[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 1.3.12 # Skandapurana 1.3.12: adhyāyaḥ 14 Skandapurāṇa 1.3.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 14 ### [1.3.12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.1) ..lomaśa uvāca.. tato yuddhamatīvāsīdasurairviṣṇunā saha.. tataḥ siṃhāḥ sapakṣāste daṃśitāḥ paramādbhutāḥ.. 14.1 .. > Lomaśa said: / "Then there was an intense battle between the Asuras and Viṣṇu. / Then those winged lions, armored and most wonderful, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.2) asurairuhyamānāste rahutmaṃtaṃ vyadārayan.. siṃhāste dāritāstena khaṃḍaśaśca vidāritāḥ.. 14.2 .. > carried by the Asuras, attacked Garuḍa. / Those lions were torn apart by him and ripped to pieces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.3) viṣṇunā ca tadā daityāścakreṇa śakalīkṛtāḥ.. hatāṃstānasurāndṛṣṭvā kālanemiḥ pratāpavān.. 14.3 .. > And then the Daityas were cut into pieces by Viṣṇu with his discus. / Seeing those Asuras slain, the powerful Kālanemi, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.4) triśūlenāhanadviṣṇuṃ roṣaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ.. tamāyāṃtaṃ ca jagṛhe mukuṃdo'nāthasaṃśrayaḥ.. 14.4 .. > his eyes agitated with anger, struck Viṣṇu with his trident. / Mukunda, the refuge of the helpless, seized him as he approached. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.5) kareṇa vāmena jaghāna līlayā taṃ kālanemiṃ hyasuraṃ mahābalam.. tenaiva śūlena samāhato'sau mūrcchānvito'sau sahasā papāta.. 14.5 .. > With his left hand he effortlessly struck that exceedingly strong Asura Kālanemi; / severely struck with that very trident, he fainted and collapsed suddenly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.6) patitaḥ punarutthāya śanairunmīlya locane.. purataḥ sthitamālokya viṣṇuṃ sarvaguhāśayam.. 14.6 .. > Having fallen, he rose again, slowly opened his eyes, / and seeing Viṣṇu, who dwells in the secret heart of all, standing before him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.7) labdhasaṃjño'bravīdvākyaṃ kālanemirmahābalaḥ.. tava yuddhaṃ na dāsyāmi nāsti loke spṛhā mama.. 14.7 .. > the exceedingly strong Kālanemi, having regained consciousness, spoke these words: / 'I will not give you battle; I have no desire for the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.8) ye ye'surā hatā yuddhe akṣayaṃ lokamāpnuyuḥ.. brahmaṇo vacanātsadya iṃdreṇa saha saṃgatāḥ.. 14.8 .. > Whichever Asuras are killed in battle attain an imperishable world; / by the word of Brahmā, they instantly unite with Indra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.9) bhuṃjato vividhānbhogāndevavadvicaraṃti te.. iṃdreṇa sahitāḥ sarve saṃsāre ca pataṃtyatha.. 14.9 .. > Enjoying diverse pleasures, they wander about like gods; / but along with Indra, they all fall back into the cycle of worldly existence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.10) tasmādyuddhena maraṇaṃ na kāṃkṣe kṣaṇabhaṃguram.. anyajanmani me vīra vairabhāvānna saṃśayaḥ.. dātumarhasi me nātha kaivalyaṃ kevalaṃ param.. 14.10 .. > Therefore, I do not desire a momentary death through battle; / in another birth, O hero, through the attitude of enmity, without a doubt, / you should grant me, O Lord, only supreme, absolute liberation.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.11) tatheti daityapravaro nipātitaḥ pareṇa puṃsā paramārthadena.. dattvā'bhayaṃ devatānāṃ tadānīṃ tathā sudhāṃ devatābhyaḥ pradattvā.. 