[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) › 5.64 # Skandapurana 5.64 Skandapurāṇa 5.64 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.64.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. camatkārī purā devī tatraivāsti dvijottamāḥ .. camatkāranareṃdreṇa sthāpitā śraddhayā purā .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / In ancient times, O best of brahmins, goddess Camatkārī was established right there, / formerly installed with faith by King Camatkāra, 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.2) yayā sa mahiṣaḥ pūrvaṃ nihato dānavo raṇe .. kaumāravratadhāriṇyā māyāśatasahasradhṛk .. 2 .. > by whom previously that dānava Mahiṣa, who possessed a hundred thousand illusory forms, / was slain in battle when she observed the vow of maidenhood. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.3) yadā tannirmitaṃ tatra puraṃ tena mahātmanā .. tasya saṃrakṣaṇārthāya tadā sā sthāpitā dvijāḥ .. 3 .. > When that city was built there by that great-souled one, / she was installed at that time, O brahmins, for its protection, 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.4) purasya tasya rakṣārthaṃ tathā tatpuravāsinām .. sarveṣāṃ brāhmaṇeṃdrāṇāṃ bhaktyā bhāvitacetasām .. 4 .. > for the protection of that city and of the inhabitants of that city, / \[and\] of all the eminent brahmins whose minds were steeped in devotion. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.5) yastāmabhyarcayetsamyaṅmahānavamivāsare .. kṛtsnaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ tasya na bhayaṃ jāyate kvacit .. 5 .. > Whoever properly worships her on the day of the Mahānavamī / never has any fear anywhere for an entire year, 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.6) bhūtapretapiśācebhyaḥ śatrutaśca viśeṣataḥ .. rogebhyastaskarebhyaśca duṣṭebhyo'nyebhya eva ca .. 6 .. > especially from bhūtas, pretas, and piśācas, or from enemies, / and from diseases, thieves, and other wicked beings. 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.7) yaṃyaṃ kāmamabhidhyāyañchuklāṣṭamyāṃ naraḥ śuciḥ .. tāṃ pūjayati sadbhaktyā sa tamāpnotyasaṃśayam .. 7 .. > Whatever desire a pure man contemplates on the bright eighth \[lunar day\], / if he worships her with true devotion, he attains it without a doubt. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.8) niṣkāmaḥ sukhamāpnoti mokṣaṃ nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ .. tasyā devyāḥ prasādena satyametanmayoditam .. 8 .. > One free of desire attains happiness and liberation, there is no doubt here; / by the grace of that goddess, this is the truth spoken by me. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.9) tāmārādhya gatāḥ pūrvaṃ siddhiṃ bhūrirmahībhujaḥ .. brāhmaṇāśca tathānye'pi yoginaḥ parameśvarīm .. 9 .. > In the past, having propitiated her, the Supreme Goddess, / many kings, brahmins, and also other yogins attained perfection. 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.11) yastasyāḥ śraddhayopetaḥ prakaroti pradakṣiṇām .. nityaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ yāvattiryagyonau na sa vrajet..6.64,10.. tasyā āyatane pūrvamāścaryamabhavanmahat .. yattadvaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ .. 11 .. > Whoever, endowed with faith, circumambulates her / every day for a year, shall not enter an animal womb. 10 / In her temple in former times there occurred a great wonder; / I shall relate it to you: listen attentively! 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.12) āsīccitrarathonāma pūrvaṃ pārthivasattamaḥ .. daśārṇādhipatiḥ khyātaḥ sarvaśatrunibarhaṇaḥ .. 12 .. > Formerly there was an excellent king named Citraratha, / the famous lord of Daśārṇa, the slayer of all enemies. 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.13) śuklāṣṭamyāṃ sadā bhaktyā sa tasyāḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ .. aṣṭottaraśataṃ yāvatpracakāra pradakṣiṇām .. 13 .. > On the bright eighth \[lunar day\], endowed with faith, he always with devotion / performed circumambulation \[around her temple\] one hundred and eight times. 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.14) tataḥ praṇamya tāṃ devīṃ saṃprayāti punargṛham .. sainyena caturaṃgeṇa samaṃtātparivāritaḥ .. 14 .. > Then, having bowed down to that goddess, he would return to his home, / surrounded on all sides by his fourfold army. 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.15) evaṃ tasya nareṃdrasya pradakṣiṇaratasya ca .. jagāma sumahānkālo devyā bhaktiratasya ca .. 15 .. > Thus, while that lord of men was intent on circumambulation / and devoted to the worship of the goddess, a very long time passed. 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.16) kasyacittvatha kālasya sa rājā tatra saṃgataḥ .. apaśyadbrāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāndevīgṛhasamāśritān .. 16 .. > Then once upon a time, that king, having arrived there, / saw the best of brahmins gathered at the temple of the goddess. 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.16\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.16_1) tataḥ pradakṣiṇāṃ kṛtvā tāṃ devīṃ sa mahīpatiḥ .. 16 .. > Then, having circumambulated that goddess, that ruler of the earth, 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.17) agrasthāṃstāndvijānsarvānnamaścakre samāhitaḥ .. 17 .. > collected in mind, bowed down to all those brahmins standing before him. 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.18) tatastaiḥ sahitaistatra sahāsīnaḥ kathāḥ śubhāḥ .. rājarṣīṇāṃ purāṇānāṃ viprarṣīṇāṃ cakāra ha .. 18 .. > Then, seated there together with them, he engaged in / auspicious tales of ancient royal seers and brahmin seers. 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.19) tataḥ kasminkathāṃte sa pṛṣṭastairdvijasattamaiḥ .. kautūhalasamopetairvinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ .. .. 