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# Skandapurana 5.148

Skandapurāṇa 5.148

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.148.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.1)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..  
kelīśvarī ca yā devī śrūyate sūtanaṃdana ..  
māhātmyaṃ vada nastasyā utpattiṃ ca suvistarāt .. 1 ..

> The seers said: / Regarding the goddess Kelīśvarī who is heard of, O son of Sūta, / tell us her māhātmya and her origin in full detail.  
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### [5.148.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.2)

kasminkāle samutpannā kimarthaṃ ca sureśvarī ...  
kiṃ tasyā jāyate śreyaḥ pūjayā namanena ca .. 2 ..

> At what time was the ruler of gods born, and for what purpose? / What welfare arises through worshipping and bowing to her? (2)  
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### [5.148.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.3)

tvayā kātyāyanī proktā cāmuṇḍā ca sureśvarī ..  
śrīmātā ca samutpannā kimarthaṃ ca sureśvarī .. .. 3 ..

> You spoke of Kātyāyanī and of Cāmuṇḍā, the ruler of gods; / and Śrīmātā was born—for what purpose, O ruler of gods? (3)  
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### [5.148.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.4)

śrīmātā ca tathā tārā devī śatruvināśinī ..  
kelīśvarī na saṃproktā tasmāttāṃ vada sāṃpratam .. 4 ..

> And Śrīmātā, as well as the goddess Tārā, the destroyer of foes; / but Kelīśvarī was not described, so speak of her now. (4)  
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### [5.148.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.5)

kautukaṃ naḥ samutpannamatrārthe sūtanaṃdana .. 5 ..

> Curiosity has arisen in us regarding this matter, O son of Sūta. (5)  
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### [5.148.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.6)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
ādyaikā devatā loke bahurūpā vyavasthitā ..  
devatānāṃ hitārthāya daityapakṣakṣayāya ca .. 6 ..

> Sūta said: / In the beginning, one single deity remained in the world in manifold forms / for the welfare of the deities and for the destruction of the Daityas' faction. (6)  
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### [5.148.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.7)

yadāyadātra devānāṃ vyasanaṃ jāyate kvacit ..  
tadātadā parā śaktiryā sā vyāpya vyavasthitā .. 7 ..

> Whenever any affliction arises here for the gods, / then that supreme Śakti, having pervaded \[all\], remains. (7)  
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### [5.148.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.8)

sarvametajjagaddhātrī janma cakre dharātale ..  
mahiṣāsuranāśāya sā ca kātyāyanī bhuvi .. 8 ..

> The supporter of this whole universe took birth on the surface of the earth; / she became Kātyāyanī on earth for the destruction of the demon Mahiṣa. (8)  
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### [5.148.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.9)

avatīrṇā parā mūrtirgatāsminbhuvanatraye ..  
yadā śuṃbhanikṣaṃbhau ca dānavau baladarpitau .. 9 ..

> Her supreme form descended and moved within these three worlds. / When Śumbha and Niśumbha, the two Dānavas arrogant with power, \[arose\], (9)  
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### [5.148.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.10)

avatīrṇā tadā saiva cāmuṃḍā rūpamāśritā ..  
prodgate kālayavane sarvadevabhayāvahe .. 6.149.10 ..

> then she descended, having assumed the form of Cāmuṇḍā. / When Kālayavana arose, bringing fear to all the gods, (10)  
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### [5.148.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.11)

śrīmātārūpiṇī devī saiva jātā mahītale ..  
aṃdhāsuravadhārthāya śaṃbhunā''krāṃtacetasā ..  
sṛṣṭā kelīvarī devī yayā vyāptamidaṃ jagat .. 11 ..

> she was born on the earth's surface in the form of the goddess Śrīmātā. / For the slaying of the demon Andhaka, Śambhu, his mind deeply affected, / brought forth the goddess Kelīśvarī, by whom this universe was pervaded. (11)  
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### [5.148.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.12)

tatastasyāḥ prabhāvena hatvā daityānaśeṣataḥ ..  
andhako nihataḥ paścāttrailokyavyasanapradaḥ .. .. 12 ..

> Then, through her power, having slain the Daityas without remainder, / Andhaka was subsequently killed, who had caused affliction to the three worlds. (12)  
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### [5.148.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.13)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..  
andhakaḥ kasya putro'yaṃ kiṃprabhāvaḥ kathaṃ hataḥ ..  
kasmāddhatastu saṃgrāme sarvaṃ vistarato vada .. .. 13 ..

