[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) › 1.4.14 # Skandapurana 1.4.14: adhyāyaḥ 16 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 16 ### [1.4.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.1) .. tāraka uvāca.. rājyena bud‌budābhena strībhirakṣaiśca pānakaiḥ.. mohito janma labdhvātra tyajate pauruṣaṃ naraḥ.. 16.1 .. > Tāraka said: / "A man who, having gained a birth here, is infatuated with royalty that resembles a bubble, / with women, dice, and intoxicating drinks, abandons manly valour. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.2) janma tasya vṛthā sarvamākalpāṃtaṃ na saṃśayaḥ.. 16.2 .. > His birth is entirely in vain until the end of an aeon, there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.3) mātāpitṛbhyāṃ na karoti kāmānbandhūnaśokānna karoti yo vā.. kīrtiṃ hi vā nārjayate na mānaṃ naraḥ sa jāto'pi mṛto'tra loke.. 16.3 .. > The man who does not fulfill the desires of his parents, or who does not make his kinsmen sorrow-free, / or who acquires neither fame nor honour, though born, is dead in this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.4) tasmājjayāyāmarapuṃgavānāṃ trailokyalakṣmīharaṇāya śīghram.. saṃyojyatāṃ me rathamaṣṭacakraṃ balaṃ ca me durjayadaityacakram.. 16.4 .. > Therefore, for the defeat of the foremost immortals and for the swift seizure of the fortune of the three worlds, / let my eight-wheeled chariot be harnessed, along with my army, an invincible host of daityas! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.5) dhvajaṃ ca me kāṃcanapaṭṭabandhaṃ chatraṃ ca me mauktikajālabaddham.. adyāhamāsāṃ surakāminīnāṃ dhammīllakāṃścāgrathitānkariṣye.. 16.5 .. > And \[bring\] my banner bound with gold ribbons, and my parasol hung with nets of pearls! / Today I shall untie the braided chignons of these lovely celestial women! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.6) yathā purā markaṭako jananyāstasyāśca satyena tu tārakaḥ syām.. 16.6 .. > Just as the monkey was formerly \[rescued\] by his mother, so by her truth may I be Tāraka \[the rescuer\]!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.7) ..nārada uvāca.. tārakasya vacaḥ śrutvā grasanonāma dānavaḥ.. senānīrdaityarājasya tathā cakre'vilaṃbitam.. 16.7 .. > Nārada said: / Having heard the words of Tāraka, the dānava named Grasana, / the commander-in-chief of the king of the daityas, immediately did so. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.8) āhatya bherīṃ gambhīrāṃ daityānāhūya satvaraḥ.. sajjaṃ cakre rathaṃ daityo daityarājasya dhīmataḥ.. 16.8 .. > Striking the deep-sounding kettledrum and swiftly summoning the daityas, / the daitya prepared the chariot of the wise king of the daityas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.9) garuḍānāṃ sahasreṇa garuḍopamitatviṣā.. te hi putrāḥ suparṇasya saṃsthitā merukandare.. 16.9 .. > drawn by a thousand garuḍas whose lustre equalled that of Garuḍa. / For they, the sons of Suparṇa, who resided in the caves of Mount Meru, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.10) vijitya daityarājena vāhanatve prakalpitāḥ.. aṣṭāṣṭacakraḥ sarathaścaturyojanavistṛtaḥ.. 16.10 .. > had been conquered by the king of the daityas and assigned to serve as mounts. / The chariot had eight-times-eight wheels and was four yojanas wide; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.11) nānākrīḍāgṛhayuto gītavādyamanoharaḥ.. gaṃdharvanagarākāraḥ saṃyuktaḥ pratyadṛsyata.. 16.11 .. > furnished with various pleasure chambers, charming with singing and musical instruments, / it appeared like a city of the gandharvas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.12) ājagmustatra daityāśca daśā caṃḍaparākramāḥ.. koṭikoṭiparivārā anye ca bahavo raṇe.. 16.12 .. > And there arrived ten daityas of fierce valour, / with retinues of millions upon millions, and many others in battle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.13) teṣāmagresaro jambhaḥ kujambhonaṃtarastathā.. mahiṣaḥ kuñjaro meṣaḥ kālanemirnimistathā.. 