Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 115
जयजय चतुरशीतिकोटिपरिवार सूर्यवर्चाभिधान यक्षराज जय भूभारहरणप्रवृत्त लघुशापप्राप्तनैरृतियोनिसंभव जय कामकटंकटाकुक्षिराजहंस जय घटोत्कचानंदवर्धन बर्बरीकाभिधान जय कृष्णोपदिष्टश्रीगुप्तक्षेत्रदे वीसमाराधनप्राप्तातुलवीर्य जय विजयसिद्धिदायक जय पिंगलारेपलेन्द्रदुहद्रुहानवकोटीश्वर पलाशनदावानल जय भूपातालांतराले नागकन्यापरि हारक जय भीममानमर्दन जय सकलकौरवसेनावधमुहूर्तप्रवृत्त जय श्रीकृष्णवरलब्धसर्ववरप्रदानसामर्थ्य जयजय कलिकालवंदितनमोनमस्ते पा हिपाहीति
jayajaya caturaśītikoṭiparivāra sūryavarcābhidhāna yakṣarāja jaya bhūbhāraharaṇapravṛtta laghuśāpaprāptanairṛtiyonisaṃbhava jaya kāmakaṭaṃkaṭākukṣirājahaṃsa jaya ghaṭotkacānaṃdavardhana barbarīkābhidhāna jaya kṛṣṇopadiṣṭaśrīguptakṣetrade vīsamārādhanaprāptātulavīrya jaya vijayasiddhidāyaka jaya piṃgalārepalendraduhadruhānavakoṭīśvara palāśanadāvānala jaya bhūpātālāṃtarāle nāgakanyāpari hāraka jaya bhīmamānamardana jaya sakalakauravasenāvadhamuhūrtapravṛtta jaya śrīkṛṣṇavaralabdhasarvavarapradānasāmarthya jayajaya kalikālavaṃditanamonamaste pā hipāhīti
Victory, victory to you—O Yakṣa-king Sūryavarcā, attended by eighty-four crores of followers! Victory to you, born in the Naiṛti lineage through a minor curse, and engaged in removing the burden of the earth. Victory, royal haṃsa sprung from the womb of Kāma-kaṭaṃkaṭā. Victory, O Barbarīka, increaser of Ghaṭotkaca’s joy. Victory to you of incomparable might, obtained by worship of the Goddess of holy Guptakṣetra as instructed by Kṛṣṇa. Victory, bestower of triumph and success. Victory, blazing like a forest-fire at Palāśa-nadā, the lord of countless koṭīs associated with Piṅgalāre and Repalendra, and the slayer of Druhaṇa. Victory, remover of obstacles even between earth and the netherworlds, and deliverer of the Nāga-maidens. Victory, crusher of Bhīma’s pride. Victory, swift in the annihilation of the entire Kaurava host. Victory to you who, by Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s boon, possess the power to grant every boon. Victory, victory—revered in the Kali age—salutations to you; protect, protect!
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) reciting the stotra
Tirtha: Guptakṣetra (empowerment source); Palāśa-nadā (feat locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: ‘Dwijottamāḥ’/Vaḍavā descendants (audience of the narration)
Scene: A long victory-hymn to Sūryavarcā/Barbarīka: sun-radiant Yakṣa-king with vast retinue, scenes of rescuing Nāga-maidens, crushing Bhīma’s pride, annihilating armies, and receiving Kṛṣṇa’s boon; Guptakṣetra-devī worship shown as the source of his incomparable power.
FAQs
Sincere praise of a divinely empowered guardian-deity brings protection, victory, and the fulfillment of worthy desires.
Guptakṣetra is highlighted through the mention of its Goddess (Guptakṣetra-devī) whose worship grants Barbarīka incomparable power.
Recitation of Barbarīka’s stotra as an act of devotion for protection and success (expanded with details in the next verse).