> The seers said: / Whose son was this Andhaka, what was his prowess, and how was he slain? / Why was he killed in battle? Tell everything in detail. (13)  
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### [5.148.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.14)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
dakṣasya duhitā nāmnā ditiḥ sarvaguṇālayā ..  
hiraṇyakaśipurnāma tasyāḥ putro babhūva ha .. 14 ..

> Sūta said: / Dakṣa had a daughter named Diti, an abode of all virtues; / she had a son named Hiraṇyakaśipu. (14)  
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### [5.148.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.15)

yena śakrādayo devā jitāḥ sarve raṇājire ..  
svarge rājyaṃ kṛtaṃ bhūri svayameva mahātmanā .. 15 .. yadbhayātsakalairdevairnānāśastrāṇyanekaśaḥ ..

> By him all the gods, Indra and the others, were conquered on the battleground; / a great sovereignty was established by that high-souled one in heaven itself. / Through fear of him, all the gods in many ways \[fashioned\] various weapons, (15)  
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### [5.148.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.16)

nirmitānyatimukhyāni varmacarmayutāni ca .. 16 ..

> fashioned most foremost \[arms\] furnished with armor and shields. (16)  
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### [5.148.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107)

svayaṃ vidārito yaśca viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā ..  
karajairjānuni pṛṣṭhe vinidhāya prakopataḥ .. 107 ..

> He himself was torn open in great rage by the all-powerful Viṣṇu / with his claws, having placed him upon his knees and on his back. (17)  
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### [5.148.107\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_1)

tasya putradvayaṃ jajña vīryaudāryaguṇānvitam ..  
jyeṣṭhaḥ prahlāda ityukto dvitīyaścāṃdhakastathā .. 18 ..

> To him two sons were born, endowed with the qualities of heroism and nobility; / the elder was called Prahlāda, and the second was Andhaka. (18)  
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### [5.148.107\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_2)

hiraṇyakaśipau prāpte mṛtyulokaṃ suhṛdgaṇaiḥ ..  
amātyaiśca tataḥ proktaḥ prahlādo vinayānvitaiḥ .. 19 ..

> When Hiraṇyakaśipu had gone to the mortal realm, / Prahlāda was then addressed by his companions and ministers endowed with modesty: (19)  
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### [5.148.107\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_3)

pitṛpaitāmahaṃ rājyametadācara sāṃpratam ..  
dhuraṃ vahasva rājyotthāṃ devānyuddhe nipātaya ..6.149.2...

> "Rule this kingdom of your father and forefathers now; / bear the yoke arising from sovereignty, \[and\] strike down the gods in battle!" (20)  
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### [5.148.107\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_4)

.. prahrāda uvāca .. ..  
nāhaṃ rājyaṃ kariṣyāmi kathaṃcidapi bhūtale ..  
yatastato nibodhadhvaṃ vacanaṃ mama sāṃpratam ..21..

> Prahrāda said: / "I shall not govern the kingdom in any manner whatsoever on the earth's surface; / therefore, understand my word right now. (21)  
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### [5.148.107\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_5)

daityarājyaṃ na vāṃchaṃti devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ ..  
teṣāṃ rakṣākaro nityaṃ viṣṇuḥ sa bhagavānsvayam ..22..

> The gods led by Indra do not desire the dominion of the Daityas; / the lord Viṣṇu himself is ever their protector. (22)  
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### [5.148.107\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_6)

apyahaṃ santyaje prāṇānsarvasvaṃ vā na saṃśayaḥ ..  
hariṇā saha saṃgrāmaṃ nāhaṃ kartumaho kṣamaḥ.. 23 ..

> I might abandon my life-breaths or my entire property, there is no doubt; / \[yet\] oh, I am not capable of waging war against Hari. (23)  
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### [5.148.107\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_7)

yo mayā'bhyarcito nityaṃ praṇataśca sureśvaraḥ ..  
na tena sahito yuddhaṃ kariṣyāmi kathañcana .. 24 .. ..

> The lord of gods who is worshipped daily and bowed to by me— / with him I shall not wage battle in any manner." (24)  
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### [5.148.107\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_8)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
prahlādena ca saṃtyakte rājye pitṛsamudbhave ..  
andhakaḥ sthāpitastatra saṃmaṃtrya sacivairmithaḥ .. 25 ..

