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Skandapurana 16.62

Skandapurāṇa 16.62

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16.62.1

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi tṛtīyāṃ catvarapriyām ..
lalitāpūrvadigbhāge daśadhanvaṃtare sthitām .. 1 ..

Īśvara said: / Next, O great goddess, one should go to the third, Catvarapriyā, / situated ten bow-lengths to the east of Lalitā,

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16.62.2

kṣetradūtīṃ mahāraudrīṃ rudraśaktiṃ mahāprabhām ..
kṣetrarakṣāvidhau tatra mayā muktāṃ tu madhyataḥ .. 2 ..

the messenger of the sacred field, the terribly fierce Śakti of Rudra, endowed with great splendor, / dispatched by me into the midst of the sacred field for the sake of its protection.

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16.62.3

koṭibhūtasamāyuktā mahākāyā mahāprabhā ..
jīrṇe gṛhe tathodyāne prāsādāṭṭālake pathi .. 3 ..

Joined by ten million spirits, having a huge body, possessing great splendor, / in dilapidated houses, in gardens, in temples, watchtowers, and roads,

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16.62.4

catvareṣu ca sarveṣu kṣetra madhyasthitā satī ..
rātrau paryaṭate devī bhūtānāṃ koṭibhirvṛtā .. 4 ..

and at all crossroads, residing in the middle of the sacred field, the faithful goddess / wanders at night surrounded by ten million spirits.

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16.62.5

mahānavamyāṃ yastatra nārī vātha naropi vā ..
nānāpūjopacāraiśca pūjayedvidhivacchubhām .. 5 ..

Whatever woman or man there on the Great Ninth lunar day / worships the auspicious goddess according to the rules with various ritual offerings,

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16.62.9

tasya tuṣṭā'khilānkāmānsādevī saṃpradāsyati ..
daṃpatyorbhojanaṃ tatra deyaṃ yātrāphalepsubhiḥ ..9..

the pleased goddess will grant all of their desires. / A meal should be given there to a married couple by those who wish for the fruit of the pilgrimage.

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16.62.9_1

iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhā tmyaṃ pāpanāśanam ..
kṣetradūtyāstṛtīyāyāḥ śrutamaiśvaryakārakam .. 7 ..

Thus has been proclaimed in brief the sin-destroying māhātmya / of the third messenger of the sacred field, which produces sovereignty when heard.

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16.62.62

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye catvarādevīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dviṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 62 ..

Thus ends the sixty-second chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Catvarādevī', 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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