[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) › 14.22 # Skandapurana 14.22 Skandapurāṇa 14.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha śrīmātāṃ devavaṃditām .. sarvakāmapradāṃ nṛṇāmihaloke paratra ca ..1.. > Pulastya said: / Then one should go, O best of kings, to Śrīmātā, praised by the gods, / who grants all desires to mortals in this world and in the hereafter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.2) yā ca sarvamayī śaktiryayā vyāptamidaṃ jagat .. sā tasminparvate sākṣātsvayaṃ vāsamarocayat ..2.. > And she who is the all-pervading Śakti, by whom this universe is pervaded, / she herself chose to dwell visibly upon that mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.3) purā devayuge rājā kaliṃgonāma dānavaḥ .. jarāmaraṇahīnosau devānāṃ ca bhayaṃkaraḥ..3.. > Long ago, in the age of the gods, there was a dānava king named Kaliṅga. / He was free from old age and death, and terrifying to the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.4) tena sarvamidaṃ vyāptaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram.. balaprabhāvataḥ svargo jitastena surādhipaḥ .. brahmalokamanuprāpto devaiḥ sarvaiḥ samanvitaḥ ..4.. > All this world of the three realms, with moving and unmoving beings, was pervaded by him. / By his strength and might, heaven was conquered by him, and the sovereign of the gods, / together with all the gods, reached Brahmaloka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.5) tena daityena sarve'pi trāsitāḥ suramānavāḥ .. kaliṃgonāma daityaḥ sa svayamindro babhūva ha .. 5 .. > All gods and men were terrified by that Daitya. / That Daitya named Kaliṅga himself became Indra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.6) vasavo marutaḥ sādhyā viśvedevāḥ surarṣayaḥ .. tena sarve kṛtā daityā yathāyogyaṃ narādhipa .. 6 .. > The Vasus, Maruts, Sādhyas, Viśvedevas, and divine seers— / all were appointed as Daityas by him according to their proper stations, O lord of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.7) yajñabhāgānsvayaṃ sarve bubhujuste ca dānavāḥ .. tapo'rthe ca tato devā gatāḥ sarve'rbudācalam .. 7 .. > Those dānavas themselves consumed all the sacrificial shares. / And then, for the sake of austerity, all the gods went to Mount Arbuda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.8) adyāpi devatākhātaṃ trailokye khyātimāgatam .. tatra vrataparāḥ sarve patramūlaphalāśinaḥ .. 8 .. > Even today Devatākhāta has attained renown in the three worlds. / There, all were devoted to vows, eating leaves, roots, and fruits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.9) avyaktāḥ paramatrāsāddhyāyaṃtaste ca saṃsthitāḥ .. paṃcāgnisādhakāḥ kecittatra vrataparāyaṇāḥ .. 9 .. > Hidden, out of extreme fear, they remained meditating. / Some were practitioners of the five fires, devoted to their vows there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.10) ekāhārā nirāhārā vāyubhakṣāstathā pare .. anye māsopavāsāśca cāndrāyaṇaparāyaṇāḥ .. 7.3.22.10 .. > Others took food once a day, fasted completely, or subsisted on air; / others fasted for a month, devoted to the cāndrāyaṇa vow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.11) kṛcchrasāṃtapane niṣṭhā mahāpārākiṇaḥ pare .. aṃbubhakṣā vāyubhakṣāḥ phenapāścoṣmapāḥ pare .. 11 .. > Others were steadfast in the kṛcchra and sāṃtapana \[penances\], or performers of the great parāka vow; / some drank water, some subsisted on air, some drank foam, and others drank steam. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.12) japahomaparāścānye dhyānāsaktāstathā pare .. balinaivadyadānaiśca gaṃdhadhūpairnarādhipa .. 12 .. > Others were devoted to recitation and oblations, and others intent on meditation, / with offerings of food, oblations, perfumes, and incenses, O lord of men, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.13) pūjayaṃtaḥ parāṃ śaktiṃ devīṃ svakāryahetave .. evaṃ teṣāṃ vratasthānāṃ tapasā bhāvitātmanām .. vimuktirabhavadrājansarveṣāṃ karmabandhanāt .. 