16.13 .. > Their leader was Jambha, and next was Kujambha, / Mahiṣa, Kuñjara, Meṣa, Kālanemi, and Nimi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.14) mathano jaṃbhakaḥ śumbho daityeṃdrā daśa nāyakāḥ.. daityeṃdrā girivarṣmāṇaḥ saṃti caṃḍaparākramāḥ.. 16.14 .. > Mathana, Jambhaka, and Śumbha: these were the ten commanders, lords of Daityas. / The lords of Daityas had bodies like mountains, endowed with fierce prowess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.15) nānāvidhapraharaṇā nānāśastrāstrapāragāḥ.. tārakasyābhavatketurbahūrūpo mahābhayaḥ.. 16.15 .. > Equipped with various weapons and masters of all kinds of arms and missiles, / Tāraka had a banner of manifold shapes, terrifying to behold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.16) kvacicca rākṣaso ghoraḥ piśācadhvāṃkṣagṛdhrakaḥ.. evaṃ bahuvidhākāraḥ sa ketuḥ pratyadṛśyata.. 16.16 .. > At times a dreadful Rākṣasa, a Piśāca, a crow, or a vulture: / thus the banner was seen to take on manifold forms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.17) ketunā makareṇāpi senānīrgrasano babhau.. paiśācaṃ yatra vadanaṃ jaṃbhasyāsīdayasmayam.. 16.17 .. > The general Grasana shone with an alligator on his standard, / whereas on Jambha’s banner was a demonic face made of iron. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.18) kharo vidhutalāṃgūlaḥ kujambhasyābhavaddhvaje.. mahiṣasya ca gomāyuḥ kāṃto haimastathāṃ babhau.. 16.18 .. > A donkey with a wagging tail was on Kujambha’s banner, / and for Mahiṣa a jackal, charming and made of gold, shone upon his. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.19) gṛdhro vai kuṃjarasyāsīnmeṣasyābhūcca rākṣasaḥ.. kālanemermahākālo nimerāsīnmahātimiḥ.. 16.19 .. > A vulture was upon Kuñjara's \[flag\], and a Rākṣasa upon Meṣa's; / Kālanemi had Mahākāla, and Nimi had a great whale. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.20) rākṣasī mathanasyāpi dhvāṃkṣo'bhūjjaṃbhakasya ca.. mahāvṛkaśca śumbhasya dhvajā evaṃvidhā babhuḥ.. 16.20 .. > A Rākṣasī was for Mathana, and a crow for Jambhaka; / a great wolf was on Śumbha’s: such were their splendid standards. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.21) anekākāravinyāsādanyeṣāṃ ca dhvajā bhavan.. śatena śīghravegānāṃ vyāghrāṇāṃ hemamālinām.. 16.21 .. > Other banners too were formed in diverse shapes. / Yoked with a hundred swift-paced tigers adorned with golden garlands, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.22) grasanasya ratho yukto mahāmegharavo babhau.. śatena cāpi siṃhānāṃ ratho jaṃbhasya yojitaḥ.. 16.22 .. > Grasana’s chariot shone, roaring like a great cloud. / And Jambha’s chariot was yoked with a hundred lions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.23) kujaṃbhasya ratho yuktaḥ piśācavadanaiḥ kharaiḥ.. tāvadbhirmahiṣasyoṣṭairgajasya ca hayairyutaḥ.. 16.23 .. > Kujambha’s chariot was yoked with Piśāca-faced donkeys; / Mahiṣa’s was yoked with as many camels, and Kuñjara’s with horses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.24) meṣasya dvīpibhirbhīmaiḥ kuñjaraiḥ kālaneminaḥ.. parvataṃ vai samārūḍho niścitya vidhṛtaṃ gajaiḥ.. 16.24 .. > Meṣa’s was yoked with fierce leopards, and Kālanemi’s with elephants. / \[Nimi\] indeed mounted a mountain held firmly by elephants— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.25) caturdaṃṣṭrairgaṃdhavadbhiścarbhirmeghasannibhaiḥ.. śatahastāyate kṛṣṇe turaṃge hemabhūṣaṇe.. 16.25 .. > by four four-tusked, fragrant \[elephants\] resembling clouds. / Mounted on a black horse one hundred cubits long, adorned with golden ornaments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.26) sitacāmarajālena śobhite puṣpadāmani.. mathanonāma daityendraḥ pāśahasto vyarājata.. 