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# Skandapurana 3.1.6

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.1)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

> The seers said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.2)

dvaipāyanavineya tvaṃ sūta paurāṇikottama ..

> O disciple of Dvaipāyana, O Sūta, best among purāṇa reciters!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.3)

devīpattanaparyaṃtaṃ cakratīrthamanuttamam .. 1 ..

> "The unexcelled Cakratīrtha extends as far as Devīpattana,"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.4)

ityabravīḥ purāsmākamataḥ pṛcchāma kiṃcana ..

> so you told us formerly. Therefore, we ask something:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.5)

devīpuraṃ hi tatkutra yadantaṃ cakratīrthakam .. 2 ..

> Where indeed is that Devīpura, which forms the boundary of Cakratīrtha?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.6)

devīpattana mityākhyā kathaṃ tasyābhavattathā ..

> How did its name come to be 'Devīpattana'?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.7)

śrīrāmasetumūle ca snātānāṃ pāpināmapiḥ.. 3 ..

> And for those who have bathed at the base of the glorious bridge of Rāma, even sinners,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.8)

kīdṛśaṃ vā bhavetpuṇyaṃ cakratīrthe tathaiva ca ..

> what sort of religious merit arises, and likewise at Cakratīrtha?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.9)

etaccānyānviśe ṣāṃśca brūhi paurāṇikottama .. 4 ..

> Tell this and the other special features, O best of Purāṇa narrators.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.10)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.11)

sarvametatpravakṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ munipuṃgavāḥ ..

> I shall explain all of this, listen, O foremost sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.12)

paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caitadākhyānaṃ pāpanāśa nam .. 5 ..

> For those who read and listen to this narrative, it destroys sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.13)

yatra pāṣāṇanavakaṃ sthāpayitvā raghūdvahaḥ ..

> Where, having placed the nine stones, the descendant of Raghu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.14)

babandha prathamaṃ setuṃ samudre maithilīpatiḥ .. 6 ..

> the husband of Maithilī, first built the bridge across the ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.15)

devīpuraṃ tu tatraiva yadantaṃ cakratīrthakam ..

> right there is Devīpura, terminating at the Cakratīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.16)

devīpattanamityākhyā yathā tasya samāgatā .. .7 ..

> How the name 'Devīpattana' came to belong to it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.17)

tadbravīmi muniśreṣṭhāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ śraddhayā saha ..

> that I will relate, O best of sages; listen with faith.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.18)

purā devāsure yuddhe devairnāśitaputriṇī ..

> Long ago, in the war between the gods and asuras, her sons having been destroyed by the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.19)

ditiḥ provāca tanayāmātmanaḥ śokamohitā .. 8 ..

> Diti, overcome with grief, spoke to her daughter:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.20)

.. ditiruvāca .. ..

> Diti said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.21)

yāhi putri tapaḥ kartuṃ tapovanamanuttamam.. 9 ..

> "Go, my daughter, to perform austerity in the most excellent grove of austerities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.22)

putrārthaṃ tava suśroṇi niyatā niyatendriyā ..

> For the sake of a son, O fair-hipped one, restrained and with controlled senses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.23)

indrādayo na śiṣyeranyena putreṇa vai surāḥ .. 3.1.6.10 ..

> so that, by that son, Indra and the other gods will not be left remaining."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.24)

uditā tanayā caivaṃ jananyā tāṃ praṇamya sā ..

> Thus addressed by her mother, the daughter bowed down to her,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.25)

svīkṛtya māhiṣaṃ rūpaṃ vanaṃ pañcāgnimadhyagā .. 11 ..

> and assuming the form of a buffalo, standing amid five fires in the forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.26)

tapo'tapyata sā ghoraṃ tena lokāścakaṃpire ..

> she performed terrible austerity, on account of which the worlds trembled.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.27)

tasyāṃ tapaḥ prakurvaṃtyāṃ trilokyāsīdbhayāturā .. 12 ..

> While she was performing that austerity, the three worlds were distressed with fear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.28)

indrādayaḥ sura gaṇā mohamāpurdvijottamāḥ ..

> Indra and the hosts of gods fell into delusion, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.29)

supārśvastapasā tasyā muniḥ kṣubdho'vadattu tām .. 13 ..

> Agitated by her austerity, the sage Supārśva spoke to her:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.30)

.. supārśva uvāca .. ..