13 .. > worshipping the supreme Śakti, the Goddess, for the sake of their purpose. / Thus, for those established in vows, whose souls were purified through austerity, / there came release, O king, from the bondage of karma for all of them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.14) tataḥ pūrṇe sahasrāṃte varṣāṇāṃ nṛpasattama.. devī pratyakṣatāṃ prāptā kanyakārūpadhāriṇī.. 14.. > Then, at the end of a full thousand years, O best of kings, / the goddess became visible, bearing the form of a young maiden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.15) pūrvaṃ jātā mahārāja dhūmamūrtirbhayāvahā.. tato jvālā tataḥ kanyā śuklavāso'nulepanā.. dṛṣṭvā tāṃ tuṣṭuvurdevāḥ kṛtāṃjalipuṭāstataḥ.. 15.. > First arose a terrifying form of smoke, O great king, / then a flame, and then a maiden clothed and anointed in white. / Seeing her, the gods then praised her with palms joined in reverence: 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.16) namo'stu sarvage devi namaste sarvapūjite.. kāmage'cintye namaste tridaśāśraye .. 16 .. > “Homage be to you, O all-pervading Goddess! Homage to you who are worshipped by all! / Homage to you who go wherever you wish, who are beyond thought, O refuge of the thirty \[gods\]! 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.17) namaste paramādevi brahmayone namonamaḥ .. ardhamātrekṣare caiva tasyārdhārdhe namonamaḥ .. 17 .. > Homage to you, supreme Goddess! Homage, homage to the source of Brahmā! / Homage, homage to the half-mora in the syllable \[Oṃ\], and to its very half! 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.18) namaste padmapatrākṣi viśvamātarnamonamaḥ .. namaste varade devi rajaḥsattvatamomayi .. 18 .. > Homage to you whose eyes are lotus petals! Homage, homage to the Mother of the universe! / Homage to you who grant boons, O Goddess, composed of rajas, sattva, and tamas! 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.19) svasvarūpasthite devi tvaṃ ca saṃsāralakṣaṇam .. tvaṃ buddhistvaṃ dhṛtiḥ kṣāṃtistvaṃ svāhā tvaṃ svadhā kṣamā .. 19 .. > O Goddess established in your own essential nature, you are the mark of worldly existence. / You are intellect, you are resolve, patience; you are svāhā, you are svadhā, forgiveness. 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.20) tvaṃ vṛddhistvaṃ gatiḥ kartrī śacī lakṣmīśca pārvatī .. sāvitrī tvaṃ ca gāyatrī ajeyā pāpanāśinī ..7.3.22.20.. > You are prosperity, you are the path, the creator, Śacī, Lakṣmī, and Pārvatī. / You are Sāvitrī, and Gāyatrī, the invincible destroyer of sin. 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.21) yaccānyadatra deveśi trailokye'stītisaṃjñitam .. tadrūpaṃ tāvakaṃ devi parvateṣu ca saṃsthitam .. 21 .. > Whatever else here in the three worlds is designated as ‘existent,’ / that is your form, O Goddess, and \[you are\] abiding in the mountains. 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.22) vahninā ca yathā kāṣṭhaṃ taṃtunā ca yathā paṭaḥ .. tathā tvayā jagadvyāptaṃ guptā tvaṃ sarvataḥ sthitā .. 22 .. > Just as wood is pervaded by fire and cloth by thread, / so is the world pervaded by you; concealed, you abide everywhere.” 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.23) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. evaṃ stutā jaganmātā tānuvāca surottamān .. varo me yācyatāṃ śīghramabhīṣṭaḥ surasattamāḥ .. 23 .. > Pulastya said: / Praised in this manner, the Mother of the universe said to those foremost of the gods: / “Quickly ask of me the boon you desire, O best of the gods! 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.24) kimatra guptabhāvena tiṣṭhatha śvabhramadhyagāḥ .. madbhaktānāṃ bhayaṃ nāsti trailokyepi carācare .. 24 .. .. > Why do you remain here in hiding, dwelling inside a pit? / My devotees have no fear, even in the three worlds of moving and unmoving beings.” 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.25) .. devā ūcuḥ .. kaliṃgena vayaṃ devi nirastāḥ saṃgare muhuḥ .. tena vyāptamidaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram .. 25 .. > The gods said: / “O Goddess, we have been repeatedly repulsed in battle by the Kaliṅga \[demon\]; / by him all this threefold world, moving and unmoving, has been pervaded. 