16.26 .. > embellished with white chowries and garlands of flowers, / the lord of Daityas named Mathana shone with a noose in his hand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.27) kiṃkiṇīmālinaṃ coṣṭramārūḍho'bhūcca jaṃbhakaḥ.. kālamuṃcaṃ mahāmeghamārūḍhaḥ śumbhadānavaḥ.. 16.27 .. > Jambhaka was mounted on a camel adorned with a garland of small bells, / and the Dānava Śumbha was mounted on a great cloud that rained death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.28) anye ca dānavā vīrā nānāvāhanahetayaḥ.. pracaṇḍacitravarmāṇaḥ kuṇḍaloṣṇīṣabhūṣitāḥ.. 16.28 .. > And other heroic Dānavas with various mounts and weapons, / wearing fierce, colourful armour, adorned with earrings and turbans, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.29) nānāvidhottarāsaṃgā nānāmālyavibhūṣaṇāḥ.. nānāsugaṃdhagaṃdhāḍhyā nānābaṃdhiśatastutāḥ.. 16.29 .. > with diverse upper garments, adorned with diverse garlands, / rich in diverse sweet fragrances, praised by hundreds of varied bards, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.30) nānāvādyaparisyaṃdasāgresaramahārathāḥ.. nānāśauryakathāsaktāstasminsainye mahārathāḥ.. 16.30 .. > with great chariots leading the flow of diverse musical instruments, / great chariot-warriors in that army engaged in tales of varied heroism. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.31) tadbalaṃ daityasiṃhasya bhīmarūpaṃ vyadṛśyata.. bhūmireṇusamāliṃgatturaṃgarathapattikam.. 16.31 .. > That army of the lion among Daityas appeared dreadful, / its horses, chariots, and foot-soldiers embracing the dust of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.32) sa ca daityeśvaraḥ kruddhaḥ samārūḍho mahāratham.. daśabhiḥ śuśube daityairdaśabāhuriveśvaraḥ.. jagaddhaṃtuṃ pravṛtto vā pratasthe'sau surānprati.. 16.32 .. > Enraged, that lord of Daityas mounted his great chariot. / He shone with the ten Daityas, like ten-armed Īśvara; / or as if setting out to destroy the world, he marched against the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.33) etasminnaṃtare vāyurdevadūtaḥ surālayam.. dṛṣṭvā taddānava balaṃ jagāmeṃdrasya śaṃsitum.. 16.33 .. > In the meantime Vāyu, the messenger of the gods, / having seen that army of Dānavas, went to the abode of the gods to report to Indra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.34) sa gatvā tu sabhāṃ divyāṃ maheṃdrasya mahātmanaḥ.. śaśaṃsa madhye devānāmidaṃ kāryamupasthitam.. 16.34 .. > Having gone to the divine assembly of high-souled Mahendra, / he reported in the midst of the gods this crisis that had arisen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.35) tacchrutvā devarājaḥ sa nimīlitavilocanaḥ.. bṛhaspatimuvācedaṃ vākyaṃ kāle mahāmatiḥ.. 16.35 .. > Hearing that, the king of the gods closed his eyes; / then, in due time, the highly intelligent one addressed these words to Bṛhaspati: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.36) ..indra uvāca.. saṃprāpto'tivimardo'yaṃ devānāṃ dānavaiḥ saha.. kāryaṃ kimatra tadbruhi nītyupāyopabṛṃhitam.. 16.36 .. > Indra said: / “This fierce clash of the gods with the Dānavas has arrived. / Tell me what should be done here, bolstered by political expedients.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.37) etacchrutvā ca vacanaṃ maheṃdrasya girāṃpatiḥ.. pratyuvāca mahābhāgo baॉhaspati rudāradhīḥ.. 16.37 .. > Having heard these words of Mahendra, the lord of speech, / the illustrious Bṛhaspati of noble intellect replied: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.38) ..bṛhaspatiruvāca.. sāmapūrvaṃ smṛtā nītiścaturaṃgāmanīkinīm.. jigīṣatāṃ suraśreṣṭha sthitireṣā sanātanī.. 