[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) › 1.4.17 # Skandapurana 1.4.17: adhyāyaḥ 19 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 19 ### [1.4.17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.1) ..nārada uvāca.. kālanemī ruṣāviṣṭasteṣāṃ rūpaṃ na buddhavān.. tato nimiṃ ca daityendraṃ matvā devaṃ mahājavaḥ.. 19.1 .. > Nārada said: / Overcome with rage, Kālanemi did not perceive their true appearance. / Then, believing Nimi, the king of the Daityas, to be a god, the immensely swift one > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.2) keśeṣu gṛhya taṃ vīraṃ cakarṣa ca nanāda ca.. tato nimiruvācedaṃ kālanemiṃ mahābalam.. 19.2 .. > seized that warrior by the hair, dragged him, and roared. / Thereupon Nimi spoke these words to the exceedingly mighty Kālanemi: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.3) ahaṃ nimiḥ kālaneme sutaṃ matvā vadhasva mā.. bhavatā mohitenājau devānmatvāsurāḥ svakāḥ.. 19.3 .. > "I am Nimi, O Kālanemi; knowing me to be your son, do not strike me! / Deluded in battle, taking your own Asuras for gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.4) suraiḥ sudurjayāḥ koṭyo nihatādaśa viddhi tat.. sarvāstravāraṇaṃ muṃca brahmamastraṃ tvarānvitaḥ.. 19.4 .. > you have slain ten crores \[of them\], who were exceedingly difficult for the gods to vanquish—know this! / Swiftly release the Brahmā weapon, which wards off all weapons." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.5) sa tena bodhito daityo muktvā taṃ saṃbhramākulaḥ.. bāṇaṃ brahmāstravihitaṃ mumoca tvarayānvitaḥ.. 19.5 .. > Awakened by him, the Daitya released him, bewildered with agitation, / and in great haste discharged an arrow empowered by the Brahmā weapon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.6) brahmāstraṃ tatprajajvāla tataḥ khe sumahādbhutam.. devānāṃ cābhavatsainyaṃ sarvameva bhayākulam.. 19.6 .. > That Brahmā weapon then blazed up in the sky, exceedingly wondrous; / and the entire army of the gods became confounded with fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.7) śaṃbarāstraṃ tataḥ śāṃtaṃ brāhmapratihataṃ tadā.. tasminpratihate hyastre bhāskaraḥ prabhuḥ.. 19.7 .. > Then the weapon of Śambara, neutralized by the Brahmā weapon, was pacified. / Indeed, when that weapon was countered, the lord Bhāskara (the Sun), > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.8) maheṃdrajālamāstāya cakre bhīṣaṇāṃ tanum.. visphūrjatkarasaṃghātasamākrāṃtajagattrayaḥ.. 19.8 .. > resorting to the great illusion of Indra, assumed a terrifying form; / having pervaded the three worlds with a dense mass of flashing rays, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.9) tatāpa dānavānīkaṃ galanmajjāṅghriśoṇitam.. cakṣūṃṣi dānavendrāṇāṃ cakārāṃdhāni sa prabhuḥ.. 19.9 .. > he scorched the Dānava host so that their marrow, legs, and blood melted away. / That lord blinded the eyes of the kings of the Dānavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.10) gajānāmagalanmedaḥ petuścāpi rathā bhuvi.. turaṃgamāḥ śvasaṃtaśca gharmārtā rathinopi ca.. 19.10 .. > The fat of the elephants melted, and chariots collapsed upon the ground; / horses panted, and charioteers were tormented by the heat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.11) itaścetaśca salilaṃ prārthayaṃtastṛṣāturāḥ.. giridroṇīśca pādāṃśca giriṇāṃ gahanāni ca.. 19.11 .. > Afflicted with thirst, seeking water here and there, / \[they sought\] mountain gorges, the foothills of mountains, and thickets. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.12) teṣāṃ prārthayatāṃ śīghramanyonyaṃ ca visarpiṇām.. dāvāgnirajvalattīvro ghoro nardagdhapādapaḥ.. 