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.26) yajñabhāgo hṛto'smākaṃ daityānāṃ sa prakalpitaḥ .. tena svargaḥ samākrāntaḥ surāḥ sarve nirākṛtāḥ .. 26 .. > Our sacrificial share has been seized and allotted to the Daityas. / By him heaven has been overrun, and all the gods driven away. 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.27) hatvā daityānyathā bhūyaḥ śakraḥ svapadamāpnuyāt .. tathā kuru mahābhāge vara eṣo'smadīpsitaḥ .. 27 .. > Act in such a way, O highly fortunate one, that Śakra may slay the Daityas and regain his abode; / this is the boon we desire.” 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.28) .. devyuvāca .. .. yathā yūyaṃ mayā sṛṣṭāstathaivāyaṃ mahāsuraḥ .. viśeṣo nāsti me kaścidubhayoḥ surasattamāḥ .. 28 .. > The Goddess said: / “Just as you were created by me, even so was this great Asura; / I have no partiality between the two of you, O best of the gods. 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.29) tasmāttānvārayiṣyāmi śakrādyāṃstridivātpunaḥ .. evamuktvā varārohā preṣayāmāsa pārthiva .. 29 .. > Therefore, I shall ward them off from heaven again, starting with Śakra.” / Having spoken thus, O king, she of fair hips dispatched 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.30) dūtaṃ kaliṃgadaityāya tyaja tvaṃ tridivaṃ drutam .. sa gatvā bāṣkaliṃ daityaṃ sāmapūrvaṃ vaco'bravīt .. 7.3.22.30 .. > a messenger to the Kaliṅga Daitya: “Leave heaven at once!” / He went and addressed concilatory words to the Daitya Bāṣkali: 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.31) .. dūta uvāca .. .. yā sā sarvagatā devī śaktirūpā śuci smitā .. śrīmātā jagatāṃ mātā devairārādhitā parā .. teṣāṃ tuṣṭā ca devī tvāmidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 31 .. > The messenger said: / “That all-pervading Goddess who is the embodiment of Śakti, of pure smile, / Śrīmātā, the Mother of the worlds, the supreme one worshipped by the gods, / being pleased with them, has addressed this word to you: 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.32) svasthānaṃ gaccha śīghraṃ tvaṃ śakro yātu triviṣṭapam .. madvākyāddānavaśreṣṭha devatvaṃ na bhavettava .. 32 .. > ‘Go swiftly to your own abode! Let Śakra go to heaven! / At my word, O foremost of Dānavas, godhead shall not belong to you.’” 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.34) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. sa dūtavacanaṃ śrutvā dānavo madagarvitaḥ .. 34 .. > Pulastya said: / Hearing the messenger's words, the Dānava, proud with insolence, 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.34\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.34_1) ahaṃ lokeśvaro matvā sagarvamidamabravīt .. 33 .. > thinking, “I am the lord of the worlds,” spoke this with arrogance: 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.34\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.34_2) .. bāṣkaliruvāca .. .. kā śrīmāteti ke devā nāsmātsvargaṃ tyajāmyaham .. na tāṃ jānāmi tāṃścaiva gatvā brūhi mamājñayā .. 34 .. > Bāṣkali said: / “Who is this Śrīmātā? Who are the gods? I will not abandon heaven for this! / I know neither her nor them; go and tell \[her so\] by my command! 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.35) na bhavadbhyasvahaṃ svargaṃ prayacchāmi kathaṃcana .. dūto'vadhyo bhavedrājñāmapi vaire sudāruṇe .. etasmātkāraṇāddūta na tvāṃ prāṇairviyojaye .. 35 .. > I will by no means give up heaven to you. / A messenger must not be killed by kings, even in the fiercest enmity; / for this reason, O messenger, I do not deprive you of your life. 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.36) śrīmātāṃ yadi me dūta darśayiṣyasi cettataḥ .. abhīṣṭānsaṃpradāsyāmi satyameva bravīmyaham .. 36 .. > If, O messenger, you show me Śrīmātā, / then I will grant your desires; I speak only the truth! 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.37) ahaṃ tvayā samaṃ tatra yāsye yatra sthitā ca sā .. nigrahaṃ ca kariṣyāmi vākyaṃ me satyakāraṇam .. 37 .. > I shall go along with you to where she is dwelling, / and I will subdue her; my word is the truth!” 