> Supārśva said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.31)

parituṣṭo'smi suśroṇi putrastava bhaviṣyati ..

> "I am well pleased, O fair-hipped one; you will have a son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.32)

mukhena mahiṣākāro vapuṣā nararūpavān .. 14 ..

> His face having the form of a buffalo, but his body having the form of a man,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.33)

mahiṣo nāmaputraste bhaviṣyatyativīryavān ..

> your son will be named Mahiṣa, exceedingly powerful,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.34)

pīḍayiṣyati yaḥ svargaṃ devendraṃ ca sasainikam .. 15 ..

> who will torment heaven and Indra, the lord of gods, along with his army."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.35)

supārśvastvevamuktvā tāṃ vinivārya tapastathā ..

> Having spoken thus to her and caused her to desist from her austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.36)

āgacchadātmano lokamanunīya tapasvinīm .. 16 ..

> Supārśva, having consoled the ascetic woman, went to his own world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.37)

atha jajñe sa mahiṣo yathoktaṃ brahmaṇā purā ..

> Then that Mahiṣa was born, just as had been spoken before by the brāhmaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.38)

vyavarddhata mahāvīryaḥ parvaṇīva mahodadhiḥ .. 17 ..

> Endowed with great power, he grew like the great ocean on the full-moon day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.39)

tataḥ putro vipracittervidyunmālyasurāgraṇīḥ ..

> Then the son of Vipracitti, Vidyunmālin, leader of the asuras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.40)

anye'pyasuravaryāste saṃti ye bhūtale dvijāḥ .. 18 ..

> and other foremost asuras who were on the earth, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.41)

te sarve mahiṣasyāsya śrutvā dattavaraṃ mudā ..

> all of them, hearing with joy of the boon granted to this Mahiṣa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.42)

samāgamya muniśreṣṭhāḥ prāvadanmahiṣāsuram .. 19 ..

> gathered together, O best of sages, and spoke to Mahiṣāsura:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.43)

svargādhipatyamasmākaṃ pūrva masīnmahāmate ..

> "Sovereignty over heaven was ours formerly, O intelligent one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.44)

devairviṣṇuṃ samāśritya rājyaṃ no hṛtamojasā .. 3.1.6.20 ..

> Taking refuge in Viṣṇu, the gods forcibly snatched away our kingdom.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.45)

tadrājyamānaya valādasmākaṃ mahiṣāsura ..

> Therefore bring that kingdom back to us by force, O Mahiṣāsura!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.46)

vīryaṃ prakaṭayasvādya prabhāvamapi cātmanaḥ ..21..

> Display today your valor and your majesty!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.47)

atulyabalavīryastvaṃ brahmadattavaroddhataḥ..

> You possess unequalled strength and valor, haughty with the boon granted by the brāhmaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.48)

pulomajāpatiṃ yuddhe jahi devagaṇaiḥ saha..22..

> Slay in battle the husband of Pulomā's daughter, along with the hosts of gods!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.49)

danujairevamukto'sau yoddhukāmo'maraiḥ saha..

> Thus addressed by the Danujas, desiring to fight with the immortals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.50)

mahā vīryo'tha mahiṣaḥ prayayāvamarāvatīm ..23..

> the exceedingly powerful Mahiṣa then marched to Amarāvatī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.51)

devānāmasurāṇāṃ ca saṃvatsaraśataṃ raṇam ..

> Between the gods and the asuras a battle lasting one hundred years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.52)

purā babhūva vipreṃdrāstumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam.. 24 ..

> tumultuous and hair-raising, took place in the past, O foremost brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.53)

devavṛndaṃ tato bhī tyā puraskṛtya purandaram..

> Then, out of fear, placing Indra at their head, the company of the gods  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.54)

kāṃdiśīkamabhūdviprā brahmāṇaṃ ca yayau tadā .. 25 ..

> fled in all directions, O brahmins, and went to Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.55)

brahmā tānamarāsarvānsamādāya yayau punaḥ..

> Taking all those immortals with him, Brahmā went further  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.56)

nārāyaṇaśivau yatra vartete viśvapālakau ..26..

> to where Nārāyaṇa and Śiva, the protectors of the universe, were staying.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.57)

tatra gatvā namaskṛtya stutvā stotrairanekaśaḥ ..

> Having gone there, bowed down, and praised them with many hymns,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.58)

brahmā nivedayāmāsa mahiṣāsuraceṣṭitam .. 27 ..