19.12 .. > As they sought \[water\] quickly, dispersing among one another, / an intense forest fire blazed up, dreadful, burning the trees with a roar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.13) toyārthinaḥ puro dṛṣṭvā toyaṃ kallo lamālitam.. puraḥsthitamapi prāptuṃ na śekurupasāditum.. 19.13 .. > Craving water, seeing water before them wreathed in waves, / though it stood right before them, they were unable to reach it or approach it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.14) aprāpya salilaṃ bhūmāvabhyāśe drutameva te.. tatratatra vyadṛśyanta mṛtā daityeśvarābhuvi.. 19.14 .. > Failing to obtain water on the earth in their vicinity, / those lords of the Daityas were seen dying swiftly here and there upon the ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.15) rathā gajāśca patitāsturaṃgāśca śramānvitāḥ.. sthitā vamaṃto dhāvaṃto galaddrutavasāsrajaḥ.. 19.15 .. > Chariots and elephants fell, and horses, overcome with exhaustion, / stood vomiting, running about, their melted fat and blood pouring forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.16) dānavānāṃ koṭikoṭi vyadṛśyatamṛtaṃ tadā.. evaṃ kṣayo jānavānāṃ tasminmahati vartite.. 19.16 .. > Crores upon crores of Dānavas were then seen lying dead. / While this great destruction of the Dānavas was thus taking place, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.17) prakopodbhūtatāmrākṣaḥ kālanemī ruṣāturaḥ.. babhūva kālamedhābhaḥ sphuradromaśatahradaḥ.. 19.17 .. > Kālanemi, his eyes copper-red with intense wrath and afflicted with fury, / came to resemble a dark death-cloud, his flashing hair like a hundred lightning bolts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.18) gaṃbhīrāsphoṭanirhrādajagaddhṛdayakaṃpanaḥ.. pracchādya gaganaṃ sūryaprabhāṃ sarvāṃ vyanāśayat.. 19.18 .. > Making the heart of the world tremble with the roar of his deep clapping, / he covered the sky and destroyed all the light of the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.19) vavarṣa śītaṃ ca jalaṃ dānavendrabalaṃ prati.. daityāstāṃ vṛṣṭimāsādya samāśvastāstataḥ kramāt.. 19.19 .. > He rained down cold water upon the army of the lords of the Dānavas; / having received that rain, the Daityas gradually regained their strength, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.20) bījāṃkurā iva mlānāḥ prāpya vṛṣṭiṃ dharātale.. tataḥ sa megharūpeṇa kālanemirmahāsurāḥ.. 19.20 .. > like withered seed-sprouts upon the earth receiving rain. / Then, in the form of a cloud, that invincible great Asura Kālanemi > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.21) śastravṛṣṭiṃ vavarṣogrāṃ devanīkeṣu durjayaḥ.. tayā vṛṣṭyā pīḍyamānā daityairanyaiśca devatāḥ.. 19.21 .. > rained down a fierce shower of weapons upon the armies of the gods. / Tormented by that shower and by the other Daityas, the gods > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.22) gatiṃ kāṃcinna paśyanti gāvaḥ śītārditā iva.. parasparaṃ vyalīyaṃta gajeṣu turageṣu ca.. ratheṣu ca bhayatrastāstatratatra nililyire.. 19.22 .. > saw no way out, like cattle afflicted with cold; / they crowded together among the elephants, horses, / and chariots, and hid themselves here and there, terrified with fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.23) evaṃ te līyamānāśca nihatāḥ kālane minā.. dṛśyaṃte patitā devāḥ śastrabhinnaṃgasaṃdhayaḥ.. 19.23 .. > As they thus hid, the gods, slain by Kālanemi, / were seen falling, the joints of their limbs shattered by weapons, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.24) vibhinnā bhinnamūrdhānastathā bhinnorujānavaḥ.. viparyastaṃ rathāṃgaiśca patitaṃ dhvajaśaktibhiḥ.. 