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.38) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. evamuktvā madonmatto dūtena ca sa dānavaḥ .. arbudaṃ prayayau tūrṇaṃ roṣeṇa mahatā vṛtaḥ .. 38 .. > Pulastya said: / Having spoken thus, maddened with insolence, that Dānava / set out quickly with the messenger for Arbuda, filled with great rage. 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.39) dṛṣṭvā bāṣkalimāyāṃtaṃ devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ .. vāryamāṇāstadā devyā palāyanaparāyaṇāḥ .. 39 .. > Seeing Bāṣkali arriving, the gods led by Śakra, / though restrained then by the Goddess, were intent on flight. 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.40) bhayena mahatāviṣṭā diśo bhejuḥ samaṃtataḥ .. athāsau bāṣkaliḥ prāptaḥ sainyena mahatā vṛtaḥ .. 7.3.22.40 .. > Overcome by great fear, they fled in all directions. / Then that Bāṣkali arrived, surrounded by a mighty army, 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.41) śrīmātā tiṣṭhate yatra parvaterbudasaṃjñake .. dūtaṃ ca preṣayāmāsa tamuvāca narādhipaḥ .. 41 .. > at the mountain named Arbuda where Śrīmātā was staying. / And he dispatched a messenger, whom the ruler of men addressed: 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.42) .. bāṣkaliruvāca .. .. gaccha dūtavara brūhi śrīmātāṃ cāruhāsinīm.. bhāryā me bhava suśroṇi ahaṃ te vaśagaḥ sadā .. 42 .. > Bāṣkali said: / “Go, excellent messenger, speak to Śrīmātā of charming smile: / ‘Become my wife, O fair-hipped one! I shall always remain obedient to you. 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.43) bhaviṣyati hi me rājyaṃ sarvaṃ vaśagataṃ tava .. anyathā dharṣayiṣyāmi sarvaiḥ sārddhaṃ surottamaiḥ ..43.. > Indeed, my entire kingdom shall be under your control. / Otherwise, I shall overpower you along with all the foremost gods! 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.44) kimiṃdreṇālpavīryeṇa kimanyaiśca varānane .. sahasrākṣo na me tulyo na me tulyāḥ surāsurāḥ .. 44 .. > What use is Indra of little prowess? What use are the others, O lovely-faced one? / The thousand-eyed \[Indra\] is not my equal, nor are the gods and Asuras equal to me!’” 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.45) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. etacchrutvā tato gatvā sa dūtaḥ saṃnyavedayat .. tasya sarvaṃ yathāvākyaṃ tenoktaṃ ca mahīpate ..45.. > Pulastya said: / Hearing this, the messenger then went and reported / everything to her exactly according to the words spoken by him, O lord of the earth. 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.46) tataḥ śrutvā smitaṃ kṛtvā ciṃtayāmāsa bhāminī .. jarā maraṇahīnoyaṃ daityendraḥ śaṃbhunā kṛtaḥ .. 46 .. > Then, having heard it and smiled, the passionate lady reflected: / “This lord of Daityas was made free from old age and death by Śambhu; 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.47) kathamasya mayā kāryo nigraho devatākṛte .. punaściṃtayate yāvatsā devī dānavaṃ prati .. tāvattatrāgataḥ śīghraṃ sa kāmena pariplutaḥ .. 47 .. > how is his subjugation to be accomplished by me for the sake of the gods?” / While the Goddess was thus pondering about the Dānava, / he swiftly arrived there, flooded with lust. 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.48) atha dṛṣṭinipātena sā devī dānavādhipam .. vyalokayattatastasyā niścayaḥ saṃbabhūva ha .. 48 .. > Then, casting her gaze, the Goddess / looked upon the lord of Dānavas; thereupon her resolve was formed. 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.49) tato jahāsa sā devīśanakairvṛpasattama .. mukhāttasyāstataḥ sainyaṃ niṣkrāṃtamatibhīṣaṇam.. 49 .. > Then that Goddess laughed softly, O best of kings. / From her mouth then issued a most terrifying army: 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.50) hastino hayavaryāśca pādātāśca pṛthagvidhāḥ .. rathasāhasramārūḍhā yodhāścāpi sahasraśaḥ .. 7.3.22.50 .. > elephants, excellent horses, foot-soldiers of various kinds, / warriors mounted upon a thousand chariots, and thousands of others. 