[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) › 5.149 # Skandapurana 5.149 Skandapurāṇa 5.149 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.149.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. śukrastasya vacaḥ śrutvā citte kṛtvā dayāṃ tataḥ .. hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetraṃ gatvā siddhipradāyakam .. .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Having heard his words and taking pity in his heart, / Śukra then went to the success-granting sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.2) cakāra vidhivaddhomaṃ svamāṃsena hutāśane .. maṃtrairātharvaṇai raudraiḥ kuṇḍaṃ kṛtvā trikoṇakam .. 2 .. > He duly performed an oblation into the sacrificial fire with his own flesh, / using fierce Ātharvaṇa mantras, after preparing a triangular pit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.3) evaṃ saṃjuhvatastasya tena vai vidhinā tadā .. yathā rudreṇa saṃtuṣṭā devī kelīśvarī tadā .. 3 .. > As he was offering oblations in that manner at that time, / just as goddess Kelīśvarī had been pleased with Rudra then, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.4) taṃ provāca sametyāśu śukraṃ daityapurohitam .. mā tvaṃ bhārgavaśārdūla kuru māṃsaparikṣayam .. 4 .. > she quickly approached and said to Śukra, the priest of the daityas: / “Tiger among the Bhārgavas, do not destroy your own flesh! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.5) bhāvitā'haṃ trinetreṇa tatkiṃ brūhi karomi te .. 5 .. > I was manifested by the Three-eyed Lord; so tell me, what shall I do for you?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.6) .. śukra uvāca .. .. yathā rudrasya sāhāyyaṃ tvayātra vihitaṃ śubhe .. aṃdhakasyā'pi kartavyaṃ tathaivaiṣa varo mama .. 6 .. > Śukra said: / “Just as assistance was given by you here to Rudra, O auspicious one, / so too must it be given to Andhaka: this is my boon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.7) ye keciddānavā yuddhe bhakṣitāśca vināśitāḥ .. asya sainyasya te sarve punarjīvaṃtu satvaram .. 7 .. > Whatever dānavas belonging to this army have been devoured and destroyed in battle, / let all of them quickly come back to life!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.8) .. devyuvāca .. .. jīvayiṣyāmi tānsarvāndānavānnihatānraṇe .. navasaṃbhakṣitānvipra praviṣṭānyoginīmukhe .. 8 .. > The goddess said: / “I shall restore to life all those dānavas slain in battle, / even those newly devoured, O brahmin, who entered the mouths of the Yoginīs.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.9) evamuktvā dadau tasmai sā devī harṣitānanā .. nāmnā'mṛtavatīṃ vidyāṃ yayā jīvaṃti te mṛtāḥ .. 9 .. > Having spoken thus, that goddess, her face delighted, gave him / the lore named Amṛtavatī, by which the dead revive. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.10) tataḥ śukraḥ prahṛṣṭātmā gatvāṃdhakamuvāca ha .. siddhā kelīśvarī devī yathā śambhostathā mama .. 6.150.10 .. > Then Śukra, his soul rejoicing, went and said to Andhaka: / “Goddess Kelīśvarī has been propitiated by me, just as by Śambhu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.11) tayā dattā śubhā vidyā mama daityā mṛtāśca ye .. tānsarvāṃstatprabhāvena yojayiṣyāmi jīvite .. 11 .. > She has granted an auspicious lore; and all those daityas of mine who have died / I shall restore to life by its power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.12) tvayā'syāḥ satataṃ bhaktiḥ kāryā dānava sattama .. aṣṭamyāṃ ca viśeṣeṇa caturdaśyāṃ ca sarvadā .. 12 .. > Devotion to her must constantly be performed by you, O best of the dānavas, / especially on the eighth and fourteenth days, always. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.13) eṣā sā paramā śaktiryayā vyāptamidaṃ jagat.. kevalaṃ bhaktisādhyā sā na daṇḍena kathaṃcana .. 13 .. > She is the supreme power by whom this world is pervaded; / she can be won solely through devotion, never by force.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.14) evamuktastu śukreṇa sa tadā dānavādhipaḥ .. tāṃ devīṃ pūjayāmāsa bhāvabhaktisamanvitaḥ .. 14 .. > Addressed thus by Śukra, the lord of the dānavas then / worshiped that goddess, endowed with feeling and devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.15) stutvā ca vividhaiḥ stotraistataḥ provāca sādaram .. tathānyā mātaraḥ sarvā yathājyeṣṭhaṃ yathākramam .. 15 .. > And having praised her with various hymns, he then spoke respectfully, / as well as to all the other Mothers according to seniority and proper order: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.16) ajñānādyanmayā devi kṛtaḥ kopastavopari .. marṣaṇīyastathā so'dya dīnasya praṇatasya ca .. 16 .. > “Whatever anger I showed toward you out of ignorance, O goddess, / should be forgiven today toward one who is miserable and bowed down.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.17) .. śrīdevyuvāca .. .. parituṣṭā'smi te vatsa prabhāvādbhārgavasya ca .. varaṃ varaya tasmāttvaṃ na vṛthā darśanaṃ mama .. 