19.24 .. > severed, their heads cleft, and their thighs and knees broken, / overturned by chariot-wheels, and struck down by standards and javelins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.25) turaṃgāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi gajānāmayutāni ca.. raktena teṣāṃ ghoreṇa dustarā cābhavanmahī.. 19.25 .. > With thousands of horses and tens of thousands of elephants, / the earth became impassable on account of their dreadful blood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.26) evamājau mahādaityaḥ kālanemirmahāsuraḥ.. jaghne muhurtamātreṇa gaṃdharvāṇāṃ daśāyutam.. 19.26 .. > Thus in battle, the great Daitya, the great Asura Kālanemi, / slew a hundred thousand Gandharvas in merely a muhūrta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.27) yakṣāṇāṃ paṃcalakṣāṇi kiṃnarāṇāṃ tathaiva ca.. jaghne piśācamukhyānāṃ saptalakṣāṇi nirbhayaḥ.. 19.27 .. > Fearless, he slew five hundred thousand Yakṣas, as many Kinnaras, / and seven hundred thousand chiefs of Piśācas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.28) itareṣāṃ na saṃkhyāsti surajātinikāyinām.. jaghne sa koṭiśaḥ kraddhaḥ kālanemirmadotkaṭaḥ.. 19.28 .. > There was no counting the other groups of the classes of deities; / enraged and puffed up with arrogance, Kālanemi slew them by the crores. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.29) evaṃ pratibhaye bhīme tadāmara mahākṣaye.. saṃkruddhāvaśvinau vīrau citrāstrakavacojjavalau.. 19.29 .. > While such a terrifying, dreadful, great destruction of the immortals was taking place, / the heroic Aśvins, furious, radiant with wondrous weapons and armor, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.30) jaghnatustau raṇe daityamekaikaṃ ṣaṣṭibhiḥ śaraiḥ.. nirbhidya te mahādaityaṃ sapuṃkhā viviśurmahīm.. 19.30 .. > both struck that Daitya in battle, each with sixty arrows. / Piercing the great Daitya, \[the arrows\], feathers and all, entered the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.31) tābhyāṃ bāṇaprahāraistu kiṃcitso'vāptacetanaḥ.. jagrāha cakraṃ lakṣāraṃ tailadhautaṃ raṇe'dhikam.. 19.31 .. > Somewhat recovering his consciousness from the blows of the arrows shot by the two, / he seized in battle an exceptional discus of a hundred thousand spokes, cleaned with oil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.32) tena cakreṇa sośvibhyāṃ ciccheda rathakūbaram.. jagrāhātha dhanurdaityaḥ śarāṃścāśīviṣopamān.. 19.32 .. > With that discus, he severed the yoke-pole of the chariot of the two Aśvins. / Then the Daitya seized a bow and arrows resembling venomous serpents; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.33) vavarṣa bhiṣajormūrdhni saṃchādyākāśagocaram.. tāvapyastraiḥ smṛtaiḥ sarvāśchedaturdaityasāyakān.. 19.33 .. > shrouding the sky, he rained them down upon the heads of the two physicians. / They too, by means of recalled weapons, cut down all the Daitya's arrows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.34) tacca karama tayordṛṣṭvā vismitaḥ kopamāviśat.. jagrāha mudgaraṃ bhīma kāladaṃḍavibhīṣaṇam.. 19.34 .. > Seeing that feat of the two, he was filled with wonder and gave way to rage; / he seized a fierce club, terrifying as the rod of death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.35) sa tadamudbhrāmya vegena cikṣepāsya rathaṃ prati.. taṃ tu mudgaramāyāṃtamālokyāṃbaragocare.. 19.35 .. > Swirling it with great force, he hurled it toward their chariot. / Seeing that club coming through the sky, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.36) muktvā rathāvubhau vegādāplutau tarasāśvinau.. tau rathau sa tu niṣpiṣya mudgaro'calasaṃnibhaḥ.. 