[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) › 6.3.186.17 # Skandapurana 6.3.186.17 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.186.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.186.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.17) yā sā kṣutkṣāmakaṇṭhā vikṛtabhayakarī trāsinī duṣkṛtānāṃ muñcajjvālākalāpairdaśanakasamasaiḥ khādati pretamāṃsam . yā sā dordaṇḍacaṇḍairḍamaruraṇaraṇāṭopaṭaṃkāraghaṇṭaiḥ kalpāntotpātavātāhatapaṭupaṭahairvalgate bhūtamātā . kṣutkṣāmā śuṣkakukṣiḥ khavarataranaravaraiḥ kṣodati pretamāṃsaṃ muñcantī cāṭṭahāsaṃ ghuraghuritaravā pātu vaścarmamuṇḍā .. 186.17 .. > May she whose throat is emaciated with hunger, who creates terrible dread, who terrifies the doers of evil, who eats corpse-flesh with ladle-like teeth amidst clusters of shooting flames; / she who, Mother of Spirits, leaps violently with arm-staffs terrifying with ḍamaru drums ringing loudly and resonant bells, and with sharp kettledrums beaten by the calamitous winds of the cosmic dissolution; / she whose throat is emaciated with hunger, whose belly is withered, who crushes corpse-flesh along with foremost men possessing exceptional weapons, uttering a loud horse-laugh with a roaring sound—may Carmamuṇḍā protect you! 186.17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.3.186.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.16) - [Next: 6.3.186.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.18) - [Up: 6.3.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.186.17) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.186.17) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.17) · Pramāṇa