[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 # Skandapurana 7.4.52\_38 Skandapurāṇa 7.4.52\_38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.4.52\_38.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.1) sanatkumāra uvāca etasminneva kāle tu vyāsa dakṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ . ayajat sośvamedhena rājā prācetasātmajaḥ1 . . 1 .. tatra devanikāyānāṃ bhāgadheyāni sarvaśaḥ . havyavāhastadā tatrā2vahanmantraissamīritaḥ3 ..2 . . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- 197 sthānaṃ... - gha. . 198 tavaiva - ka. . 199... nāt - gha. . 200 bhavet - kha. . 201 syāpi - gha. . 202 vāgyato - dha. . 203 niyatāsanaḥ - gha. . 204 sa sarvapāpanirmukto -?, 205.. śca -? 206 gaṇo - kha. . 207 yatnavān sarvathā - gha. . 208 sarvapātakanirmuktaḥ - ka. . 209.. .bandhanavarjitaḥ - gha. . 210 maheśvaro - gha. . 211 nityaśaḥ - gha. . 212 yastdimekarātraṃ - gha. . 213 paṭhet - gha. . 214.. .deho -kha. 215 sa tena - kha. . 216 dadhīcamāhātmye triṃśodhyāyaḥ - gha . 1 pracetasātmajaḥ - gha. . 2 tatra - gha. . 3 .. ssamāhitaḥ - gha. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- vahantaṃ4 tamapaśyacca5 devī girivarātmajā . anusmarantī tadvairaṃ śāpakāraṇameva ca . . 3 . . uvāca cainaṃ girijā bodhayantī purātanam . śliṣṭaṃ madhurayā vācā kāraṇena samanvitam . .4. . tvaṃ devaḥ sarvadevānāṃ gatiśca7 śaraṇaṃ tathā8 . tvayā vinā kathaṃ yajño9 vartate sarvadevapa . . 5 .. devānāṃ bhāgadheyāni vahatyagnirayaṃ bhava10 . nāyaṃ tava maheśāna kiṃ kāraṇamatidyute . . 6. . na sāmnā sidhyate kāryaṃ11 vikrameṇa vinā prabho . ayaṃ mūḍhovaliptaśca rājā prācetasātmajaḥ . .7 . . anusmaran pūrvavairaṃ naiva dāsyatyaśāsitaḥ . dadhīcasya varaścāpi tvayā dattastadā12 prabho . tasyāyamāgataḥ kālastadarthena13 vidhīyatām14 . .8. . > Sanatkumāra said: > “At that very time, O Vyāsa, King Dakṣa Prajāpati, > the son of the Pracetases, performed a horse sacrifice. > There, impelled by mantras, the fire carrying the offerings > was then conveying the portions everywhere for the hosts of gods. > And the goddess, the daughter of the best of mountains, saw him conveying \[them\], > remembering that enmity and the cause of the curse. > And the mountain-born \[goddess\], prompting the ancient one, spoke to him > fittingly in sweet words, accompanied by reason: > ‘You are the god of all the gods, their refuge and their shelter. > Without you, how does a sacrifice proceed, O protector of all gods? > This fire, O Bhava, is conveying the portions of the gods; > he is not \[conveying\] yours, O Maheśāna of great splendor! What is the reason? > An aim is not achieved through conciliation without prowess, O Lord! > This king, the son of the Pracetases, is foolish and arrogant; > remembering previous enmity, he will never give \[your share\] unless he is chastised. > Moreover, a boon was given by you to Dadhīca at that time, O Lord; > the time for that has come—let \[action\] be taken for that purpose!’” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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) ### [7.4.52\_38.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.3) kavacī baddhatūṇīraḥ31 śarī khaṅgī śarāsanī .. 18. . tryakṣaścaturbhujaścaiva32 vajrasaṃhanano yuvā . sa sṛṣṭaḥ33 praṇato bhūtvā harirnāmnā34 gaṇeśvaraḥ .. 1 9. . uvāca prāñjalirbhūtvā devadevaṃ sahomayā . ājñāpaya sureśāna yat kartavyaṃ mayā vibho . .8.32.2 0 .. tatassa bhagavānāha35 hariṃ taṃ gaṇanāyakam . prācetasasutasyāsya36 yajñaṃ gaccha vināśaya ..2 1 .. bhadrakālyā sahāśu tvametat kṛtyaṃ gaṇeśvara37 . tataḥ sa38 bhagavān devo gaṇeśān39 kāmarūpiṇaḥ40 . .22 . . svagātrebhyosṛjad dhīmān41 nānā42 rūpadharān gaṇān . pasparśa bāhuṃ43 samyak ca44 tasmā45 jjātā mahābalāḥ46 ..23 .. - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- 20. sakavacā? . 21 ca savāhā - gha. . 22 satūlī ca - gha . 23... timohinī - kha . 24 tuṃgastanī - gha . 25 nāgapāsavarāyudhā - gha. . 26 deva - gha. . 27. nām - gha. . 28 stramaikṣata subhāsuram - ka., svabhāśvaraṃ - kha., prabhāśvaraṃ - gha. . 29 saṃharanniva - ka. . 30 bhrukuṭībhūṣitāsyaśca - ka kha. . 31 ca - gha. . 32... śca subhujaścaiva - ka kha. . 33 saṃtuṣṭā - gha. . 34 harirnāma - gha. . 35 bhagavāndevo - kha. . 36 pracetasasutasyāsya - gha. .. syema - ka . 37. naveśvara - kha . 38 tatosya - ka. . 39 gaṇeśa - kha., gaṇeśaḥ - gha. . 40. ṇaṃ - kha. . 41 bhīmān - gha. . 42 nāmnā - gha. . 43 bāhūn -gha. . 44 tu - ka. . 45 tasmi (n) - ka. kha. gha. . 46 mahātmanaḥ - ka., nā - gha. