[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) › 16.133 # Skandapurana 16.133 Skandapurāṇa 16.133 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.133.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.133.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tatraiva saṃsthitā devi mahākālīti viśrutā .. adhaḥ sthite mahāpīṭhe pātālavivarānvite .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Dwellng right there, O goddess, is she renowned as Mahākālī, / on the lower great seat connected with the chasm of Pātāla. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.133.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.133.2) sarvaduḥkhapraśamanī sarvaśatrukṣayaṃkarī .. pūjanīyā vidhānena kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ mahāniśi .. gandhaiḥ puṣpaistathā dhūpaiḥ kravyairbalibhireva ca .. 2 .. > She pacifies all sorrows and destroys all enemies; / she should be worshipped according to the rules at midnight on the dark eighth \[tithi\] / with perfumes, flowers, incenses, raw meats, and sacrificial offerings. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.133.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.133.3) phalatṛtīyāṃ nārī ca kuryādvai tatra bhāvitā .. varṣamekaṃ site pakṣe devīṃ pūjya vidhānataḥ .. phalāni brāhmaṇe deyānyeva nūnaṃ vidhānataḥ .. 3 .. > And a devoted woman should observe the Phalatṛtīyā vow there; / having worshipped the goddess according to the rules in the bright fortnight for one year, / fruits must certainly be given to a brahmin according to the rules. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.133.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.133.4) etāni varjayennakte hyannāni surasundari .. niṣpāvā āḍhakī mudgā māṣāścaiva kulitthakāḥ..4.. > O beautiful goddess, she should avoid these foods during the night: / flat beans, pigeon peas, mung beans, black grams, and horse grams, 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.133.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.133.5) masūrā rājamāṣāśca godhūmāstripuṭāstathā .. caṇakā vartalā vāpi makuṣṭhāścaivamādayaḥ .. 5 .. > lentils, cowpeas, wheat, grass peas, / chickpeas, peas, and moth beans, and the like. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.133.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.133.6) na bhakṣyāstāvatte devi yāvadgaurīvrataṃ caret .. tasyāḥ puṇyaphalaṃ vakṣye kathyamānaṃ śṛṇuṣva me .. 6 .. > These must not be eaten, O goddess, as long as she observes the vow of Gaurī. / Hear from me as I tell the meritorious fruit thereof: 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.133.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.133.7) dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ gṛhe tasyā na kadācitkṣayaṃ vrajet .. duḥkhitā durbhagā dīnā sapta janmāni no bhavet .. 7 .. > wealth and grain in her house shall never suffer decline; / for seven births she shall not be sorrowful, unfortunate, or wretched. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.133.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.133.8) mahākālīvrataṃ proktaṃ devyā māhātmyasaṃyutam .. kṛtaṃ pātakanāśāya sarvakāmasamṛddhaye .. 8 .. > The vow of Mahākālī, accompanied by the greatness of the goddess, has been proclaimed; / it is performed for the destruction of wicked deeds and for the fulfillment of all desires. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.133.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.133.9) evaṃ devi samākhyātaṃ mahākālīmahodayam .. kṣetrapīṭhaṃ mahādevi mantrasiddhipradāyakam .. 9 .. > Thus, O goddess, the glorious \[seat\] of Mahākālī has been recounted, / a seat in the sacred field that bestows mantra-perfection, O great goddess. 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.133.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.133.10) āśvayukchuklapakṣe tu navamyāṃ tatra jāgṛyāt .. pīṭhe pūjābaliṃ dattvā mantraṃ kāmaṃ japanniśi .. saumyacittaḥ samāpnoti vāṃchitāṃ siddhimuttamām .. 7.1.133.10 .. > One should keep vigil there on the ninth day in the bright fortnight of Āśvina; / having offered worship and oblations at the seat, muttering the mantra at night at will, / with a serene mind, one attains the highest desired perfection. 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.133.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.133.133) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye mahākālīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma trayastriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 133 .. > Thus ends the one hundred thirty-third chapter, titled “Description of the Greatness of Mahākālī,” in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. 133 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.133.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.133) · Pramāṇa