Treasury of Narratives (Caturviṃśatiprabandha) 12.1.4
Prabandhakośa 12.1.4
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12.1.4
militāḥ sakaladaivatagaṇāḥ | svāṃ svāṃ bhuktimabhimukhena jagṛhire | tāvattaddhomadhūmaḥ prasṛmaraḥ prāpa
tatsthānaṃ yatra māyāsuro'bhūt | tenāpi jñātalakṣmyādiṣṭaśūdrakahomasvarūpeṇa preṣitaḥ svabhrātā
kollāsuranāmā homapratyūhakaraṇāya | samāgataśca viyati kollāsuraḥ svasenayā samam | dṛṣṭastadaivatagaṇaiḥ | cakitaṃ ca taiḥ | tato bhaṣaṇau divyaśaktyā yuyudhāte daityaiḥ saha | kramānmāritau ca tau
daityaiḥ | tataḥ śūdrakaḥ svayaṃ yoddhuṃ prāvṛttat | krameṇa daṇḍavyatiriktapraharaṇāntarābhāvāddaṇḍenaiva bahūnnidhanaṃ nītavānasurān | tato dakṣiṇabāhuṃ daityāstasya cicchiduḥ | punarvādoṣvaiva daṇḍayuddhamakarot | tasminnapi chinne dakṣiṇāṃghriṇopāttadaṇḍo yoddhuṃ lagnaḥ | tatrāpi daityairlūne vāmapādāttayaṣṭirayudhyata | tamapi kramādacchidaṃścasurāḥ | tato dantairdaṇḍamādāya yuyudhe | tatastairmastakamacchedi
athākaṇṭhatṛptā daivatagaṇāstaṃ śūdrakaṃ bhūmipatitaśiraskaṃ dṛṣṭvā-aho ! asmadbhuktidāturvarākasyāsya kiṃ
jātam ? | iti paritapya yoddhuṃ pravṛttāḥ | kollāsuramamārayat | tataḥ śrīdevyā'mṛtenābhiṣicya
punaranusaṃhitāṅgaścakre śūdrakaḥ, pratyujjīvitaśca | tasya sārameyāvapi punarjīvitau | devī ca prasannā
satī tasmai khaṅgaratnaṃ prādāt | anena tvamajayyo bhaviṣyasīti ca varaṃ vyatarat | tato mahālakṣmyādidaivatagaṇaiḥ saha sātavāhanadevyāḥ śuddhyarthaṃ samagramapi bhuvanaṃ paribhramya prāptaḥ śūdrako