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# Skandapurana 1.4.18: adhyāyaḥ 20

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 20

### [1.4.18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.1)

..nārada uvāca..  
taṃ dṛṣṭvā dānavāḥ sarve kruddhāḥ svaiḥsvairbalairvṛtāḥ..  
saraghā iva mākṣikaṃ rurudhuḥ sarvatastataḥ.. 20.1 ..

> Nārada said: / Seeing him, all the Dānavas, enraged and surrounded by their respective forces, / hemmed him in on all sides, like bees around honey.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.2)

parvatābhe gaje bhīme madasrāviṇi durdame..  
sitacitrapatāke tu prabhinnakaraṭāmukhe.. 20.2 ..

> Upon a fearsome elephant resembling a mountain, streaming with rut, untameable, / bearing white variegated banners, its temple-cheeks split \[with mada\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.3)

svarṇavarṇāṃcite yadvannage dāvāgnisaṃvṛte..  
āruhyajau nimirdaityo hariṃ pratyudyayau balī.. 20.3 ..

> which was adorned with golden color like a mountain enveloped by forest fire, / the mighty Daitya Nimi mounted and advanced against Hari in battle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.4)

tasyāsandānavā raudrā gajasya parirakṣiṇaḥ..  
saptaviṃśatikoṭyaśca kirīṭakavacojjavalāḥ.. 20.4 ..

> The terrifying Dānavas who guarded that elephant / numbered twenty-seven crores, radiant with diadems and armor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.5)

aśvamāruhya śailābhaṃ harimādravat..  
paṃcayojanapragrīvamuṣṭramāsthāya jaṃbhakaḥ.. 20.5 ..

> \[One\] rushed against Hari having mounted a horse resembling a mountain; / Jambhaka, having mounted a camel with a neck five yojanas long;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.6)

śumbho meṣaṃ samāruhyāvrajaddvādaśayojanam..  
apare dānavendrāśca yattā nānāstrāpāṇayaḥ.. 20.6 ..

> Śumbha advanced mounted upon a ram twelve yojanas long; / and other Dānava lords, prepared and with various weapons in hand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.7)

ājagmuḥ samare kruddhā viṣṇumakliṣṭakāriṇam..  
paragheṇa nimirdaityo mathano mudgareṇa ca.. 20.7 ..

> enraged, advanced in battle against Viṣṇu of effortless deeds: / the Daitya Nimi with an iron bar, and Mathana with a club;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.8)

śumbhaḥ śūlena tīkṣṇena prāsena grasanastathā..  
cakreṇa krathanaḥ kruddho jaṃbhaḥ śaktyā mahāraṇe.. 20.8 ..

> Śumbha with a sharp trident, and Grasana likewise with a dart; / the enraged Krathana with a discus, and Jambha with a spear in the great battle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.9)

jaghnurnārāyaṇaṃ śeṣā viśikhairmarmabhedibhiḥ..  
tānyastrāṇi prayuktāni viviśuḥ puruṣottamam.. 20.9 ..

> The rest struck Nārāyaṇa with arrows that pierce the vitals. / Those weapons discharged entered the Supreme Person,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.10)

upadeśā guroryadvatsacchiṣyaṃ bahudheritāḥ..  
tataḥ kruddho harirgṛhya dhanurbāṇāṃśca puṣkalān.. 20.10 ..

> like the manifold instructions of a guru entering a good pupil. / Then enraged Hari, taking up his bow and copious arrows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.11)

mamarda daityasenāṃ taddharmamarthavaco yathā..  
nimiṃ vivyādha viṃśatyā vāṇairanalavarcasaiḥ.. 20.11 ..

> crushed the Daitya army, just as discourse on wealth \[crushes\] righteousness. / He pierced Nimi with twenty arrows brilliant as fire;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.12)

mathanaṃ daśabhiścaiva śumbhaṃ paṃcabhireva ca..  
śatena mahiṣaṃ kruddho vivyādhorasi mādhavaḥ.. 20.12 ..