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- koṭyastā navatiścaiva śatañcaiva tadā prabhoḥ47. sa tām̐ścovāca48 bhagavān yajñaṃ pramathatānaghāḥ . .24. . sanatkumāra uvāca > Armored, with quiver bound, holding arrows, sword, and bow, / three-eyed and four-armed, a youth of adamantine frame— / having been created, he bowed down, the troop-lord named Hari, / and with cupped hands addressed the God of gods together with Umā: / “Command, O Lord of gods, what I am to do, O pervasive Lord.” / Then the Blessed One spoke to Hari, the commander of the troops: / “Go, destroy this sacrifice of the son of Pracētas. / Together with Bhadrakālī, swiftly carry out this deed, O lord of the troops.” / Then the blessed god, wise, created lords of troops / of multifaceted shapes from his own limbs, able to assume any form at will. / He touched his arm properly, and from it were born mighty ones. / There were ninety hundred crores \[of them\] born of the Lord. / The Blessed One said to them: “O sinless ones, destroy the sacrifice!” / Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.52\_38.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.4) tatastau tena sainyena mahatābhisamāvṛtau . jagmatuḥ sāgaronnāda49 meghāśaninināditaiḥ50 ..25. . devopi saha pārvatyā raibhyāśramasamīpataḥ51 . sthitvāpaśyad gaṇeśānāṃ karma tad yajñanāśanam . .26. . sanatkumāra uvāca vṛkṣāḥ kanakhaleyāstu gaṅgādvārasamīpagāḥ . suvarṇaśṛṃgaśca girirmeruparvatasannibhaḥ ..27. . tasmin pradeśe dakṣasya yajñosāvabhavattadā52 . gaṇeśvarabalaṃ cāgād bhīmaṃ kālīpurogamam ..28 .. te saṃprāpya mahābhāgāḥ sarve dīptānalaprabhāḥ . ūcustaṃ yajamānañca ṛtvijotha munīn surān ..29. . vayaṃ hyanucarāḥ sarve śarvasya paramātmanaḥ . ihābhilipsavaḥ prāptā bhāgān yacchadhvamīpsitān . .8.32.3 0 . . tapasā yajñabhāgārhā balena53 niyamena vā54 . aiśvaryeṇātha yogena55 yena tena puro hi vaḥ56 . .3 1.. sarvañcāsmāsvapi hi tad57 vayamapyaṃśabhāginaḥ58 . atha cet svāmino devāstena bhāgārhatāṃ gatāḥ . .3 2.. svāmitve ca balaṃ hetustapo vā nātra saṃśayaḥ . asmāsvevobhayaṃ tacca svāmitvaṃ tena no varam . .3 3 .. atha cet kasyacidiyamājñā munisurottamāḥ . bhāgo bhavadbhyo deyastu nāsmabhyamiti kathyatām . .34.. - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- 47 prabho - ka .gha . 48 sarvāṃścovāca - ka. . 49 sāgarairnādaiḥ - gha. . 50 vināditaiḥ - ka., tau - ka., nī (nau?) - kha. . 51 vaiśvānarasamaprabhaḥ - gha. . 52 yajñoyamabhavattadā - ka. . 53 balenā - gha. . 54 ca - gha. . 55.. .bhiyogena - gha. . 56 vayaṃ surāḥ - gha. . 57 cāsmāsu pihitaṃ - gha. . 58 tadvayaṃ hyaṃśabhāginaḥ - gha. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- taṃ brūta yo jñāpayati vetsyāmo hi vayaṃ tataḥ . > Then the two, surrounded by that vast army, / went forth with roars like the ocean and rumblings like clouds and thunderbolts. / And the god, together with Pārvatī, staying near the hermitage of Raibhya, / watched that work of destroying the sacrifice by the troop-lords. / Sanatkumāra said: / The trees of Kanakhala stood near the gate of the Gaṅgā, / and there was a mountain with golden peaks resembling Mount Meru. / In that region, Dakṣa's sacrifice was taking place. / And the formidable army of the troop-lords arrived, led by Kālī. / Having arrived, all those exalted ones, radiant as blazing fire, / spoke to the patron of the sacrifice, the officiating priests, the sages, and the gods: / “We are indeed all followers of Śarva, the Supreme Self. / We have come here desiring shares; bestow the desired shares! / By austerity, by strength, or by restraint are \[people\] worthy of sacrificial shares, / or by majesty, or by yoga—by whatever means before you. / All of that is indeed in us as well; we too are share-takers. / If the gods are masters, and therefore have attained worthiness of shares— / in mastery, strength or austerity is the cause, no doubt of this; / both of those reside in us alone, and therefore our mastery is superior. / But if this is someone's command, O best of sages and gods: / ‘A share must be given to you \[gods\], but not to us,’ let it be stated! / Tell us who commands this, and then we will know.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.52\_38.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.5) evamuktāstu hariṇā sarve devapurassarāḥ ..35.. ūcurmantrāḥ pramāṇaṃ vo bhāgaṃ prati gaṇeśvarāḥ58 . mantrāpyūcuḥ surān yūyaṃ tamopahatacetasaḥ ..36.. yena prathamabhāgārhaṃ60 nāyajadhvaṃ maheśvaram . mantraiste procyamānāpi naiva bhāgān daduryadā ..37.. tadā yātāstato mantrā brahmalokaṃ sanātanam . tataḥ śakrādayo devāḥ sarve ūcu61rgaṇeśvarān ..38.. tyaktvā (?) - - - - - . yuṣmānnihanmo vikramya sarvānevāgatān yudhi ..39.. teṣāṃ sagarvaṃ62 tad vākyaṃ śrutvā hariramitrajit . uvāca prahasan sarvānidaṃ vacanasūrjitam ..8.32.40.. mantrāḥ pramāṇaṃ na kṛtā yuṣmābhirbalagarvitaiḥ63 . yasmāt prasahya tasmādvo nāśayāmyadya garjitān64 ..41.. ṛtvigbhirbhāgadheyaiśca saha yajñena codyataḥ65 . yeṣāṃ ca lavattā66 vastān sarvān67 nāśayāmyaham ..42.. evamuktvā sa tejasvī haribhadraḥ pratāpavān . bhadrakālī ca saṃkruddhā abhidudruvatuḥ68 surān ..43.. gaṇeśvarāśca saṃkruddhā yūpānutpāṭya cikṣipuḥ . prasthātrā69 saha hotāra70maśvaṃ71 caiva gaṇeśvarāḥ . .44.. gṛhītvā kupitāḥ sarve gaṅgāsrotasi cikṣipuḥ . yajamānañca pāśena baddhvā ninyuryathāsukham . .45.. - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- 59 maheśvarāḥ - kha. . 