The Glory of Dukhantakarini (Shitala)

Verse 1 (skanda.7.135.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। तत्रैव संस्थितां पश्येद्देवीं दुःखांतकारिणीम्। शीतलेति पुरा ख्याता युगे द्वापरसंज्ञिते। कलौ पुनः समाख्यातां कलिदुःखान्तकारिणीम्

īśvara uvāca| tatraiva saṁsthitāṁ paśyeddevīṁ duḥkhāṁtakāriṇīm| śītaleti purā khyātā yuge dvāparasaṁjñite| kalau punaḥ samākhyātāṁ kaliduḥkhāntakāriṇīm

Ishvara said: There too one should behold the goddess who puts an end to sorrow; in the Dvapara age she was known as Shitala, and again in Kali she is proclaimed by the name Kali-dukkhantakarini, "she who ends the sufferings of Kali."

Verse 2 (skanda.7.135.2)

शीतलं कुरुते देहं बालानां रोगवर्जितम्। पूजिता भक्तिभावेन तेन सा शीतला स्मृता

śītalaṁ kurute dehaṁ bālānāṁ rogavarjitam| pūjitā bhaktibhāvena tena sā śītalā smṛtā

She makes the bodies of children cool and free of disease; because she is worshipped with devotion, she is remembered by the name Shitala, "the cooling one."

Verse 3 (skanda.7.135.3)

विस्फोटानां प्रशांत्यर्थं बालानां चैव कारणात्। मानेन मापितान्कृत्वा मसूरांस्तत्र कुट्टयेत्

visphoṭānāṁ praśāṁtyarthaṁ bālānāṁ caiva kāraṇāt| mānena māpitānkṛtvā masūrāṁstatra kuṭṭayet

For the pacification of children's pustules and their cause, one should measure out lentils by a fixed measure and grind them there.

Verse 4 (skanda.7.135.4)

शीतलापुरतो दत्त्वा बालाः सन्तु निरामयाः। विस्फोटचर्चिकादीनां वातादीनां शमो भवेत्

śītalāpurato dattvā bālāḥ santu nirāmayāḥ| visphoṭacarcikādīnāṁ vātādīnāṁ śamo bhavet

By offering it before Shitala, let the children remain free of illness; pustules, chicken-pox and the like, and disorders caused by wind, are thereby calmed.

Verse 5 (skanda.7.135.5)

श्राद्धं तत्रैव कुर्वीत ब्राह्मणांस्तत्र भोजयेत्

śrāddhaṁ tatraiva kurvīta brāhmaṇāṁstatra bhojayet

One should perform the ancestral rite there, and there feed the brahmins.

Verse 6 (skanda.7.135.6)

कर्पूरं कुसुमं चैव मृगनाभिं सुचन्दनम्। पुष्पाणि च सुगन्धानि नैवेद्यं घृतपायसम्। निवेद्य देव्यै तत्सर्वं दंपत्योः परिधापयेत्

karpūraṁ kusumaṁ caiva mṛganābhiṁ sucandanam| puṣpāṇi ca sugandhāni naivedyaṁ ghṛtapāyasam| nivedya devyai tatsarvaṁ daṁpatyoḥ paridhāpayet

Camphor, flowers, musk, fine sandalwood, fragrant blossoms, and an offering of ghee-rice pudding — all this, having been presented to the goddess, should then be given for the couple to wear or partake of.

Verse 7 (skanda.7.135.7)

नवम्यां शुक्लपक्षे तु मालां विल्वमयीं शुभाम्। भक्त्या निवेद्य तां देव्यै सर्वसिद्धिमवाप्नुयात्

navamyāṁ śuklapakṣe tu mālāṁ vilvamayīṁ śubhām| bhaktyā nivedya tāṁ devyai sarvasiddhimavāpnuyāt

On the ninth day of the bright fortnight, having devotedly offered an auspicious garland of bilva leaves to the goddess, one attains every accomplishment.