[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) › 7.4.52\_38.2 # Skandapurana 7.4.52\_38.2 Skandapurāṇa 7.4.52\_38.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.4.52\_38.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.2) sanatkumāra uvāca evamuktastadā vyāsa bhagavān vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ . uvāca prahasan devīṃ pitā tava śucismite ..9. . pūrvajanmani suśroṇi prajāpatisutaḥ śubhe . mama tvaṃ bhāvavijñānaṃ kurvatī15 devi bhāṣase . .8.32.1 0 . . nahi duḥkhaṃ piturloke kaścidicchati bhāmini16 . evamuktā tadā vyāsa17 devena vimalātmanā .. 11 .. lalāṭe bhṛkuṭīṃ18 kṛtvā tato devyāyatekṣaṇā . krodhāt19 kareṇa nāsāgraṃ saṃmamarda śucismitā .. 12 . . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- 4 taṃ vahantaṃ - gha. . 5 apaśntī - gha. . 6 ślakṣṇaṃ - gha. . 7 tvaṃ gatiḥ kha . 8 śaraṇārthināṃ - gha. . 9 jajñe - ka . 10 tava - gha . 11. sāmnā sarvaṃsurādhyakṣa-- gha. nāmnā - ka, nāmnā - ka, na satvo - gha. . 12 svayaṃ - kha. . 13 stadā tena - gha., tadordhvena - ka . 14 -vidhīyate - gha. . 15 kurvanto - kha. . 16 bhāvini - gha, . 17 devī - gha. . 18 bhrukuṭī - ka. 19 kruddhā - gha . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- tasyāṃ saṃmṛdyamānāyāṃ nāsikāyāmatiprabhā . jajñe strī bhṛkuṭīvaktrā caturdaṃṣṭrā trilocanā baddhagodhāṃgulitrā ca kavacā20 baddhamekhalā .. 13 .. sakhaṅgā sadhanuṣkā ca21 satūṇīrā22 patākinī . dvādaśāsyā daśabhujā tanumadhyā tamonibhā23 ..14. . ghanastanī24 pṛthukaṭī nāganāsoruravyayā25 . bhadrakālīti tāṃ prāha devīṃ devī26 śubhānanā27 . .1 5.. tatobravīt tadā devameṣā sṛṣṭā mayā prabho . tvamapyanyaṃ sṛja gaṇamanurūpaṃ namostute ..1 6.. tato devastadā skandhaṃ svamavaikṣata bhāsvaram28 . tasmājjajñe pumān divyastrailokyaṃ pradahanniva29 . . 17. . bhṛkuṭībhūṣitāsyaśca30 baddhagodhāṃgulitravān . > Sanatkumāra said: > “Addressed thus, O Vyāsa, the blessed Lord who bears the bull upon his banner > smiled and spoke to the goddess: ‘O lady of bright smiles, your father > in a previous birth, O fair-hipped, auspicious one, was the son of Prajāpati. > Testing my disposition, O goddess, do you speak \[thus\]? > For no passionate woman wishes sorrow upon her father in this world.’ > Spoken to thus at that time, O Vyāsa, by the pure-souled god, > the goddess of wide eyes then knit her brows upon her forehead, > and in anger the brightly smiling one rubbed the tip of her nose with her hand. > As that nose was being rubbed, a woman of great radiance > was born, with a frown on her face, four fangs, and three eyes, > wearing armguards of leather and finger-protectors, clad in armor, wearing a girded belt, > having a sword, a bow, quivers, and a banner, > twelve-faced, ten-armed, slender-waisted, dark as gloom, > with firm breasts, broad hips, thighs like elephant trunks, imperishable. > The goddess with a lovely face addressed that goddess as Bhadrakālī. > Then she spoke to the god: ‘She has been created by me, O Lord; > you also create another suitable attendant. Homage be to you!’ > Then the god looked upon his own radiant shoulder; > from it was born a divine man, as if burning up the three worlds, > his face adorned with knitted brows, equipped with leather armguards and finger-protectors,” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.4.52\_38.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.1) - [Next: 7.4.52\_38.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.3) - [Up: 7.4.52\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.4.52_38.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.2) · Pramāṇa