50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.51) taiḥ sainyaṃ dānaveśasya sarvaṃ śastrairnipātitam .. paśyatastasya daityasya niścalasyāsurasya ca .. 51 .. > By them the entire army of the lord of Dānavas was struck down with weapons, / while that Daitya, that Asura, looked on motionless. 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.52) hate sainya bale tasminniṃdrādyāstridivaukasaḥ .. tāmūcurvacanaṃ devi dānavaṃ hantumarhasi .. nāsmiñjīvati no rājyaṃ svarge devi bhaviṣyati .. 52 .. > When that army and its force were slain, the dwellers of heaven led by Indra / addressed these words to her: “O Goddess, you should kill the Dānava! / While he lives, our sovereignty in heaven cannot be, O Goddess.” 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.53) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. śrutvā tadvacanaṃ teṣāṃ jñātvā taṃ mṛtyuvarjitam .. parvatasya mahāśṛṃgaṃ dattvā tasyopari svayam .. 53 .. > Pulastya said: / Hearing those words of theirs, knowing him to be free from death, / she placed a great peak of the mountain upon him herself… 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.54) niviṣṭā sā jaganmātā śrīmātā kāmarūpiṇī .. hitāya jagatāṃ rājannadyāpi varaparvate .. tatraiva vasate sākṣānnṛṇāṃ kāmapradāyinī .. 54 .. > She, the Mother of the Universe, Śrīmātā, who assumes any form at will, seated herself \[there\]. / Even today, O king, for the welfare of the worlds, upon that excellent mountain, / right there she dwells visibly, granting all desires to mankind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.55) etasminneva kāle tu sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ .. tuṣṭuvustāṃ mahāśaktiṃ bhayahantrīṃ praharṣitāḥ .. 55 .. > At that very time, all the gods along with Indra, / highly delighted, praised that Great Power, the destroyer of fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.56) prasannā'bhūttato devī teṣāṃ tatra narādhipa .. svaṃsvaṃ sthānaṃ surāḥ sarve pariyāṃtu gatavyathāḥ .. gatvā sthānaṃ svakaṃ sarve paripāṃtu gatavyathāḥ .. 56 .. > Then the goddess was pleased with them there, O king: / ‘Let all the gods depart to their respective abodes, free from sorrow; / having reached their own abode, let them all protect \[the worlds\], free from sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.57) varaṃ varaya devendra brūhi yatte manogatam .. tatsarvaṃ saṃpradāsyāmi tuṣṭāhaṃ bhaktitastava .. 57 .. .. > Choose a boon, O lord of the gods; speak what is in your heart. / I shall grant all that to you; I am pleased with your devotion.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.58) .. indra uvāca .. .. yadi tuṣṭāsi me devi śāśvate bhaktivatsale .. atraiva sthīyatāṃ tāvatsvarge yāvadahaṃ vibhuḥ .. 58 .. > Indra said: / ‘If you are pleased with me, O eternal goddess, affectionate to your devotees, / please remain right here so long as I am the sovereign in heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.59) praśāsmi rājyaṃ deveśi śāśvate bhaktavatsale .. ajaraścāmaraścaiva yato daityaḥ sureśvari .. 59 .. > I rule the kingdom, O ruler of gods, O eternal one, affectionate to your devotees! / Since the demon is ageless and immortal, O sovereign of the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.60) hareṇa nirmitaḥ pūrvaṃ yena tiṣṭhati niścalaḥ .. prasādāttava lokāśca trayaḥ saṃtu nirāmayāḥ ..7.3.22.60.. > having been created formerly by Hara, by which he remains motionless, / may the three worlds be free from affliction through your grace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.61) atra tvāṃ pūjayiṣyāmo vayaṃ sarve sametya ca .. caitraśuklacaturddaśyāṃ dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ yāṃtu sadgatim .. 61 .. > Here, all of us having assembled together, will worship you; / and having beheld you on the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight of Caitra, may people attain the supreme state.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.62) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. evamuktvā sahasrākṣaḥ sarvadevaiḥ samanvitaḥ .. hṛṣṭastriviṣṭapaṃ prāpto devyāstasyāḥ prabhāvataḥ .. 