> enraged Mādhava pierced Mathana with ten, Śumbha with five, / and Mahiṣa on his chest with a hundred;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.13)

jaṃbhaṃ dvādaśabhistīkṣṇaiḥ sarvāṃścaikaika śo'ṣṭabhiḥ..  
tasya tallāghavaṃ dṛṣṭvā dānavāḥ krodhamūrchitāḥ.. 20.13 ..

> and Jambha with twelve sharp \[arrows\], and each one of the rest with eight. / Seeing his lightness of hand, the Dānavas, faint with rage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.14)

cakrurgāḍhataraṃ yatnamāvṛṇvānā hariṃ śaraiḥ..  
cicchedātha dhanurjyāṃ ca nimirbhallena dānavaḥ.. 20.14 ..

> made a still greater effort, covering Hari with arrows. / Then the Dānava Nimi severed the bowstring with a broad-headed arrow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.15)

hastāccāpaṃ ca saṃraṃbhācciccheda mahiṣāsuraḥ..  
ṣīḍayāmāsā garuḍaṃ jaṃbho bāṇāyutaistribhiḥ.. 20.15 ..

> and Mahiṣāsura passionately sliced the bow from his hand. / Jambha afflicted Garuḍa with thirty thousand arrows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.16)

bhujāvasya ca vivyādha śaṃbho bāṇāyutena vai..  
tato vismitacittastu gadāṃ jagrāha mādhavaḥ.. 20.16 ..

> and Śambha pierced his two arms with ten thousand arrows. / Then, with an astonished mind, Mādhava seized his mace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.17)

tāṃ prāhiṇotsa vegena mathanāya mahāhave..  
tāmāprāptāṃ nimirbāṇairmuśalābhaiḥ sahasraśaḥ.. 20.17 ..

> He hurled it with speed at Mathana in the great combat. / Before it reached him, Nimi struck it with thousands of arrows resembling pestles,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.18)

āhatya pātayāmāsa vinadankālameghavat..  
tatoṃ'tarikṣe hāheti bhūtānāṃ jajñire kathāḥ.. 20.18 ..

> and knocked it down, roaring like a storm cloud at the end of time. / Then in the sky arose the cries of beings, saying "Alas! Alas!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.19)

naitadasti balaṃ vyaktaṃ yatrāśīryata sā gadā..  
tāṃ hariḥ patitāṃ dṛṣṭvā asthāne prārthanāmiva.. 20.19 ..

> There was clearly no strength here \[equal to\] where that mace was shattered. / Hari, seeing it fallen like a plea made in the wrong place,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.20)

jagrāha mudgaraṃ ghoraṃ divyaratnapariṣkṛtam..  
taṃ mumocātivegena nimimuddiśya dānavam.. 20.20 ..

> seized a terrible club adorned with divine gems. / He hurled it with exceeding speed, aiming at the Dānava Nimi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.21)

tamāyāṃtaṃ viyatyeva trayo daityā hyavārayan..  
gadayā daṃbhadaityastu grasanaḥ paṭṭiśena tu.. 20.21 ..

> As it came flying through the sky, three Daityas intercepted it: / the Daitya Dambha with a mace, Grasana with a sharp-edged spear,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.22)

śaktyā ca mahiṣo daityo vinadaṃto mahāraravam..  
nirākṛtaṃ tamālokya durjanaiḥ sujanaṃ yathā.. 20.22 ..

> and the Daitya Mahiṣa with a lance, roaring with a tremendous cry. / Seeing it repelled, as a virtuous man is by the wicked,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.23)

jagrāha śaktimugrogrāṃ śataghaṃṭāmahāsvanām..  
jaṃbhāya tāṃ samuddiśya prāhiṇodbhīṣaṇeraṇe.. 20.23 ..

> he seized a spear exceedingly fierce, with the great resonance of a hundred bells. / Aiming it at Jambha, he hurled it in that terrifying battle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.24)

tāmāyāntīmathālokya jaṃbho'nyasya rathāttvarāt..  
āplutya līlayā gṛhṇankāminīṃ kāmuko yathā.. 20.24 ..

