Skandapurana 7.4.52_38.16

7.4.52_38.16

prapadyehamekāṃ sadā bhujaṅgaśatakṛtāṅgadāṃ
mahādānavaprāṇaśauṇḍāṃ citābha-
smarūkṣāṅgakeśīṃ mahājānulambo-
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207 ditiṃ... - gha. . 208 prapadyemahe - gha. . 209 kānasāṃ - gha. . 210 dundubhermāraṇīṃ - gha. . 211 su (śu) bhbhamārī - kha. gha. . 212 sṛjāṃ - kha. . 213 duḥkhaśokāpahartrīṃ - gha., duḥkhaśokāpahantrīṃ - gha. . 214 śambarā - kha. . 215 .. dhisthāṃ. - gha. . 216... tviṣāṃ - ka. . 217 trinetrolkajā - gha. . 218 vinaddhasrajāṃ - kha . 219,.. kīrtimuktā - gha. .
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darāṃ sarpayajñopavītarddha220 vaktro-
ddhṛtākṣārddha pādārdra hastāvataṃsāṃ
mahāmekhalādāmalambadvicitrasrajāṃ
mahāmeghatūryogravāditranṛtta-
priyāṃ221 gītahāsyapralāpapramoda-
priyāṃ jāpyahomopavāsādavāsā-
pravāsādhivāsātiriktāṃ mahāyo-
gavijñātasārā222 nusārograsārāṃ
dhṛtiṃ jyānughaṇṭā223 vabaddhograśabdāṃ
mahāmeghavajraprapātodadhipra-
khyatīvrograghoṣāṃ kriyāṃ dīkṣitānā-
ñca dīkṣāṃ virūpākṣabhāryāṃ harasyā-
rdhadehādhivāsāṃ224 prapradye mukholko-
dbhavāṃ devīmādyāṃ225 parāṃ pārvatīṃ sa-
rvavidyādhidevīṃ gatiṃ yamaniyamadamātmabhūtāṃ
pitṝṇāṃ ca kanyāṃ śubhāṃ parvatendrā-
tmajāṃ dakṣayajñāntakartrīṃ226 bhavasyā-
rdhadehāśritādityadantāvapātāṃ227
surendrāgrahastapratistambhanīṃ vi-
ṣṇukeśāpahartrīṃ mahāsihayuktā-
tivāhāṃ228 mahābhairavāṃ bhīṣitāṃ ska-
ndacandrāraṇīṃ mātaraṃ hastivaktra-
sya cāgryāṃ viśākhasya janmāraṇīṃ na-
ndino naigameṣasya cotpādanīṃ sa-
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I ever take refuge in that one alone, who wears bracelets made of a hundred serpents; / who is drunk on the life-breath of great Daityas; whose limbs and hair are rough with the ashes of funeral pyres; whose great knees hang down and belly is swollen; / wearing a serpent as a sacrificial thread; whose ornaments are wet hands, half a face, raised eyes, and half a foot; / wearing a garland of various flowers hanging down from a great girdle-cord; / who delights in dancing to the fierce music of large drums that sound like great thunderclouds; / who loves songs, laughter, chatter, and joy; who transcends dwelling, living abroad, and residing through recitation, oblation, and fasting; / whose fierce essence accords with the essence known through great yoga; / firmness itself; whose bowstring and bell sound with fierce noise; / whose roar is sharp and terrible, resembling a great thundercloud, the fall of a thunderbolt, and the ocean; / the ritual act, and the initiation of the initiated; the wife of the uneven-eyed god; dwelling in half of Hara’s body; / I take refuge in the primordial, supreme Goddess, Pārvatī, born from the spark of his mouth; / the presiding deity of all branches of knowledge; the refuge; the embodiment of restraint, observance, and self-control; / the auspicious daughter of the ancestors, the daughter of the king of mountains; who brought an end to Dakṣa’s sacrifice; / who knocked out the teeth of the Sun when residing in half of Bhava's body; / who paralyzed the raised arm of Indra; who took away the hair of Viṣṇu; / whose great conveyance is harnessed to a great lion; Mahābhairavā; terrifying; the fire-stick [that brought forth] Skanda and the moon; / the foremost mother of the elephant-faced god; the fire-stick for the birth of Viśākha; / the producer of Nandin and Naigameṣa;