 | Book 3 Chapter 218
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| 1 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
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| 1 | upaviṣṭaṃ tataḥ skandaṃ hiraṇyakavacasrajam
hiraṇyacūḍamukuṭaṃ hiraṇyākṣaṃ mahāprabham
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| 2 | lohitāmbarasaṃvītaṃ tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭraṃ manoramam
sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ trailokyasyāpi supriyam
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| 3 | tatas taṃ varadaṃ śūraṃ yuvānaṃ mṛṣṭakuṇḍalam
abhajat padmarūpā śrīḥ svayam eva śarīriṇī
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| 4 | śriyā juṣṭaḥ pṛthuyaśāḥ sa kumāravaras tadā
niṣaṇṇo dṛśyate bhūtaiḥ paurṇamāsyāṃ yathā śaśī
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| 5 | apūjayan mahātmāno brāhmaṇās taṃ mahābalam
idam āhus tadā caiva skandaṃ tatra maharṣayaḥ
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| 6 | hiraṇyavarṇa bhadraṃ te lokānāṃ śaṃkaro bhava
tvayā ṣaḍrātrajātena sarve lokā vaśīkṛtāḥ
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| 7 | abhayaṃ ca punar dattaṃ tvayaivaiṣāṃ surottama
tasmād indro bhavān astu trailokyasyābhayaṃkaraḥ
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| 8 | skanda uvāca
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| 8 | kim indraḥ sarvalokānāṃ karotīha tapodhanāḥ
kathaṃ devagaṇāṃś caiva pāti nityaṃ sureśvaraḥ
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| 9 | ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
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| 9 | indro diśati bhūtānāṃ balaṃ tejaḥ prajāḥ sukham
tuṣṭaḥ prayacchati tathā sarvān dāyān sureśvaraḥ
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| 10 | durvṛttānāṃ saṃharati vṛttasthānāṃ prayacchati
anuśāsti ca bhūtāni kāryeṣu balasūdanaḥ
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| 11 | asūrye ca bhavet sūryas tathācandre ca candramāḥ
bhavaty agniś ca vāyuś ca pṛthivy āpaś ca kāraṇaiḥ
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| 12 | etad indreṇa kartavyam indre hi vipulaṃ balam
tvaṃ ca vīra balaśreṣṭhas tasmād indro bhavasva naḥ
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| 13 | śakra uvāca
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| 13 | bhavasvendro mahābāho sarveṣāṃ naḥ sukhāvahaḥ
abhiṣicyasva caivādya prāptarūpo 'si sattama
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| 14 | skanda uvāca
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| 14 | śādhi tvam eva trailokyam avyagro vijaye rataḥ
ahaṃ te kiṃkaraḥ śakra na mamendratvam īpsitam
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| 15 | śakra uvāca
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| 15 | balaṃ tavādbhutaṃ vīra tvaṃ devānām arīñ jahi
avajñāsyanti māṃ lokā vīryeṇa tava vismitāḥ
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| 16 | indratve 'pi sthitaṃ vīra balahīnaṃ parājitam
āvayoś ca mitho bhede prayatiṣyanty atandritāḥ
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| 17 | bhedite ca tvayi vibho loko dvaidham upeṣyati
dvidhābhūteṣu lokeṣu niściteṣv āvayos tathā
vigrahaḥ saṃpravarteta bhūtabhedān mahābala
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| 18 | tatra tvaṃ māṃ raṇe tāta yathāśraddhaṃ vijeṣyasi
tasmād indro bhavān adya bhavitā mā vicāraya
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| 19 | skanda uvāca
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| 19 | tvam eva rājā bhadraṃ te trailokyasya mamaiva ca
karomi kiṃ ca te śakra śāsanaṃ tad bravīhi me
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| 20 | śakra uvāca
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| 20 | yadi satyam idaṃ vākyaṃ niścayād bhāṣitaṃ tvayā
yadi vā śāsanaṃ skanda kartum icchasi me śṛṇu
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| 21 | abhiṣicyasva devānāṃ senāpatye mahābala
aham indro bhaviṣyāmi tava vākyān mahābala
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| 22 | skanda uvāca
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| 22 | dānavānāṃ vināśāya devānām arthasiddhaye
gobrāhmaṇasya trāṇārthaṃ senāpatye 'bhiṣiñca mām
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| 23 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
