[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) › 16.308.6 # Skandapurana 16.308.6 Skandapurāṇa 16.308.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.308.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.6) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. ḍiṃḍi rūpaḥ purā devi bhūtvā'haṃ dāruke vane .. ṛṣīṇāmāśrame puṇye nagno bhikṣācaro'bhavam .. bhikṣaṃtamāśrame dṛṣṭvā tāḥ sarvā ṛṣiyoṣitaḥ .. 6 .. > Īśvara said: / In ancient times, O goddess, having assumed the form of a naked mendicant (ḍiṇḍi) in the Dāruka forest, / I wandered as an ascetic gathering alms in the holy hermitage of the seers. / Seeing me begging in the hermitage, all those wives of the seers // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.308.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.5) - [Next: 16.308.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.7) - [Up: 16.308](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.308.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.6) · Pramāṇa