> Brahmā reported the deeds of Mahiṣāsura  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.59)

surāṇāmasuraiḥ pīḍāṃ devayoḥ śaṃbhukṛṣṇayoḥ ..

> and the tormenting of the gods by the asuras to the two lords, Śambhu and Kṛṣṇa:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.60)

iṃdrāgniyamasūryeṃdukuberavaruṇādikān .. 28 ..

> "Having expelled Indra, Agni, Yama, Sūrya, Candra, Kubera, Varuṇa, and the others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.61)

nirākṛtyādhikāreṣu teṣāṃ tiṣṭhatyayaṃ svayam ..

> he himself occupies their offices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.62)

anyeṣāṃ devavṛṃdānāmadhikārepi tiṣṭhati .. 29 ..

> He also occupies the offices of the other groups of deities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.63)

nirastaṃ devavṛṃdaṃ tatsvarlokādavanītale ..

> Cast out of heaven down onto the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.64)

manuṣyavadvicarate mahiṣāsurabādhitam .. 3.1.6.30 ..

> that assembly of gods wanders like mortals, afflicted by Mahiṣāsura.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.65)

etajjñāpayituṃ devau yuvayorahamāgataḥ..

> I have come to inform the two of you of this, O gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.66)

sārddhaṃ deva gaṇairatra rakṣataṃ tānsamāgatān .. 31 ..

> together with the hosts of gods here. Protect those who have assembled!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.67)

brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā rameśvaramaheśvarau ..

> Hearing Brahmā's speech, the lord of Ramā and the great lord  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.68)

kopātkarālavadanau duṣprekṣyau tau babhūvatuḥ .. 32 ..

> became terrifying of countenance from wrath, and dreadful to behold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.69)

atyantakopajvalitānmukhādviṣṇoratha dvijāḥ ..

> Then, O twice-born, from the face of Viṣṇu, ablaze with extreme wrath,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.70)

niścakrāma mahattejaḥ śaṃbhoḥ sraṣṭustathaiva ca .. 33 ..

> a great splendor issued forth, and likewise from that of Śambhu and the Creator \[Brahmā\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.71)

apareṣāṃ surāṇāṃ ca dehādiṃdraśarīrataḥ ..

> And from the bodies of the other gods, and from the body of Indra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.72)

tejaḥ samudabhūtkrūraṃ tadekaṃ samajāyata .. 34 ..

> a fierce splendor arose; and that \[splendor\] became one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.73)

teṣāṃ tu tejasāṃ rāśirjvalatparvatasaṃnibhaḥ ..

> Moreover, that mass of splendors, resembling a blazing mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.74)

dadṛśe devavṛṃdaistairjvālāvyāptadigaṃtaraḥ .. 35 ..

> pervading the quarters of the sky with flames, was beheld by those hosts of gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.75)

tejasāṃ samudāyo'sau nārī kāci dabhūttadā ..

> Then that aggregate of splendors became a certain woman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.76)

śivatejo mukhamabhūdviṣṇutejo bhujau dvijāḥ .. 36 ..

> Śiva's splendor became her face, and Viṣṇu's splendor her two arms, O twice-born;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.77)

brahmatejastu caraṇau madhyamaiṃdreṇa tejasā ..

> Brahmā's splendor was her two feet, her waist came from the splendor of Indra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.78)

yamasya tejasā keśāḥ kucau caṃdrasya tejasā .. 37 ..

> her hair from Yama's splendor, and her two breasts from the splendor of the Moon;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.79)

jaṃghorū kalpitau viprā varuṇasya tu tejasā ..

> her shanks and thighs were fashioned, O brahmins, from the splendor of Varuṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.80)

nitaṃbaḥ pṛthivītejaḥ pādāṃgulyo'rkatejasā .. 38 ..

> her buttocks from the splendor of the Earth, her toes from the Sun's splendor;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.81)

karāṃgulyo vasūnāṃ ca tejasā kalpitāstathā ..

> and the fingers of her hands were fashioned likewise from the splendor of the Vasus;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.82)

kuberatejasā viprā nāsikāparikalpitā .. 39 ..

> her nose was fashioned, O brahmins, from the splendor of Kubera;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.83)

navaprajāpatīnāṃ ca tejasā daṃtapaṃktayaḥ ..