60 pramathabhagārhaṃ - kha . 61 sarvānūcu - ka. . 62 savargaṃ - ka. . 63... darpitaiḥ? 65 garvitān? 65 coditaḥ - gha. . 66 yadbalaṃ yattapo vāpi - gha. . 67 tatsarvaṃ - gha. . 68.. .vabhidudruvātuḥ- ka. . 69 prastotrā - kha. . 70 hotrā ca - gha. . 71 makhaṃ - gha. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- vedīmanye72 kuśānanye73 sruconye camasān pare74. > Thus addressed by Hari, all of them, led by the gods, / said: “The mantras are the authority regarding your share, O troop-lords.” / And the mantras said to the gods: “Your minds are overpowered by darkness, / since you did not offer sacrifice to Maheśvara, who is worthy of the first share.” / When, even though being addressed by the mantras, they still did not give shares, / the mantras then departed from there to the eternal realm of Brahmā. / Then the gods, Śakra and others, said to the troop-lords: / “\[…\] / having advanced, we will strike down in battle all of you who have come!” / Hearing their arrogant words, Hari, the vanquisher of foes, / laughing, spoke to all of them these forceful words: / “The mantras have not been accepted as authority by you who are arrogant with power; / because you acted violently, today I will destroy you who roar \[in pride\]. / Prompted together with the sacrifice, the officiating priests, and the shares, / and whatever power you possess, all of that will I destroy.” / Having spoken thus, the radiant, glorious Haribhadra / and the furious Bhadrakālī rushed against the gods. / And the enraged troop-lords, tearing up the sacrificial posts, hurled them away. / The troop-lords, all angered, seized the \*hotṛ\* priest along with the \*prasthātṛ\*, / and the horse, and hurled them into the current of the Gaṅgā; / and having bound the patron of the sacrifice with a snare, they led him away at their pleasure. / Others \[seized\] the altar, others the \*kuśa\* grass, others the ladles, and others the cups. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.52\_38.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.6) vyanāśayam̐ścikṣipuśca śālāścānyebhyadīpayan75 . .46. . haribhadropi dīptātmā śakrasyodyacchataḥ76 karam . vyaṣṭaṃbhayadadīnātmā tathānyeṣāṃ divaukasām . .47 .. bhagasya netre pūṣṇaśca daśanān ruṣitānanaḥ77 . dhanuṣkoṭyā samāhatya78 miṣatāṃ79 saṃnyapātayat80 ..48 .. viṣṇoścakraṃ ca tad ghoraṃ yugāntādityavarcasam81 . vyaṣṭambhayadadīnātmā karasthaṃ na cacāla ha ..49 .. tuṣitām̐śca tathā82 devānudyuktān yuddhalālasān . vāyavyāstreṇa saṃhatya pṛthivyāṃ tānnyapātayat . .8.32.5 0 . . anyām̐śca devān devosau sarvān83 yuddhāya84 saṃsthitān . mohanenāstravaryeṇe85 samohayadaninditaḥ ..5 1 .. rājānaścāpi ye kecit tatrāyātā didṛkṣavaḥ86 . tānsarvānastravīryeṇa svagṛhānanayad balāt ..52. . tad pravidhvastakalaśaṃ bhagnayūpasatoraṇam . pradīpitamahāśālaṃ dṛṣṭavā yajñobhidudruve . .53 .. taṃ tadā mṛgarūpeṇa dhāvantaṃ gaganaṃ prati . hariḥ śaraṃ sa sandhāya87 viśiraskamathākarot ..54. . śaraṃ cāparamādāya88 vīrabhadraḥ pratāpavān . palāyamānaṃ taṃ yajñaṃ sasāra mṛgarūpiṇam . nakṣatrasamatāṃ yātuṃ dvābaddhaṃ vītamabhyagāt . .55 .. sanatkumāra uvāca evaṃ te89 nikṛtā90 vyāsa gaṇaiḥ kālyā tathaiva ca . hariṇā caiva devena sarve91 śaraṇamāgatāḥ . .56.. - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- > They destroyed and threw down \[the vessels\], and set fire to the other sheds. / Then Haribhadra, blazing in spirit and undaunted, / paralysed Indra's arm as he raised it, and did likewise to the other gods. / His face furious, he struck Bhaga's eyes and Pūṣan's teeth / with the tip of his bow and knocked them out while \[all\] were watching. / And Viṣṇu's terrible discus, which had the radiance of the sun at the end of an age, / he paralysed with undaunted spirit; stationed in \[Viṣṇu's\] hand, it did not even stir. / And the Tuṣita gods, ready and longing for battle, / he struck down with a Vāyavya weapon and felled them to the earth. / And that flawless god bewildered all the other gods / arrayed for battle with his supreme weapon, the Mohana. / And whatever kings had arrived there desiring to see \[the sacrifice\], / he drove them all forcibly to their own homes by the power of his weapon. / Seeing the jars smashed, the sacrificial posts and arches broken, / and the great sheds set ablaze, the Sacrifice fled. / As it was running towards the sky in the form of a deer, / Hari fitted an arrow and decapitated it. / Then the valiant Vīrabhadra took another arrow / and pursued that Sacrifice as it fled in the form of a deer; / he reached it, bound and struck down, so that it attained equality with the constellations. / Sanatkumāra said: / Thus humiliated, O Vyāsa, by the gaṇas, by Kālī, / and by the god Hari, they all took refuge. > \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.52\_38.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.7) 72... madhye - kha. . 73... manye - ka. . 