> Sūta said: / When the kingdom inherited from his father was abandoned by Prahlāda, / Andhaka was installed there after the ministers took counsel together. (25)  
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### [5.148.107\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_9)

hiraṇyakaśipoḥ putro devadānavadarpahā ..  
so'pi rājyamamātyebhyo nidhāya tadanantaram .. 26 ..

> He was the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, the crusher of the pride of gods and Dānavas. / He, too, having entrusted the kingdom to the ministers thereafter, (26)  
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### [5.148.107\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_10)

tapaścakre ciraṃ kālaṃ dhyāyamānaḥ pitāmaham ..  
tyaktvā kāmaṃ tathā krodhaṃ daṃbhaṃ matsarameva ca .. 27 ..

> performed austerity for a long time, meditating upon the Grandfather \[Brahmā\], / having abandoned desire as well as anger, hypocrisy, and envy, (27)  
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### [5.148.107\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_11)

jiteṃdriyaḥ suśāṃtātmā samaḥ sarveṣu jantuṣu ..  
vṛkṣamūlāśrayaḥ śāṃtaḥ saṃtuṣṭenāṃtarātmanā .. 28 ..

> with senses subdued, exceedingly tranquil in mind, impartial toward all creatures, / dwelling at the roots of trees, peaceful, with a contented inner self. (28)  
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### [5.148.107\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_12)

yāvadvarṣasahasrāṃtaṃ phalāhāro babhūva ha ..  
śīrṇaparṇāśanāhāro yāvadvarṣasahasrakam .. 29 ..

> For a period of up to a thousand years he subsisted on fruits; / and for a thousand years he subsisted on withered leaves as food. (29)  
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### [5.148.107\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_13)

dhyāyamāno divānaktaṃ devadevaṃ pitāmaham ..  
vāyubhakṣastato jajñe tāvatkālaṃ dvijottamāḥ .. 6.149.30 ..

> Day and night he meditated upon the god of gods, the Grandfather \[Brahmā\]; / then for that much time he became a feeder on wind, O best of the twice-born. (30)  
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### [5.148.107\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_14)

tato varṣasahasrāṃte caturthe samupasthite ..  
tamuvāca svayaṃ brahmā svayamabhyetya harṣitaḥ .. 31 ..

> Then, when the fourth thousand of years arrived, / Brahmā himself, having approached him, delighted, spoke to him: (31)  
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### [5.148.107\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_15)

.. brahmovāca .. ..  
parituṣṭo'smi te vatsa varaṃ varaya suvrata ..  
tuṣṭo'haṃ te pradāsyāmi yadyapi syātsudurlabham ..  
.. andhaka uvāca .. ..  
yadi yacchasi me brahmanvaraṃ manasi vāṃchitam ..  
jarāmaraṇanāśāya dīyatāṃ surasattama .. 33 ..

> Brahmā said: / "I am fully pleased with you, child; choose a boon, O one of noble vows! / Pleased, I shall grant it to you, even if it be very hard to obtain." / Andhaka said: / "If you grant me the boon desired in my heart, O Brahmā, / let it be given for the cessation of old age and death, O best of gods!" (33)  
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### [5.148.107\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_16)

.. śrībrahmovāca .. ..  
na kaścicca jarāhīno vidyate'tra dharātale ..  
maraṇena vinā naiva yasya janma bhavetkṣitau .. 34 ..

> The venerable Brahmā said: / "No one exists free of old age here on the surface of the earth; / nor indeed does anyone whose birth on earth takes place exist without death. (34)  
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### [5.148.107\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_17)

tathāpi tava dāsyāmi bahudharmaratasya ca ..  
tasmātkuru mahābhāga rājyaṃ gatvā nijaṃ gṛham .. 35 ..

> Nevertheless, I shall grant \[a boon\] to you who are devoted to many virtues; / therefore, go to your own home, O illustrious one, and govern the kingdom. (35)  
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### [5.148.107\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_18)

bhavedbahuphalaṃ rājyaṃ śmaśānaṃ bhavanaṃ yathā ..  
bahukaṇṭakasaṃkīrṇaṃ krūrakarmabhirāvṛtam .. 36 ..