> her rows of teeth came from the splendor of the nine Prajāpatis;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.84)

cakṣurdvayaṃ samajani havyavāhanatejasā .. .. 3.1.6.40 ..

> her pair of eyes was produced from the splendor of the Oblation-Bearer \[Agni\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.85)

ubhe saṃdhye bhruvau jāte śravaṇe vāyutejasā ..

> the two twilights became her eyebrows, her two ears came from the splendor of Vāyu;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.86)

itareṣāṃ ca devānāṃ tejobhiratidāruṇaiḥ .. 41 ..

> and by the most terrible splendors of the other gods  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.87)

kṛtānyāvayavā nārī durgā paramabhāsvarā ..

> the other limbs were made: the woman Durgā, supremely radiant,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.88)

babhūva durdharṣatarā sarvairapi surāsuraiḥ .. 42 ..

> became utterly unconquerable by all gods and asuras alike.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.89)

sarvavṛṃdārakānīkatejaḥsaṃghasamudbhavā ..

> Born from the mass of splendor of the hosts of all the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.90)

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā prītimāpuste devā mahiṣabādhitāḥ .. 43 ..

> the gods, tormented by Mahiṣa, felt joy upon seeing her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.91)

tato rudrā dayo devā viniṣkṛṣyāyudhānnijāt ..

> Then the gods, Rudra and the rest, drawing forth weapons from their own \[bodies\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.92)

āyudhāni dadustasyai śūlādīni dvijottamāḥ .. 44 ..

> gave her weapons such as the trident and others, O best of the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.93)

bhūṣaṇāni dadustasyai vastramālyāni caṃdanam ..

> They gave her ornaments, garments, garlands, and sandalwood paste;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.94)

sāpi devī tadā vastrairbhūṣaṇaiścaṃdanādibhiḥ .. 45 ..

> and then she, the Goddess, adorned with garments, ornaments, sandalwood and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.95)

kusumairāyudhairhārairbhūṣitā paricārakaiḥ ..

> with flowers, weapons, and necklaces by her attendants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.96)

sāṭṭahāsaṃ pramuṃcaṃtī bhairavī bhairavasvanā .. 46 ..

> releasing loud, mocking laughter, the terrifying one (Bhairavī) of terrible roar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.97)

nanāda kaṃpayatīva rodasī devasevitā ..

> attended by the gods, roared as though shaking heaven and earth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.98)

devyā bhairavanādena cacāla sakalaṃ jagat .. 47 ..

> by the terrible roar of the Goddess, the entire world trembled.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.99)

siṃhavāhanamārūḍhāṃ devīṃ tāmamarāstadā ..

> Then the immortals, sages, siddhas, and gandharvas praised that Goddess,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.100)

munayaḥ siddhagaṃdharvāstuṣṭuvurjayaśa bdataḥ .. 49 ..

> mounted upon a lion as her mount, with cries of 'Victory!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.101)

atibhīṣaṇanādena devyāḥ kṣubdhaṃ jagattrayam ..

> Seeing the three worlds agitated by the Goddess's exceedingly terrifying roar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.102)

dṛṣṭvā devārayo daityāḥ samuttasthurudāyudhāḥ .. 49 ..

> the daityas, enemies of the gods, rose up with uplifted weapons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.103)

mahiṣo'pi mahākrodhātsamudyata mahāyudhaḥ ..

> Mahiṣa too, out of great anger, lifting up a mighty weapon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.104)

taṃ śabdamavalakṣyātha yayāvasurasaṃvṛtaḥ .. 3.1.6.50 ..

> directed himself toward that sound and set out, surrounded by asuras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.105)

vyalokayattato devīṃ tejovyāptajagattrayīm ..

> Then he beheld the Goddess pervading the three worlds with her splendor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.106)

sāyudhānaṃtabāhvāḍhayāṃ nādakaṃpitabhūtalām .. 51 ..

> endowed with endless armed hands, shaking the surface of the earth with her roar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.107)

kṣobhitāśeṣaśeṣādimahānāgaparaṃparām ..

> agitating the entire succession of great serpents beginning with Śeṣa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.108)

vilokya devīmasurāḥ samanahyannudāyudhāḥ .. 52 ..

> Seeing the Goddess, the asuras armed themselves with weapons raised.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.109)

tato devyā tayā sārddhamasurāṇāmabhūdraṇaḥ ..