> Seeing it arriving, Jambha quickly leapt down from another's chariot / and caught it playfully, like an impassioned man seizing a lovely woman;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.25)

tayaiva garuḍaṃ mūrdhni jaghne sa prahasanbalī..  
tato bhūyo rathaṃ prāpya ghanurgṛhyabhyayojayat.. 20.25 ..

> and laughing, the mighty one struck Garuḍa on the head with that very \[spear\]. / Then, having mounted his chariot again, he seized his bow and strung it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.26)

vicetāścābhavadyuddhe garuḍaḥ śaktipīḍitaḥ..  
tataḥ prahasya taṃ viṣṇuḥ sādhusādhviti bhārata.. 20.26 ..

> Garuḍa became unconscious in battle, afflicted by the spear. / Then Viṣṇu, smiling, said to him: "Well done! Well done!", O Bhārata,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.27)

karasparśena kṛtavānvimohaṃ vinatātmajam..  
samāśvāsya ca taṃ vāgbhiḥ śaktiṃ dṛṣṭvā ca niṣphalām.. 20.27 ..

> and dispelled the delusion of Vinatā's son with the touch of his hand. / Comforting him with words and seeing that the spear had proved futile,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.28)

kubhāryasya yathā puṃsaḥ sarvaṃsyācciṃtitaṃ vṛthā..  
dṛṭhasāramahāmaurvīmanyāṃ saṃyojayattataḥ.. 20.28 ..

> just as all the designs of a man with a bad wife come to nothing, / he then fixed another bowstring of firm and mighty strength.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.29)

kṛtvā ca talanirghoṣaṃ raudramastraṃ mumoca saḥ..  
tato'stratejasā sarvamākāśaṃ naiva dṛśyate.. 20.29 ..

> Having produced a clapping sound with his palm, he discharged the Raudra weapon. / Then, by the radiance of the weapon, the whole sky could not be seen at all;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.30)

bhūmirdiśaśca vidiśo bāmajālamayā bubhuḥ..  
dṛṣṭvā tadastramāhātmyaṃ senānīrgrasano'suraḥ.. 20.30 ..

> the earth, the cardinal points, and the intermediate points became filled with a net of arrows. / Seeing the greatness of that weapon, the Asura commander Grasana  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.31)

brāhmamastraṃ cakārāśu sarvāstravinivāraṇam..  
tena tatpraśamaṃ yātaṃ raudrāstraṃ lokabhīṣaṇam.. 20.31 ..

> swiftly discharged the Brāhma weapon, which repels all weapons. / By that, the Raudra weapon, terrifying to the world, was brought to rest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.32)

astre pratihate tasminviṣṇurdānavasūdanaḥ..  
kāladaṃḍāstramakarotsarvalokabhayaṃkaram.. 20.32 ..

> When that weapon was neutralized, Viṣṇu, the slayer of Dānavas, / invoked the Kāladaṇḍa weapon, terrifying to all the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.33)

saṃdhīyamānestre tasminmārutaḥ paruṣo vavau..  
cakaṃpe ca mahī devī bhinnāścāṃbudhayo'bhavan.. 20.33 ..

> While that weapon was being aimed, a harsh wind blew, / the earth goddess trembled, and the oceans split apart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.34)

tadastramugraṃ dṛṣṭvā tu dānavā yuddhadurmadāḥ..  
cakrurastrāṇi divyāni nānārūpāṇi saṃyuge.. 20.34 ..

> Seeing that fierce weapon, the Dānavas, arrogant in battle, / invoked divine weapons of various forms in the combat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.35)

nārāyaṇāṃstraṃ grasanastu cakre tvāṣṭraṃ nimiścāstravaraṃ mumoca..  
aiṣīkamastraṃ ca cakāra jaṃbho yuddhasya daṇḍāstra nivāraṇāya.. 20.35 ..