16.38 .. > Bṛhaspati said: / “Policy preceded by conciliation is remembered for those who wish to conquer / a fourfold army, O best of the gods; this is the eternal rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.39) sāma dānaṃ ca bhedaśca caturtho daṃḍa eva ca.. nītau kramātprayojyāśca deśakālaviśeṣataḥ.. 16.39 .. > Conciliation, gift, sowing discord, and fourthly punishment: / these are to be applied in order in political counsel according to distinctions of time and place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.40) tatra sāma prayoktavyamāryeṣu guṇavatsu ca.. dānaṃ lubdheṣu bhedaśca śaṃkitoṣvito niścayaḥ.. 16.40 .. > Among them, conciliation should be applied towards noble and virtuous people, / gift to the greedy, and discord among the suspicious: this is certain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.41) daṇḍaścāpi prayoktavyo nityakālaṃ durātmasu.. sāma daityeṣu naivāsti nirguṇatvāddurātmasu.. 16.41 .. > And punishment should always be applied against the evil-minded. / Conciliation cannot apply to the Daityas, since they are evil-minded and devoid of virtue. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.42) śriyā teṣāṃ ca kiṃ kāryaṃ samṛddhānāṃ tathāpi yat.. jātidharmeṇa cābhedyā vidhāturapi te matāḥ.. 16.42 .. > And what need do they have of wealth, prosperous as they are? / Moreover, by the nature of their race they cannot be divided, even in the judgment of the Creator. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.43) eko hyupāyo daṃḍo'tra bhavatāṃ yadi rocate.. durjanaḥ sujanatvāya kalpate na kadācana.. 16.43 .. > Therefore punishment is the single expedient here, if it pleases you. / A wicked person is never capable of becoming a good person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.44) lālitaḥ pālito vāpi svasvabhāvaṃ na muṃcati.. evaṃ me manyate buddhirbhavaṃto yadvyavasyatām.. 16.44 .. > Even if pampered or cared for, he does not abandon his innate nature. / This is what my intellect thinks; let you all decide.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.45) evamuktaḥ sahasrākṣa evamevetyuvāca ha.. kartavyatāṃ ca saṃciṃtya provācāmarasaṃsadi.. 16.45 .. > Thus addressed, the Thousand-Eyed \[Indra\] said, “So be it indeed!” / And having considered what ought to be done, he spoke in the assembly of the immortals: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.46) bahumānena me vācaṃ śrṛṇudhvaṃ nākavāsinaḥ.. 16.46 .. > “Hear my words with high regard, O dwellers of heaven! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.47) bhavaṃto yajñabhoktāraḥ satāmiṣṭāśca sāttvikāḥ.. svesve pade sthitā nityaṃ jagataḥ pālane ratāḥ.. 16.47 .. > You are the enjoyers of sacrifices, beloved of the virtuous, filled with sattva, / always established each in your own office, dedicated to the protection of the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.48) bhavatāṃ ca nimittena bādhaṃte dānaveśvarāḥ.. teṣāṃ samādi naivāsti daṃḍa eva vidhīyatām.. 16.48 .. > And on account of you the lords of Dānavas harass \[the world\]. / For them conciliation and the rest do not apply; let punishment alone be ordained! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.49) kriyatāṃ samare buddhiḥ sainyaṃ saṃyojyatāmiti.. āvādyaṃtāṃ ca śastrāṇi pūjyaṃ tāṃ śastradevatāḥ.. 16.49 .. > Fix your mind on battle; let the army be assembled! / Let the weapons be sounded, and let the deities of weapons be worshipped!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.50) ityuktāḥ samanahyaṃta devānāṃ ye pradhānataḥ.. vājināmayutenājau hemapaṭṭapariṣkṛtāḥ.. 16.50 .. > Thus addressed, the foremost of the gods equipped themselves, / adorned with golden headbands for battle with ten thousand horses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.51) vāhanāni vimānāni yojayaṃtu mamāmarāḥ.. yamaṃ senāpatiṃ kṛtvā śīghraṃ niryāta devatāḥ.. 