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Skandapurana 16.61

Skandapurāṇa 16.61

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16.61.1

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevīṃ kṣetradūtīṃ tu vaiṣṇavīm ..
śrīdaityasūdanāddevi pūrvabhāge vyavasthitām ..1..

Īśvara said: / Next, O goddess, one should go to the Vaiṣṇavī messenger of the sacred field, the great goddess / situated on the eastern side of the illustrious Daityasūdana,

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16.61.2

yogeśvaryāstathaiśānyāṃ dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitām ..
mahādaurbhāgyadagdhānāṃ sthitāṃ bheṣajarūpiṇīm .. 2..

standing seven bow-lengths to the north-east of Yogeśvarī, / standing as medicine for those consumed by great misfortune.

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16.61.3

cākṣuṣasyāṃtare devi yadā daityā balotkaṭāḥ ..
hanyamānā viṣṇunā'tha dakṣiṇāṃ diśamāviśan .. 3 ..

O goddess, during the Cākṣuṣa Manvantara, when the Daityas of terrible might, / being struck down by Viṣṇu, entered the southern quarter,

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16.61.4

tatra varṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ daityāścakrurmahāhavam ..
viṣṇunā saha deveśi divyāstraiśca pṛthagvidhaiḥ .. 4 ..

there the Daityas waged a great battle for more than a hundred years / with Viṣṇu, O ruler of the gods, using various types of divine weapons.

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16.61.5

duḥkhavadhyāṃstato jñātvā viṣṇuḥ kamalalocanaḥ ..
sasmāra bhairavīṃ śaktiṃ mahāmāyāṃ mahāprabhām ..5..

Knowing that they were difficult to slay, lotus-eyed Viṣṇu / remembered the terrible Śakti, the great illusive power of great radiance.

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16.61.6

sā smṛtā kṣaṇamātreṇa viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā..
tatrāgatā mahādevī ānaṃdasphuritekṣaṇā .. 6 ..

The moment she was remembered by the powerful Viṣṇu, / the great goddess arrived there, her eyes trembling with delight.

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16.61.7

viśāle tu kṛte devyā locane viṣṇudarśanāt ..
viśālākṣī tato jātā tatrasthā daityanāśinī ..7..

Since the goddess made her eyes wide upon seeing Viṣṇu, / she became Viśālākṣī, stationed there as the destroyer of the Daityas.

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16.61.8

asminkalpesamākhyātā lalitomā varānane ..
umādvayaṃ samākhyātaṃ someśe daityasūdane .. 8 ..

In this kalpa she is known as Lalitā and Umā, O fair-faced one; / two forms of Umā are declared, at Someśa and at Daityasūdana.

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16.61.9

pūrvaṃ someśvare paśyetpaścācchrīdaityasūdane ..
umā dvayaṃ pūjayitvā tīrthayātrāphalaṃ labhet ..9..

One should first visit her at Someśvara, and afterwards at the illustrious Daityasūdana; / having worshipped the two forms of Umā, one obtains the fruit of pilgrimage to the sacred ford.

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16.61.10

māghe māsi tṛtīyāyāṃ vidhinā yo'rcayettu tām..
na saṃtativihīnaḥ syāttasyakoṭyanvaye naraḥ ..7.1.61.10..

The man who worships her according to the rules on the third lunar day in the month of Māgha / will never be without offspring in ten million generations of his family.

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16.61.11

yo nityamīkṣate tatra bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ ..
ārogyasukhasaubhāgyasaṃyukto'sau bhavecciram .. 11 ..

Whoever constantly looks upon her there endowed with supreme devotion / will long be endowed with health, happiness, and good fortune.

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16.61.12

iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ lalitodbhavam..
śrutaṃ yatpāpanāśāya jāyate dharmavṛddhaye .. 12 ..

Thus has been proclaimed in brief the māhātmya originating from Lalitā, / which, when heard, leads to the destruction of sin and the increase of righteousness.

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16.61.61

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsa kṣetramāhātmye lalitomāviśālākṣī māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 61 ..

Thus ends the sixty-first chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Lalitā-Umā-Viśālākṣī', 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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