> Grasana invoked the Nārāyaṇa weapon, Nimi discharged the excellent Tvāṣṭra weapon, / and Jambha discharged the Aiṣīka weapon to ward off the Daṇḍa weapon of the battle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.36)

yāvacca saṃdhānavaśaṃ prayāṃti nārāyaṇādīni nivāraṇāya..  
tāvatkṣaṇenaiva jaghāna koṭīṃdaityeśvarāṇāṃ kila kāladaṃḍaḥ.. 20.36 ..

> Even as the Nārāyaṇa and other weapons were being aimed for its neutralization, / the Kāladaṇḍa slew a crore of Daitya lords in a mere instant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.37)

anaṃtaraṃ śāṃtabhayaṃ tadastraṃ daityāstrayogena ca kāladaṇḍam..  
śāṃtaṃ tadālokya hariḥ svamastraṃ kopena kālānalatulyamūrtiḥ.. 20.37 ..

> Thereafter, seeing that weapon, the Kāladaṇḍa, calmed and its terror ceased by the counteraction of the Daityas' weapons, / Hari, whose form became like the fire of dissolution in anger,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.38)

jagrāha cakraṃ tapanā yutaprabhamugrāramātmānamiva dvitīyam..  
cikṣepa senāpataye jvalaṃtaṃ caturbhūjaḥ saṃyati saṃpragṛhya.. 20.38 ..

> seized the discus, brilliant as ten thousand suns, with fierce spokes, like a second self. / Grasping it firmly in combat, the four-armed one hurled it blazing at the general.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.39)

tadāvrajaccakramatho vilokya sarvātmanā daityavarāḥ svavīryāt..  
nāśaknunvārayituṃ pracaṃḍaṃ daivaṃ yathā pūrvamivopapannam.. 20.39 ..

> Then, seeing that furious discus advancing, the foremost Daityas, with all their soul and their own valor, / were unable to ward it off, just like fate arrived from \[deeds\] done before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.40)

tadapratarkyaṃ navahetitulyaṃ cakraṃ papāta grasanasya kaṇṭhe..  
tadraktadhārā ruṇaghoranābhi jagāma bhūyopi karaṃ murāreḥ.. 20.40 ..

> That unfathomable discus, like a newly forged weapon, fell upon Grasana's neck. / Its dreadful nave turned crimson with the stream of his blood, it returned once more to the hand of Murāri.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.41)

cakrāhataḥ saṃyati dānavaśca papāta bhūmau pramamāra cāpi..  
daityāśca śeṣā bhṛśaśaukamāpuḥ krodhaṃ ca kecitpipiṣurbhujāṃśca.. 20.41 ..

> Struck by the discus in the battle, the Dānava fell to the ground and died; / and the remaining Daityas experienced immense sorrow, while some ground their arms in rage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.42)

tato vinihate daitye grasane balanāyake..  
nirmaryādamayudhyaṃta hariṇā saha dānavāḥ.. 20.42 ..

> Then, after the Daitya Grasana, the commander of the army, was slain, / the Dānavas fought unrestrainedly with Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.43)

paṭṭiśairmuśalaiḥ prāsaigni dābhiḥ kaṇapairapi..  
tīkṣṇānanaiśca nārācaiścakraiḥ śaktibhireva ca.. 20.43 ..

> with flat-faced iron spears, maces, lances, knifes, and iron bludgeons, / and with sharp-faced iron arrows, discuses, and spears.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.44)

tadastrajālaṃ tairmuktaṃ labdhalakṣo janārdanaḥ..  
ekaikaṃ śatadhā cakre bāṇairagni śikhopamaiḥ.. 20.44 ..

> Having found his mark, Janārdana split into a hundred pieces each one / of that mass of missiles loosed by them, using arrows resembling tongues of fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.45)

jaghāna teṣāṃ saṃkruddhaḥ koṭikoṭiṃ janārdanaḥ..  
tataste sahasā bhūtvā nyapatankeśavopari.. 20.45 ..

