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Shivapurana 2.5.37: saptatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ | śaṅkhacūḍavadhe sasainyaśaṅkhacūḍayuddhavarṇanam

Śivapurāṇa (complete text) 2.5.37

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saptatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ | śaṅkhacūḍavadhe sasainyaśaṅkhacūḍayuddhavarṇanam

2.5.37.1

sanatkumāra uvāca |
tadā devagaṇāḥ sarve dānavaiśca parājitāḥ |
dudruvurbhayabhītāśca śastrāstrakṣatavigrahāḥ ||

2.5.37.2

te parāvṛtya viśveśaṃ śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ |
trāhi trāhīti sarveśetyūcurvihvalayā girā ||

2.5.37.3

dṛṣṭvā parājayaṃ teṣāṃ devādīnāṃ sa śaṅkaraḥ |
sabhayaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā kopamuccaiścakāra ha ||

2.5.37.4

nirīkṣya sa kṛpādṛṣṭyā devebhyaścābhayaṃ dadau |
balaṃ ca svagaṇānāṃ vai varddhayāmāsa tejasā ||

2.5.37.5

śivājñaptastadā skando dānavānāṃ gaṇaiḥ saha |
yuyudhe nirbhayaḥ saṅkhye mahāvīro harātmajaḥ ||

2.5.37.6

kṛtvā krodhaṃ vīraśabdaṃ devo yastārakāntakaḥ |
akṣauhiṇīnāṃ śatakaṃ samare sa jaghāna ha ||

2.5.37.7

rudhiraṃ pātayāmāsa kālī kamalalocanā |
teṣāṃ śirāṃsi sañchidya babhakṣa sahasā ca sā ||

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papau raktāni teṣāṃ ca dānavānāṃ samantataḥ |
yuddhaṃ cakāra vividhaṃ suradānavabhīṣaṇam ||

2.5.37.9

śatalakṣaṃ gajendrāṇāṃ dānavānāṃ tathā raṇe |
samādāyaikahastena mukhe cikṣepa līlayā ||

2.5.37.10

kabandhānāṃ sahasraṃ ca sannanarta raṇe bahu |
mahān kolāhalo jātaḥ klībānāṃ ca bhayaṅkaraḥ ||

2.5.37.11

punaḥ skandaḥ prakupyoccaiḥ śaravarṣāṃ cakāra ha |
pātayāmāsa kṣaṇataḥ koṭiśo'suranāyakān ||

2.5.37.12

dānavāḥ śarajālena skandasya kṣatavigrahāḥ |
bhītāḥ pradudruvuḥ sarve śeṣā maraṇatastadā ||

2.5.37.13

vṛṣaparvā vipracittirdaṇḍaścāpi vikampanaḥ |
skandena yuyudhuḥ sārddhaṃ tena sarve krameṇa ca ||

2.5.37.14

mahāmārī ca yuyudhe na babhūva parāṅmukhī |
babhūvuste kṣatāṅgāśca skandaśaktiprapīḍitāḥ ||

2.5.37.15

mahāmārīskandayośca vijayo'bhūttadā mune |
nedurdundubhayaḥ svarge puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ papāta ha ||

2.5.37.16

skandasya samaraṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāraudraṃ tamadbhutam |
dānavānāṃ kṣayakaraṃ yathā prakṛtikalpakam ||

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mahāmārīkṛtaṃ taccopadravaṃ kṣayahetukam |
cukopātīva sahasā sanaddho'bhūtsvayaṃ tadā ||

2.5.37.18

varaṃ vimānamāruhya nānāśastrāstrasaṃyutam |
abhayaṃ sarvavīrāṇāṃ nānāratnaparicchadam ||

2.5.37.19

mahāvīraiḥ śaṅkhacūḍo jagāma rathamadhyataḥ |
dhanurvikṛṣya karṇāntaṃ cakāra śaravarṣaṇam ||

2.5.37.20

tasya sā śaravṛṣṭiśca durnivāryā bhayaṅkarī |
mahāghorāndhakāraśca vadhasthāne babhūva ha ||

2.5.37.21

devāḥ pradudruvuḥ sarve ye'nye nandīśvarādayaḥ |
eka eva kārttikeyastasthau samaramūrddhani ||

2.5.37.22

parvatānāṃ ca sarpāṇāṃ nāgānāṃ śākhināṃ tathā |
rājā cakāra vṛṣṭiṃ ca durnivāryāṃ bhayaṅkarīm ||

2.5.37.23

taddṛṣṭyā prahataḥ skando babhūva śivanandanaḥ |
nīhāreṇa ca sāndreṇa saṃvṛto bhāskaro yathā ||