14.11 .. > Saying “So be it,” the supreme Daitya was struck down by the Supreme Person, the bestower of the ultimate truth, / after giving fearlessness to the gods and then bestowing the nectar upon the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.12) kālanemirhato daityo devā jātā hyakaṭakāḥ.. śalyarūpo mahānsadyo viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā.. 14.12 .. > When the Daitya Kālanemi was slain by the all-powerful Viṣṇu, / the gods were freed from their tormentor, who had been a great thorn \[in their side\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.13) tirodhānaṃ gataḥ sadyo bhagavānkamalekṣaṇaḥ.. iṃdro'pi kadanaṃ kṛtvā daityānāṃ paramādbhutam.. 14.13 .. > Instantly the lotus-eyed Lord vanished. / Indra, too, made a wondrous slaughter of the Daityas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.14) patitānāṃ klībarūpāṇāṃ bhagnānāṃ bhītacetasām.. muktakacchaśikhānāṃ ca cakre sa kadanakriyām.. 14.14 .. > he carried out the slaughter of those who had fallen, turned into cowards, broken, terrified at heart, / and whose lower garments and topknots were disheveled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.15) arthaśāstraparo bhūtvā maheṃdro durātikramaḥ.. daityānāṃ kālarūpo'sau śacīpatirudāradhīḥ.. 14.15 .. > Devoted to statecraft, unassailable Mahendra, / that noble-minded husband of Śacī, became like Death itself to the Daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.16) evaṃ nihanymānānāmasurāṇāṃ śacīpateḥ.. nivāraṇārthaṃ bhagavānāgato nāradastadā.. 14.16 .. > As the Asuras were being slain in this manner, / the lordly Nārada then arrived to stop the husband of Śacī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.17) .. nārada uvāca.. yuddhahatāśca ye vīrā hyasurā raṇamaṇḍale.. teṣāmanu kathaṃ kartā bhītānāṃ ca vihiṃsanam.. 14.17 .. > Nārada said: / The heroic Asuras were slain in battle on the field of war; / why then do you cause the slaughter of those terrified survivors? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.18) ye bhītāṃśca prapannāṃścaghātayaṃti madoddhatāḥ.. brahmaghnāste'pi vijñeyā mahāpātakasaṃyutāḥ.. 14.18 .. > Those who, puffed up with arrogance, kill the terrified and the surrendered, / are to be known as slayers of brahmins, stained with the greatest sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.19) tasmāttvayā na karttavyaṃ manasāpi vihiṃsanam.. evamuktastadā śakro nāradena mahātmanā.. 14.19 .. > Therefore you must not commit slaughter, even in your mind! / Addressed thus by the high-souled Nārada, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.20) surasenānvitaḥ sadya āgato hi triviṣṭapam.. tadā sarve suragaṇāḥ suhṛdbhyaśca parasparam.. babhūvurmuditāḥ sarve yakṣagaṃdharvakiṃnarāḥ.. 14.20 .. > Śakra, accompanied by the army of the gods, went at once to heaven. / Then all the hosts of gods, Yakṣas, Gandharvas, and Kinnaras / rejoiced mutually with their friends. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.21) tadā iṃdro'marāvatyāṃ hasa śacyā'bhiṣecitaḥ.. 14.21 .. > Then Indra was joyfully anointed in Amarāvatī alongside Śacī > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.22) devarṣipramukhaiścaiva brahmarṣipramukhaistathā.. śakro'pi vijayaṃ prāptaḥ prasādācchaṃkarasya ca.. 14.22 .. > by the foremost celestial seers and the foremost brāhmaṇa seers; / and Śakra attained victory through the grace of Śaṃkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.23) tadā mahotsavo viprā devaloke mahānabhūt.. śaṃkhāśca paṭahāścaiva mṛdaṃgā murajā api.. tathānakāśca bheryaśca nedurduṃdubhayaḥ samam.. 14.23 .. > Then, O brahmins, a great festival took place in the realm of the gods: / conches, paṭahas, mṛdaṅgas, and murajas, / as well as ānakas, bherīs, and kettledrums sounded together. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.24) gāyakāścaiva gaṃdharvāḥ kinnarāścāpsapogaṇāḥ.. nanṛturjagustuṣṭuvuśca siddhacāraṇaguhyakāḥ.. 14.24 .. > Gandharva singers, Kinnaras, and the hosts of apsarases / danced, sang, and praised, along with the Siddhas, Cāraṇas, and Guhyakas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.25) evaṃ vijayamāpannaḥ śakro devesvarastadā.. devairhatāstadā daityāḥ patitāste mahītale.. 