74... napi - ka. . 75... nyadīpayan - ka. . 76... syāmuccataḥ- gha . 77 kupitānanaḥ - gha. . .38 mahāsatva - gha . 79 mithastāṃ (n) - gha. . 80 sanyavārayat - gha. . 81 sannibham - ka. . 82 tato - gha. . 83 sa tān - kha., yajña - gha. . 84 kauśalya - gha., yuddhasamu- tthitāna, - kha. . 85... vīryeṇa ka. kha. gha. . 86 tatra tatra samāgatān - gha. . 87 samādhāya - ka. gha., samādāya - kha. . 88 saśaraṃ cāpa - gha., śaraṃcāpaṃ sa - kha . 89 nirgatā - gha . 90 gaṇaibhadrā - ka sarvevai tridivaukasaḥ - gha. . 91 taṃ sarve - gha. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- tān prapannān tadā sarvān devān91 samunilokapān . hariḥ kālyā sahaivāha gacchadhvaṃ somamavyam . prasādayadhvaṃ deveśaṃ tato vo bhavitā śamaḥ92 . .57. . sanatkumāra uvāca ta evamuktā93 hariṇā jagmurdevaṃ pramanyavaḥ . prasādayitumavyagrā duḥkhaśokasamanvitāḥ ..58.. tataste nātidūre tu94 sāmbaṃ95 sagaṇamīśvaram96 . apaśyanta97 mahātmānaḥ98 sarve tadgatamānasāḥ ..59. . te taṃ dṛṣṭvā praṇamyoccai99 stuṣṭuvurdīptatejasam . vāgbhirāhavanīyābhiḥ100 kṛtvā brahmāṇamagrataḥ .. 8.32.60 . . devā ūcuḥ namaste suraśatrudhna surayajñapramardaka101 . mahāyajña mahāsatva mahākratuśatastuta . .61.. namo yajñavināśāya vedasarvasvadāya102 ca . śipi103 viṣṭakṛte viṣṇornarasiṃhābhighātine . . 62. . mandarādrinivāsāya104 śubhasarvasvadāya ca . mahāvimānayānāya ṛtuvighnakarāya ca . .63 . . mantrāntaḥ karaṇayaiva105 mantravratakarāya ca . pūṣṇo dantavināśāya bhaganetraharāya ca . .64.. > \[Critical notes\] > \[…\] > Then to all those gods who had surrendered, along with the sages and world-protectors, / Hari, together with Kālī, said: 'Go to the unswerving Soma. / Propitiate the Lord of the Gods, and peace will come to you.' / Sanatkumāra said: / Thus addressed by Hari, they went, overcome with anger \[and grief\], / composed, afflicted with suffering and sorrow, to propitiate the god. / Then, not far off, those great-souled ones, / their minds entirely focused on him, saw Īśvara accompanied by Ambā and his retinue. / Having seen him, bowing low, placing Brahmā at their head, / they praised the one of blazing splendour with sacrificial words. / The gods said: / 'Obeisance to you, slayer of the enemies of the gods, crusher of the gods' sacrifice, / O great sacrifice, O great being, praised by hundreds of great sacrifices! / Obeisance to the destroyer of the sacrifice, and the giver of the all of the Veda; / to the maker of the Śipiviṣṭa \[form\], the slayer of Viṣṇu's Narasiṃha \[incarnation\]; / to the dweller on Mount Mandara, the giver of every auspicious thing; / to him who travels in a great aerial chariot, the causer of hindrance to the seasons; / to the performer of the end of mantras, to the observer of mantra vows; / to the destroyer of Pūṣan's teeth, to the taker of Bhaga's eyes; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.52\_38.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.8) viṣṭambhanāya śakrasya viṣṇoścakrasya caiva hi . namo yajñapraṇetre ca106 yajñotpattikarāya ca .. 65. . varadānādhigamyāya107 brahmaṇo janakāya ca . vyāghracarmabhṛte tubhyaṃ108 kṛṣṇacarmāmbarāya ca . .66.. - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- 91 sadevān - kha., sarvāṃśca - kha. . 92 samaḥ - gha., mama - ka. . 93 evamuktāstu gha. . 94 taṃ durārohaṃ - gha. . 95 somaṃ - gha. . 96 śaraṇamīśvaram - gha. . 97... nta - gha. . 98... naṃ - gha. . 99 praṇamyocu' - gha. . 100 rādaraṇīyābhiḥ - gha., rāvāhaniyābhiḥ - ka., saṃskṛtayuktābhiḥ - gha. . 101... pravartaka - ka. gha. . 102 devasarva- svadāya - gha. . 103 śikhi... - kha, śibi., - ka. . 104 mandarendravināśāya - ka. gha. . 105 mantrānta... - gha. mantrārka... - kha. . 106 yajñapraṇetuśca - ka. . 107 . digamyāya - gha. . 108 caiva - kha. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- namaḥ sragvaramālāya narapitre tathaiva ca . utpādakāya viṣṇośca jayāya vijayāya ca . .67. . namo manyuvināśāya vīrabhadraprajāya ca . namo harṣāya kopāya109 gaṇeśvarasṛje namaḥ . . 68 . . namo devānutāpāya mṛgabāṇārpaṇāya110 ca . namaste bhagavan deva namaste bhagavañchiva ..69. . namaste sarvalokeśa namaste lokabhāvana111 . tvayā sṛṣṭamidaṃ viśvaṃ112 yajño devāśca yajñahan . prasīda mā krudhosmākaṃ mā naḥ kṛtvā vināśaya . .8.32.70 . . sanatkumāra uvāca ya imaṃ paṭhate nityaṃ prayataḥ113 prātarutthitaḥ . na tasya vighnarūpāṇi kadācit saṃbhavantyuta . .71 . . sanatkumāra uvāca sa evamukto deveśastadā114 tān stuvataḥ sthitān . > to the paralyser of Śakra, and indeed of Viṣṇu's discus; / obeisance to the leader of the sacrifice, and the bringer of the sacrifice's origin; / to him who is reached by bestowing boons, to the father of Brahmā; / to you who wear the tiger-skin, clad in a black antelope skin; > \[Critical notes\] > \[…\] > obeisance to the wearer of the foremost garland, and likewise the father of man; / to the progenitor of Viṣṇu, to Jaya and Vijaya; / obeisance to the destroyer of wrath, to him whose