19.36 .. > both Aśvins abandoned their chariots and leaped away with speed. / Crushing those two chariots, that club, which resembled a mountain > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.37) dārayāmāsa dharaṇīṃ hemajālapariṣkṛtaḥ.. tasya karmātha taddṛṣṭvā bhiṣajau citrayodhinau.. 19.37 .. > and was adorned with a golden network, tore open the earth. / Seeing that deed of his, the two physicians, wondrous fighters, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.38) vajrāstraṃ ca prakurvāṇau dānaveṃdramayudhyatām.. ghoravajraprahāraistu dānavaḥ sa parikṣataḥ.. 19.38 .. > Employing the thunderbolt missile, the two fought the lord of Dānavas. / Pierced by the strikes of that terrible thunderbolt, the Dānava, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.39) ratho dhvajo dhanuścaiva chatraṃ ca kavacaṃ tathā.. kṣaṇena śatadhā bhūtaṃ sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ.. 19.39 .. > his chariot, flag, bow, umbrella, and armor / were in an instant shattered into a hundred pieces before the eyes of the entire army. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.40) taddṛṣṭvā dukaraṃ karma so'śvibhyāṃ bhīmavikramaḥ.. nārāyaṇāstraṃ balavānmumoca raṇamūrdhani.. 19.40 .. > Seeing that difficult deed done by the two Aśvins, he of terrible prowess, / mighty \[Kālanemi\], discharged the Nārāyaṇa missile at the vanguard of battle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.41) tataḥ śaśāma vajrāstraṃ kālanemistato ruṣā.. jīvagrāhaṃ grāhayitumaśvinau tau pracakrame.. 19.41 .. > Then the thunderbolt missile was quelled; thereupon Kālanemi, in anger, / set out to capture the two Aśvins alive. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.42) tāvabhiprāyamālakṣya saṃtyajya samarāṃgaṇam.. padātī vepamānāṃgau pradrutau vāsavoyataḥ.. 19.42 .. > Perceiving his intention, abandoning the battlefield, / the two fled on foot, limbs trembling, to where Indra was. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.43) tayoranugato daityaḥ kālanemirnadanmuhuḥ.. prāpyeṃdrasya balaṃ krūro daityānīkapadānugaḥ.. 19.43 .. > The Daitya Kālanemi pursued the two, roaring again and again; / the cruel one, followed by the Daitya army, reached Indra's force. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.44) sa kāla iva kalpāṃte yadā vāsavamādrutaḥ.. taṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvabhūtāni viviśurvihvalāni tu.. 19.44 .. > When he rushed against Indra like Death at the end of an eon, / all beings, beholding him, became agitated and bewildered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.45) hāhārāvaṃ prakurvāṇāstadā devāśca menire.. parājayaṃ maheṃdrasya sarvalokakṣayāvaham.. 19.45 .. > Crying aloud in distress, the gods then considered / the defeat of Mahendra, which would bring ruin to all worlds, \[inevitable\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.46) celuḥ śikhariṇo mukhyāḥ peturulkā nabhastalāt.. jagarjurjaladā dikṣu saṃbhūtaśca mahāravaḥ.. 19.46 .. > Foremost mountain peaks shook; meteors fell from the vault of heaven; / clouds thundered in all directions, and a tremendous uproar arose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.47) tāṃ bhūtāvikṛtiṃ dṛṣṭvā devāḥ seṃdrā bhayāvahāḥ.. manasā śaraṇaṃ jagmurvāsudevaṃ jagatpatim.. 19.47 .. > Seeing that unnatural portent of beings, the terrified gods, together with Indra, / sought refuge in their minds with Vāsudeva, Lord of the universe: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.48) namo brahmaṇyadevāya gobrāhmaṇahitāya ca.. jagaddhitāya kṛṣṇāya goviṃdāya namonamaḥ.. 