16.51 .. > “Let my immortals yoke their mounts and aerial chariots! / Having made Yama the commander-in-chief, march out swiftly, O deities!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.52) nānāścaryaguṇopetā durjayā devadānavaiḥ.. ratho mātalinā yukto maheṃdrasyāpyadṛśyata.. 16.52 .. > Endowed with various wondrous qualities, invincible to gods and Dānavas, / the chariot of Mahendra, yoked by Mātali, was seen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.53) yamo mahiṣamāsthāya senāgre samavartata.. caṃḍakiṃkiṇivṛṃdena sarvataḥ parivāritaḥ.. 16.53 .. > Yama, mounted on a buffalo, took position at the front of the army, / surrounded on all sides by a multitude of fierce little bells. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.54) kalpakālojjavālāpūritāṃbaragocaraḥ.. hutāśa uraṇārūḍhaḥ śaktihasto vyavasthitaḥ.. 16.54 .. > Filling the expanse of the sky with the blazing flames of the time of dissolution, / the Fire-god, mounted on a ram, spear in hand, stood in place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.55) pavanoṃ'kuśapāṇistu vistāritamahājavaḥ.. mahāṛkṣaṃ samārūḍhaṃ senāgre samadṛśyata.. 16.55 .. > Wind, an elephant-goad in his hand, his great speed spread wide, / was seen at the front of the army mounted on a great bear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.56) bhujagendraṃ samārūḍho jaleśo bhagavānsvayam.. mahāpāśadharo vīraḥ senāyāṃ samavartata.. 16.56 .. > Mounted on the lord of serpents, the blessed Lord of Waters \[Varuṇa\] himself, / heroic, holding a great noose, stood in the army. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.57) narayukte rathe divye dhanādhyakṣo vyacīcarat.. mahāsiṃharavo yuddhe gadāhasto vyavasthitaḥ.. 16.57 .. > In a divine chariot drawn by men, the Lord of Wealth \[Kubera\] drove forth; / roaring like a great lion in battle, he stood with a mace in his hand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.58) rākṣaseśo'tha nirṛtī rathe rakṣomukhairhayaiḥ.. dhanvī rakṣogaṇavṛto mahārāvo vyadṛśyata.. 16.58 .. > Then Nirṛti, the lord of rākṣasas, was seen on a chariot with horses whose faces were those of rākṣasas, / holding a bow, surrounded by troops of rākṣasas, and roaring loudly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.59) caṃdrādityāvaśvinau ca vasavaḥ sādhyadevatāḥ.. viśvedevāśca rudrāśca sannaddhāstasthurāhave.. 16.59 .. > The Moon and the Sun, the two Aśvins, the Vasus, the Sādhya deities, / the Viśvedevas, and the Rudras stood arrayed for battle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.60) hemapīṭhattarāsaṃgāścitravarmāyudhadhvajāḥ.. gaṃdharvāḥ pratyadṛśyanta kṛtvā viśvāvasuṃ mukhe.. 16.60 .. > Wearing upper garments of golden cloth, with variegated armor, weapons, and banners, / the gandharvas appeared, placing Viśvāvasu at their head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.61) tathā raktottarāsaṃgā nirmalāyovibhūṣaṇāḥ.. gṛdhradhvajā adṛśyaṃta rākṣasā raktamūrdhajāḥ.. 16.61 .. > Likewise, rākṣasas were seen with red upper garments, flawless iron ornaments, / vulture-standards, and red hair. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.62) tathā bhīmāśanikarāḥ kṛṣṇavastrā mahārathāḥ.. yakṣāstatra vyadṛśyaṃta maṇibhadrādikoṭiśaḥ.. 16.62 .. > Likewise, yakṣas by the millions, led by Maṇibhadra and others, were seen there, / their hands holding terrifying thunderbolts, clad in black garments, great chariot-warriors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.63) tāmrolūkadhvajā raudrā dvīpicarmāṃbarāstathā.. piśācāstatra rājaṃte mahāvegapuraḥsarāḥ.. 16.63 .. > The piśācas shone there, with bronze owl-standards, fierce, / clad in leopard skins, marching ahead with great speed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.64) tathaiva śvetavasanāḥ sitapaṭṭapatākinaḥ.. mattebhavāhanaprāyāḥ kiṃnarāstasthurāhave.. 