> Let the kingdom yield great fruit, like a cremation-ground \[becomes\] a palace; / \[though\] strewn with many thorns and surrounded by cruel deeds." (36)  
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### [5.148.107\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_19)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
evamuktvā caturvaktrastataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ ..  
kasyacittvatha kālasya preritaḥ kāladharmaṇā ..  
provāca sacivānso'tha piturvairamanusmaran .. 37 ..

> Sūta said: / Having spoken thus, the four-faced one vanished from sight. / Then, after some time, impelled by the law of time, / he spoke to his ministers, remembering the enmity of his father: (37)  
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### [5.148.107\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_20)

.. andhaka uvāca .. ..  
pitāsmākaṃ hato devaiḥ pitṛvyaśca mahābalaḥ ..  
kapaṭena na śauryeṇa tasmāttānsūdayāmyaham .. 38 ..

> Andhaka said: / "Our father was slain by the gods, and our uncle of great strength, / by deceit, not by valor; therefore, I shall destroy them. (38)  
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### [5.148.107\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_21)

ko'rthaḥ putreṇa jātena yo na kṛtyaiḥ suśaṃsitaiḥ ..  
prākaṭyaṃ yāti sarvatra vaṃśasyāgre dhvajo yathā.. 39..

> What purpose is served by a son who is born, if he does not attain prominence / everywhere by well-praised deeds, like a banner before a lineage?" (39)  
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### [5.148.107\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_22)

.. maṃtriṇa ūcuḥ .. ..  
yuktametanmahābhāga yattvayā vyāhṛtaṃ vacaḥ ..  
vadhyāḥsyurvibudhāḥ sarve ye'smākaṃ paripaṃthinaḥ .. ..6.149.4...

> The ministers said: / "This word which you have spoken, O illustrious one, is proper; / all the gods who are our adversaries deserve to be slain. (40)  
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### [5.148.107\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_23)

asmākaṃ khalvime lokāḥ ke devāḥ ke dvijātayaḥ ..  
yajñabhāgānhariṣyāmo hatvā śakramukhānsurān ..41..

> Indeed, these worlds are ours; who are the gods, who are the twice-born? / Having slain the gods led by Indra, we shall seize their shares of the sacrifices." (41)  
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### [5.148.107\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_24)

evaṃ te samayaṃ kṛtvā sainyena mahatānvitāḥ ..  
prajagmustvaritāstatra yatra śakro vyavasthitaḥ ..42..

> Having thus made an agreement, accompanied by a vast army, / they went swiftly to the place where Indra resided. (42)  
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### [5.148.107\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_25)

śakro'pi dānavānīkaṃ dṛṣṭvā tānsahasāgatān..  
āruhyairāvaṇaṃ nāgaṃ yuddhārthaṃ niryayau tadā .. 43 ..

> Indra too, seeing the army of Dānavas that had arrived suddenly, / mounted his elephant Airāvata and set forth then for battle. (43)  
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### [5.148.107\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_26)

saha devagaṇaiḥ sarvairvasurudrārkapūrvakaiḥ ..  
etasminnaṃtare śakro vajraṃ raudratamaṃ ca yat .. 44 ..

> along with all the host of gods headed by the Vasus, Rudras, and Ādityas. / Meanwhile, Śakra \[hurled\] the thunderbolt, which was exceedingly terrible,  
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### [5.148.107\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_27)

samuddiśyāṃdhakaṃ tasmai mumoca paravīrahā..  
sa hatastena vajreṇa vihasya danujottamaḥ .. 45 ..

> aiming it at Andhaka, he, the slayer of enemy heroes, released \[it\]. / Struck by that thunderbolt, that best of Danavas laughed  
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### [5.148.107\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_28)

śakraṃ provāca saṃhṛṣṭastāranādena saṃyuge ..  
dṛṣṭaṃ bāhubalaṃ śakra tavādya sucirānmayā .. 46 ..

> and, greatly exhilarated, spoke to Śakra with a loud roar in the battle: / “The strength of your arms, O Śakra, has today been seen by me after a long time.  
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### [5.148.107\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_29)

adhunā paśya cāsmākaṃ tvameva balasūdana .. 47 ..

> Now behold ours as well, O slayer of Bala!”  
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### [5.148.107\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_30)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
evamuktvātha cāvidhya gadāṃ gurvīṃ mumoca ha ..  
śataghaṃṭāmahārāvāṃ nirmitāṃ viśvakarmaṇā .. .. 48 ..