62 .. > Pulastya said: / Having spoken thus, the thousand-eyed \[Indra\], accompanied by all the gods, / attained heaven rejoicing, by the power of that goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.63) sāpi tatra sthitā devī devānāṃ hitakāmyayā .. ... 63 .. > She too, the goddess, remained there wishing for the welfare of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.64) yastāṃ paśyati caitrasya caturddaśyāṃ site nṛpa .. sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjjitam .. 64 .. > Whoever beholds her on the fourteenth day of the bright half of Caitra, O king, / goes to the supreme realm, free from old age and death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.65) kiṃ vratairniyamairvāpi dānairdatte narādhipa .. sarve taddarśanasyāpi kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm .. 65 .. > What need of observances, or self-restraints, or given gifts, O lord of men? / All of them are not worth a sixteenth part of the darśana of her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.66) tatraiva pāduke divye tayā nyaste narādhipa .. yaste paśyati bhūyo'sau saṃsāraṃ na hi paśyati .. sarvānkāmānavāpnoti iha loke paratra ca .. 66 .. > Right there her two divine sandals were deposited by her, O ruler of men; / whoever beholds those two does not see worldly existence again, / and attains all desires in this world and in the next. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.67) .. yayātiruvāca .. .. kasminkāle dvijaśreṣṭha devyā mukte'tra pāduke .. kasmācca kāraṇādbrūhi sarvaṃ vistarato mama .. 67 .. > Yayāti said: / At what time, O best of the twice-born, were the two sandals left here by the goddess, / and for what reason? Tell me everything in full detail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.68) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tāṃ devīṃ mānavāḥ sarve saṃvīkṣya nṛpasattama .. prāpnuvaṃti parāṃ siddhiṃ dvividhāṃ dharmakāriṇaḥ .. 68 .. > Pulastya said: / All mortal men, having gazed upon that goddess, O best of kings, / who practice righteousness, attain the two kinds of supreme perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.69) etasminneva kāle tu yajñadānādikāḥ kriyāḥ .. praṇaṣṭā bhūtale rājaṃstīrthayātrāvratodbhavāḥ .. 69 .. > At that very time, the rites consisting of sacrifices, gifts, and the like, / arising from pilgrimages to sacred fords and observances, perished on the surface of the earth, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.70) śūnyāste narakāḥ sarve saṃbabhūvuryamasya ye .. yajñabhāgavihīnāśca devāḥ kaṣṭamupāgatāḥ .. 7.3.22.70 .. > All those hells of Yama became empty, / and deprived of their sacrificial portions, the gods met with distress. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.71) atha sarve nṛpaśreṣṭha devāstatra samāgatāḥ .. ūcurgatvā'rbudaṃ tatra śrīmātāṃ parame śvarīm.. 71 .. > Then all the gods, O best of kings, assembled there, / and having gone to Arbuda, spoke there to the Supreme Sovereign, Śrīmātā: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.72) .. devā ūcuḥ .. .. agniṣṭomādikāḥ sarvāḥ kriyā naṣṭāḥ sureśvari .. martyaloke vayaṃ tena karmaṇātīva pīḍitāḥ .. 72 .. > The gods said: / ‘All rites such as the Agniṣṭoma have perished, O sovereign of the gods, / in the mortal world; therefore we are exceedingly tormented by this state of affairs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.73) dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ devi pāpmānaḥ siddhiṃ yāṃti sapūrvajāḥ .. tasmādyathā vayaṃ puṣṭiṃ vrajāmaste prasādataḥ .. 73 .. > Having beheld you, O goddess, even sinful men attain perfection along with their ancestors. / Therefore, so act that we may attain nourishment through your grace, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.74) na niṣkrāmati daityaśca bāṣkalistvaṃ tathā kuru .. 74 .. > and the demon Bāṣkali may not emerge.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.75) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā saṃciṃtya suciraṃ tadā .. muktvā sve pāduke tatra kṛtvā cāśmasamudbhave .. devānuvāca rājeṃdra sarvānarttimupāgatān .. 