Skandapurana 7.4.52_38.15

7.4.52_38.15

nduhārāmbugaurogradaṃṣṭrāṃ jayāmā-
have durnirīkṣyāmacintyogradṛṣṭiṃ-
viśālekṣaṇāṃ pītakośeyavastrāṃ
mahāśūlaghaṇṭāpatākādhvajāṃ di-
vyagandhājyadhūpapriyāṃ kāladaṇḍā-
sicarmograhastāṃ205 vapāśoṇitāntra-
vasāpūrṇabhāṇḍāṃ diśāṃ dakṣiṇāṃ cā-
rucāmīkarābaddhapaṭṭāṃ yugāntā-
nalābhekṣaṇāmaṭṭahāsānsṛjaṃtīṃ
yathākāmakartrī206manaṅgāyudhāvi-
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195 sādhunā - kha. . 196 mamāpyetat - gha. . 197 sarvakāmikam - gha. . 198 ityuktvā - ka. kha. gha. . 199 devī - gha. . 200 śca - gha. . 201 tyaktvā javosthitam - ka. . 202 tu - ka. . 203 sadā - gha. . 204 tricaraṇākṣarāṃ - gha. . 205... carmāgrahastāṃ - kha. . 206 .. hantrīṃ - kha. .
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kṣatāṃ śūrasenāṃ nadīṃ viśrutāṃ ma-
ndarāvāsanityāṃ diviṣṭhāṃ207 prapadyā-
mahe208 kānasī ( ṣṭi)209 masuramahiṣadā-
raṇīṃ dāraṇīṃ dundubheḥ210 sundamārīṃ211
niśumbhasya mṛtyuṃ vibhāṃ somasūryā-
gnibhāsāṃ sṛja212 tkāntimiṣṭapradāṃ śo-
kaduḥkhārtihartrīṃ213 viśekāmaghorāṃ-
ghanāmantakasyā214 ntakartrī munerjā-
madagnyasya corjjāṃ tathā rājarājñīṃ
manojñāṃ karālāṃ kṣapāṃ daṇḍanītiṃ
sthitiṃ siddhimiṣṭāṃ śubhāṃ kālarātrī-
maparṇāṃ samādhiṃ śaraṇyāṃ nagendrā-
dhivāsapriyāṃ kṣīrodanityāṃ215 śubhāṃ-
mahākiṃkiṇīkāṃ prakīrṇordhvakeśīṃ
pradīptāgnisandhyābhrarāgatviṣaṃ216 ba-
ddhagodhāṅgulitrāṃ trinetrāṃ jaṭāke-
śaraktāmbujābaddhamālāṃ viśalyā-
manaṅgārinetrolkajāṃ217 hemamālā-
nibaddhasrajāṃ218 dīrghaveṇīṃ suveṇīṃ
yaśaḥkīrtiyuktāṃ219 mayūrāṅgajāba-
ddhacitradhvajāṃ rājasāṃ śāntikartrīṃ

[We take refuge in her] whose terrible fangs are white as the moon, a necklace, or water; who is victorious in battle; / who is hard to gaze upon, whose terrible glance is beyond thought; wide-eyed, wearing yellow silk garments; / whose staff bears a great trident, a bell, and a flag; who loves divine fragrance, ghee, and incense; / whose fierce hand holds the staff of death, a sword, and a shield; whose vessel is filled with omentum, blood, entrails, and fat; / who faces the southern quarter; who wears a charming golden fillet; whose eyes resemble the fire at the end of an aeon; who emits loud laughter; / who acts according to her own will; who is unpierced by the weapons of the bodiless god [Kāma]; who has a army of heroes; who is the famous river; / who dwells eternally on Mount Mandara; who abides in heaven; we take refuge in her, the longed-for one (?), / who tore apart the demon Mahiṣa; who tore apart Dundubhi; who slew Sunda; / who was death to Niśumbha; who creates a radiance shining like the moon, the sun, and fire; who bestows what is desired; / who removes grief, sorrow, and pain; sorrowless; fierce; dense; who brings an end to Death; / the vital strength of the sage, son of Jamadagni; and the queen of the king of kings; / charming, dreadful, the night, the science of governance; stability, desired perfection, the auspicious Kālarātrī; / Aparṇā, meditative absorption, the refuge; who loves dwelling on the king of mountains; who eternally abides in the Ocean of Milk; auspicious; / adorned with large tinkling bells; whose hair is dishevelled and stands upright; whose splendor has the hue of kindled fire and evening clouds; / wearing a finger-guard made of monitor-lizard skin; three-eyed; adorned with a garland interwoven with reddish lotuses in her matted locks; free from grief; / born from the spark of the eye of the foe of the bodiless god [Kāma]; adorned with a garland woven of golden wreaths; wearing a long, lovely braid; / endowed with renown and glory; having a multi-colored banner fastened with peacock plumes; passionate; the bringer of peace;