> Sūta said: / Having spoken thus, he whirled and hurled a heavy mace / that made a great din with a hundred bells, fashioned by Viśvakarman,  
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### [5.148.107\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_31)

sarvāyasamayīṃ gurvīṃ yamajihvābhivāparām ..  
śatahastāṃ pramāṇena prāṇināṃ bhayavarddhinīm .. 49 ..

> made entirely of iron, heavy, like a second tongue of Yama, / a hundred cubits in measure, striking terror into living beings.  
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### [5.148.107\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_32)

tayā vinihataḥ śakro mūrchāvyākuliteṃdriyaḥ ..  
dhvajayaṣṭiṃ samāśritya niviṣṭo gajamūrddhani .. 6.149.50 ..

> Struck by it, Śakra, his senses confounded by fainting, / leaned against his flagstaff and sank down on the elephant's head.  
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### [5.148.107\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_33)

atha saṃmūrchitaṃ dṛṣṭvā śakraṃ skandaḥ prakopitaḥ ..  
mumocātha nijāṃ śaktimamoghāṃ vajrasaṃnibhām.. 51 ..

> Then, seeing Śakra unconscious, Skanda was enraged; / he then released his own spear, unfailing and resembling the thunderbolt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_34)

tāmāyāṃtīṃ samālokya dānavo niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ..  
pratilomāṃ tataścakre līlayaiva mahābalaḥ .. 52 ..

> Seeing it approach, the mighty Dānava with sharp arrows / turned it back in play alone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_35)

tataḥ skando'pi saṃgṛhya cāpaṃ taṃ prati sāyakān..  
mumocāśīviṣākārāllam̐ghvastraṃ tasya darśayan .. 53 ..

> Then Skanda, too, taking up his bow, loosed against him / arrows resembling venomous serpents, displaying his lightness of weapon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_36)

etasminnantare devāḥ sarve śastrapravṛṣṭibhiḥ ..  
samaṃtācchādayāmāsurdānavānāmanīkinīm.. 54 ..

> Meanwhile, all the gods with showers of weapons / covered the army of the Dānavas on every side.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_37)

tatastu dānavāḥ sarve devatānāmanīkinīm..  
prahāraiḥ pīḍayāmāsurdudruvuste divaukasaḥ .. 55 ..

> Then all the Dānavas afflicted the army of the gods / with blows, and the heaven-dwellers fled.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_38)

tato bhagnānsurāndṛṣṭvā sagaṇo vṛṣavāhanaḥ ..  
darśayāmāsa cātmānaṃ devānāśvāsayanniva .. 59..

> Then, seeing the gods broken, he whose mount is the bull, accompanied by his gaṇas, / revealed himself, as if reassuring the gods:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_39)

mā bhaiṣṭa devatāḥ sarvāḥ paśyadhvaṃ madviceṣṭitam ..  
ityuktvā bhagavāñchambhurmaṃtrairātharvaṇaistadā .. 57 ..

> “Fear not, all you deities! Watch my deeds!” / Having spoken thus, the Lord Śambhu, then, by means of Ātharvaṇa mantras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_40)

āhvayāmāsa viśveśāṃ parāṃ śaktimanuttamām..  
āhūtā paramā śaktirjagāma harasaṃnidhim .. 58 ..

> summoned the supreme, unexcelled Śakti, ruler of the universe. / Being summoned, the supreme Śakti went into Hara's presence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_41)

dṛṣṭvā tāmagrataḥ prāptāṃ sarvaidevaiḥ samanvitaḥ ..  
astāvītpraṇato bhūtvā stotreṇānena bhaktitaḥ .. 59 ..

> Seeing her arrived before him, accompanied by all the gods, / he bowed and praised \[her\] with devotion through this hymn:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_42)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..  
namaste devadeveśi namaste bhaktivallabhe ..  
sarvage sarvade devi namaste viśvadhāriṇi .. 6.149.60 ..

> The Lord said: / “Salutations to you, O ruler of the gods of gods! Salutations to you who love devotion! / O omnipresent, all-giving goddess, salutations to you, the bearer of the universe!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_43)

namaste śaktirūpeṇa sṛṣṭipralayakāriṇi ..  
namaste prabhayā yukte vidyujjvalitakuṇḍale .. 61 ..