> Then a battle of the asuras took place with that Goddess,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.110)

astraiḥ śastraiḥ śaraiścakrairgadābhirmusalairapi .. 53 ..

> with missiles, weapons, arrows, discus-weapons, maces, and clubs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.111)

gajāśvarathapādātairasaṃkhyeyairmahāvalaḥ ..

> With countless elephants, horses, chariots, and foot soldiers, of mighty power,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.112)

mahiṣo yuyudhe tatra devyā sākamariṃdamaḥ .. 54 ..

> Mahiṣa, the tamer of his foes, fought there together with the Goddess.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.113)

lakṣako ṭisahasrāṇi pradhānāsurayūthapāḥ ..

> There were thousands of hundreds of thousands and tens of millions of principal asura troop-commanders;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.114)

ekaikasya tu senāyāsteṣāṃ saṃkhyā na vidyate .. 55 ..

> indeed, there was no counting the army of each one of them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.115)

te sarve yugapaddevīṃ śastrairāvavrurojasā ..

> They all simultaneously enveloped the Goddess with weapons by their might.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.116)

sāpi devī tato bhīmā daityamuktāstrasaṃcayam .. 56 ..

> She too, the terrible Goddess, then effortlessly shattered with arrows  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.117)

bibheda līlayā bāṇaiḥ svakārmukaviniḥsṛtaiḥ ..

> discharged from her own bow the multitude of missiles released by the daityas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.118)

sasarja daityakāyeṣu bāṇapūgānyanekaśaḥ .. 57 ..

> she discharged numerous volleys of arrows into the bodies of the daityas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.119)

devyāśrayabalā ddevā nirbhayā daityayūthapaiḥ ..

> The gods, made fearless by the power of resorting to the Goddess,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.120)

yuyudhuḥ saṃyuge śastrairastrairapyāyudhāṃtaraiḥ .. 58 ..

> fought in the battle against the daitya troop-commanders with weapons, missiles, and other arms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.121)

tato devā balotsiktā devīśaktyupabṛṃhitāḥ ..

> Then the gods, intoxicated with power and reinforced by the Goddess's energy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.122)

niḥśeṣamasurānsarvānāyu dhairniramūlayan .. 59 ..

> completely uprooted all the asuras with their weapons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.123)

svasainye tu kṣayaṃ yāte saṃkṣubdho mahiṣāsuraḥ ..

> When his own army was destroyed, Mahiṣāsura, deeply agitated,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.124)

cāpamādāya vegena vikṛṣya ca mahāsvanam .. 3.1.6.60 ..

> swiftly took up his bow, drew it with a loud twang,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.125)

saṃdhāya mumuce bāṇāndeva sainyeṣu bhūsurāḥ ..

> fitted his arrows, and discharged them against the army of the gods, O earth-gods:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.126)

iṃdre tu daśasāhasraṃ yame paṃcasahasrakam .. 61 ..

> ten thousand against Indra, five thousand against Yama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.127)

varuṇe cāṣṭasāhasraṃ kubere ṣaṭsahasrakam ..

> eight thousand against Varuṇa, six thousand against Kubera,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.128)

sūrye caṃdre ca vahnau ca vāyau vasuṣu cāśvinoḥ .. 62 ..

> \[and thousands\] against the Sun, the Moon, Fire, Wind, the Vasus, and the two Aśvins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.129)

anyeṣvapi ca deveṣu mahiṣo dānaveśvaraḥ ..

> And against the other gods, Mahiṣa, lord of the dānavas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.130)

pratyekamayutaṃ bāṇānmumuce balināṃ varaḥ .. 63 ..

> that foremost of the strong, discharged ten thousand arrows each.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.131)

palāyaṃte tato devā mahiṣāsuramardditāḥ ..

> Then the gods fled, crushed by the asura Mahiṣa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.132)

devīṃ śaraṇamājagmustrāhitrāhītivādinaḥ .. 64 ..

> they went for refuge to the Goddess, crying, “Save us! Save us!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.133)

tato devī gaṇānsvasya bhūtavetālakādikān ..

> Then the Goddess commanded her own gaṇas, bhūtas, vetālas, and the rest:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.134)

yūyaṃ nāśayata kṣipramāsuraṃ balamityaśāt ... .. 65 ..

> “Destroy swiftly the army of the asuras!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.135)

ahaṃ tu mahiṣaṃ yuddhe yodhayāmi valoddhatam ..

