Skandapurana 7.4.52_38.17

7.4.52_38.17

220 sarpayajñopavītāntravaktro.. - gha. . 221 nṛtyapriyāṃ - kha. . 222 vijñānasārā - gha. . 223 jānughaṇṭā - ka. . 224 harasya dehārdhādhivāsāṃ - gha. . 225 devimādyāṃ - ka. - kha. . 226 dakṣayajñāntakārīṃ - ka. gha. . 227 divyadantāvapātāṃ - gha, māditya . 228... tivādāṃ - gha. .
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rvalokasya cādyāraṇīṃ pūjyāṃ mātaraṃ yo-
gināṃ yoginīṃ dhyāyamānāṃ dhṛtiṃ de-
vaviprairmahā229 yogatarkairagamyāṃ
viśiṣṭeṣṭaśiṣṭādhivāsāṃ ca lakṣmīṃ
narī (?) bhūrbhuvaḥsvarjanassatyavairā-
jamāhātmyalokāraṇīṃ230 kāraṇīmindriyāṇā-
mahaṅkāratanmātrakartrīṃ tamassa-
tvarāgapravṛttiṃ231 parāñca pravṛttiṃ
maheśasya śaktiṃ tathā cetanāṃ sa-
rvavijñānacintyāṃ prapadyāma devī232
mumāṃ mātaraṃ, diśa tvaṃ sukhaṃ mātarasmāsu tuṣṭā
mahādevapatnīṃ śubhāṃ yāṃ vayaṃ ci-
ntayāmaikayā saṃvidā dhyāyamānāḥ233
sadā dāruṇaṃ cāpi sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ ya-
ttvayā (?) tacca no nāśayāmbādya tuṣṭā
yathā vai tuṣāraṃ mahāsūryadeho-
dbhavā234 tacca no jātikoṭīsahasre-
ṣu pūrvaṃ kṛtaṃ235 yat kariṣyāma yatku-
rma tatsarvamevañca236 dadyāśca naḥ sa-
rvamarthaṃ sakāmaṃ tathārogyamūrjāṃ
śriyaṃ jñānavijñānamedhāstathā dhā-
raṇāṃ tarkamūhāmapohaṃ dhṛtiṃ cā-
ryabhāvaṃ237 gatiñcaiva divyāṃ tathā dha-
rmanityatvametām̐śca ye cāpyatonye
guṇāstām̐śca sarvān juṣasvādya devi
tubhyaṃ namaḥ . . 1 23-144. .
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and the primordial fire-stick of all the worlds; the venerable mother; the yoginī meditated upon by yogins; the firmness / unapproachable through great yoga and logic by gods and brahmins; / who resides among the distinguished, the desirable, and the refined; Lakṣmī; / the woman (?); the fire-stick for the glorious worlds of earth, atmosphere, heaven, Mahar, Janas, Satya, and Vairāja; the cause of the sense-faculties; / the creator of the 'I-maker' and the subtle elements; the activity of darkness, purity, and passion, and the supreme activity; / the power of the great lord Maheśa, and consciousness, to be contemplated through all supreme knowledge; we take refuge in the Goddess, / Umā, the mother: bestow happiness upon us, O Mother, being pleased! / The auspicious wife of Mahādeva, whom we contemplate, meditating with focused consciousness: / and also destroy today, O Mother, being pleased, all the harsh [harm] done by us, / just as [frost is destroyed] by the body of the great sun; and all that was done by us previously in thousands of crores of births, / that which we shall do, and that which we are doing; and give to us / all wealth along with desire, as well as health, strength, / prosperity, knowledge, wisdom, retentive memory, concentration, deliberation, reasoning, refutation, firmness, noble character, / and a divine path, as well as eternal righteousness, and whatever other virtues there may be in addition to these—partake of them all today, O Goddess; / obeisance to you! (123–144)