19.48 .. > “Salutations to the deity devoted to brahmins, to the benefactor of cows and brahmins, / to Kṛṣṇa, the benefactor of the universe; salutations, salutations to Govinda! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.49) sa no rakṣatu goviṃdo bhayārtāste jaguḥ surāḥ.. surāṇāṃ ciṃtitaṃ jñātvā bhagavāngaruḍadhvajaḥ.. 19.49 .. > May that Govinda protect us!” Thus the gods, tormented by fear, chanted. / Knowing the thoughts of the gods, the blessed Lord who bears Garuḍa on his banner, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.50) vibudhyaiva ca paryaṃkādyoganidrāṃ vihāya saḥ.. lakṣmīkarayugāṃbhojalālitāṃghrisaroruhaḥ.. 19.50 .. > awoke from his couch, relinquishing his yogic sleep— / he whose lotus-feet are caressed by the lotus-pair of Lakṣmī's hands, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.51) śāradaṃbaranīrābjakāṃtidehacchaviḥ prabhuḥ.. kaustubhodbhāsihṛdayaḥ kāṃtakeyūrabhāskaraḥ.. 19.51 .. > the Lord whose body radiates the luster of a blue lotus under an autumn sky, / whose chest is illumined by the Kaustubha gem, blazing with beautiful armlets— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.52) vimṛśya surasaṃkṣobhaṃ vainateyamātāhvayat.. āhūte'visthitetasmingaruḍe duḥkhite bhṛśam.. 19.52 .. > reflecting upon the agitation of the gods, he summoned the son of Vinatā. / When Garuḍa was summoned and arrived, greatly sorrowed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.53) divyanānāstratīkṣṇārcirāruhyāgātsurāhavam.. tatrāpaśyata deveṃdraṃ bhayabhītamabhidrutam.. 19.53 .. > the Lord, blazing with sharp rays of diverse divine weapons, mounted him and went to the battle of the gods. / There he saw the King of gods, terrified and pursued > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.54) dānaveṃdrairnavāṃbhodasacchāyaiḥ sarvathotkaṭaiḥ.. yathā hi puruṣaṃ ghorairabhāgyairarthakāṃkṣibhiḥ.. 19.54 .. > by Dānava chiefs resembling fresh rain-clouds, arrogant in every way, / just as a man is pursued by terrible misfortunes seeking his wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.55) tattrāṇāyāvrajadviṣṇuḥ stūyamāno muhuḥ suraiḥ.. abhāgyebhyaḥ paritrātuṃ sukṛtaṃ nirmalaṃ yathā.. 19.55 .. > To protect him, Viṣṇu advanced, praised repeatedly by the gods, / just as pure good merit arrives to rescue \[a man\] from misfortunes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.56) athāpaśyata daityeṃdro viyati dyutimaṃḍalam.. sphuraṃtamudayācchīghraṃ kāṃtaṃ sūryaśataṃ yathā.. 19.56 .. > Then the Daitya chief saw an orb of light in the sky / flashing swiftly from the mountain of sunrise, lovely as a hundred suns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.57) prabhavaṃ jñātumicchaṃto dānavāstasya tejasaḥ.. garuḍaṃ tamathā paśyankalpāṃtānalabhairavam.. 19.57 .. > Wishing to know the source of that fiery energy, the Dānavas then / saw Garuḍa, fearsome as the fire at the end of an eon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.58) tatra sthitaṃ caturbāhuṃ hariṃ cānupamadyutim.. tamālokyāsureṃdrāstu harṣasaṃpūrṇamānasāḥ.. 19.58 .. > and mounted upon him the four-armed Hari of matchless splendor. / Seeing him, the chiefs of Asuras, their minds filled with joy, \[cried\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.59) ayaṃ sa devaḥ sarveṣāṃ śaraṇaṃ keśavo'rihā.. asmiñjite jitāḥ sarvā devatā nātra saṃśayaḥ.. 19.59 .. > “This is that god, the refuge of all, Keśava, the slayer of foes! / Once he is conquered, all the deities are conquered—there is no doubt of this! