[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) › 1.4.65.62 # Skandapurana 1.4.65.62 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.65.62 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.65.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.62) 61 atha ghaṭotkacasya barbarīkaṃ putramādāya śrīkṛṣṇadarśanārthaṃ dvārakāpurīṃ prati gamanam tataḥ śrīkṛṣṇena barbarīkāya saṃkṣepataścānurvarṇyadharmavarṇanapūrvakaṃ kṣāttradharmānusāreṇa laukikabalaprāptyai devyārādhanārthamupadeśapūrvakaṃ suhṛdayeti nāmakaraṇama, śrīkṛṣṇopadeśena tena suhṛdayena guptakṣetre dagdhasthalīmāgatya devīnāmārādhanam, suprasannānāṃ devīnāmanujñayā tena suhṛdayena tatraiva sthitvā vijayanāmakamāgadhabrāhmaṇasya tatra siddhāmbikāyāḥ purata āgatya mahāvidyāṃ sādhayituṃ pravṛttasya suhṛdayena vighnanivāraṇārthaṃ sāhāyyakaraṇam, vijayavrāhmaṇena mahāvidyāsādhanārthamādau gāṇeśvarakalpopāsanākaraṇavarṇanam 200 2 > 61. Now, Ghaṭotkaca, taking along his son Barbarīka, goes to the city of Dvārakā to have darśana of Lord Kṛṣṇa; then Lord Kṛṣṇa, having briefly described the duty of the four castes to Barbarīka, instructs him to worship the Goddess in accordance with the duty of the warrior class to attain worldly strength, and names him Suhṛdaya; at the instruction of Lord Kṛṣṇa, that Suhṛdaya comes to Dagdhasthalī in Guptakṣetra and worships the goddesses; by permission of the highly pleased goddesses, that Suhṛdaya stays right there and provides assistance to avert obstacles for a Magadhan brahmin named Vijaya, who has come there before Siddhāmbikā and set out to master a Mahāvidyā; description of the practice of the ritual rite of Gaṇeśvara undertaken at first by the brahmin Vijaya to master the Mahāvidyā... 200 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.4.65.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.61) - [Next: 1.4.65.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.63) - [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.1.4.65.62) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhāratatātparyanirṇaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.dvaita.sarvamula.mahabharatatatparyanirnaya.1.26.298) — Madhva, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.62) · Pramāṇa