvaṃ gatiḥ sarvadehinām..  
ratistvaṃ raticittānāṃ prītistvaṃ hṛdyadarśinām.. 22.58 ..

> You are the expedient of all beings, you are the goal of all embodied beings;  
> you are pleasure for minds inclined to pleasure, you are love for those who behold what is dear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.59)

tvaṃ kāṃtiḥ śubharūpāṇāṃ tvaṃ śāṃti śubhakarmiṇām..  
tvaṃ bhrāṃtirmūḍhacittānāṃ tvaṃ phalaṃ kratuyājinām.. 22.59 ..

> You are the luster of auspicious forms, you are the peace of those of auspicious deeds;  
> you are the delusion of confused minds, you are the fruit of those who perform sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.60)

jaladhīnāṃ mahāvelā tvaṃ ca līlā vilāsinām..  
saṃbhūtistvaṃ padārthānāṃ sthitistvaṃ lokapālinī.. 22.60 ..

> You are the great tide of the oceans, and you are the play of the playful;  
> you are the origin of existing things, you are the maintenance that protects the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.61)

tvaṃ kālarātrirniḥśeṣa bhuvanāvalināśinī..  
priyakaṃṭhagrahānandadāyinī tvaṃ vibhāvarī.. 22.61 ..

> You are Kālarātri, the destroyer of the entire series of worlds;  
> you are the night, granting the bliss of an embrace around a beloved's neck.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.62)

prasīda praṇatānasmānsaumyadṛṣṭyā vilokaya.. 22.62 ..

> Be pleased; look upon us who are bowed down with a gentle gaze.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.63)

iti stuvaṃto ye devi pūjayiṣyaṃti tvāṃ śubhe..  
te sarvakāmānāpsyaṃti niyatā nātra saṃśayaḥ.. 22.63 ..

> "Those who praise and worship you thus, O auspicious goddess, / will surely attain all their desires; of this there is no doubt."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.64)

ityuktā tu niśādevī tathetyuktvā kṛtāñjaliḥ..  
jagāma tvaritā pūrvaṃ gṛhaṃ himagirermahat.. 22.64 ..

> Thus addressed, the goddess Night said, "So be it," and with folded hands, / swiftly went first to the great mansion of the Himalaya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.65)

tatrā''sīnāṃ mahāharmye ratnabhittisamāśraye..  
dadarśa menāmāpāṃḍucchavivaktrasaroruhām.. 22.65 ..

> There, seated in the great palace supported by jeweled walls, / she saw Menā, whose lotus-like face had a pale complexion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.66)

kiṃcicchayāmamukhodagrastanabhāgāvanāmitām..  
mahauṣadhigaṇabaddhamaṃtrarājaniṣevitām.. 22.66 ..

> bent down by the weight of breasts whose nipples were slightly dark, / and attended by sovereign mantras bound with hosts of great medicinal herbs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.67)

tataḥ kiṃcitpramilite menānetrāṃbujadvaye..  
āviveśamukhaṃ rātrirbrahmaṇo vacanāttadā.. 22.67 ..

> Then, as Menā's pair of lotus eyes gently closed, / Night entered her mouth at that moment by the command of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.68)

janmadāyā jaganmātuḥ krameṇa jaṭharāṃtaram..  
araṃjayacchaviṃ devyā guhamāturvibhāvarī.. 22.68 ..

> \[Entering\] by degrees into the belly of the mother of the universe who was to give birth, / the Night gave color to the complexion of the goddess, the mother of Guha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.69)

tato jaganmaṃ galadā menā himagireḥ priyā..  
brāhme muhūrte subhage prāsūyata śubhānanām.. 22.69 ..

> Then Menā, the beloved of the Himalaya, bestowing auspiciousness on the universe, / gave birth to the auspicious-faced one during the lovely muhūrta sacred to Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.70)

tasyāṃ tu jāyamānāyāṃ jaṃtavaḥ sthāṇujaṃgamāḥ..  
abhavansukhinaḥ sarve sarvalokanivāsinaḥ.. 22.70 ..

> While she was being born, the creatures, both immobile and mobile, / all dwelling throughout all the worlds, became happy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.71)

abhavatkrūrasattvānāṃ cetaḥ śāṃtaṃ ca dehinām..  
jyotiṣāmapi tejastvamabhavatsutarāṃ tadā.. 22.71 ..

> The minds of cruel beings and embodied souls became tranquil, / and the brilliance of the heavenly luminaries then increased exceedingly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.72)

vanāśritāścauṣadhayaḥ svādavaṃti phalāni ca..  
gaṃdhavaṃti ca mālyāni vimalaṃ ca nabho'bhavat.. 22.72 ..

> The medicinal herbs dwelling in the forests \[bore\] sweet fruits, / garlands were fragrant, and the sky became spotless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.73)

mārutaśca sukhasparśo diśaśca sumanoharāḥ..  
vismṛtā ni ca śāstrāṇi prādurbhāvaṃ prapedire.. 22.73 ..

> The wind was pleasant to the touch, and the quarters of the sky were utterly delightful; / and forgotten scriptures manifested anew.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.74)

prabhāvastīrthamukhyānāṃ tadā puṇyatamo'bhavat..  
satye dharme cādhyayane yajñe dāne tapasyapi.. 22.74 ..

> The power of the principal sacred fords then became most sacred; / in truth, in righteousness, in Vedic study, in sacrifice, in donation, and in austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.75)

sarveṣāmabhavacchraddhā janmakāle guhāraṇeḥ..  
aṃtarikṣemarāścāpi praharṣotphullalocanāḥ.. 22.75 ..

> faith arose in everyone at the time of the birth of the kindling-stick of Guha; / and the gods in the sky, their eyes wide with joy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.76)

haribrahmamaheṃdrārkavāyuvahnipurogamāḥ..  
puṣpavṛṣṭiṃ pramumucustasminmenāgṛhe śubhe.. 22.76 ..

> led by Hari, Brahmā, Mahendra, the Sun, Vāyu, and Agni, / showered down a rain of flowers upon that auspicious dwelling of Menā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.77)

meruprabhṛtayaścāpi mūrtimaṃto mahānagāḥ..  
tasminmahotsave prāptā vīrakāṃsyopaśobhitāḥ.. 22.77 ..

> The great mountains also, beginning with Meru, embodied in form, / arrived at that great festival, adorned with brave bronze vessels.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.78)

sāgarāḥ saritaścaiva samājagmuśca sarvaśaḥ.. 22.78 ..

> And the oceans and rivers also arrived from every side.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.79)

himaśailo'bhavalloke tadā sarvaiścarācaraiḥ..  
sevyaścāpyabhigamyaśca pūjanīyaśca bhārata.. 22.79 ..

> The snowy mountain then became in the world, to all mobile and immobile beings, / worthy of service, to be approached, and to be worshipped, O Bhārata.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.80)

anubhūyotsavaṃ te ca jagmuḥ svānālayāṃstadā.. 22.80 ..

> Having experienced the festival, they then departed to their own abodes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.20.80\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.20.80_1)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṃḍe kumāreśa māhātmye pārvatījanmavarṇanaṃnāma dvāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 22 .. cha ..

> Thus ends the twenty-second chapter, titled "Description of the Birth of Pārvatī," in the Kumāreśamāhātmya of the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa, in the first Māheśvarakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.20.1) — English, machine translation

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