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| 23 | so 'bhiṣikto maghavatā sarvair devagaṇaiḥ saha
atīva śuśubhe tatra pūjyamāno maharṣibhiḥ
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| 24 | tasya tat kāñcanaṃ chatraṃ dhriyamāṇaṃ vyarocata
yathaiva susamiddhasya pāvakasyātmamaṇḍalam
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| 25 | viśvakarmakṛtā cāsya divyā mālā hiraṇmayī
ābaddhā tripuraghnena svayam eva yaśasvinā
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| 26 | āgamya manujavyāghra saha devyā paraṃtapa
arcayām āsa suprīto bhagavān govṛṣadhvajaḥ
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| 27 | rudram agniṃ dvijāḥ prāhū rudrasūnus tatas tu saḥ
rudreṇa śukram utsṛṣṭaṃ tac chvetaḥ parvato 'bhavat
pāvakasyendriyaṃ śvete kṛttikābhiḥ kṛtaṃ nage
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| 28 | pūjyamānaṃ tu rudreṇa dṛṣṭvā sarve divaukasaḥ
rudrasūnuṃ tataḥ prāhur guhaṃ guṇavatāṃ varam
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| 29 | anupraviśya rudreṇa vahniṃ jāto hy ayaṃ śiśuḥ
tatra jātas tataḥ skando rudrasūnus tato 'bhavat
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| 30 | rudrasya vahneḥ svāhāyāḥ ṣaṇṇāṃ strīṇāṃ ca tejasā
jātaḥ skandaḥ suraśreṣṭho rudrasūnus tato 'bhavat
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| 31 | araje vāsasī rakte vasānaḥ pāvakātmajaḥ
bhāti dīptavapuḥ śrīmān raktābhrābhyām ivāṃśumān
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| 32 | kukkuṭaś cāgninā dattas tasya ketur alaṃkṛtaḥ
rathe samucchrito bhāti kālāgnir iva lohitaḥ
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| 33 | viveśa kavacaṃ cāsya śarīraṃ sahajaṃ tataḥ
yudhyamānasya devasya prādurbhavati tat sadā
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| 34 | śaktir varma balaṃ tejaḥ kāntatvaṃ satyam akṣatiḥ
brahmaṇyatvam asaṃmoho bhaktānāṃ parirakṣaṇam
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| 35 | nikṛntanaṃ ca śatrūṇāṃ lokānāṃ cābhirakṣaṇam
skandena saha jātāni sarvāṇy eva janādhipa
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| 36 | evaṃ devagaṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ so 'bhiṣiktaḥ svalaṃkṛtaḥ
babhau pratītaḥ sumanāḥ paripūrṇendudarśanaḥ
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| 37 | iṣṭaiḥ svādhyāyaghoṣaiś ca devatūryaravair api
devagandharvagītaiś ca sarvair apsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ
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| 38 | etaiś cānyaiś ca vividhair hṛṣṭatuṣṭair alaṃkṛtaiḥ
krīḍann iva tadā devair abhiṣiktaḥ sa pāvakiḥ
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| 39 | abhiṣiktaṃ mahāsenam apaśyanta divaukasaḥ
vinihatya tamaḥ sūryaṃ yathehābhyuditaṃ tathā
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| 40 | athainam abhyayuḥ sarvā devasenāḥ sahasraśaḥ
asmākaṃ tvaṃ patir iti bruvāṇāḥ sarvatodiśam
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| 41 | tāḥ samāsādya bhagavān sarvabhūtagaṇair vṛtaḥ
arcitaś ca stutaś caiva sāntvayām āsa tā api
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| 42 | śatakratuś cābhiṣicya skandaṃ senāpatiṃ tadā
sasmāra tāṃ devasenāṃ yā sā tena vimokṣitā
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| 43 | ayaṃ tasyāḥ patir nūnaṃ vihito brahmaṇā svayam
iti cintyānayām āsa devasenāṃ svalaṃkṛtām
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| 44 | skandaṃ covāca balabhid iyaṃ kanyā surottama
ajāte tvayi nirdiṣṭā tava patnī svayaṃbhuvā
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| 45 | tasmāt tvam asyā vidhivat pāṇiṃ mantrapuraskṛtam
gṛhāṇa dakṣiṇaṃ devyāḥ pāṇinā padmavarcasam
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| 46 | evam uktaḥ sa jagrāha tasyāḥ pāṇiṃ yathāvidhi
bṛhaspatir mantravidhiṃ jajāpa ca juhāva ca
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| 47 | evaṃ skandasya mahiṣīṃ devasenāṃ vidur budhāḥ
ṣaṣṭhīṃ yāṃ brāhmaṇāḥ prāhur lakṣmīm āśāṃ sukhapradām
sinīvālīṃ kuhūṃ caiva sadvṛttim aparājitām
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| 48 | yadā skandaḥ patir labdhaḥ śāśvato devasenayā
tadā tam āśrayal lakṣmīḥ svayaṃ devī śarīriṇī
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| 49 | śrījuṣṭaḥ pañcamīṃ skandas tasmāc chrīpañcamī smṛtā
ṣaṣṭhyāṃ kṛtārtho 'bhūd yasmāt tasmāt ṣaṣṭhī mahātithiḥ
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