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.60) enamāśritya lokeśā yajñabhāgabhujo'marāḥ.. ityuktvā te samāgamya sarva eva tatastataḥ.. 19.60 .. > Relying on him, the lords of the worlds, the immortals, enjoy their shares of sacrifice!” / Saying this, gathering together from all sides, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.61) taṃ jaghnurvividhaiḥ śastraiḥ parivārya samaṃtataḥ.. kālanemiprabhṛtayo daśa daityamahārathāḥ.. 19.61 .. > they struck him with various weapons, surrounding him on every side— / Kālanemi and the other ten great Daitya car-warriors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.62) ṣaṣṭyā vivyādhabāṇānāṃ kālanemirjanārdanam.. nimiḥ śatena bāṇānāṃ mathano'śītibhiḥ śaraiḥ.. 19.62 .. > Kālanemi pierced Janārdana with sixty arrows, / Nimi with a hundred arrows, Mathana with eighty shafts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.63) jaṃbhakaścaiva saptatyā śuṃbho daśabhireva ca.. śeṣā daitye śvarāḥ sava viṣṇumekaikaśaḥ śaraiḥ.. 19.63 .. > Jambhaka with seventy, and Śumbha with ten. / The remaining Daitya lords all struck Viṣṇu individually with arrows— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.64) daśabhirdaśabhiḥ śalyairjaghnuḥ sagaruḍaṃ raṇe.. teṣāmamṛṣyattatkarma viṣṇurdānavasūdanaḥ.. 19.64 .. > with ten darts each they struck him together with Garuḍa in battle. / Viṣṇu, slayer of Dānavas, could not tolerate that deed of theirs; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.65) ekaikaṃ dānavaṃ jaghne ṣaḍbhiḥ paḍbhirajihnagaiḥ.. ākarṇakṛṣṭairbhūyaśca kālanemistribhiḥ śaraiḥ.. 19.65 .. > he struck each Dānava with six straight-flying arrows. / Again, with three arrows drawn to his ear, Kālanemi > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.66) viṣṇuṃ vivyādha hṛdaye roṣādraktavilocanaḥ.. tasyāśobhaṃta te bāṇā hṛdaye taptakāṃcanāḥ.. 19.66 .. > pierced Viṣṇu in the chest, his eyes red with rage. / Those arrows of molten gold shone on his chest > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.67) mayūkhā iva saṃdīptāḥ kaustubhasya sphurattviṣaḥ.. tairbāṇaiḥ kiṃcidāyasto harirjagrāha mudgaram.. 19.67 .. > like blazing rays flashing from the Kaustubha gem. / Somewhat distressed by those arrows, Hari seized a club. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.68) sa tamudgrāhya vegena dānavāya mumoca vai.. dānavendrastamaprāptaṃ viyatyeva śataiḥ śaraiḥ.. 19.68 .. > Lifting it with force, he hurled it at the Dānava. / Before it reached him, the Dānava chief, while it was still in the air, with hundreds of arrows > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.69) ciccheda tilaśaḥ kruddho darśayanpāṇilāghavam.. tato viṣṇuḥ prakupitaḥ prāsaṃ jagrāha bhairavam.. 19.69 .. > furiously sliced it into sesame-sized pieces, displaying the lightness of his hand. / Then Viṣṇu, enraged, seized a fearsome spear; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.70) tena daityasya hṛdayaṃ tāḍayāmāsa vegataḥ.. kṣaṇena labdhasaṃjñastu kālanemirmahāsuraḥ.. 19.70 .. > with it, he violently struck the Daitya's chest. / Regaining consciousness in a moment, the great Asura Kālanemi > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.71) śaktiṃ jagrāha tīkṣṇāgrāṃ hemaghaṃṭāṭṭahāsinīm.. tayā vāmaṃ bhujaṃ viṣṇorbibheda ditinaṃdanaḥ.. 19.71 .. > grasped a sharp-pointed spear ringing with golden bells. / With it, that son of Diti pierced the left arm of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.72) bhinnaṃ śaktyā bhujaṃ tasya srutaśoṇitamābabhau.. nīle balā hake vidyudvidyotaṃtī yathā muhuḥ.. 19.72 .. > Pierced by the spear, his arm dripping blood shone / like lightning repeatedly flashing in a dark cloud. