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# Skandapurana 6.3.186

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.186

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.186.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.1)

adhyāya 186  
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tato gacchenmahīpāla tīrthaṃ kanakhalottamam .  
garuḍena tapastaptaṃ pūjayitvā maheśvaram .. 186.1 ..

> Chapter 186  
> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> Then, O protector of the earth, one should go to the excellent sacred ford of Kanakhala, / where Garuḍa performed austerity after worshiping Maheśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.2)

divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ yāvajjātamātreṇa bhārata .  
tapojapaiḥ kṛśībhūto dṛṣṭo devena śambhunā .. 186.2 ..

> For a hundred divine years, as soon as he was born, O descendant of Bharata, / he grew emaciated through austerities and prayers, and was seen by the god Śambhu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.3)

tatastuṣṭo mahādevo vainateyaṃ manojavam .  
uvāca paramaṃ vākyaṃ vinatānandavardhanam .. 186.3 ..

> Then Mahādeva, pleased, spoke supreme words to the son of Vinatā, / swift as thought, increasing the joy of Vinatā:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.4)

prasannaste mahābhāga varaṃ varaya suvrata .  
durlabhaṃ triṣu lokeṣu dadāmi tava khecara .. 186.4 ..

> "I am pleased with you, O fortunate one of good vows; choose a boon. / I grant you, O sky-wanderer, what is difficult to attain in the three worlds."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.5)

garuḍa uvāca -  
icchāmi vāhanaṃ viṣṇordvijendratvaṃ sureśvara .  
prasanne tvayi me sarvaṃ bhavatviti matirmama .. 186.5 ..

> Garuḍa said:  
> "I desire to become the mount of Viṣṇu and king of the birds, O Lord of the gods! / If you are pleased with me, my wish is that all this should be mine."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.6)

śrīmaheśa uvāca -  
durlabhaḥ prāṇināṃ tāta yo varaḥ prārthito'nagha .  
devadevasya vāhanaṃ dvijendratvaṃ sudurlabham .. 186.6 ..

> Śrī Maheśa said:  
> "Difficult for living beings to attain, dear child, is the boon you have requested, O sinless one: / to be the mount of the God of gods, and kingship over birds, is exceedingly hard to attain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.7)

nārāyaṇodare sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram .  
tvayā sa kathamūhyeta devadevo jagadguruḥ .. 186.7 ..

> The entire three worlds, moving and unmoving, are within the belly of Nārāyaṇa. / How could he, the God of gods and teacher of the universe, be borne by you?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.8)

tenaiva sthāpitaścendrastrailokye sacarācare .  
kathamanyasya cendratvaṃ bhavatīti sudurlabham .. 186.8 ..

> And Indra was established by him alone over the three worlds, moving and unmoving; / how then can kingship belong to another? It is exceedingly difficult to obtain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.9)

tathāpi mama vākyena vāhanaṃ tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi .  
śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇervahato'pi jagattrayam .. 186.9 ..

> Nevertheless, by my word, you shall become the mount / of him who bears the conch, discus, and mace, even though he bears the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.10)

indrastvaṃ pakṣiṇāṃ madhye bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ .  
iti dattvā varaṃ tasmā antardhānaṃ gato haraḥ .. 186.10 ..

> You shall become the sovereign among the birds; of this there is no doubt." / Having granted this boon to him, Hara vanished.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.11)

tato gate mahādeve hyuruṇasyānujo nṛpa .  
ārādhayāmāsa tadā cāmuṇḍāṃ muṇḍamaṇḍitām .. 186.11 ..

> Then, after Mahādeva had departed, the younger brother of Aruṇa, O king, / propitiated Cāmuṇḍā, adorned with severed heads,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.12)

śmaśānavāsinīṃ devīṃ bahubhūtasamanvitām .  
yoginīṃ yogasaṃsiddhāṃ vasāmāṃsāsavapriyām .. 186.12 ..

> the goddess dwelling in the cremation ground, accompanied by numerous spirits, / a yoginī accomplished in yoga, fond of fat, flesh, and liquor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.13)

dhyātamātrā tu tenaiva pratyakṣā hyabhavattadā .  
jālaṃdhare ca yā siddhiḥ kaulīne uḍḍiśe pare .. 186.13 ..

> Merely upon being meditated upon by him, she became visible right then. / Whatever spiritual perfection is found in Jālandhara, in the Kaulīna, and in the supreme Uḍḍiśa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.14)

samagrā sā bhṛgukṣetre siddhakṣetre tu saṃsthitā .  
cāmuṇḍā tatra sā devī siddhakṣetre vyavasthitā .. 186.14 ..

> all of that resides in the sacred field of Bhṛgu, in the field of the accomplished; / Cāmuṇḍā, that goddess, resides there in the field of the accomplished,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.15)

saṃstutā ṛṣibhirdevairyogakṣemārthasiddhaye .  
vinatānandajananastatra tāṃ yoginīṃ nṛpa .  
bhaktyā prasādayāmāsa stotrairvaidikalaukikaiḥ .. 186.15 ..

