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Skandapurana 16.135

Skandapurāṇa 16.135

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16.135.1

īśvara uvāca..
tatraiva saṃsthitāṃ paśyeddevīṃ duḥkhāṃtakāriṇīm..
śītaleti purā khyātā yuge dvāparasaṃjñite..
kalau punaḥ samākhyātāṃ kaliduḥkhāntakāriṇīm..1..

Īśvara said: / Right there one should see the goddess who brings an end to sorrows; / formerly, in the age named Dvāpara, she was known as Śītalā, / and again in the Kali age she is proclaimed as the ender of Kali’s sorrows. 1

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16.135.2

śītalaṃ kurute dehaṃ bālānāṃ rogavarjitam..
pūjitā bhaktibhāvena tena sā śītalā smṛtā..2..

When worshipped with devotion, she makes the body of children cool / and free of disease; therefore she is remembered as Śītalā. 2

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16.135.3

visphoṭānāṃ praśāṃtyarthaṃ bālānāṃ caiva kāraṇāt ..
mānena māpitānkṛtvā masūrāṃstatra kuṭṭayet .. 3 ..

For the appeasement of eruptions and for the sake of children, / one should measure out lentils by a standard measure and pound them there. 3

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16.135.4

śītalāpurato dattvā bālāḥ santu nirāmayāḥ ..
visphoṭacarcikādīnāṃ vātādīnāṃ śamo bhavet .. 4 ..

Offering them in front of Śītalā, [praying] “May the children be free from disease,” / there shall be pacification of boils, scabs, and ailments caused by wind and the rest. 4

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16.135.5

śrāddhaṃ tatraiva kurvīta brāhmaṇāṃstatra bhojayet .. 5 ..

One should perform a śrāddha right there and feed brahmins there. (5)

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16.135.6

karpūraṃ kusumaṃ caiva mṛganābhiṃ sucandanam..
puṣpāṇi ca sugandhāni naivedyaṃ ghṛtapāyasam ..
nivedya devyai tatsarvaṃ daṃpatyoḥ paridhāpayet ..6..

Camphor, flowers, musk, good sandalwood,
fragrant blossoms, and an offering of milk-rice cooked in ghee—
having offered all that to the goddess, one should bestow clothing on a married couple. (6)

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16.135.7

navamyāṃ śuklapakṣe tu mālāṃ vilvamayīṃ śubhām..
bhaktyā nivedya tāṃ devyai sarvasiddhimavāpnuyāt .. 7 ..

Offering with devotion an auspicious garland of bilva leaves to the goddess
on the ninth day of the bright fortnight, one attains all perfections. (7)

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16.135.135

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye duḥkhāntakāriṇītilāgaurīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcatriṃduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..135....

Thus ends the one hundred thirty-fifth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Duḥkhāntakāriṇī-Tilāgaurī', in the first [part], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. (135)

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