> Enraged, Janārdana struck down tens of millions of them; / then, coming together all at once, they fell upon Keśava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.46)

garuḍaṃ jagṛhuḥ kecitpādayoḥ śataśo'surāḥ..  
lalaṃbire ca pakṣābhyāṃ mukhe cānye lalaṃbire.. 20.46 ..

> Some Asuras seized Garuḍa by the feet in their hundreds; / they clung to his two wings, and others clung to his face.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.47)

keśavasyāpi dhanuṣi bhujayoḥ śīrṣa eva ca..  
lalaṃbire mahādaityā ninadaṃto muhurmuhuḥ.. 20.47 ..

> Unto Keśava's bow as well, and upon his two arms and head, / the great Daityas clung, roaring again and again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.48)

tadadbhutaṃ mahaddṛṣṭvā siddhacāraṇavārtikāḥ..  
hāheti mumucurnādasaṃbare cāstuvanharim.. 20.48 ..

> Seeing that great marvel, the Siddhas, Cāraṇas, and travelers / let out cries of "Alas, alas!" and praised Hari in the sky.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.49)

tato harirvinirdhūya pātayāmāsa tānbhuvi..  
yathā prabuddhaḥ puruṣo doṣānsaṃsārasaṃbhavān.. 20.49 ..

> Then Hari, shaking them off violently, cast them down upon the earth, / just as an enlightened person casts off the faults born of worldly existence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.50)

vikośaṃ ca tataḥ naṃdakaṃ khaḍgamuttamam..  
carma cāpyamalaṃ viṣṇuḥ padātistānadhāvata.. 20.50 ..

> Then, unsheathing his excellent sword Nandaka / and taking up his spotless shield, Viṣṇu ran at them on foot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.51)

tato muhūrtamātreṇa padmāni daśa keśavaḥ..  
cakartta mārge bahubhirvicarandaityasattamān.. 20.51 ..

> Then, in merely a moment, wandering along the way, / Keśava with his many \[blows\] cut down ten lotus-units of the foremost Daityas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.52)

tato nimiprabhṛtayo vinadyāsurasattamāḥ..  
adhāvaṃta maheṣvāsāḥ keśavaṃ pādacāriṇam.. 20.52 ..

> Then the foremost Asuras headed by Nimi, mighty archers, / roaring loudly, ran toward Keśava as he traversed on foot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.53)

garutmāṃścābhyayāttūrṇamāruroha ca taṃ hariḥ..  
uvāca ca garutmaṃtaṃ tasmiṃśca tumule raṇe.. 20.53 ..

> And Garuḍa swiftly approached, and Hari mounted him, / and he spoke to Garuḍa in that tumultuous battle:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.54)

aśrāṃto yadi tārkṣyāsi mathanaṃ prati tadvraja..  
śrāṃtaścecca muhūrtaṃ tvaṃ raṇādapasṛto bhava.. 20.54 ..

> "If you are not weary, O Tārkṣya, then advance toward Mathana; / but if you are weary, withdraw for a moment from the battle."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.55)

..tārkṣya uvāca..  
na me śramo'sti lokeśa kiṃcitsaṃsmarataśca me..  
yanme sutānvāhanatve kalpayāmāsa tārakaḥ.. 20.55 ..

> Tārkṣya said: / "I have no weariness, O Lord of the World, even a bit, when I remember / that Tāraka appointed my sons to serve as mounts."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.56)

iti bravanraṇe daityaṃ mathanaṃ prati so'gamat..  
daityastavabhimukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā śaṃkhacakragadādharam.. 20.56 ..

> Speaking thus, he went toward the Daitya Mathana in battle. / The Daitya, seeing him approaching, bearing the conch, discus, and mace,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.57)

jaghāna bhiṃḍipālena śitadhāreṇa vakṣasi..  
taṃ prahāramaciṃtyaiva viṣṇustasminmahāhave.. 20.57 ..