> Salutations to you who, in the form of Śakti, bring about creation and dissolution! / Salutations to you who are endowed with radiance, whose earrings flare like lightning!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_44)

tvaṃ svāhā tvaṃ svadhā devi tvaṃ sṛṣṭistvaṃ śucirdhṛtiḥ ..  
aruṃdhatī tatheṃdrāṇī tvaṃ lakṣmīstvaṃ ca pārvatī .. 62 ..

> You are Svāhā, you are Svadhā, O goddess, you are creation, you are purity and fortitude; / you are Arundhatī as well as Indrāṇī; you are Lakṣmī, and you are Pārvatī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_45)

yatkiṃcitstrīsvarūpaṃ ca samastaṃ bhuvanatraye..  
tatsarvaṃ tvatsvarūpaṃ syāditi śāstreṣu niścayaḥ .. 63 ..

> Whatever female form exists in all the three worlds, / all that is your own form: such is the determination in the scriptures.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_46)

.. śrīdevyuvāca .. ..  
kimarthaṃ ca samāhūtā tvayāhaṃ vṛṣavāhana ..  
maṃtrairātharvaṇai raudraistatsarvaṃ me prakīrtaya .. 64 ..

> The goddess said: / “For what purpose have I been summoned by you, O you whose mount is the bull, / by means of terrible Ātharvaṇa mantras? Proclaim all that to me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_47)

yena te kṛtsnaśaḥ kṛtyaṃ prakaromi yathoditam .. 65 ..

> so that I may accomplish your entire task as spoken.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_48)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..  
ete śakrādayo devāḥ sarve svargādvivāsitāḥ ..  
aṃdhakena mahābhāge daityānāmadhipena ca .. 66 ..

> The Lord said: / “All these gods, Śakra and the others, have been driven from heaven / by Andhaka, O highly fortunate one, the overlord of the Daityas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_49)

tasmāttasya vadhārthāya gacchamānasya me śṛṇu ..  
sāhāyyaṃ kuru me cāśu sūdayāmi raṇājire .. .. 67 ..

> Therefore, listen to me as I go forth for his destruction: / render me aid quickly, and I shall destroy him on the field of battle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_50)

ete mātṛgaṇāḥ sarve mayā dattāstavādhunā ..  
kṣutkṣāmāḥ sūdayiṣyaṃti dānavānye puraḥ sthitāḥ .. 68 ..

> All these hosts of mothers have now been given by me to you; / wasted by hunger, they shall destroy the Dānavas who stand before \[us\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_51)

yasmātkelīmayaṃ rūpaṃ vidhāya tvaṃ sahasradhā ..  
anekairvikṛtai rūpaiḥ samāhūtāgnimadhyataḥ .. 69 ..

> Because, assuming a form of play in a thousand ways / with many deformed shapes, you were summoned from the midst of the fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_52)

tasmātkelīśvarīnāma trailokye tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi ..  
anenaiva tu rūpeṇa yastvāṃ bhaktyā'rcayiṣyati .. 6.149.70 ..

> therefore you shall be known as Kelīśvarī in the three worlds. / Whoever worships you in this very form with devotion  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_53)

aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ tasyābhīṣṭaṃ bhaviṣyati ..  
yuddhakāle'tha saṃprāpte stotreṇānena te stutim .. .. 71 ..

> on the eighth and fourteenth \[tithis\] will have their desire fulfilled. / Moreover, when the time of battle has arrived, whatever king  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_54)

yaḥ kariṣyati bhūpālo jayastasya bhaviṣyati ..  
api svalpasvasainyasya svalpāśvasya ca saṃgare .. 72 ..

> praises you with this hymn shall attain victory; / even with a small army of his own and few horses in battle,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_55)

bhaviṣyati jayo nūnaṃ tvatprasādādasaṃśayam ..  
evaṃ sā devadevena proktā kelīśvarī tadā .. 73 ..

> victory will surely be his by your grace, without doubt.” / Thus addressed by the God of gods at that time, Kelīśvarī  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_56)

prasthitā puratastasya bhavasainyasya harṣitā ..  
sarvairmātṛgaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ raudrārāvaiḥsubhīṣaṇaiḥ .. 74 ..

> set forth joyfully in front of the army of Bhava, / along with all the hosts of mothers, with fierce, terrifying roars,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_57)

yuddhotsāhaparai raudrairnānāśastraprahāribhiḥ..  
atha te dānavā dṛṣṭvā strīsainyaṃ tatsamāgatam ..75..

