[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) › 16.59 # Skandapurana 16.59 Skandapurāṇa 16.59 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.59.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. atha vacmi tṛtīyāṃ te jñānaśaktiṃ śivātmikām .. prabhāsakṣetramadhyasthāṃ dāridryaughavināśinīm .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Now I shall tell you of the third power of knowledge, consisting of Śiva, / situated in the middle of Prabhāsa sacred field, destroying the flood of poverty, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.2) ajeti nāmnīṃ tāṃ devīṃ rāhvīśāddakṣiṇe sthitām .. mama vaktrādviniṣkrāṃtā ṣaṣṭhādvai viṣṇupūjitāt .. 2 .. > that goddess named Ajā, who is situated to the south of Rāhvīśa, / who issued forth from my sixth face that is worshipped by Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.3) .. devyuvāca .. .. paṃcavaktrāṇi deveśa prasiddhāni tava prabhau .. ṣaṣṭhaṃ yadvadanaṃ deva tasya kiṃ nāma saṃsmṛtam .. samutpannā kathaṃ tasmādajādevīti yā śrutā .. 3 .. > The goddess said: / Five faces are well known to belong to you, O lord of gods, O sovereign; / by what name is that face remembered which is the sixth, O god? / How was she who is renowned as Goddess Ajā born from it? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.4) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā devi yadgopyaṃ svasuteṣvapi .. tatte'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi aprasiddhāgamoditam .. 4 .. > Īśvara said: / Well asked by you, O goddess! That which is secret even to one's own sons, / that I shall declare to you as spoken in the esoteric scriptures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.5) vaktrāṇi mama deveśi saptāsanpūrvameva hi .. sadyojātādipaṃcaiva ṣaṣṭhaṃ smṛtamajeti ca .. 5 .. > Originally indeed, O queen of gods, my faces were seven: / the five beginning with Sadyojāta, and the sixth is remembered as Aja, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.6) saptamaṃ picunāmeti saptaivaṃ vadanāni me .. tebhyo'jaṃ brahmaṇe dattaṃ picuvaktraṃ tu viṣṇave .. 6 .. > and the seventh by the name Picu; thus were my seven faces. / Out of them, Aja was given to Brahmā, and the Picu face to Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.7) tasmādahaṃ mahādevi paṃcavaktro'dhunā'bhavam .. ajastu brahmā sañjajñe picurviṣṇurajāyata .. 7 .. > Therefore, O great goddess, I have now become five-faced. / Aja was born as Brahmā, and Picu was born as Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.8) ajavaktrānmahādevi ajā jātā mahāprabhā .. andhāsuraraṇe ghore mama krodhena bhāmini .. 8 .. > From the Aja face, O great goddess, Ajā of great splendour was born / during the terrible battle with the demon Andhaka, through my wrath, O passionate lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.9) khaḍgacarmadharādevī surūpā siṃhavāhinī .. marddayantī mahādaityāndevīkoṭisamanvitā .. 9 .. > Bearing a sword and shield, beautiful, mounted upon a lion, / crushing the great daityas, accompanied by ten million goddesses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.10) tasyā bhayena ye daityā vidrutā dakṣiṇārṇavam .. pṛṣṭhato'nuyayau tānvai sā devī siṃhavāhinī .. 7.1.59.10 .. > that lion-mounted goddess pursued from behind those daityas / who, out of fear of her, fled towards the southern ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.11) itastataste dhāvanto māryamāṇāśca tadgaṇaiḥ .. prabhāsa kṣetrasaṃprāptā naśyamānā mahārṇavam .. 11 .. > Running hither and thither and being slain by her hordes, / fleeing to the great ocean, they reached Prabhāsa sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.12) kecittatra hatā daityāḥ kecitpātālamāyayuḥ .. niḥśeṣānnihatāndṛṣṭvā sā devī siṃhavāhinī .. 12 .. > Some daityas were killed there, and some went to Pātāla. / Seeing them completely destroyed, that lion-mounted goddess, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.13) kṣetraṃ pavitramājñāya tatra sthāne sthitā śubhā .. someśādīśakoṇasthā saurīśāduttare sthitā .. 13 .. > recognizing the sacred field to be pure, the auspicious one remained in that place, / situated in the northeast direction from Someśa, and situated to the north of Saurīśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.14) yastāṃ tatra sthitāṃ paśyedyoṣidvātha naro'pi vā .. sa bhūyātsattvasaubhāgyaiḥ saptajanmāni saṃyutaḥ ..14.. > Whosoever, woman or man, beholds her situated there / shall be endowed with vitality and good fortune for seven births. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.15) gītavādyādikaṃ nṛtyaṃ yastatra kurute naraḥ .. tasyānvaye na daurbhāgyaṃ bhūyāttasyāḥ prasādataḥ.. ..15.. > The person who performs songs, instrumental music, dances, and so forth there / will have no misfortune in their lineage, by her grace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.16) ghṛtena dīpakaṃ tatra yā nārī saṃprayacchati.. raktavartyā mahādevi yāvaṃtastatra taṃtavaḥ .. tāvajjanmāṃtarāṇyeva sā saubhāgyamavāpnuyāt..16.. > O Great Goddess, as many threads as there are in the red wick / of the lamp with ghee that a woman offers there, / for that many future lifetimes she will obtain good fortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.17) yaścaitattu paṭhennityaṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. śṛṇuyādvā'pi yo bhaktyā sa kāmānakhilāllam̐bhet .. 17 .. > And whoever recites this daily, especially on the third lunar day, / or hears it with devotion, will attain all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.18) iti saṃkṣepataḥ prokto rudraśaktitrayakramaḥ .. 18.. > Thus the series of the three Śaktis of Rudra has been declared in brief. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.19) etāḥ śaktīḥ pūjayitvā someśaṃ pūjayettataḥ .. samyagyātrāphalāpekṣī ekāṃ vā varadāmatha .. 19 .. > Having worshipped these Śaktis, one who seeks the full fruit of the pilgrimage / should then worship Someśa, or else worship the one boon-granting \[goddess\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.59) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye'jādevīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 59 .. > Thus ends the fifty-ninth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Ajādevī', in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.59.59\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59.59_1) iti rudraśaktitrayasaṃketaḥ .. .. .. > Thus ends the instruction on the triad of Rudra's Śaktis. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.59.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.59) · Pramāṇa