> struck him on the chest with a sharp-edged javelin. / Without giving any thought to that blow in that great fight, Viṣṇu  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.58)

jaghāna paṃcabhirbāṇairgirīṃdrasyāpi bhedakaiḥ..  
ākarṇakṛṣṭairdaśabhiḥ punarviddhaḥ stanāṃtare.. 20.58 ..

> struck him with five arrows capable of cleaving even a sovereign mountain; / and again, pierced between his breasts by ten \[shafts\] drawn to the ear,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.59)

vicetano muhūrtātsa saṃstabhya mathanaḥ punaḥ..  
gṛhītvā parighaṃ mūrdhni janārdanamatāḍayat.. 20.59 ..

> senseless for a moment, Mathana composed himself once more, / and taking an iron club, struck Janārdana on the head.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.60)

viṣṇustena prahāreṇa kiṃcidāghūrṇito'bhavat..  
tataḥ kopavivṛttākṣo gadāṃ jagrāha mādhavaḥ.. 20.60 ..

> Viṣṇu was slightly staggered by that blow; / then, his eyes rolling in rage, Mādhava seized his mace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.61)

tayā saṃtāḍayāmāsa mathanaṃ hṛdaye dṛḍham..  
sa papāta tathā bhūmau cūrṇitāṃgo mamāra ca.. 20.61 ..

> With it he struck Mathana forcefully on the heart; / he fell thus upon the ground with shattered limbs and died.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.62)

tasminnipatite bhūmau mathane mathite bhṛśam..  
avasādaṃ yuyurdaityāḥ sarve te yuddhamaṇḍale.. 20.62 ..

> When that Mathana was crushed and had fallen to the ground, / all those Daityas were seized with despair on the battlefield.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.63)

tatasteṣu viṣaṇṇeṣu dānaveṣvatimāniṣu..  
cukopa raktanayano mahiṣo dānaveśvaraḥ.. 20.63 ..

> Then, as those excessively proud Dānavas grew despondent, / Mahiṣa, the lord of the Dānavas, flew into a rage, his eyes red.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.64)

pratyudyayau hariṃ raudraḥ svabāhubalamāśritaḥ..  
rīkṣṇadhāreṇa śūlena mahiṣo harimardayan.. 20.64 ..

> Relying on the strength of his own arms, the terrible Mahiṣa marched out against Hari, / tormenting Hari with a sharp-edged trident;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.65)

śaktyā ca garuḍaṃ vīro hṛdaye'bhyahanaddṛḍham..  
tato vivṛtya vadanaṃ mahāmalaguhānibham.. 20.65 ..

> and the heroic \[demon\] struck Garuḍa firmly in the chest with a spear. / Then, opening his mouth, which resembled a huge dark cavern,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.66)

grastumaicchadraṇe daityaḥ sagarutmaṃtamacyutam..  
athāc‌yuto'pi vijñāya dānavasya cikīrṣitam.. 20.66 ..

> the Daitya wished to swallow Acyuta along with Garuḍa in the battle. / Then Acyuta of great might, knowing what the Dānava intended to do,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.67)

vadanaṃ pūrayāmāsa divyaistrairmahābalaḥ..  
sa tairbāṇairabhihato mahiṣo'calasaṃnibhaḥ.. 20.67 ..

> filled his mouth with divine missiles. / Struck by those arrows, Mahiṣa, who resembled a mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.68)

parivartitakāyārdhaḥ papātātha mamāra ca..  
mahiṣaṃ patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā jīvayitvā punarhariḥ.. 20.68 ..

> with half his body overturned, fell down and died. / Seeing Mahiṣa fallen, Hari brought him back to life and then  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.69)

mahiṣaṃ prāha mattastvaṃ vadhaṃ nārhasi dānava..  
yoṣidvadhyaḥ puroktastvaṃ sākṣātkamalayoninā.. 20.69 ..

> said to Mahiṣa: "O Dānava, you do not deserve death at my hands; / formerly it was declared by the Lotus-born \[Brahmā\] himself that you are to be killed by a woman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.70)

uttiṣṭha gaccha manmukto drutamasmānmahāraṇāt..  
ityukto hariṇā tasmāddeśādapagato'suraḥ.. 20.70 ..

