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Skandapurana 5.279.80

Skandapurāṇa 5.279.80

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5.279.80

81 viṣṇudarśanaṃ gṛhītvā garuḍena viṣṇuṃ prati viprakanyāvaraṇārthamāgrahakaraṇam , viṣṣvanujñayayā garuḍena viṣṇvagre sakanyakasya viprasyānayanam, viprakanyāyāḥ viṣṇoḥ strītvaṃ prāptaṃ dṛṣṭvā krudhā lakṣmyā 'aśvamukhī bhava iti tasyai kanyāyai śāpapradānam, tathaiva vipreṇāpi gajavakrā bhava iti lakṣmyai śāpadānam , tato viṣṇunā vipra- kanyāyāḥ sāṃtvanakaraṇamucchāpadānaṃ ca, viṣṇvājñayā sasutasya viprasya svagṛhe gama- nam, viṣṇupuraḥsthitāṃ śāṇḍilīnāmnīṃ vṛddhastrīṃ dṛṣṭvā garuḍena hāsye kṛte satyantaḥ krudhā śāṃḍilyā manasā śāpadānena garuḍapakṣabhasmīkaraṇam 90 2

81 Having received darśana of Viṣṇu, Garuḍa insists to Viṣṇu that he choose the brahmin's daughter; with Viṣṇu's permission, Garuḍa brings the brahmin along with his daughters before Viṣṇu; seeing that the brahmin's daughter was to become Viṣṇu's wife, Lakṣmī in anger utters a curse upon that maiden: “Become horse-faced!”; likewise, the brahmin also curses Lakṣmī: “Become elephant-faced!”; then Viṣṇu consoles the brahmin's daughter and gives a counter-curse [to nullify it]; by Viṣṇu's command, the brahmin goes to his own home with his daughters; upon Garuḍa laughing when he saw an old woman named Śāṇḍilī standing before Viṣṇu, Śāṇḍilī, being inwardly enraged, burns Garuḍa's wings to ashes by pronouncing a curse in her mind. 90 2

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