2.5.37.24

nānāvidhāṃ svamāyāṃ ca cakāra mayadarśitām |
tāṃ nāvidan surāḥ ke'pi gaṇāśca munisattama ||

2.5.37.25

tadaiva śaṅkhacūḍaśca mahāmāyī mahābalaḥ |
śareṇaikena divyena dhanuściccheda tasya vai ||

2.5.37.26

babhañja tadrathaṃ divyaṃ ciccheda ratharakṣakān |
mayūraṃ jarjarībhūtaṃ divyāstreṇa cakāra saḥ ||

2.5.37.27

śaktiṃ cikṣepa sūryābhāṃ tasya vakṣasi ghātinīm |
mūrcchāmavāpa sahasā tatprahāreṇa sa kṣaṇam ||

2.5.37.28

punaśca cetanāṃ prāpya kārtikaḥ paravīrahā |
ratnendrasāranirmāṇamāruroha svavāhanam ||

2.5.37.29

smṛtvā pādau maheśasya sāmbikasya ca ṣaṇmukhaḥ |
śastrāstrāṇi gṛhītvaiva cakāra raṇamulbaṇam ||

2.5.37.30

sarpāṃśca parvatāṃścaiva vṛkṣāṃśca prastarāṃstathā |
sarvāṃściccheda kopena divyāstreṇa śivātmajaḥ ||

2.5.37.31

vahniṃ nivārayāmāsa pārjanyena śareṇa ha |
rathaṃ dhanuśca ciccheda śaṅkhacūḍasya līlayā ||

2.5.37.32

sannāhaṃ sarvavāhāṃśca kirīṭaṃ mukuṭojjvalam |
vīraśabdaṃ cakārāsau jagarja ca punaḥ punaḥ ||

2.5.37.33

cikṣepa śaktiṃ sūryābhāṃ dānavendrasya vakṣasi |
tatprahāreṇa samprāpa mūrcchāṃ dīrghatamena ca ||

2.5.37.34

muhūrtamātraṃ tatkleśaṃ vinīya sa mahābalaḥ |
cetanāṃ prāpya cottasthau jagarja harivarcasaḥ ||

2.5.37.35

śaktyā jaghāna taṃ cāpi kārtikeyaṃ mahābalam |
sa papāta mahīpṛṣṭhe'moghāṃ kurvan vidhipradām ||

2.5.37.36

kālī gṛhītvā taṃ kroḍe nināya śivasannidhau |
jñānena taṃ śivaścāpi jīvayāmāsa līlayā ||

2.5.37.37

dadau balamanantaṃ ca samuttasthau pratāpavān |
gamanāya matiṃ cakre punastatra śivātmajaḥ ||

2.5.37.38

etasminnantare vīro vīrabhadro mahābalaḥ |
śaṅkhacūḍena yuyudhe samare balaśālinā ||

2.5.37.39

vavarṣa samare'strāṇi yāni yāni ca dānavaḥ |
ciccheda līlayā vīrastāni tāni nijaiḥ śaraiḥ ||

2.5.37.40

divyānyastrāṇi śataśo mumuce dānaveśvaraḥ |
tāni ciccheda taṃ bāṇairvīrabhadraḥ pratāpavān ||

2.5.37.41

athātīva cukopoccaiḥ śaṅkhacūḍaḥ pratāpavān |
śaktyā jaghānorasi taṃ sa cakampe papāta kau ||

2.5.37.42

kṣaṇena cetanāṃ prāpya samuttasthau gaṇeśvaraḥ |
jagrāha ca dhanurbhūyo vīrabhadro gaṇāgraṇīḥ ||

2.5.37.43

etasminnantare kālī jagāma samaraṃ punaḥ |
bhakṣituṃ dānavān svāṃśca rakṣituṃ kārtikecchayā ||

2.5.37.44

vīrāstāmanujagmuśca te ca nandīśvarādayaḥ |
sarve devāśca gandharvā yakṣā rakṣāṃsi pannagāḥ ||

2.5.37.45

madyabhāṇḍāśca bahuśaḥ śataśo vādyavāhakāḥ |
punaḥ samudyatāścāsan vīrā ubhayato'khilāḥ ||

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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasahitāyāṃ pañcame yuddhakhaṇḍe śaṅkhacūḍavadhe sasainyaśaṅkhacūḍayuddhavarṇanaṃ nāma saptatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ||

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śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

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śrīgaurīśaṅkarābhyāṃ namaḥ ||

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śrīśivamahāpurāṇam ||

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dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ pañcamo yuddhakhaṇḍe

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