[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 1.4.65.23 # Skandapurana 1.4.65.23 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.65.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.65.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.23) 22 indrādidevairbrahmāṇaṃ prati gatvā stutipūrvakamātmano duḥkhanivedanam, brahmaṇā himālayagṛhe jagadaṃbā'vatariṣyatīti devānpratyāśvāsanam, tato devahitārthaṃ rātridevīstutikaraṇapūrvakaṃ himālayabhāryāyāṃ jagadambāmahādevīpraveśātpūrvaṃ praveśāya prārthanākaraṇam, brahmaṇaḥ prārthanena vibhāvaryā menānetrayorāveśanam, tato menāyāḥ sakāśājjagadambāyāḥ prādurbhāvaḥ, jagadambājanmakālikotsavavarṇanam-. 121 1, > 22. The gods headed by Indra, having approached Brahmā, reporting their distress accompanied by praise; Brahmā consoling the gods \[with the assurance\] that the Mother of the Universe would incarnate in the house of Himālaya; then, for the sake of the welfare of the gods, having praised the goddess Rātri, making a prayer for her to enter the wife of Himālaya before the entry of the Great Goddess, the Mother of the Universe; by the prayer of Brahmā, the Night Goddess entering into the eyes of Menā; then the manifestation of the Mother of the Universe from Menā; the description of the festival at the time of the birth of the Mother of the Universe... 121 \[1\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.4.65.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.22) - [Next: 1.4.65.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.24) - [Up: 1.4.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.65.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.23) · Pramāṇa