Skandapurana 7.4.52_38.13

7.4.52_38.13

154 nāgatāstviha - ka. kha. . 155 paṃcāsyaḥ - gha . 156 mahānadaḥ - gha. . 157 pūrvaṃ - kha. . 158... taṃ - ka. kha. . 159... ktvā - ka. kha. gha. . 160 sarve yūyaṃ - ka kha. gha . 161 taissahomayā - ka. . 162 siṃho - gha, siṃhāṃ ( n) - kha. . 163 bhayārtān- - kha. gha . 164 sarvaṃ - ka. . 165 bhayā ( t) - ka., bhayārtāstān - kha. gha. . 166 dṛṣṭvā - ka., dṛṣṭa - kha. . 167 sarve yūyaṃ - ka. kha . 168 vinirjitāḥ - ka. . 166 krodhān? krodhe - gha. . 170 kathaṃcana - ka kha. gha .
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na bhaveta na sandehaḥ171 sarve yūyaṃ kṣaṇāntare 172
iyantu devī yuṣmākaṃ kupitā parvatātmajā .
etāṃ prasādayata va nāhaṃ kupyāmi vaḥ173 surāḥ . .1 08..
sanatkumāra uvāca
evamuktavati svāminyuddhatā tāmralocanā174 .
devī devīṃ mukhād ghorāṃ sasṛje bhayavarddhanīm .. 1 09. .
daṃṣṭrākarālavadanāṃ175 bahupādakarāṃgulim176 .
dhanuparaśukhaḍgogra177 cakraśūleṣudhāriṇīm178 ..8.32.1 10 . .
jvalardakasahasrāṃśutejasaṃ179 viśvarūpiṇīm .
daśayojanasāhasra180 stasyā dehaḥ pramāṇataḥ181 . .1 11 . .
tayābhibhūtāste devā vadhyamānāśca182 sarvaśaḥ .
na śekuḥ183 purataḥ sthātuṃ vyāghrād mṛgagaṇā iva .. 1 12..
tato vyathitacittāste kālakarṇībhayāt184 surāḥ185 .
bhasmarāśiṃ sthitaṃ pārśve devasya186 viviśurbhayāt .. 113 . .
tān dṛṣṭavā bhasmakūṭaṃ tu praviṣṭān śaraṇārthinaḥ .
surān bhasmaviliptāṅgān devī187 devīṃ188 nyaṣedhayat .. 1 14..
devyuvāca
kālakarṇi nivartasva mā vadhīḥ189 surasattamān .
ete pāśupatī190 bhūtā bhasmanā digdhamūrtayaḥ191 .. 11 5..

[Footnotes to text: 154 nāgatāstviha - ka. kha. . 155 paṃcāsyaḥ - gha . 156 mahānadaḥ - gha. . 157 pūrvaṃ - kha. . 158... taṃ - ka. kha. . 159... ktvā - ka. kha. gha. . 160 sarve yūyaṃ - ka kha. gha . 161 taissahomayā - ka. . 162 siṃho - gha, siṃhāṃ ( n) - kha. . 163 bhayārtān- - kha. gha . 164 sarvaṃ - ka. . 165 bhayā ( t) - ka., bhayārtāstān - kha. gha. . 166 dṛṣṭvā - ka., dṛṣṭa - kha. . 167 sarve yūyaṃ - ka. kha . 168 vinirjitāḥ - ka. . 166 krodhān? krodhe - gha. . 170 kathaṃcana - ka kha. gha .] / - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- / you all would cease to exist within an instant, without a doubt. / But this Goddess, the daughter of the mountain, is angry with you. / Propitiate her; I am not angry with you, O gods." / Sanatkumāra said: / When the Master had spoken thus, the enraged Goddess with red-copper eyes / produced from her mouth a terrifying goddess who increases dread, / having a mouth dreadful with fangs, and numerous feet, hands, and fingers, / bearing a bow, an axe, a fierce sword, a discus, a trident, and arrows, / having the brilliance of a thousand blazing suns, possessing a cosmic form. / The measurement of her body was ten thousand yojanas. / Overwhelmed by her and being struck down on every side, / the gods were not able to stand before her, like herds of deer before a tiger. / Then, their minds distressed from the fear of Kālakarṇī, the gods / entered out of fear into a heap of ashes standing beside the God. / Seeing those gods who had sought refuge enter the heap of ashes, / their limbs smeared with ashes, the Goddess restrained the [other] goddess. / The Goddess said: / "Kālakarṇī, turn back! Do not kill the foremost of the gods! / Having become Pāśupatas, their bodies are smeared with ashes.