progeny is Vīrabhadra; / obeisance to joy, to anger, obeisance to the creator of the lords of gaṇas; / obeisance to the repentance of the gods, and to the shooter of the arrow at the deer. / Obeisance to you, O Lord, O God; obeisance to you, O Lord Śiva! / Obeisance to you, O Lord of all worlds; obeisance to you, O creator of the world! / By you this universe was created, as well as the sacrifice and the gods, O destroyer of the sacrifice! / Be gracious! Do not be angry with us; do not destroy us!' / Sanatkumāra said: / Whoever, restrained and risen at dawn, always recites this \[praise\], / obstacles never arise for him. / Sanatkumāra said: / Thus addressed at that time, the Lord of Gods \[looked upon\] those standing praising him— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.52\_38.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.9) uvāca prahasan115 vākyaṃ sarvātmā sarvabhāvanaḥ116 . .72.. devadeva uvāca nāhaṃ kruddho bhavanto me nityamevātivallabhāḥ117 . kruddhe hi mayi yuṣmākaṃ na syājjīvaṃ118 kṣaṇāntare . .73 . . sanatkumāra uvāca evamuktvā tadā devaḥ surāṇāṃ hitakāmyayā . prāveśayat surān sarvān tatastān yogamāyayā119 . .74. . sve śarīre mahādevo vismāpayitumojasā . te praviṣṭāstadā dehamīśvarasya120 mahātmanaḥ ..75. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- 109 rūpāya - kha. . 110 mṛgamāṇārpaṇāya - kha- . 111 sarvabhāvana - gha. . 112 sarvaṃ - gha. . 113 niyataḥ - kha . 114 sadā - gha . 115 ca mahādevaḥ - gha. . 116 sarvāndevān samāgatān - ka. . 117 nityameva hi vallabhāḥ - kha. . 118 bhraṃsyājjīvaṃ - gha.,... vyaṃ - gha. . 119 praveśayamāsa tadā yogenāpi- balīyasā - gha. . 120... mumeśasya - gha. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- saptalokasamāyuktamapaśyan jagadadbhutam121 . te paribhramya122 tām̐llokān kṛtsnān sarve bhayānvitāḥ123 . .76 .. pañcākṣaṃ gaṇapaṃ vīraṃ tatrāpaśyan samāgatāḥ124 . tena te suraśārdūlāḥ125 sarve hyūrdhvamatandritāḥ126 ..77. . ākṣiptāstanmuhūrtena lokamanyamupāgatāḥ . apaśyaṃste mahābhāgā nagaraṃ sūryasannibham . .78. . sphāṭikenātimahatā prākāreṇābhisaṃvṛtam . śṛṃgaiśca vividhaiścitrairmaṇihemojjvalaiḥ śubhaiḥ127 . .79 .. tatoparamapaśyam̐ste tanmadhye surasattamāḥ . saptayojanakoṭīkaṃ128 samantānnagaraṃ śubham . .8.32.80 . . rājatenāvṛtaṃ divyaṃ prākāreṇenduvarcasā . tasya madhye paraṃ cordhvaṃ129 ṣaṭkoṭyā130 vistṛtaṃ puram ..81 .. > Smiling, the Self of all, the creator of all, spoke words: > The God of gods said: > "I am not angry; you are forever very dear to me. / If I were angry, in the next moment there would be no life for you." > Sanatkumāra said: > Having spoken thus, the god then, wishing the welfare of the gods, / caused all those gods to enter through yogamāyā, > into his own body, Mahādeva, in order to astonish them with his power. / Then they entered the body of the noble Īśvara. > They saw a wondrous universe endowed with seven worlds. / Having wandered through all those worlds, all filled with fear, > having gathered there, they saw the heroic Gaṇapa Pañcākṣa. / By him all those tigers among gods, unwearied, were cast upwards, > and having arrived in another world in an instant, / those fortunate ones saw a city resembling the sun, > surrounded by a vast rampart of crystal, / and with varied, wonderful crests shining brightly with jewels and gold. > Then, above that, those best of gods saw in its midst / an auspicious city of seventy million yojanas all around, > divine, surrounded by a silver rampart having the luster of the moon. / In the middle of it, further above, was a city extending for sixty million \[yojanas\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.52\_38.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.10) jāmbūnadamayenaiva prākāreṇa131 susaṃvṛtam . tasya madhye132 tataścānyat133 paṃcakoṭī134 pramāṇataḥ ..82 .. indranīlopalenaiva prākāreṇa samāvṛtam . tasya madhye hyapaśyaṃste vibudhā135 munisattama136 . .83 .. caturyojanakoṭīkaṃ vistārāyāmataḥ samam137 . vaidūryopalayuktena138 prākāreṇābhisaṃvṛtam ..84.. nagaraṃ tasya madhye ca trikoṭīyojanaṃ139 śubham . sarvaratnavicitreṇa prākāreṇābhisaṃvṛtam . .85 . . teṣāṃ madhye janapadāḥ sarvaduḥkhavivarjitāḥ . śuklābhijanasaṃpannāḥ sarve ca sthirayauvanāḥ ..86.. - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- 121... mapaśyam̐śca jagattataḥ - gha. . 122 paribhrāmya - kha. . 123 mamārdditāḥ - kha. . 124 samāgataṃ - gha. . 125 gaṇaśārdūlāḥ - kha. . 126 vai sūryavarcasaḥ - gha . 127 suśobhitamanoharaṃ - gha. . 128 koṭyā vai - gha. . 129 cānyaṃ - gha. . 130... koṭī - gha. . 131 prākāreṇaiva - kha.,... ṇāti (bhi)... - gha. . 132 tasyordhvata? - gha. . 133.. .ścāsyāṃ - gha. . 134... koṭyā - gha. . 135 vividhān - gha. . 136... mān - gha. . 137 śubham - gha. . 138 vaiḍūryopalayuktena - ka. . 139... koṭīyojanaṃ - kha. