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Skandapurana 1.4.65.66

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.65.66

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1.4.65.66

65 atha yudhiṣṭhirakṛtāṃ siddhāmbikāstutiṃ niśamya bhīmasenena yudhiṣṭhirasya strīstutikaratvaṃ matvā nirbhartsanam, tato devyavajñānādbhīmasenasyāṅgavaikalyaprāptau bhīmena svāparādhakṣamāpaṇāya siddhāmbikājagadambikāstutikaraṇama, tato jagadambikayā tasmai varapradānam, atha devyā svasyā nimittāntareṇa lohāṇāsthakeleśvarīdurgāvatseśvarīgayatrāḍetyādināmabhedasthānabhedena tatra kṣetre'vasthitivarṇanapūrvakaṃ sarvapāṇḍavānāmabhayapradānam pāṇḍavairbarbarīkasya tatraiva sthāne saṃsthāpanapūrvakaṃ tīrthayātrākaraṇam... .. 207

65 Next, hearing the praise of Siddhāmbikā uttered by Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīmasena rebukes Yudhiṣṭhira, considering that he is merely praising a woman; then, due to his contempt for the Goddess, Bhīmasena suffers a mutilation of his limbs, whereupon Bhīma utters a praise of Siddhāmbikā, Mother of the Universe, to ask forgiveness for his fault; then the Mother of the Universe grants him a boon; next, the Goddess, residing in that sacred field under different names and at different places for various reasons—such as Keleśvarī, Durgā, Vatseśvarī, and Gayatrāḍā in Lohāṇā—grants safety to all the Pāṇḍavas; the Pāṇḍavas establish Barbarīka in that very place and depart on their pilgrimage... 207

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