Skandapurana 16.322
Skandapurāṇa 16.322
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16.322.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi tasya dakṣiṇasaṃsthitam ..
durgādityetināmānaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the [shrine] situated to his south / named Durgāditya, which destroys all sins. 1
16.322.2
yadā duḥkhamanuprāptā durgā duḥkhavināśinī ..
sūryamārādhayāmāsa tadā duḥkhavinuttaye .. 2 ..
When Durgā, the destroyer of sorrow, was overcome by sorrow, / she propitiated the Sun to dispel her sorrow at that time. 2
16.322.3
tataḥ kālena bahunā tasyāstuṣṭo divākaraḥ ..
uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ durgāṃ devo mahāprabhām ..
varaṃ varaya deveśi tapasā tuṣṭavānaham .. 3 ..
Then, after a long time, the Sun was pleased with her / and, the radiant god, spoke gentle words to Durgā: / 'Choose a boon, O queen of the gods; I am pleased with your austerity.' 3
16.322.4
.. durgovāca .. ..
yadi tuṣṭo divānātha duḥkhasaṃghaṃ vināśaya .. 4 ..
Durgā said: / If you are pleased, O lord of the day, destroy the host of my sorrows. 4
16.322.5
.. sūrya uvāca .. ..
acireṇaiva kālena bhagavāṃstripurāṃtakaḥ ..
saṃprāpsyatyuttamaṃ liṃgamunnate sthāna uttame .. 5 ..
The Sun said: / In no long time the lord who brought about Tripura's end / will obtain an excellent liṅga in the supreme Unnata place. 5
16.322.6
durgādityeti me nāma iha devi bhaviṣyati ..
evamuktvā mahādevi tatraivāntardadhe raviḥ ..
saptamyāṃ ravivāreṇa durgādityaṃ prapūjayet .. 6 ..
My name here shall be Durgāditya, O goddess. / Having spoken thus, O great goddess, the Sun vanished right there. / On a Sunday that falls on the seventh lunar day, one should worship Durgāditya. 6
16.322.7
tasya duḥkhāni sarvāṇi kuṣṭhāni vividhāni ca ..
vilayaṃ yāṃti deveśi durgādityaprapūjanāt .. 7 ..
All his sorrows and various forms of leprosy / go to dissolution, O queen of the gods, from the worship of Durgāditya. 7
16.322.322
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisā haruyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye durgādityamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvāviṃśatyuttaratriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 322 ..
Thus ends the three hundred and twenty-second chapter, entitled 'Description of the Greatness of Durgāditya', in the Greatness of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the first [part] in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, the seventh [book] of the Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand [verses]. 322
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