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- kṣutpisāvinirmuktā140 rogaśokavivajitāḥ141 . amarā jarayā142 tyaktā nityaṃ muditamānasāḥ ..87. . dīrghikābhirvicitrābhirvāpībhiścāpyalaṃkṛtāḥ143 . vakṣairnānāvidhaiścitraiḥ sadā puṣpaphalopagaiḥ . .88. . sarvabhakṣān144 prasūyante vṛkṣāstatrāpare śubhāḥ . apare cāpyalaṃkārān145 sarvavāsāṃsi cāpare . .89.. apare sarvapuṣpāṇi sarvāṇyeva phalāni ca . > completely surrounded by a rampart made entirely of Jāmbūnada gold. / In its middle, then, was another, measuring fifty million \[yojanas\], > surrounded by a rampart of sapphire. / In the middle of it, those gods, O best of sages, saw \[a city\] > of forty million yojanas, equal in extent and length, / surrounded by a rampart of lapis lazuli. > And in its middle was an auspicious city of thirty million yojanas, / surrounded by a rampart adorned with every kind of gem. > In their midst were provinces free from all sorrow, / endowed with noble folk and all having perpetual youth, > freed from hunger and thirst, devoid of disease and grief, / immortal, abandoned by old age, with minds ever joyful, > adorned with various elongated ponds and stepped wells, / and with diverse, wondrous trees always bearing flowers and fruits. > Other auspicious trees there produce all kinds of foods; / and others ornaments, and others all varieties of garments; > others all kinds of flowers, and indeed all kinds of fruits; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.52\_38.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.11) sarvabhāvām̐stathā cānye madhu cāmākṣikaṃ146 śubham ..8.32.9 0 .. apare kṣīriṇastatra vṛkṣā vyāsa mahāprabhāḥ . kṣīraṃ kṣaranti te nityaṃ sarve147 gavyaṃ148 samanvitāḥ149 . .9 1 . . sarvā maṇimayī bhūmiḥ śubhā kāñcanavālukā150 . udbhidānyudakānyatra giri151 prasravaṇāni ca . . .92.. na teṣu krodho lobho vā yuddhaṃ dveṣotha matsaraḥ . na moho152 naiva ca stambho na doṣāstatra cāpare . .93 . . tasya madhye puraṃ cānyad dvikoṭīvistṛtaṃ śubham . padmarāgamayenaiva prākāreṇa pariṣkṛtam . . 94. . īdṛśāni purāṇi sma vyatikramya surāstataḥ . koṭīyojanavistīrṇaṃ samantād vahnināvṛtam . .95. . saṃvartakānalākāraṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ puraṃ mahat . advāraṃ dadṛśurdivyamanantaṃ te surottamāḥ . . 96. . dṛṣṭavā jagmuḥ paraṃ153 caiva vismayaṃ bhayameva ca . tān bhītavadanān vyāsa vepamānān sureśvarān . pañcākṣo gaṇapaḥ prāha mā bhīrbhavatu vaḥ surāḥ ..97. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- 140 vimuktā hi - ka. gha. . 141 rāgalobhavivarjitāḥ - gha . 142 ajarā amarāḥ - kha, ajarā - gha. . 143 capyālaṃkṛtaṃ - gha. . 144 sarvabhakṣaṃ. - ka., kṣāni - kha . 145 cāpyalaṃkāraṃ - ka. kha. gha. . 146 madhurairmākṣikaiḥ - gha. . 147 sarvaṃ... ka. . 148 divyaṃ - ka kha . 149... taṃ - ka. gha. . 150... cullikā - ka. . 151 gire. - gha . 152 māno - kha gha- . 153 pura - gha. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- idantat sumahad ghoraṃ puraṃ ghorānalāvṛtam . draṣṭvyaṃ vo mahātmāno yatkṛte cāgatāstviha154 . .9 8.. sanatkumāra uvāca evamuktvā sa paṃcākṣaḥ155 śūlenānalavarcasā . > and others all kinds of pleasures, as well as auspicious honey made without bees. > Other trees there, O Vyāsa, are milky and full of great splendor; / all continuously flow with cow-like milk. > The entire ground is gem-studded with auspicious golden sands; / there are water springs and mountain cascades. > Among them there is no anger or greed, no fighting, hatred, or malice; / no delusion, no arrogance, nor are there other faults there. > In its middle was another auspicious city, extending twenty million \[yojanas\], / adorned with a rampart made of ruby. > Having passed by such cities, then the gods \[saw a city\] / extending ten million yojanas, encircled all around by fire, > having the appearance of the cosmic fire at the end of an aeon, terrible to look upon, a vast city; / without a gateway, divine, and boundless, those foremost gods beheld it. > Having seen it, they were seized with great wonder and fear. / To those lords of gods, whose faces were terrified and who were trembling, O Vyāsa, > the Gaṇapa Pañcākṣa said: "Let there be no fear in you, O gods! > This very vast, dreadful city surrounded by terrible fire / is to be seen by you, noble ones, for the sake of which you have come here." > Sanatkumāra said: > Having spoken thus, that Pañcākṣa, with a trident blazing like fire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.52\_38.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.12) paśyatāṃ surasaṃghānāṃ dvāraṃ cakre mahābalaḥ156 . . 99 . . te praviṣṭā mahātmānaḥ pañcākṣasahitāḥ surāḥ . divyaṃ dadṛśire pūrṇaṃ157 siṃhānāṃ tat puraṃ mahat . . 8.32.100 .. merumandarakalpānāṃ nakhadaṃṣṭrāvatāṃ tathā . ghorāṇāmagnivarṇānāṃ kruddhānāmatitejasām . . 101 . . teṣāmekastadāsiṃhaśchittvā bandhanamūrjitaḥ158 . anvadhāvata saṃkruddhaḥ pralambitamahāsaṭaḥ . . 10 2. . tasya siṃhasya nādena bhairaveṇa divaukasaḥ . viṣaṇṇavadanāḥ sarve pañcākṣaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ . . 103 . . pañcākṣa uvāca na bhetavyaṃ surā devaṃ darśayāmyadhunā hi vaḥ . sanatkumāra uvāca ityuktā159 dadṛśuḥ śarvaṃ160 sahasā te sahomayā161 . na caiva tatpuraṃ vyāsa na siṃhaṃ162 nāpi kiñcana . . 1 04.. vepamānā bhayeneśaṃ śaraṇaṃ paryupāgatāḥ . tān śaraṇyaḥ163 sa bhagavānuvāca prahasam̐stadā .. 10 5.. āmaṃtrya sarvān164 deveśo bhayatrastān165 divaukasaḥ . dṛṣṭā166 hi vo mama krodhāḥ siṃharūpā bhayānakāḥ .. 106 .. ekena teṣāṃ raudreṇa yūyaṃ sarvepi167 tarjitāḥ168 . yadi sarvānahaṃ krodhād169 visṛjeyaṃ kadācana170 .. 1 07.. - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- > While the hosts of gods watched, the exceedingly powerful one made an entrance. / The great-souled gods entered, accompanied by Pañcākṣa. / They saw that divine, vast city filled with lions, / resembling Mount Meru and Mount Mandara, equipped with claws and fangs, / terrifying, fire-colored, enraged, and of immense splendor. / Then one powerful lion among them snapped his bond / and charged forward in fury, his great mane trailing down. / At the terrifying roar of that lion, the gods, / their faces downcast, all took refuge with Pañcākṣa. / Pañcākṣa said: / "Do not fear, O gods! I will now show you the God." / Sanatkumāra said: / Having been told this, they suddenly beheld Śarva together with Umā; / and \[they saw\] neither that city, O Vyāsa, nor the lion, nor anything at all. / Trembling with fear, they approached the Lord for refuge. / Laughing then, the Blessed Lord, the refuge \[of all\], spoke to them, / addressing all the gods terrified by fear, the Lord of gods \[said\]: / "Indeed, you have seen my angers in the terrifying form of lions! / By just one fierce one among them, you all were terrified. / If ever out of anger I were to unleash them all, / - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.52\_38.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.52\_38.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.14) etat paśupatiproktaṃ vrataṃ pāśupataṃ purā . yad bhasmanā pavitreṇa snānaṃ snānebhya uttamam . . 11 6. . ete bhagavatovaśya192 manugrāhyāḥ193 surottamāḥ . bhasma yena praviṣṭāstu194 tasmānmaitān vināśaya .. 1 17. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- 171 bhaveyurasandehaḥ - ka. kha. . 172 kṣaṇepica - kha. . 173 vā - ka. . 174 yuddhavātamralocanā - ka. kha. . 175... daśanāṃ - kha. . 176 gatiṃ - gha . 177... grāṃ - ka. . 178 ... lāsidhāriṇīm - ka. . 179.. .sāṃ - kha. . 180 sāhasrāṃ - kha. . 181 dehaṃ prakīrtitam - ka. . 182 vardhamānāśca - gha. . 183 tatyajuḥ - gha. . 184 kālakarṇabhayāt - ka, nyā - kha,, kalpa - gha. . 185 purā - gha. . 186 devāste - gha. . 187 devo - ka., devīṃ - kha . 188 devī - ka. kha. . 189 mā dhāva - gha. . 190 pāśupatā- ka. gha. . 191 nirdagdhamūrtayaḥ- gha. . 192 vaśyā - ka. . 193... gṛhyā - kha. . 194... ste - ka. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- raudrāḥ paśava ete hi praveśād bhasmasodhunā195 . jātāśca gaṇapāḥ sarve hantavyā na tvayeśvari ..1 18.. naiṣāṃ mṛtyuḥ prabhavati śaṅkarārpitacetasām . mayā hyetat196 vrataṃ śarvaṃ caritaṃ sārvakāmikam197 ..1 1 9. . ityuktā198 kālakarṇī tu devyā199 bhairavarūpiṇī . nyavartata surebhyastu200 kopaṃ tatyāja cotthitam201 . . 8.32.120 . . kālakarṇīṃ nivṛttāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā tepi202 surāstataḥ203 . śāntañca bhayamatyugraṃ tuṣṭuvurhimavatsutām ..1 21 . . devā ūcuḥ haravaramahiṣīṃ mahādevapatnīṃ priyāṃ tryambakasyāmbikāṃ vācamekā- kṣarāṃ204 lokasaṃhārakartrīmumāṃ de- vadevasya pātnīṃ śubhāṃ śaṃkhakunde- > This is the Pāśupata observance formerly proclaimed by Paśupati, / namely, that ritual ablution with holy ashes is the highest of all ritual ablutions. / These foremost of the gods are surely to be favored by the Blessed Lord. / Since they have entered into the ashes, do not destroy them! / - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- / \[Footnotes to text: 171 bhaveyurasandehaḥ - ka. kha. . 172 kṣaṇepica - kha. . 173 vā - ka. . 174 yuddhavātamralocanā - ka. kha. . 175... daśanāṃ - kha. . 176 gatiṃ - gha . 177... grāṃ - ka. . 178 ... lāsidhāriṇīm - ka. . 179.. .sāṃ - kha. . 180 sāhasrāṃ - kha. . 181 dehaṃ prakīrtitam - ka. . 182 vardhamānāśca - gha. . 183 tatyajuḥ - gha. . 184 kālakarṇabhayāt - ka, nyā - kha,, kalpa - gha. . 185 purā - gha. . 186 devāste - gha. . 187 devo - ka., devīṃ - kha . 188 devī - ka. kha. . 189 mā dhāva - gha. . 190 pāśupatā- ka. gha. . 191 nirdagdhamūrtayaḥ- gha. . 192 vaśyā - ka. . 193... gṛhyā - kha. . 194... ste - ka. .\] / - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- / For, by their entering into the ashes, these creatures of Rudra now / have all become leaders of the gaṇas, O Sovereign Lady; they must not be slain by you. / Death has no power over those whose minds are offered to Śaṅkara. / Indeed, this observance sacred to Śarva, which fulfills all desires, was performed by me." / Having been addressed thus by the Goddess, Kālakarṇī of terrifying form / turned back from the gods and abandoned the anger that had arisen. / Having seen that Kālakarṇī had turned back / and that the fierce danger had ceased, the gods praised the daughter of the Himavat. / The gods said: / "To the supreme queen of Hara, the wife of Mahādeva, / the beloved of Tryambaka, Ambikā, the monosyllabic speech, / the agent of the cosmic destruction of the world, Umā, / the auspicious wife of the God of gods, who \[shines like\] a conch and kunda \[flower\]— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.52\_38.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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- - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- 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. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- 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; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.52\_38.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.16) prapadyehamekāṃ sadā bhujaṅgaśatakṛtāṅgadāṃ mahādānavaprāṇaśauṇḍāṃ citābha- smarūkṣāṅgakeśīṃ mahājānulambo- - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- 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. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- 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- - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- > 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; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.52\_38.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- 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. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- > 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) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.4.52\_38.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.18) 229 devadevapriyāṃ - kha. . 230 jamahātmyalokāraṇī - ka. . 231 namaḥ satvarāgapravṛtiṃ - ka., manaḥ - kha. . 232 prapadye sadāhaṃ - kha. . 233 mokṣabuddhyā - kha. . 234 mahāśūnyadehodbhavāṃ - kha. . 235 sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ - ka. . 236 varañca - kha. . 237... mapohāṃ dhṛtiṃ dhāryatāṃ - kha. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- sanatkumāra uvāca evaṃ sā saṃstutā devī devairhṛṣṭena238 cetasā239 . tryambakānugrahāccaiva devām̐stuṣṭābravīdidam .. 145. . devyuvāca gacchadhvaṃ vijvarāḥ sarve tuṣṭāhaṃ vo na240 saṃśayaḥ . maivaṃ kārṣṭa punardevā mā vināśo hi vo bhavet ..146.. sanatkumāra uvāca tataḥ sa devaḥ prahasan kapardī nīlalohitaḥ . prakṛtisthān surān sarvāṃścakāra suraśatruhā . . 147.. uvāca caitān deveśo gacchadhvaṃ vigatajvarāḥ . yajñaścaiva yadā kṛtyaṃ tadāyaṃ bhavitā hi vaḥ .. 148 .. saśirasko diteḥ putrā mantreṇānena sandhitaḥ . tataḥ stotraṃ ca mantraṃ ca sandhānakaramavyayam . dadāvātharvaṇaṃ devaḥ provācedaṃ ca241 susvaram242 . . 149. . devadeva uvāca nakṣatrasamatāṃ yātu yajñoyaṃ surasattamāḥ . mṛgānusārī devopi harirasya bhavatvayam . .8.32.1 50 . . bhadrakālī hariścaiva243 gaṇāśceme mahābalāḥ . sarve bhadrā244 bhaviṣyanti yuṣmākamamarāssadā ..15 1 . . sanatkumāra uvāca evamuktā bhagavatā devāste brahmāṇā saha . śirobhiḥ praṇatāssarve śarvamūcuridaṃ vacaḥ . . 152 .. eṣa tāvat kratu245 śreṣṭhastavaiva bhavatu prabho . sarvaḥ surapate deva śatamabhyarcyate246vyaya247 .. 153 .. - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- > Sanatkumāra said: > Praised thus by the gods with joyful hearts, > and through Tryambaka's grace, the pleased Goddess spoke this to the gods: / 145 > The Goddess said: > Go forth, all of you, freed from anguish; I am pleased with you, without a doubt. > Do not act in this way again, O gods, lest destruction befall you. / 146 > Sanatkumāra said: > Then that god, the smiling, matted-haired, blue-and-red one, > the slayer of the gods' enemies, restored all the gods to their natural state. / 147 > And the Lord of Gods said to them: "Go forth, freed from anguish; > and when a sacrifice is to be performed, then this \[sacrifice\] will indeed belong to you. / 148 > Joined together with its head, O sons of Diti, by this mantra." > Then the God gave the Atharvan hymn and imperishable joining mantra, > and spoke this in a melodious voice: / 149 > The God of Gods said: > Let this sacrifice attain parity with the constellations, O best of gods! > And let this god Hari, pursuing the deer, become its \[protector\]. / 150 > Bhadrakālī, Hari, and these mighty attendants, > all of them will forever bring good fortune to you, O immortals! / 151 > Sanatkumāra said: > Addressed thus by the Lord, those gods, together with Brahmā, > all bowed their heads and spoke these words to Śarva: / 152 > "Let this best of sacrifices belong only to you, O Lord; > everything, O God, Lord of Gods, imperishable one, is worshipped... / 153 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 18 of 33 passages. 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