75 .. > Pulastya said: / Having heard their word, and having reflected for a long time then, / leaving her own two sandals there, having made them out of stone, / she spoke, O lord of kings, to the gods, all of whom had fallen into affliction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.76) .. śrīdevyuvāca .. .. yuṣmadvākyena tyakto hi mayā'yaṃ parvatottamaḥ .. vinyaste pāduke tasya rakṣārthaṃ bāṣkaleḥ surāḥ .. 76 .. > The holy Goddess said: / ‘By your request, indeed, this best of mountains is abandoned by me; / the two sandals have been placed, O gods, to guard against that Bāṣkali. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.77) matpādukābharākrāṃto na sa daityaḥ surottamāḥ .. sthānātpracalituṃ śaktaḥ staṃbhitaḥ syādyathā mayā .. 77 .. > Oppressed by the weight of my sandals, O best of gods, that demon / will not be able to stir from his place, just as he was paralyzed by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.78) etacchāstraṃ mayā kṛtsnaṃ pādukārthaṃ vinirmitam .. adhyātmakaṃ hitārthāya prāṇināṃ pṛthivītale .. 78 .. > This entire treatise has been composed by me concerning the sandals, / dealing with the Supreme Self, for the welfare of living beings on the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.79) śāstramārgeṇa cānena bhaktyā yaḥ pāduke mama .. pūjayiṣyati siddhiḥ syāttasya maddarśanodbhavā .. 79 .. > And whoever with devotion worships my two sandals in accordance with the path of this scripture, / to him will belong the perfection arising from the darśana of me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.80) caitraśuklacaturddaśyāmahamatrārbude sadā .. ahorātre vasiṣyāmi suguptā girigahvare .. .. 7.3.22.80 .. > On the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight of Caitra, I shall always, here on Arbuda, / dwell for a day and night, well-hidden in a mountain cave. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.81) parvato'yaṃ mamābhīṣṭo na ca tyaktuṃ mano dadhe .. tathāpi saṃparityakto yuṣmākaṃ hitakāmyayā .. 81 .. > This mountain is dear to me, and my mind was not set on leaving it; / nevertheless, it has been completely abandoned by me out of a desire for your welfare.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.82) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. evamuktvā tu sā devī samaṃtāddevakiṃnaraiḥ .. stūyamānā yayau svargaṃ muktvā te pāduke śubhe .. 82.. > Pulastya said: / Having spoken thus, that goddess, being praised on all sides / by gods and kiṃnaras, went to heaven, having left behind those two auspicious sandals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.83) adyāpi siddhimāyāṃti yogino dhyānatatparāḥ .. tanniṣṭhāstadgataprāṇā yathā devyāḥ pradarśanāt.. 83 .. > Even today yogins, intent on meditation, attain perfection, / steadfast in them, their vital breaths absorbed in them, just as from the sight of the goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.84) etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yanmāṃ tva paripṛcchasi .. śrīmātāsaṃbhavaṃ puṇyaṃ pādukābhyāṃ ca bhūmipa ..84.. > All this has been recounted to you which you ask of me, / the holy origin of Śrīmātā and of the two sandals, O protector of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.85) yastvetatpaṭhate bhaktyā ślāghate vā'tha yo naraḥ .. sarvapāpairmahārāja mucyate jñānatatparaḥ .. 85 .. > The man who recites this with devotion, or who praises it, / is freed from all sins, O great king, and becomes intent on knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.22.85\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22.85_3) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe śrīmātāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 22 .. > Thus ends the twenty-second chapter, entitled ‘The Description of the Māhātmya of Śrīmātā’, in the Arbuda section, the third \[part\] of the seventh \[book\], the Prabhāsa section, in the holy Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.22.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.22) · Pramāṇa