> Arise, go, released by me, swiftly away from this great battle." / Addressed thus by Hari, the Asura departed from that place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.71)

tasminparāṅmukhe daitye mahiṣe śuṃbhadānavaḥ..  
saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭāṭopo bhṛkuṭīkuṭilānanaḥ.. 20.71 ..

> When that Daitya Mahiṣa had turned away, the Dānava Śumbha, / with the swell of his lips bitten and his face furrowed with frowns,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.72)

nirmadhya pāṇinā pāṇiṃ dhanurādāya bhairavam..  
sajjīkṛtya mahāghorānmumoca śataśaḥ śarān.. 20.72 ..

> rubbing hand against hand and taking up a terrible bow, / strung it and loosed hundreds of exceedingly dreadful arrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.73)

sa citrayodhī dṛḍhamuṣṭipātastataśva viṣṇuṃ ca daityaḥ..  
bāṇairjvaladvahniśikhānikāśaiḥ kṣiptairasaṃkhyaiḥ pratighāhīnaiḥ.. 20.73 ..

> That Daitya, who fought with wondrous skill and struck with a firm grip, then \[attacked\] Viṣṇu / with innumerable, unhindered arrows discharged, resembling blazing tongues of fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.74)

viṣṇuśca daityeṃdraśarārdito bhṛśaṃ bhuśuṃḍimādāya kṛtāṃtatulyām..  
tayā mukhaṃ cāsya pipeṣa saṃkhye śuṃbhasya jatruṃ ca dharādharābham.. 20.74 ..

> And Viṣṇu, deeply tormented by the arrows of the lord of the Daityas, seized an iron club like Death; / with it in the fight he crushed his face and Śumbha's collarbone, which was like a mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.75)

tatastribhiḥ śaṃbhubhujaṃ dviṣaṣṭyā sūtasya śīrṣaṃ daśakṣiśca ketum..  
viṣṇurvikṛṣṭaiḥ śravaṇāvasānaṃ daityasya bāṇairjvalanārkavarṇaiḥ.. 20.75 ..

> Then, with three arrows drawn up to the ear, having the color of fire and sun, Viṣṇu \[pierced\] Śumbha's arm, / with sixty-two his charioteer's head, and with ten the Daitya's banner.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.76)

sa taiśca viddho vyathito babhūva daityeśvaro visrutaśoṇitāktaḥ..  
tato'sya kiṃciccalitasya dhairyāduvāca śaṃkhāṃbujasārṅgapāṇiḥ.. 20.76 ..

> Pierced by them and afflicted, the lord of the Daityas became smeared with flowing blood. / Then, as he wavered slightly in his steadfastness, he whose hand holds the conch, lotus, and bow of horn said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.77)

yoṣitsuvadhyo'si raṇaṃ vibhuṃca śuṃbhā'śubha svalpatarairahobhiḥ..  
mattorhasi tvaṃ na vṛthaiva mūḍha tato'payātaḥ sa ca śaṃbhadānavaḥ.. 20.77 ..

> "You are easily slain by a woman; leave the battle, O inauspicious Śumbha, in a very few days! / You do not deserve \[death\] at my hands in vain, O fool." Thereupon that Dānava Śumbha retreated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.78)

jambho'tha tadviṣṇumukhānniśamya jagarja coccaiḥ kṛtasiṃhanādaḥ..  
provāca vākyaṃ ca salīlamājau mahāṭṭahāsena jagadvikaṃpya.. 20.78 ..

> Then Jambha, hearing that from Viṣṇu's mouth, roared loudly, uttering a lion's roar, / and playfully spoke these words in the battle, making the world tremble with his loud burst of laughter:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.79)

kimebhiste jalāvāsa daityairhīnaparākramaiḥ..  
māmāsādaya yuddhe'sminyadi te pauruṣaṃ kvacit.. 20.79 ..