> intent on eagerness for battle, terrible, striking with various weapons. / Then, seeing that female army arrived,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_58)

vikṛtaṃ vikṛtākāraṃ vikṛtākārarāvaṇam ..  
śastrodyatakaraṃ sarvayuddhavāṃchāparāyaṇam .. 76 ..

> deformed, deformed in shape, roaring with hideous forms, / their hands raised with weapons, all intent on the desire for war,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_59)

jahasuḥ susvaraṃ kecitkecinnirbhartsayaṃti ca ..  
anye strīti parijñāya praharaṃti na dānavāḥ .. 77 ..

> some Dānavas laughed loudly, while others taunted \[them\]; / other Dānavas, knowing they were women, would not strike,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_60)

vadhyamānāpi lajjaṃtaḥ pauruṣe sve vyavasthitāḥ ..  
etasminnaṃtare prāpto nārado munisattamaḥ .. 78 ..

> feeling ashamed even when being struck, steadfast in their manly code. / Meanwhile, the best of sages, Nārada, arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_61)

andhakāya sa vṛttāṃtaṃ kathayāmāsa kṛtsnaśaḥ ..  
naitāḥ striyo danuśreṣṭha yuddhārthaṃ samupasthitāḥ .. 79 ..

> He related the entire matter to Andhaka: / “These are not \[ordinary\] women, O best of Danu’s race, who have assembled for battle!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_62)

eṣā kṛtyā vadhārthāya tava rudreṇa nirmitā ..  
yaiṣā siṃhasamārūḍhā cakrāṃkitakarā sthitā .. 6.149.80 ..

> This is a destructive spirit fashioned by Rudra for your slaying. / She who stands mounted upon a lion, her hands marked with discuses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_63)

eṣā kelīśvarīnāma vahnikuṇḍādvinirgatā ..  
etābhiḥ saha raudrābhiḥ strībhirmaṃtrabalāśrayāt .. 81 ..

> is named Kelīśvarī, emerged from the fire-pit / together with these terrible women through the power of mantras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_64)

svaraktena kṛte home devadevena śambhunā ..  
sa eṣa bhagavānkruddhaḥ svayamabhyeti teṃ'tikam .. 82 ..

> when a fire-offering was performed by the God of gods, Śambhu, with his own blood. / That enraged Lord is himself approaching your presence  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_65)

yuddhāya nijaharmye tānsthāpayitvā surottamān ....  
pratijñāya vadhaṃ tubhyaṃ purataḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ .. 83 ..

> for battle, having stationed those best of gods in his own palace, / and having vowed your destruction before the Supreme Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_66)

etajjñātvā mahābhāga yadyuktaṃ tatsamācara .. 84 ..

> Knowing this, O highly fortunate one, do whatever is fitting.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_67)

.. andhaka uvāca .. ..  
nāhaṃ bibhemi rudrasya tathānyasyāpi kasyacit ..  
na strīṇāṃ prahariṣyāmi pālayanpuruṣavratam .. 85 ..

> Andhaka said: / “I do not fear Rudra, nor anyone else; / I will not strike women, maintaining the vow of a man.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_68)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
evaṃ pravadatastasya dānavasya mahātmanaḥ ..  
ākraṃdaḥ sumahāñjajñe tasmindeśe samaṃtataḥ .. 86 ..

> Sūta said: / As that great-souled Dānava was speaking thus, / an exceedingly great wailing arose all around in that place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_69)

bhakṣyante dānavāḥ kecidvadhyante tvatha cāpare ..  
ardhabhakṣita gātrāśca praṇaśyaṃti tathā pare .. 87 ..

> Some Dānavas were devoured, while others were slain; / and others, their limbs half-eaten, perished.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_70)

yudhyamānāstathaivānye śaktimaṃto'pi dānavāḥ ..  
bhakṣyaṃte mātṛbhistatra sāyudhāśca savāhanāḥ .. 88 ..

> Likewise, other powerful dānavas who were fighting / were devoured there by the Mothers, along with their weapons and mounts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_71)

tacchrutvā sa mahākraṃdamaṃdhakaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ..  
ādāya khaḍgamuttasthau kimidaṃ kimidaṃ bruvan .. 89 ..