14.25 .. > Having thus attained victory, Śakra, the lord of gods, / \[surveyed\] the Daityas who had been slain by the gods and lay fallen upon the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.26) gatāsavo mahātmāno balipramukhato hyamī.. tapastaptuṃ purā vipro bhārgavo mānasottaram.. 14.26 .. > Lifeless were those great-souled ones headed by Bali. / Formerly, the brāhmaṇa Bhārgava had gone to Mount Mānasottara to perform austerity > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.27) gataḥ śiṣyaiḥ parivṛtastasmādyuddhaṃ na veda tat.. avaśeṣāśca ye daityāste gatā bhārgavaṃ prati .. 14.27 .. > surrounded by his disciples; therefore he knew nothing of that war. / The remaining Daityas went to Bhārgava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.28) kathitaṃ vai mahaddhṛttamasurāṇāṃ kṣayāvaham.. niśamya manyumāviṣṭo hyāgato bhṛgunaṃdanaḥ.. 14.28 .. > The great disaster that brought about the destruction of the Asuras was related to him. / Hearing it, the son of Bhṛgu was overcome with wrath and came there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.29) śiṣyaiḥ parivṛto bhūtvā mṛtāṃstānasurānapi.. vidyayā mṛtajīvinyā patitānsamajīvayat.. 14.29 .. > Surrounded by his disciples, he restored those slain and fallen Asuras to life / by means of the Mṛtasaṃjīvanī lore. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.30) nidrāpāyagatā yadvadutthitāste tadā'surāḥ.. utthitaḥ sa baliḥ prāha bhārgavaṃ hyamitadyutim.. 14.30 .. > Like men awakened from sleep, the Asuras then arose. / Arising, Bali spoke to Bhārgava of immeasurable splendor: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.31) jīvitena kimadyaiva mama nāsti prayojanam.. pātitastridaśeṃdreṇa yathā kāpuruṣastathā.. 14.31 .. > “What use do I have for life today? I have none, / having been struck down by the lord of the thirty \[gods\] like a coward!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.32) balinoktaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā śukro vacanamabravīt.. manasvino hi ye śūrāḥ pataṃti samare budhā.. 14.32 .. > Hearing the words spoken by Bali, Śukra said: / “The resolute heroes and wise men who fall in battle, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.33) ye śastreṇa hatāḥ sadyo mriyamāṇā vrajaṃti vai.. triviṣṭapaṃ na saṃdeha iti vedānuśāsanam.. 14.33 .. > and die slain by a weapon, go directly / to heaven; of this there is no doubt—such is the ordinance of the Veda.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.34) evamāśvāsayāmāsa balinaṃ bhṛgunaṃdanaḥ.. tapastatāpa vividhaṃ daityānāṃ siddhidāyakam.. 14.34 .. > Thus the son of Bhṛgu consoled Bali, / and performed diverse austerities that bestow success upon the Daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.35) tathā daitya gatāḥ sarve bhṛguṇā ca pracoditāḥ.. pātālamavasansarve balimukhyāḥ sukhena vai.. 14.35 .. > Then all the Daityas, impelled by Bhṛgu, / went to Pātāla, and all of them, headed by Bali, dwelt there happily. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.12.35\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12.35_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe devāsurasaṃgrāme bhārgaveṇa mṛtadaityasaṃjīvanavarṇanaṃnāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 14 .. cha .. > Thus ends the fourteenth chapter, titled “The Description of the Reviving of the Slain Daityas by Bhārgava during the Battle between the Gods and Asuras,” in the First Section, the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, of the Skandapurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.3.12.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.12) · Pramāṇa