Skandapurana 1.4.65.40

1.4.65.40

39 atha brahmāṇḍaparimāṇaprasaṃgena pātālalokavyavasthitivarṇanapūrvakaṃ pātālādadhobhāge vividhanarakanirūpaṇam, tattatpātakināṃ tattannarakaṣu yātanābhogavarṇanam, evaṃ samastabrahmāṇḍasya pālakānāṃ devānāṃ vasudhānādīnāṃ varṇanama, evamanaṃtakoṭibrahmāṇḍarūpavaibhavaśālino maheśvarasya sarvātiśāyimāhātmyakathanam, atha kālaparimāṇakathanama, evaṃ samastavaidhātraprapañcasya vyavasthitivarṇanam, atha ṛṣabhātmajabharatabhūpaputrasya śataśṛṃgākhyasya navāpatyamadhye jāyamānāyā ekasyāḥ kumārikāyā barkarīmukhatvakāraṇakathanaprasaṃgena prāgjanmīyavṛttāntasmaraṇapūrvakaṃ mahīsāgarasaṃgame jāligulmāntaravilagnanijā'jāvaktranikṣepaṇātsadyaḥ sundarastrīmukhatvaprāptivṛttāntavarṇanam, tayā kumārikayā barkareśasthāpanam, barkareśānena kumāryai varapradānam śataśṛṃgabhūpena nijakanyāyai kumāryākhyāyai navadhā vibhaktaraya bharatakhaṇḍasyaikavibhāgapradānāttannāmnā tadvibhāgasya kaumārikākhaṇḍākhyayā prasiddhivarṇanam-bharatakhaṇḍasthadeśagrāmanagarasaṃkhyāparigaṇanam , tayā ca kumāryā nijabhrātṛputrebhyaḥ svakīyabhāgānāṃ yathāsaṃkhyaṃ vibhajya pradānapūrvekaṃ stambhatīrthaṃ pratyāgatya kumāreśvarakumārīśvarasevākaraṇasuprasannabhavānīśaṅkaravaraprasādasaṃpādanam-vṛddhayā tayā rudropadeśena sarasvatītīrasthamahākālanāmakasiddhavaraṇam-mahākālavallabhāyāstasyāstapaḥprabhāveṇa citralekhāpsaratvaprāptivarṇanam-barkareśvaraliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanam.. ..... 151 2

39 Then, in connection with the dimensions of the cosmic egg, a description of the arrangement of the subterranean worlds of Pātāla, followed by an account of the various hells situated beneath Pātāla; a description of the suffering endured in those respective hells by the corresponding sinners; likewise, a description of the gods, lords of the earth, and others who protect the entire cosmic egg; an account of the supreme māhātmya of Maheśvara, whose glory consists of endless millions of cosmic eggs; then an exposition of the measures of time; thus a description of the arrangement of the entire phenomenal world of Brahmā; then, in connection with explaining the reason why one maiden among the nine children born to King Śataśṛṅga, the son of King Bharata who was born of Ṛṣabha, had the face of a she-goat, an account of how, upon remembering the events of her previous birth, she plunged her own she-goat's face into the thicket of Jāli shrubs at the confluence of the Mahī and the sea, instantly obtained the face of a beautiful woman; the installation of Barkareśa by that maiden; Barkareśāna's granting of a boon to the maiden; a description of that division becoming renowned by the name Kaumārikākhaṇḍa because King Śataśṛṅga gave one division of the ninefold divided land of Bharatakhaṇḍa to his own daughter named Kumārī; an enumeration of the countries, villages, and cities located in Bharatakhaṇḍa; how that maiden, after duly dividing and giving her own shares to the sons of her brothers, returned to Stambhatīrtha, served Kumāreśvara and Kumārīśvara, and obtained boons and grace from Bhavānī and Śaṅkara who were well pleased; how she, when old, on Rudra's instruction chose the perfected sage named Mahākāla on the bank of the Sarasvatī; an account of how she, as the beloved of Mahākāla, attained the status of the apsaras Citralekhā through the power of her austerities; and a description of the māhātmya of the Barkareśvara liṅga... 151 2