17 .. > The holy Goddess said: / “I am well pleased with you, child, and by the power of the Bhārgava; / choose a boon, therefore; darśana of me is never in vain.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.18) .. andhaka uvāca .. .. anenaiva tu rūpeṇa ye tvāṃ dhyāyaṃti dehinaḥ .. pūjayaṃti ca sadbhaktyā saṃsthāpya pratimāṃ tava .. teṣāṃ siddhiḥ pradātavyā tvayā hṛdayavāṃchitā .. 18 .. > Andhaka said: / “Whatever embodied beings meditate on you in this very form / and worship with true devotion after installing an image of you, / to them you must grant their heart’s desired perfection.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.19) devyuvāca .. .. yo māmanena rūpeṇa sthāpayiṣyati mānavaḥ .. tasya mokṣaṃ pradāsyāmi pāpasyāpi na saṃśayaḥ .. 19 .. > The goddess said: / “Whoever shall install me in this form, / to him I shall grant liberation, even if he is a sinner, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.20) yo'ṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ mama pūjāṃ kariṣyati .. tasmai svargaṃ pradāsyāmi pāpasyāpi danūttama .. 6.150.20 .. > Whoever performs my worship on the eighth and fourteenth days, / to him I shall grant heaven, even if he is a sinner, O best of Danu's lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.21) kevalaṃ darśanaṃ yaśca dhyānaṃ vā me kariṣyati .. tasya rājyaṃ pradāsyāmi bhogānmānuṣasaṃbhavān . 21 .. > And whoever merely has darśana of me or meditates on me, / to him I shall grant sovereignty and pleasures born of human birth.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.22) evamuktvā'tha sā devī tataścādarśanaṃ gatā .. taiśca mātṛgaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ paśyatastasya tatkṣaṇāt . 22 .. > Having spoken thus, that goddess then vanished from sight / along with the hosts of Mothers, before his eyes, in an instant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.23) śakro'pi dānavānsarvāṃstayā saṃsiddhayā tataḥ .. mṛtānsaṃjīvayāmāsa daiteyānnavabhakṣitān .. 23 .. > Then Śukra also, through that \[lore\] successfully accomplished by her, / revived all those dead dānavas, the daityas newly devoured. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.24) taiḥ sametya sa daityendraḥ prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā .. tāṃ purīṃ prāpya śakrasya rājyaṃ cakre divāniśam .. 24 .. > Reunited with them, that lord of daityas, with a delighted inner soul, / reached that city of Śakra and ruled day and night, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.25) tāṃ devīṃ dhyāyamānastu pūjayāno divāniśam .. aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ viśeṣeṇa mahābalaḥ .. 25 > meditating on that goddess and worshiping her day and night, / especially on the eighth and fourteenth days, endowed with great power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.26) atha tasyāḥ prabhāvaṃ taṃ jñātvā vyāsasamudbhavaḥ .. sthāne'tra sthāpayāmāsa saṃsiddhiṃ pa parāṃ gataḥ .. 26 .. > Then, knowing that power of hers, he who was born of Vyāsa / installed \[her\] in this place and attained supreme perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.27) .. sūta uvāca . .. evaṃ kelīśvara devī saṃjātā parameśvarī .. tasmātsthāpyā ca pūjyā ca dhyeyā caiva viśeṣataḥ .. 27 .. > Sūta said: / Thus the Supreme Goddess Kelīśvarī came into being; / therefore she should especially be installed, worshipped, and meditated upon. // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.28) evaṃ devyā naro yaśca paṭhate vā śṛṇoti vā .. vācyamānaṃ sa mucyeta vyasanena garīyasā .. 28 .. > Whatever man reads or hears \[this\] concerning the Goddess, / or has it recited, is delivered from grave distress. // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.29) bhraṣṭarājyo'thavā rājā yaḥ śṛṇotyaṣṭamīdine .. sa rājyaṃ labhate bhūyo nikhilaṃ hatakaṃṭakam .. 29 .. > Or if a king deprived of his kingdom listens to it on the eighth day, / he gains his entire realm back, free of all thorns \[of opposition\]. // 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.149.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149.30) yuddhakāle ca saṃprāpte yaścaitacchṛṇuyānnaraḥ .. sa hatvā śatrusaṃghātaṃ vijayaṃ ca samāpnuyāt .. 6.150.30 .. iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye kelīśvarīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 150 . .. . > And whatever man should hear this when the time of battle arrives, / having slain the host of enemies, he attains victory. // 30 > Thus ends the one hundred and fiftieth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Kelīśvarī', in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the auspicious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 150 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.149.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.149) · Pramāṇa