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.73) tato viṣṇuḥ prakupito jagrāha vipulaṃ dhanuḥ.. saptadaśa ca nārācāṃstīkṣṇāgrānmarmabhedinaḥ.. 19.73 .. > Then Viṣṇu, enraged, took up his mighty bow / and seventeen sharp-pointed iron arrows capable of piercing vital spots. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.74) daityasya hṛdayaṃ ṣaḍbhirvivyādha ca śaraistribhiḥ.. caturbhiḥ sārathiṃ cāsya dhvajaṃ caikena patriṇā.. 19.74 .. > With six, and then three arrows, he pierced the Daitya's chest, / with four his charioteer, and with one feathered shaft his banner; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.75) dvābhyāṃ dhanurjyādhanuṣī bhujaṃ caikena patriṇā.. sa viddho hṛdaye gāḍhaṃ doṣairmūḍho yathā naraḥ.. 19.75 .. > with two his bow and bowstring, and with one feathered shaft his arm. / Deeply pierced in the chest, like a man bewildered by vices, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.76) srutaraktāruṇaḥ prāṃśuḥ pīḍācalitamānasaḥ.. cakaṃpe māruteneva coditaḥ kiṃśukadrumaḥ.. 19.76 .. > the tall \[demon\], crimson with flowing blood, his mind shaken with pain, / trembled like a kiṃśuka tree stirred by the wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.77) tataḥ kaṃpitamālakṣya gadāṃ jagrāha keśavaḥ.. tāṃ ca vegena cikṣepa kālanemivadhaṃ prati.. 19.77 .. > Then, seeing him trembling, Keśava seized his mace, / and hurled it with force to slay Kālanemi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.78) sā papāta śirasyugrā sahasā kālaneminaḥ.. saṃcūrṇitottamāṃ gastu niṣpiṣṭamukuṭosuraḥ.. 19.78 .. > That fierce \[mace\] fell swiftly upon Kālanemi's head; / with his head crushed and his crown smashed to pieces, the Asura, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.79) srutaraktaugharaṃdhraśca srutadhāturivācalaḥ.. papāta sve rathe bhagno visaṃjñaḥ śiṣṭajīvanaḥ.. 19.79 .. > his cavities gushing streams of blood like a mountain discharging mineral ores, / fell broken in his chariot, unconscious, with only a remnant of life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.80) patitasya rathopasthe dānavasyācyuto'rihā.. smitapūrvamuvācedaṃ vākyaṃ cakrāyudhaḥ prabhuḥ.. 19.80 .. > To the Dānava fallen on the floor of the chariot, the Lord Acyuta, slayer of foes, / armed with the discus, spoke these words with a smile: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.81) gacchāsura vimukto'si sāṃprataṃ jīva nirvṛtaḥ.. tataḥ svalpena kālena ahameva tavāṃtakaḥ.. 19.81 .. > “Go, Asura, you are released; live at ease for now. / Then, after a short time, I myself shall be your ender.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.82) evaṃ vacastasya niśamya viṣṇoḥ sarveśvarasyātha rathaṃ nimeṣāt.. nināya dūraṃ kila kālanemino bhītastadā sārathirlokanāthāt.. 19.82 .. > Hearing these words of Viṣṇu, the Lord of All, Kālanemi’s charioteer, terrified of the Lord of the World, instantly drove the chariot far away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17.82\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17.82_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe devāsurāsaṃgrāme kālanemikṛtayuddhasaṃmarde viṣṇunā saha kālanemiyuddhavarṇanaṃnāmaikonaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 19 .. cha .. > Thus ends the nineteenth chapter, entitled "The Description of the Battle of Kālanemi with Viṣṇu, in the Tumult of the Battle between Gods and Asuras," in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the first section, the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.17.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.17) · Pramāṇa