> "O you whose dwelling is in the waters, what use have you for these Daityas who lack prowess? / Face me in this battle if you have any manly vigor anywhere!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.80)

yatte pūrvaṃ hatā daityā hiraṇyākṣamukhāḥ kila..  
jaṃbhastadābhavannaiva paśya māmadya saṃsthitam.. 20.80 ..

> When formerly those Daityas led by Hiraṇyākṣa were slain by you, / Jambha was truly not there; behold me standing here today!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.81)

paśya tālapratī kāśau bhujāvetau hare mama..  
vakṣo vā vajrakaṭhinaṃ mayi prahara tatsukham.. 20.81 ..

> "Look at these two arms of mine, Hari, like palm trees! / Or \[look at my\] chest, hard as a thunderbolt! Strike me, and take your pleasure!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.82)

ityuktaḥ keśavastena sṛkkiṇī saṃlihanruṣā..  
mumoca parighaṃghoraṃ virīṇāmapi dāraṇam.. 20.82 ..

> Addressed thus by him, Keśava, licking the corners of his mouth in fury, / hurled a terrible iron mace, one that could split even rocks.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.83)

tatastasyāpyanupadaṃ kālāyasamayaṃ dṛḍham..  
mumoca mudgaraṃ viṣṇurdvitīyaṃ parvataṃ yathā.. 20.83 ..

> Then, close behind it, Viṣṇu hurled a solid club / made of dark iron, like a second mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.84)

tadāyudhadvayaṃ dṛṣṭvā jaṃbho nyasya rathe dhanuḥ..  
āplutya parighaṃ gṛhya garuḍaṃ tena jaghnivān.. 20.84 ..

> Seeing those two weapons, Jambha set down his bow upon his chariot, / leaped forward, seized the iron mace, and struck Garuḍa with it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.85)

dvitīyaṃ mudgaraṃ cānu gṛhītvā vinadanraṇe..  
sarvaprāṇena goviṃdaṃ tena mūrdhni jaghāna saḥ.. 20.85 ..

> Then seizing the second weapon, the club, roaring in battle, / he struck Govinda on the head with all his might.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.86)

tābhyāṃ cātiprahārābhyāmubhau garuḍakeśavau..  
mohāviṣṭau vicetaskau mṛtakalpāvivāsatām.. 20.86 ..

> From those exceedingly powerful blows, both Garuḍa and Keśava, / enveloped in stupor and senseless, lay as though dead.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.87)

tadadbhutaṃ mahaddṛṣṭvā jagarjurdaityasattamāḥ..  
naitānharṣamadoddhūtānidaṃ sehe jagattadā.. 20.87 ..

> Seeing that great wonder, the foremost Daityas roared; / the universe could not endure them, shaken by the arrogance of their joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.88)

siṃhanādaistalonnāhairdhanurnādaiśca bāṇajaiḥ..  
jaṃbhaṃ te harṣayāmāsurvāsāṃsyādudhuvuśca te.. 20.88 ..

> With lion-roars, clappings of palms, and the twangs of bowstrings born of arrows, / they cheered Jambha and waved their garments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.89)

śaṃkhāṃśca pūrayāmāsuścikṣipurdevatā bhṛśam.. 20.89 ..

> They blew their conches and fiercely harassed the deities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.90)

saṃjñāmavāpyātha mahāraṇe hariḥ savainateyaḥ parirabhya jaṃbham..  
parāṅmukhaḥ saṃyugādapradhṛṣyātpalāyanaṃ vegaparaścakāra.. 20.90 ..

> Then Hari, regaining consciousness in the great battle, along with the son of Vinatā, grappling with Jambha, / turned his back upon the invincible combat and fled swiftly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.18.90\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.18.90_1)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṃḍe daityaiḥ saha viṣṇoryuddhavarṇanaṃnāma viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 20 .. cha ..

> Thus ends the twentieth chapter, named "Description of the Battle of Viṣṇu with the Daityas," in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the first \[section\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.18.1) — English, machine translation

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