[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) › 7.18.89\_54 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_54 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_54 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_54) atha bhūyaḥ praṇamyeśaṃ devatā idamabruvan . ātmanopi tanuṃ deva kuru mūrttimatīṃ striyam . . 1 07. . yayā sārdhaṃ balād daityān haṃsyāmaḥ parameśvara . tato devosṛjaddevīṃ rūdrāṇīṃ mātaraṃ śubhām ..1 08. . vikṛtaṃ rūpamāsthāya dvitīyāmapi mātaram . nāmnā tu bahumāṃsāntāṃ jagatsaṃhārarūpiṇīm .. 10 9. . niyogād devadevasya tato viṣṇurapi prabhuḥ . mātarāvasṛjad dve tu vārāhīṃ vaiṣṇavīmapi . abhūt pitāmahād brāhmī śarvāṇī śaṅkarādapi . . 8.171.110 . . kaumārī ṣaḍmukhāccāpi viṣṇorapi ca vaiṣṇavī . vārāhī mādhavād devī māhendrī ca purandarāt . . 111 . . - - - - - - - - -- - - 59 rvaram - ka. . 60 ya - ka. . - - - - - - - - -- - - > Then, having bowed again to the Lord, the deities said this: > "O God, make an embodied woman from your own body as well, > with whom we shall forcefully slay the demons, O Supreme Lord!" > Then the God created an auspicious Mother, the goddess Rudrāṇī, > and, assuming a deformed appearance, created a second Mother as well, > named Bahumāṃsā, who embodies the destruction of the universe. > Then, by the command of the God of gods, Lord Viṣṇu as well > created two Mothers: Vārāhī and Vaiṣṇavī. > Brāhmī emerged from the Grandfather, and Śarvāṇī from Śaṅkara; > Kaumārī from the six-faced \[god\], and Vaiṣṇavī from Viṣṇu; > Vārāhī the goddess from Mādhava, and Māhendrī from Purandara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_53) - [Next: 7.18.89\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_55) - [Up: 7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.18.89_54) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_54) · Pramāṇa