> Hearing that great outcry, Andhaka, frantic with rage, / took up his sword and rose, saying, “What is this? What is this?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_72)

atha paśyati vidhvastāndānavānbaladarpitān ..  
bhakṣyamāṇāstathaivānyānpalāyanaparāyaṇān .. 6.149.90 ..

> Then he saw the dānavas, once proud of their might, shattered, / others being devoured, and still others devoted to flight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_73)

anyeṣāṃ nihatānāṃ ca rudaṃtyo nikaṭasthitāḥ ..  
sa paśyati priyā bhāryāḥ pralapaṃtyo'tiduḥkhitāḥ ..91...

> And he saw the beloved wives of the slain standing nearby, / weeping and lamenting, utterly distraught.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_74)

atha tatkadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā aṃdhakaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ ..  
bhartsayāmāsa tāḥ sarvā yoginīḥ samarodyatāḥ .. 92 ..

> Then, seeing that slaughter, Andhaka, frantic with rage, / berated all those Yoginīs engaged in battle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_75)

na ca tāstasya daityasya bhayaṃ cakruḥ kathaṃcana ...  
kevalaṃ sūdayaṃti sma bhakṣayaṃti ca dānavān ..93..

> Yet they felt no fear at all of that daitya; / they merely slaughtered and devoured the dānavas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_76)

tataḥ sa dānavastāsāṃ dṛṣṭvā tacceṣṭitaṃ ruṣā ..  
svasya gātrasya rakṣāṃ sa cakāra bhayasaṃkulaḥ .. 94 ....

> Then, seeing their action with fury, that dānava, / overcome with fear, sought to protect his own body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_77)

tamo'straṃ mumuce raudraṃ kṛtvā rāvaṃ sa tatkṣaṇāt ..  
etasminnaṃtare kṛtsnaṃ trailokyaṃ tamasā vṛtam .. 95 ..

> Emitting a roar, he immediately released the terrible darkness-weapon; / meanwhile, the entire three worlds were enveloped in darkness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_78)

na kiṃcijjñāyate tatra samaṃ viṣamameva ca ..  
kevalaṃ dānavendraśca sarvaṃ paśyati netaraḥ .. 96 ..

> Nothing could be discerned there, neither level nor uneven ground; / only the lord of the dānavas saw everything, no one else.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_79)

tataḥ sa sūdayāmāsa yoginīstāḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ ..  
yathāyathā parā nāryastādṛgrūpā bhavanti ca ..97..

> Then he slaughtered those Yoginīs with sharp arrows; / \[yet\] the more \[they fell\], the more other women appeared in the very same form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_80)

atha dṛṣṭvā parāṃ vṛddhiṃ yoginīnāṃ sa dānavaḥ ..  
saṃhāraṃ tasya cāstrasya cakāra bhayasaṃkulaḥ .. 98 ..

> Then, seeing that supreme multiplication of the Yoginīs, that dānava, / overcome with fear, withdrew that weapon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_81)

tataḥ śukraṃ samāsādya dīnaḥ prāha kṛtāṃjaliḥ ..  
paśya me bhārgavaśreṣṭha strībhiryatkadanaṃ kṛtam ..99..

> Then, approaching Śukra, miserable and with folded hands, he said: / “Behold, best of the Bhārgavas, the slaughter wrought by women!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_82)

avadhyābhirmamāstrāṇāṃ maṃtraśaktyā suradviṣaḥ ..  
utpannābhiḥ prabhūtābhirhataṃ me sarvato balam..6.149.1....

> Immune to my weapons, produced through the power of mantras, enemy of the gods, / manifold, they have destroyed my army on every side.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.107\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.107_83)

tasmāttvamapi tāṃ vidyāṃ prasādhaya mahāmate ..  
yadi me vāṃchasi śreyo nānyathāsti jayo raṇe .. 101 ..

> Therefore, O highly wise one, you too must master that lore, / if you desire my welfare; otherwise there is no victory in battle.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.148.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.148.149)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye'ndhakāsuravadhavṛttānte śaṃkarakṛtakelīśvarīprādurbhāvavarṇanaṃnāmaikonapaṃcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 149 .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and forty-ninth chapter, titled 'The Description of the Manifestation of Kelīśvarī Created by Śaṃkara in the Account of the Slaying of Andhakāsura,' in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth section of the holy Skanda Mahāpurāṇa 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.5.148.1) — English, machine translation

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