[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) › 16.291 # Skandapurana 16.291 Skandapurāṇa 16.291 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.291.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.291.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tasmāduttarabhāge tu sthānātkauberasaṃjñakāt .. bhadrakālī mahādevi vāṃchitārthapradāyinī .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / To the north of that place called Kaubera, / \[abides\] Bhadrakālī, O Great Goddess, who grants desired goals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.291.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.291.2) dakṣayajñasya vidhvaṃse vīrabhadrasamanvitā .. bhadrakālī mahādevī dakṣayajñavināśinī .. 2 .. > At the destruction of Dakṣa's sacrifice, accompanied by Vīrabhadra, / she was the Great Goddess Bhadrakālī who destroyed Dakṣa's sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.291.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.291.3) caitre māsi tṛtīyāyāṃ devīṃ tāṃ yastu pūjayet .. navakoṭyastu cāmuṇḍā bhaviṣyaṃti supūjitāḥ .. saubhāgyaṃ vijayaṃ caiva tasya lakṣmīrbhaviṣyati .. 3 .. > Whoever worships that goddess on the third day of the bright fortnight in the month of Caitra, / the nine crores of Cāmuṇḍās will be well-worshipped by him; / good fortune, victory, and prosperity will be his. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.291.291](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.291.291) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye nyaṃkumatīmāhātmye bhadrakālīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikanavatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 291 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and ninety-first chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Bhadrakālī', in the Nyaṅkumatī-māhātmya, within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, the first \[sub-section\] of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Purāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.291.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.291](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.291) · Pramāṇa