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Skandapurana 16.60

Skandapurāṇa 16.60

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16.60.1

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
prabhāsakṣetradūtīnāṃ tritayaṃ varavarṇini ..
atha te saṃpravakṣyāmi śṛṇu hyekamanāḥ priye .. 1 ..

Īśvara said: / O fair-complexioned one, I shall now declare to you / the triad of female messengers of the Prabhāsakṣetra; listen with single-minded focus, my dear.

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16.60.2

prathamā maṃgalā devī viśālākṣī dvitīyikā ..
tathā catvaradevī tu tṛtīyā parikīrtitā .. 2 ..

The first is the goddess Maṅgalā, and the second is Viśālākṣī; / likewise, the goddess Catvarapriyā is proclaimed to be the third.

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16.60.3

yathānukramataḥ pūjyāḥ śaktayastā varānane ..
prabhāsakṣetrayātrāyāḥ phalaprepsurnaro yadi .. 3 ..

These Śaktis should be worshipped in their proper order, O lovely-faced one, / if a person desires to obtain the fruit of the pilgrimage to Prabhāsakṣetra.

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16.60.4

.. devyuvāca .. ..
kasminsthāne sthitā deva dūtyastāḥ kṣetrarakṣikāḥ ..
kasya tāḥ kathamārādhyāḥ kathaṃ pūjyā jagatpate ..4.. ..

The Devī said: / In what place are those messengers who guard the sacred field situated, O God? / To whom do they belong, how are they to be propitiated, and how worshipped, O Lord of the universe?

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16.60.5

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
brāhmī tu maṃgalā proktā viśālākṣī tu vaiṣṇavī ..
raudrīśaktiḥ samākhyātā devī sā catvarapriyā .. 5 ..

Īśvara said: / Maṅgalā is proclaimed to be Brāhmī, and Viśālākṣī is Vaiṣṇavī; / that goddess fond of crossroads is declared to be the Raudrī Śakti.

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16.60.6

maṃgalā prathamaṃ pūjyā ajādevyuttare sthitā ..
rāhvīśāddakṣiṇebhāge nātidūre varānane .. 6 ..

Maṅgalā, situated to the north of Ajādevī, is to be worshipped first; / she is on the southern side of Rāhvīśa, not very far away, O fair-faced one.

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16.60.7

someśvarapratiṣṭhāpya prārabdhe yajñakarmaṇi ..
somena tatra devānāmāgatā sā didṛkṣayā .. 7 ..

When Someśvara had been consecrated and the sacrificial rite begun / by Soma, she came there eager to see the gods.

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16.60.8

brahmādīnāṃ ca sā yasmānmāṃgalyaṃ kṛtavatyume ..
tasmātsā maṃgalā proktā sarvamāṃgalyadāyinī .. 8 ..

And because she brought auspiciousness to Brahmā and the others, O Umā, / therefore she is proclaimed Maṅgalā, the giver of all auspiciousness.

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16.60.9

tṛtīyāyāṃ tu yā nārī naro vā pūjayiṣyati ..
tasyā'maṃgalyaduḥkhāni nāśaṃ yāsyaṃti kṛtsnaśaḥ .. 9 ..

Whatever woman or man worships her on the third lunar day, / all their inauspicious misfortunes will go to destruction.

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16.60.10

dampatībhojanaṃ tatra phaladānaṃ sakañcukam ..
praśastaṃ pṛṣadājyasya prāśanaṃ pāpanāśanam .. 7.1.60.10 ..

Feeding a married couple, gifting fruit along with a bodice, / and sipping ghee mixed with curd—which destroys sin—are commended there.

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16.60.11

iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ mahābhāgyaṃ mahodayam ..
maṃgalāyāśca māhātmyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 11 ..

Thus has been declared in brief the great glory, conferring great prosperity, / and the māhātmya of Maṅgalā, which destroys all sins.

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16.60.60

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye maṅgalāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 60 ..

Thus ends the sixtieth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Maṅgalā', in the first [part], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh [section], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.

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