[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) › 7.20.33 # Skandapurana 7.20.33 Skandapurāṇa 7.20.33 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.20.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.20.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.32) - [Next: 7.20.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.34) - [Up: 7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.20.33) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.33) · Pramāṇa