Skandapurana 7.12.584_73

7.12.584_73

na cānimittamutpātā82 bhavantyete durāsadāḥ .
tathā kuru yathā me83 no bhayaṃ yacchantyaśobhanāḥ . .1 0 5. .
tato nandī praṇamyāha devadevīṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ .
kuto bhayaṃ bhavāni tvāṃ yā tvaṃ mātā divaukasām ..1 0 6. .
sanatkumāra uvāca
tasyaivaṃ vadato vyāsa devīṃ viśvasya mātaram .
andhakopi tadā daityaḥ84 pātālānmandaraṃ yayau ..1 07..

“And these dreadful portents do not occur without cause; / act in such a way that these inauspicious [omens] bring us no danger.” / Then Nandī, having bowed down with folded hands, said to the goddess of gods: / “From where could fear come to you, O Bhavānī, who are the mother of the gods?” // 106
Sanatkumāra said:
While he was speaking thus, O Vyāsa, to the goddess, the mother of the universe, / the Daitya Andhaka also came at that time from Pātāla to Mandara, // 107