> I, however, shall fight Mahiṣa in battle, who is arrogant with strength.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.136)

tato devyā gaṇaiḥ sarvamāsuraṃ kṣatamāśu vai .. 66 ...

> Then by the Goddess’s gaṇas all the asura \[host\] was indeed swiftly destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.137)

tataḥ sainyaṃ kṣayaṃ nīte gaṇai rdevīpracoditaiḥ ..

> When his army was brought to destruction by the gaṇas impelled by the Goddess,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.138)

yoddhukāmaḥ sa mahiṣo gaṇaiḥ sākaṃ vyatiṣṭhata .. 67 ..

> that Mahiṣa, desiring to fight, stood against the gaṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.139)

atrāṃtare mahānādaḥ sucakṣuśca mahāhanuḥ ..

> Meanwhile Mahānāda, Sucakṣus, Mahāhanu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.140)

mahācaṃḍo mahābhakṣo mahodarama hotkaṭau .. 68 ..

> Mahācaṇḍa, Mahābhakṣa, Mahodara, Mahotkaṭa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.141)

pañcāsyaḥ pādacūḍaśca bahunetraḥ prabāhukaḥ ..

> Pañcāsya, Pādacūḍa, Bahunetra, Prabāhuka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.142)

ekākṣastvekapādaśca bahupādo'pyapādakaḥ .. 69 ..

> Ekākṣa, Ekapāda, Bahupāda, and Apādaka—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.143)

ete cānye ca bahavo mahiṣāsura maṃtriṇaḥ ..

> these and many other ministers of the asura Mahiṣa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.144)

yoddhukāmā raṇe devyāḥ puratastvavatasthire .. 3.1.6.70 ..

> desiring to fight, stood before the Goddess in battle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.145)

siṃhaṃ vāhanamāruhya tato devī manojavam ..

> Then the Goddess mounted her lion mount, swift as thought,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.146)

pralayāṃbudanirghoṣaṃ cāpamādāya bhairavam .. .. 71 ..

> and took up her terrible bow that roared like the clouds of dissolution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.147)

visphoṭya mumuce bāṇānvajravegasamānyudhi ..

> Drawing it, she shot arrows in battle possessing the speed of a thunderbolt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.148)

daśalakṣagajaiścāpi śatalakṣaiśca vājibhiḥ .. 72 ..

> Accompanied by ten hundred thousand elephants, one hundred hundred thousand horses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.149)

śatalakṣai rathaiścāpi lakṣāyutapadātibhiḥ ..

> one hundred hundred thousand chariots, and a hundred million foot-soldiers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.150)

yukto mahāhanurdaityo devyā yudhi nipātitaḥ ..73..

> the daitya Mahāhanu was struck down in battle by the Goddess.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.151)

sainye ca tasya nihatā devyā bāṇairdvijottamāḥ ..

> And in his army, O best of the twice-born, were killed by the Goddess's arrows  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.152)

lakṣakoṭisahasrāṇi pradhānāsuranāyakāḥ ..74..

> thousands of billions of chief asura leaders.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.153)

mahiṣasya hi vidyante mahābalaparākramāḥ ..

> Indeed, there were belonging to Mahiṣa those of great strength and prowess;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.154)

ekaikasya pradhānasya caturaṅgabalaṃ tathā .. 75 ..

> and each chief commander possessed a fourfold army.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.155)

mahāhanoryathā viprāstathaivāsti mahadbalam ..

> Just as Mahāhanu had, O brahmins, so too was that great army.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.156)

tatsarvaṃ nihataṃ devyā śaraiḥ kāṃcanapuṃkhitaiḥ .. 76 ..

> All that was slain by the Goddess with gold-feathered arrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.157)

yāmamātreṇa vipreṃdrāstadadbhutamivābhavat .. 77 .. ..

> Within merely a single watch \[of the day\], O best of brahmins, it happened like a wonder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.6.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.6.158)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe setumāhātmye cakratīrthapraśaṃsāyāṃ devīpurābhidhānakathane devīmahiṣāsurayuddhavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ .. 6 ..

> Thus ends the sixth chapter, named “Description of the Battle between the Goddess and the Asura Mahiṣa,” in the Narration of the Name of Devīpura, in the Praise of Cakratīrtha, in the Setumāhātmya, in the third Brahmakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.6.1) — English, machine translation

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