Skanda Purana
by G. V. Tagare | 1950 | 2,545,880 words
This page describes Greatness of Siddhalakshmi which is chapter 132 of the English translation of the Skanda Purana, the largest of the eighteen Mahapuranas, preserving the ancient Indian society and Hindu traditions in an encyclopedic format, detailling on topics such as dharma (virtous lifestyle), cosmogony (creation of the universe), mythology (itihasa), genealogy (vamsha) etc. This is the one hundred thirty-second chapter of the Prabhasa-kshetra-mahatmya of the Prabhasa Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
Chapter 132 - Greatness of 厂颈诲诲丑补濒补办峁墨
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
莫艣vara said:
1-3. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should visit the shrine of the excellent 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫墨 艢补办迟颈. It is situated not very far from Some艣a in the north-eastern direction.
Here the presiding deity of the shrine is well-known as 厂颈诲诲丑补濒补办峁墨. The first 笔墨峁环补 (seat or shrine) in the Cosmic Egg is what is well-established in 笔谤补产丑腻蝉补; There, O my beloved goddess, in the great 笔墨峁环补, 驰辞驳颈苍墨蝉, both Earth-stalkers and Sky-stalkers, sport about as they please, accompanied by Bhairava.
4. 闯腻濒补苍诲丑补谤补 (the second great 惭补丑腻辫墨峁环补) and 碍腻尘补谤奴辫补 (are also 笔墨峁环补s). The glorious Rudran峁泂i峁僪a is the fourth excellent 笔墨峁环补.
5. There are also 笔墨峁环补s such as the great 笔墨峁环补 Ratnav墨rya and 碍腻艣尘墨谤补 笔墨峁环补. O goddess, he who is familiar with these 笔墨峁环补s is a Mantravit (one conversant with Mantras).
6. O great goddess, the excellent 笔墨峁环补 in 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补, which is the basic support of all the 笔墨峁环补s, is well known by the name Mahodaya. It is the place where the knowledge facilitating the assumption of a form as one pleases, is effective even today.
7. In the 笔墨峁环补 there, the goddess well-known as 惭补丑腻濒补办峁墨 is stationed. She suppresses all sins and lends auspiciousness to all activities.
8. Where is the fear due to 础濒补办峁墨 (inglorious poverty) unto that man who devoutly worships her on 艢谤墨辫补帽肠补尘墨 day (the fifth lunar day in the bright half of 惭腻驳丑补) strictly in accordance with the injunctions, with sweet scent, flowers etc.?
9-11. A devotee should seat himself in the vicinity of 惭补丑腻濒补办峁墨 on the northern side (for facing north) and perform the Japa of the queen of Mantras well-known as 厂颈诲诲丑补濒补办峁墨. With due observance of initiation, holy ablution etc., the Mantra is to be repeated a hundred thousand times duly. Homas are to be performed by repeating the Mantra ten thousand times with Trimadhu (sugar, honey and ghee), coconuts etc. If it is performed thus there is no doubt about this that 尝补办峁墨 becomes manifest. She will grant desired Siddhis in this world as well as in the other.
12 Siddhi (perfect achievement of spiritual power) is within the grasp of that person who devoutly worships her duly on the third, eighth and fourteenth lunar days.