> praised by seers and gods for the accomplishment of security and prosperity. / There, O king, the son who gladdens Vinatā pleased that yoginī with devotion / through Vedic and worldly hymns.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.16)

garuḍa uvāca -  
oṃ yā sā kṣutkṣāmakaṇṭhā navarudhiramukhā pretapadmāsanasthā bhūtānāṃ vṛndavṛndaiḥ pitṛvananilayā krīḍate śūlahastā .  
śastradhvastapravīravrajarudhiragalanmuṇḍamālottarīyā devī śrīvīramātā vimalaśaśinibhā pātu vaścarmamuṇḍā .. 186.16 ..

> Garuḍa said:  
> "Om. May she whose throat is emaciated with hunger, whose mouth drips fresh blood, who sits upon a lotus seat of corpses, / who sports in her cremation-ground abode surrounded by hosts of spirits, holding a trident in her hand; / whose upper garment is a garland of heads dripping blood from hosts of mighty heroes struck down by weapons—the goddess Śrīvīramātā, resembling the spotless moon, Carmamuṇḍā—protect you all!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [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)

### [6.3.186.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.18)

yā sā nimnodarābhā vikṛtabhavabhayatrāsinī śūlahastā cāmuṇḍā muṇḍaghātā raṇaraṇitaraṇajhallarīnādaramyā .  
trailokyaṃ trāsayanti kakahakahakahairghorarāvairanekairnṛtyantī mātṛmadhye pitṛvananilayā pātu vaścarmamuṇḍā .. 186.18 ..

> May she whose belly appears sunken, who terrifies with dread of deformed existence, spear in hand, Cāmuṇḍā, striking with skulls, delightful with the ringing sound of clashing cymbals in battle; / who terrifies the three worlds with multiple terrible cries of ‘kakahakahaka’, dancing among the Mothers, dwelling in the cremation ground—may Carmamuṇḍā protect you! 186.18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.19)

yā dhatte viśvamakhilaṃ nijāṃśena mahojjvalā .  
kanakaprasave līnā pātu māṃ kanakeśvarī .. 186.19 ..

> May Kanakeśvarī, who sustains this entire universe by a portion of herself, immensely radiant, / resting upon a golden blossom, protect me! 186.19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.20)

himādrisambhavā devī dayādarśitavigrahā .  
śivapriyā śive saktā pātu māṃ kanakeśvarī .. 186.20 ..

> May Kanakeśvarī, the goddess born of the Snow Mountain, whose bodily form was manifested out of compassion, / beloved of Śiva, attached to Śiva, protect me! 186.20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.21)

anādijagadādiryā ratnagarbhā vasupriyā .  
rathāṅgapāṇinā padmā pātu māṃ kanakeśvarī .. 186.21 ..

> May Kanakeśvarī, who is the beginning of the beginningless universe, who holds gems within her womb, dear to the Vasus, / Padmā along with the wielder of the discus, protect me! 186.21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.22)

sāvitrī yā ca gāyatrī mṛḍānī vāgathendirā .  
smartḥṇāṃ yā sukhaṃ datte pātu māṃ kanakeśvarī .. 186.22 ..

> May Kanakeśvarī, who is Sāvitrī, Gāyatrī, Mṛḍānī, speech, and Indira, / who grants happiness to those who remember her, protect me! 186.22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.23)

saumyāsaumyaiḥ sadā rūpaiḥ sṛjatyavati yā jagat .  
parā śaktiḥ parā buddhiḥ pātu māṃ kanakeśvarī .. 186.23 ..

> May Kanakeśvarī, who constantly creates and protects the world through gentle and ungentle forms, / the supreme energy, the supreme intellect, protect me! 186.23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.24)

brahmaṇaḥ sargasamaye sṛjyaśaktiḥ parā tu yā .  
jaganmāyā jagaddhātrī pātu māṃ kanakeśvarī .. 186.24 ..

> May Kanakeśvarī, who is the supreme creative energy of Brahmā at the time of creation, / the cosmic illusion, the supporter of the world, protect me! 186.24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.25)

viśvasya pālane viṣṇoryā śaktiḥ paripālikā .  
madanonmādinī mukhyā pātu māṃ kanakeśvarī .. 186.25 ..

> May Kanakeśvarī, who is the protective energy of Viṣṇu in the preservation of the universe, / the foremost intoxicator through passion, protect me! 186.25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.26)

viśvasaṃlayane mukhyā yā rudreṇa samāśritā .  
raudrī śaktiḥ śivānantā pātu māṃ kanakeśvarī .. 186.26 ..

> May Kanakeśvarī, the foremost energy relied upon by Rudra in the dissolution of the universe, / the fierce power, Śivā, infinite, protect me! 186.26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.27)

kailāsasānusaṃrūḍha kanakaprasaveśayā .  
bhasmakābhihṛtā pūrvaṃ pātu māṃ kanakeśvarī .. 186.27 ..