19 .. > Then, at the end of some conversation, he was questioned by those best of brahmins / filled with curiosity, as he stood bowed down with humility: 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.20) rājanpṛcchāmahe sarve tvāṃ vayaṃ kautukānvitāḥ .. tasmātkīrtaya cedguhyaṃ na tattava vyavasthitam .. 6.64.20 .. > “O King, we all ask you, being filled with curiosity; / therefore tell us, if it is not a secret kept by you. 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.21) māsimāsi sadāṣṭamyāṃ tvaṃ śuklāyāṃ sudūrataḥ .. āgatya devatāyāśca prakaroṣi pradakṣiṇām .. 21 .. > Month after month, always on the bright eighth \[lunar day\], having come from far away, / you perform circumambulation of the deity. 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.22) yatnenānyāḥ parityajya sarvāḥ pūjādikāḥ kriyāḥ .. nūnaṃ vetsi phalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ yatpradakṣiṇasaṃbhavam.. 22 .. > Diligently abandoning all other rites such as worship, / surely you know the entire fruit that arises from circumambulation.” 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.23) .. rājovāca .. .. satyametaddvijaśreṣṭhā yadbhavadbhirudāhṛtam .. rahasyamapi vaktavyaṃ yuṣmākaṃ sāṃprataṃ mayā .. 23 .. > The king said: / “What has been spoken by your honors, O best of brahmins, is true; / even though it is a secret, it must now be told by me to you. 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.24) ahamāsa śukaḥ pūrvamasminnāyatane śubhe .. devyāḥ paścimadigbhāge kulāyakṛtasaṃśrayaḥ .. 24 .. > Formerly I was a parrot in this auspicious temple, / taking shelter having made a nest on the western side of the goddess. 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.25) tatra nirgacchato nityaṃ kurvataścapraveśanam .. pradakṣiṇābhavaddevyā nityameva dvijottamāḥ .. 25 .. > There, constantly going out and entering, / circumambulation of the goddess happened every day, O best of brahmins. 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.26) tataḥ kālena me mṛtyuḥ saṃjāto'traiva maṃdire .. tatprabhāveṇa saṃjāto rājā jātismaro'tra hi .. .. 26 .. > Then in time my death occurred right here in this temple; / by the power of that, I was born as a king here, remembering my past lives. 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.27) etasmātkāraṇāddūrātsamabhyetya pradakṣiṇām .. karomyasyā dvijaśreṣṭhā devatāyāḥ samāhitaḥ .. 27 .. > For this reason, coming from afar, collected in mind, / I perform circumambulation of this deity, O best of brahmins. 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.28) purā bhaktivihīnena kulāye vasatā mayā .. kṛtā pradakṣiṇā devyāstena jāto'smi bhūpatiḥ .. 28 .. > Formerly, dwelling in the nest devoid of devotion, / circumambulation of the goddess was performed by me; through that I became a king. 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.29) adhunā śraddhayā yukto yatkaromi pradakṣiṇām .. kiṃ me bhaviṣyati śreyastanna vedmi dvijottamāḥ .. 29 .. > Now that I perform circumambulation endowed with faith, / what greater good will be mine, that I do not know, O best of brahmins!” 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.30) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tacchrutvā tasya te viprā vismayotphullalocanāḥ .. sādhuvādaṃ tathā cakrustasya bhūpasya harṣitāḥ .. .. 6.64.30 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing that of his, those brahmins, their eyes wide open with wonder, / rejoiced and applauded that king, saying ‘Well done!’ 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.31) tataḥ sa pārthivaḥ sarvānpraṇamya dvijasattamān .. anujñāpya yayau tūrṇaṃ svagṛhāya sasainikaḥ .. 31 .. > Then, having bowed to all the best of brahmins and taken leave, / that ruler of the earth quickly departed for his home along with his soldiers. 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.32) adhunā śraddhayā yukto yaḥ karoti pradakṣiṇām .. sarvapāpavinirmukto labhate vāṃchitaṃ phalam .. 32 .. > Whoever now performs circumambulation endowed with faith, / released from all sins, attains the desired fruit. 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.33) tataḥ prabhṛti te viprāḥ sarve bhaktipuraḥsarāḥ .. tasyāḥ pradakṣiṇāṃ cakrustathānye muktihetave .. 33 .. > From then on, all those brahmins, preceded by devotion, / and others as well, circumambulated her for the sake of liberation, 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.34) prāptāśca paramāṃ siddhiṃ vāṃchitāṃ tatprabhāvataḥ .. iha loke pare caiva durlabhāṃ tridaśairapi .. 34 .. > and by her power they attained supreme, desired perfection, / hard to obtain even by the gods, both in this world and in the next. 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.35) tasmātsarvaprayatnena tāṃ devīmiha saṃśrayet .. sarvakāmapradāṃ nṛṇāṃ tasminkṣetre vyavasthitām .. 35 .. > Therefore, by every effort, one should take refuge here in that goddess / situated in that sacred field, who grants all desires to mortals. 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.64.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64.64) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye camatkārīdurgāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catuḥṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 64 .. .. dha .. > Thus ends the sixty-fourth chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of Camatkārī Durgā,” in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Śrī Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-\[verse\] collection of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. 64. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.64.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Devīrahasya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.rudra.devirahasya.55.36) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.64) · Pramāṇa