16.64 .. > Likewise, the kinnaras stood in battle, dressed in white garments, / having white silk banners, mostly riding rutting elephants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.65) muktājāla piraṣkāro haṃso hārasamaprabhaḥ.. keturjaladhināthasya saumyarūpo vyarājata.. 16.65 .. > Adorned with nets of pearls, radiant as a pearl necklace, / a swan shone as the gentle-looking banner of the lord of the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.66) paṃcarāgamahāratnaviṭaṃko dhanadasya ca.. dhvajaḥ samutthito bhāti yātukāma ivāṃbaram.. 16.66 .. > And Dhanada's standard, with an pinnacle of five-hued great jewels, / stood erect and shone as if desiring to fly into the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.67) kārṣṇalohamayo dhvāṃkṣo yamasyābhūnmahādhvajaḥ.. rākṣaseśasya vadanaṃ pretasya dhvaja ābabhau.. 16.67 .. > The great standard of Yama was a crow made of black iron; / the standard of the lord of rākṣasas shone with the face of a ghost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.68) hemasiṃhadhvajau devau candrārkavamitadyuti.. kuṃbhena citravarṇena keturāśvinayorabhūt.. 16.68 .. > The two gods whose luster flashed like the moon and sun had golden lion-standards; / the standard of the two Aśvins was \[marked with\] a multicolored water-pot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.69) mātaṃgo hemaracitaścitraratnapariṣkṛtaḥ.. dhvajaḥ śatakratorāsītsitacā marasaṃsthitaḥ.. 16.69 .. > Śatakratu's standard was an elephant wrought of gold, adorned with variegated gems, / accompanied by white chowries. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.70) anyeṣāṃ ca dhvajāstatra nānārūpā babhū raṇe.. sanāgayakṣagaṃdharvamahoraganiśācarā.. 16.70 .. > And the banners of the others in that battle were of various forms; / along with nāgas, yakṣas, gandharvas, great serpents, and night-stalkers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.71) senā sā devarājasya durjayā pratyadṛśyata.. koṭayastāstrayastriṃśannānādevakāyinām.. 16.71 .. > that army of the king of the gods, invincible, came into view, / consisting of thirty-three crores of diverse classes of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.72) haimācalābhe sitakarṇacāmare suvarṇapadmāmalasuṃdarasraji.. kṛtābhirāmojjvalakuṃkumāṃkure kapolalītāvivimuktarāve.. 16.72 .. > Mounted upon that elephant named Airāvaṇa, resembling a mountain of gold, with white ear-chowries, wearing a lovely, spotless garland of golden lotuses, / adorned with radiant, charming saffron markings, with bees buzzing as they clung to his temples, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.73) śritastadairāvaṇanāmakuṃjare mahābalaścitraviśeṣitāṃbaraḥ.. viśālavajrāṃgavitānabhūṣitaḥ prakīrṇakeyūrabhujāgramaṃḍalaḥ.. 16.73 .. > the mighty \[Indra\] was seated, dressed in splendid, variegated garments, / adorned with a vast canopy studded with diamonds, the foreparts of his arms bedecked with armlets, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.74) sahasradṛgbaṃdisahasrasaṃstutastriviṣṭape'śobhata pākaśāsanaḥ.. 16.74 .. > the thousand-eyed Pākaśāsana, praised by thousands of bards, shone in the third heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14.74\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14.74_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārīkākhaṇḍe tārakāsuradevendrayuddhopakramavarṇanaṃnāma ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 16 .. > Thus ends the sixteenth chapter, entitled “Description of the Commencement of the Battle Between Tārakāsura and the Lord of the Gods,” in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the first \[section\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.14.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.14) · Pramāṇa