 | Book 3 Chapter 217
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| 1 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
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| 1 | skandasya pārṣadān ghorāñ śṛṇuṣvādbhutadarśanān
vajraprahārāt skandasya jajñus tatra kumārakāḥ
ye haranti śiśūñ jātān garbhasthāṃś caiva dāruṇāḥ
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| 2 | vajraprahārāt kanyāś ca jajñire 'sya mahābalāḥ
kumārāś ca viśākhaṃ taṃ pitṛtve samakalpayan
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| 3 | sa bhūtvā bhagavān saṃkhye rakṣaṃś chāgamukhas tadā
vṛtaḥ kanyāgaṇaiḥ sarvair ātmanīnaiś ca putrakaiḥ
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| 4 | mātṝṇāṃ prekṣatīnāṃ ca bhadraśākhaś ca kauśalaḥ
tataḥ kumārapitaraṃ skandam āhur janā bhuvi
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| 5 | rudram agnim umāṃ svāhāṃ pradeśeṣu mahābalām
yajanti putrakāmāś ca putriṇaś ca sadā janāḥ
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| 6 | yās tās tv ajanayat kanyās tapo nāma hutāśanaḥ
kiṃ karomīti tāḥ skandaṃ saṃprāptāḥ samabhāṣata
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| 7 | mātara ūcuḥ
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| 7 | bhavema sarvalokasya vayaṃ mātara uttamāḥ
prasādāt tava pūjyāś ca priyam etat kuruṣva naḥ
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| 8 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
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| 8 | so 'bravīd bāḍham ity evaṃ bhaviṣyadhvaṃ pṛthagvidhāḥ
aśivāś ca śivāś caiva punaḥ punar udāradhīḥ
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| 9 | tataḥ saṃkalpya putratve skaṃdaṃ mātṛgaṇo 'gamat
kākī ca halimā caiva rudrātha bṛhalī tathā
āryā palālā vai mitrā saptaitāḥ śiśumātaraḥ
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| 10 | etāsāṃ vīryasaṃpannaḥ śiśur nāmātidāruṇaḥ
skandaprasādajaḥ putro lohitākṣo bhayaṃkaraḥ
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| 11 | eṣa vīrāṣṭakaḥ proktaḥ skandamātṛgaṇodbhavaḥ
chāgavaktreṇa sahito navakaḥ parikīrtyate
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| 12 | ṣaṣṭhaṃ chāgamayaṃ vaktraṃ skandasyaiveti viddhi tat
ṣaṭśiro 'bhyantaraṃ rājan nityaṃ mātṛgaṇārcitam
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| 13 | ṣaṇṇāṃ tu pravaraṃ tasya śīrṣāṇām iha śabdyate
śaktiṃ yenāsṛjad divyāṃ bhadraśākha iti sma ha
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| 14 | ity etad vividhākāraṃ vṛttaṃ śuklasya pañcamīm
tatra yuddhaṃ mahāghoraṃ vṛttaṃ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ janādhipa
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