Skandapurana 3.2.22
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Yudhiṣṭhira said: (31a)
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The yoginīs residing in the sacred place were created by the Lord of deeds. (32ab)
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In which place are which goddesses, and of what nature are they? Tell me this. (1/33)
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Vyāsa said: (34a)
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You are omniscient, you are of noble lineage; you have asked well, O sinless one. (35ab)
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I shall relate everything completely, O Yudhiṣṭhira. (2/36)
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Adorned with various ornaments, made resplendent with various gems, (37ab)
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wrapped in varied garments, endowed with varied youths, (3/38)
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equipped with various vehicles, resounding with various voices, (39ab)
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they were created by the Lord of deeds for destroying the fear of the brahmins. (4/40)
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They were stationed in the east, south, north, and west, (41ab)
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and likewise in the south-east, south-west, north-west, and north-east regions. (5/42)
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Āśāpurī, Gātrāī, Chatrāī, and Jñānajā, (43ab)
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Pippalāmbā, Śāntā, Siddhā, and Bhaṭṭārikā, (6/44)
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Kadambā, Vikaṭā, Mīṭhā, Suparṇā, and Vasujā, (45ab)
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Mātaṅgī, Mahādevī, Vārāhī, and Mukuṭeśvarī, (7/46)
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Bhadrā, the great power, and Siṃhārā of great might— (47ab)
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these and many others cannot be fully related. (8/48)
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The goddesses assume various forms and resort to various guises. (49ab)
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To the north of the place, near Āśāpūrṇā, (9/50)
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in the east is the goddess Ānandā, the bestower of joy, (51ab)
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and in the north, Vasantī—goddesses assuming varied forms with delight. (10/52)
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They grant desired wishes when gratified by the offering of water. (53ab)
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In the south-west quarter of the place is Śāntā, the bestower of peace, (11/54)
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seated upon a lion, four-armed, the bestower of boons. (55ab)
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And Bhaṭṭārī, the great power, stands right there too. (12/56)
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Praised and worshipped with devotion, she destroys the fear of her devotees. (57ab)
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Seven krośas from that place, Kṣemalābhā is situated. (13/58)
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She, made of anointing unguent, is to be worshipped; when meditated upon, she bestows success. (59ab)
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She is gratified by people in the eastern direction with offerings of oblations. (60ab)
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Surrounded by her retinue, bestowing worldly enjoyment and liberation,
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Her deeds and forms unthinkable, destroying all enemies,
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She is visibly seen during the three junctures of the day.
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Seven krośas to the south of that place is Vindhyavāsinī,
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Bearing weapons, endowed with beauty, removing fear for her devotees.
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In the west is goddess Nimbajā, dwelling at a similar distance of ground;
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Mighty is she, and when seen, she delights the eyes.
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To the north of the place, dwelling at that same distance of ground,
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Is the power Bahusuvarṇākṣā; worshipped, she grants gold.
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In the north-west quarter from that place, situated at a distance of one krośa,
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Is the Great Goddess Kṣetradharā, who on occasion accepts a goat.
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A single krośa to the north of the city is Karṇikā,
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Devoted to the welfare of all, destroying calamities in that place.
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In the south-west quarter from that place are Brahmāṇī and the others;
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The Water Mothers abide there, assuming diverse forms.
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Thus ends the twenty-second chapter, entitled 'The Installation of the Deities', in the Dharmāraṇyamāhātmya in the first part of the Brahmakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses.
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