[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) › 16.62 # Skandapurana 16.62 Skandapurāṇa 16.62 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.62.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.62.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.62.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.62.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.62.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.62.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.62.9\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.62.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.62.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.62) · Pramāṇa