[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) › 1.4.65.64 # Skandapurana 1.4.65.64 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.65.64 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.65.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.64) 63 atha prathamayāmānte vighnakaraṇārthaṃ samāgatāyā mahājihvārākṣasyāḥ suhṛdayena ghaṭotkacaputreṇa damanam, tato madhyarātrasamaye vighnakaraṇārthaṃ samāgatasya repalendrasya ghaṭotkacaputreṇa suhṛdayena damanam, tatastṛtīyayāmānte vighnakaraṇārthaṃ samāgatāyā duhadruhākhyāśvataryāḥ suhṛdayena hanane kṛte sati tatprakṣepasthale duhadruhākhyagrāmaprasiddhivarṇanam, atha caturthayāme vighnakaraṇārthaṃ samāgatasya kṣapaṇakaveṣadhāriṇaḥ palāśināmno daityasya navakoṭidaityasenāsamanvitasya bhaimiputreṇa suhṛdayena pātālaguhāṃ tamanu gatvā hananam, tataśca tatkṛtena daityavadhena saṃtuṣṭairnāgalokaiḥ suhṛdayāya varapradānam, atha pātālavivarastharatnaliṅgapūjakanāgakanyābhiḥ pravarṇitena mārgeṇa suhṛdayasya -bhūtale siddhāmbikāpuraḥsthale vijayākhyabrāhmaṇasamīpaṃ pratyāgamanam, tataḥ sarvamahāvidyāsiddhisaṃpannatayā suprasannena vijayabrāhmaṇena suhṛdayāyāśīḥpradānam, tato bhaviṣyatsaṃgrāme pāṇḍavasaṃrakṣaṇahetunā devānāṃ devīnāṃ cānujñayā vijayabrāhmaṇadattasindūrasadṛśahomabhasmagrahaṇapūrvaka sarvadevīdevaiḥ suhadayasya siddhasenetināmakaraṇavarṇanam..... 203 > 63. Now, the subduing by Suhṛdaya, son of Ghaṭotkaca, of the rakshasa woman Mahājihvā who came at the end of the first watch of the night to create obstacles; then, at midnight, the subduing by Suhṛdaya, son of Ghaṭotkaca, of Repalendra who came to create obstacles; then, at the end of the third watch of the night, when the female mule named Duhadruhā, who came to create obstacles, is slain by Suhṛdaya, description of the renown of the village named Duhadruhā at the spot where she was thrown; then, in the fourth watch, the son of Bhīma's son, Suhṛdaya, follows into a cavern of Pātāla and slays the Daitya named Palāśin, who wears the guise of a wandering mendicant and is accompanied by an army of ninety million Daityas, who has come to create obstacles; and then, granting of boons to Suhṛdaya by the folk of the world of the Nāgas, who were satisfied by the slaying of the Daitya performed by him; then, Suhṛdaya's return to the surface of the earth, before Siddhāmbikā, to the presence of the brahmin named Vijaya, along the path described by the serpent maidens who worship the jewel liṅga situated in the cavern of Pātāla; then, bestowing of blessings upon Suhṛdaya by the brahmin Vijaya, who is well-pleased because of having attained the mastery of all the Mahāvidyās; then, for the sake of protecting the Pāṇḍavas in the future war, by permission of the gods and goddesses, taking sacrificial ash resembling vermilion given by the brahmin Vijaya, description of the bestowing of the name Siddhasena upon Suhṛdaya by all the goddesses and gods... 203 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.4.65.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.63) - [Next: 1.4.65.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.65) - [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.1.4.65.64) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.64) · Pramāṇa