[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) › 16.61 # Skandapurana 16.61 Skandapurāṇa 16.61 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.61.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.61.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.61.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.61.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.61.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.61.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.61.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.61.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.61.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.61.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.61.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.61.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.61.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.61.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.61) · Pramāṇa