> May Kanakeśvarī, who reposes on the golden blossom grown on the ridge of Kailāsa, / who was carried away formerly by Bhasmaka, protect me! 186.27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.28)

patiprabhāvamicchantī trasyantī yā vinā patim .  
abalā tvekabhāvā ca pātu māṃ kanakeśvarī .. 186.28 ..

> May Kanakeśvarī, who desires the glory of her husband, who trembles without her husband, / being a delicate woman of one-pointed devotion, protect me! 186.28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.29)

viśvasaṃrakṣaṇe saktā rakṣitā kanakena yā .  
ā brahmastambajananī pātu māṃ kanakeśvarī .. 186.29 ..

> May Kanakeśvarī, who is devoted to the protection of the universe, who is protected by the golden one, / the mother of all from Brahmā down to a clump of grass, protect me! 186.29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.30)

brahmaviṣṇvīśvarāḥ śaktyā śarīragrahaṇaṃ yayā .  
prāpitāḥ prathamā śaktiḥ pātu māṃ kanakeśvarī .. 186.30 ..

> May Kanakeśvarī, the primal energy by whose power Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Īśvara / were brought to assume bodily form, protect me! 186.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.31)

śrutvā tu garuḍenoktaṃ devīvṛttacatuṣṭayam .  
prasannā saṃmukhī bhūtvā vākyametaduvāca ha .. 186.31 ..

> Having heard the four verses of the goddess spoken by Garuḍa, / she became pleased, turned towards him, and spoke this speech: 186.31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.32)

śrīcāmuṇḍovāca -  
prasannā te mahāsattva varaṃ varaya vāñchitam .  
dadāmi te dvijaśreṣṭha yatte manasi rocate .. 186.32 ..

> The glorious Cāmuṇḍā said: / ‘I am pleased with you, O great-spirited one! Choose a desired boon; / I grant to you, O best of the twice-born, whatever pleases your mind.’ 186.32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.33)

garuḍa uvāca -  
ajaraścāmaraścaiva adhṛṣyaśca surāsuraiḥ .  
tava prasādāccaivānyairajeyaśca bhavāmyaham .. 186.33 ..

> Garuḍa said: / ‘May I become free from old age, immortal, invincible to gods and asuras, / and unconquerable by any others, by your grace! 186.33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.34)

tvayā cātra sadā devi sthātavyaṃ tīrthasannidhau .  
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
evaṃ bhaviṣyatītyuktvā devī devairabhiṣṭutā .. 186.34 ..

> And you must always remain here, O goddess, in the vicinity of the sacred ford. / Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Having said, "So it shall be," the goddess, praised by the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.35)

jagāmākāśamāviśya bhūtasaṅghasamanvitā .  
yadā lakṣmyā nṛpaśreṣṭha sthāpitaṃ puramuttamam .. 186.35 ..

> entered the sky and departed accompanied by the host of spirits. / When, O best of kings, that excellent city had been established by Lakṣmī, 186.35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.36)

anumānya tadā devīṃ kṛtaṃ tasyāṃ samarpitam .  
lakṣmīruvāca -  
rakṣaṇāya mayā devi yogakṣemārthasiddhaye .. 186.36 ..

> assenting to the goddess, what was done was entrusted to her. / Lakṣmī said: / For protection by me, O goddess, and for the attainment of security and prosperity...  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.37)

mātṛvatpratipālyaṃ te sadā devi puraṃ mama .  
garuḍo'pi tataḥ snātvā sampūjya kanakeśvarīm .. 186.37 ..

> my city must always be looked after like a mother, O goddess!’ / Thereupon Garuḍa too bathed, worshipped Kanakeśvarī, 186.37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.38)

tīrthaṃ tatraiva saṃsthāpya jagāmākāśamuttamam .  
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetpitṛdevatāḥ .. 186.38 ..

> established the sacred ford right there, and went to the highest heaven. / One who bathes at that sacred ford and worships the ancestors and deities 186.38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.39)

sarvakāmasamṛddhasya yajñasya phalamaśnute .  
gandhapuṣpādibhiryastu pūjayetkanakeśvaram .. 186.39 ..

> enjoys the fruit of a sacrifice endowed with all desired objects. / And whoever worships Kanakeśvara with fragrant pastes, flowers, and the like, 186.39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.40)

tasya yogaiśvaryasiddhiryogapīṭheṣu jāyate .  
mṛto yogeśvaraṃ lokaṃ jayaśabdādimaṅgalaiḥ .  
sa gacchennātra sandeho yoginīgaṇasaṃyutaḥ .. 186.40 ..

> his attainment of yogic power arises in the seats of yoga. / When dead, he goes, accompanied by the host of yoginīs, / to the realm of the Lord of Yoga with auspicious cries of ‘victory’ and so forth; there is no doubt of this. 186.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.186.40\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.186.40_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe kanakhaleśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaḍaśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-sixth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Kanakhaleśvaratīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth \[part\], the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.186.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.186.1) — Sanskrit

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