The Glory of Sukanya-saras

Verse 1 (skanda.7.284.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि सुकन्यासर उतमम्। यत्राश्विनौ निमग्नौ तौ च्यवनेन सहांबिके। समानरूपो ह्यभवच्च्यवनो यत्र सोऽश्विना

īśvara uvāca| tato gacchenmahādevi sukanyāsara utamam| yatrāśvinau nimagnau tau cyavanena sahāṁbike| samānarūpo hyabhavaccyavano yatra so'śvinā

Ishvara said: Then, O great Goddess, one should go to the excellent Sukanya-saras, where the two Ashvins immersed themselves together with Chyavana, O Mother, and where Chyavana became identical in form to those two Ashvins.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.284.2)

यत्र प्राप्तवती कामं सुकन्या वरवर्णिनी। सरःस्नानप्रभावेन तेन कन्यासरः स्मृतम्। तत्र स्नाता शुभा नारी तृतीयायां विशेषतः

yatra prāptavatī kāmaṁ sukanyā varavarṇinī| saraḥsnānaprabhāvena tena kanyāsaraḥ smṛtam| tatra snātā śubhā nārī tṛtīyāyāṁ viśeṣataḥ

Where the fair Sukanya obtained her desire — by the power of bathing in that lake, it is remembered as Kanya-saras. A virtuous woman who bathes there, especially on the third lunar day —

Verse 3 (skanda.7.284.3)

सप्तजन्मसहस्राणि गृहभंगं न चाप्नुयात्। दरिद्रो विकलो दीनो नांधस्तस्या भवेत्पतिः

saptajanmasahasrāṇi gṛhabhaṁgaṁ na cāpnuyāt| daridro vikalo dīno nāṁdhastasyā bhavetpatiḥ

— for seven thousand births shall not see the breaking of her household; her husband shall never be poor, disabled, wretched, or blind.