Skandapurana 7.20.33
Skandapurāṇa 7.20.33
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7.20.33
vasiṣṭhāt śakterutpattiḥ . apatyārthaṃ śaktestapaścaryā . abhīṣṭavaralābhaḥ, śakteḥ patnyā adṛśyantyā garbhadhāraṇam . garbhavatyāṃ lasyāṃ kalmāṣapādena rājñā guruśāpādrakṣobhāvamāpannena śakterbhakṣaṇam .
The birth of Śakti from Vasiṣṭha. Śakti's practice of austerity for the sake of offspring. The attainment of the desired boon; the conception by Śakti's wife Adṛśyantī. While she was pregnant, the devouring of Śakti by King Kalmāṣapāda, who had fallen into the state of a rakṣas due to the curse of a guru.
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