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# Skandapurana 1.4.19: adhyāyaḥ 21

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.19

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 21

### [1.4.19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.1)

..nārada uvāca..  
tamālokya palāyaṃtaṃ vidhvastadhvajakārmukam..  
daityāṃśca muditāniṃdraḥ kartavyaṃ nādhyagacchata.. 21.1 ..

> Nārada said: / Seeing him fleeing, with his banner and bow broken, / and the Daityas rejoicing, Indra did not know what to do.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.2)

athāyānnikaṭaṃ viṣṇoḥ sureśastvarayānvitaḥ..  
uvāca cainaṃ madhuramutsāhaparibṛṃhitam.. 21.2 ..

> Then the lord of the gods quickly approached Viṣṇu / and spoke sweet words to him, filled with encouragement:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.3)

kimebhiḥ krīḍase deva dānavairduṣṭamānasaiḥ..  
durjanairlabdharaṃdhrasya puruṣasya kutaḥ kriyāḥ.. 21.3 ..

> "Why do you sport, O Lord, with these wicked-minded Dānavas? / How can an individual whose vulnerable spot is seized by vile men perform his duties?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.4)

śaktenopekṣito nīco manyate balamātmanaḥ..  
tasmānna nīcaṃ matimānuṣekṣeta kathaṃcana.. 21.4 ..

> When disregarded by the capable, a base man believes in his own strength; / therefore, a wise man should never disregard a base man.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.5)

athāgresarasaṃpattyā rathino jayamāyayuḥ..  
kaste sakhābhavatpūrvaṃ hiraṇyākṣavadhe vibho.. 21.5 ..

> Moreover, charioteers attained victory through the excellence of their vanguards. / Who was your companion previously, O Lord, in slaying Hiraṇyākṣa?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.6)

hiraṇyakaśipurdaityo vīryaśālī madoddhataḥ..  
prāpya tvāṃ tṛmavannaṣṭastatra ko'gresarastava.. 21.6 ..

> The Daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu was mighty and arrogant with pride; / meeting you, he perished like straw. Who was your vanguard there?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.7)

pūrvaṃ pratibalā daityā madhukaiṭabhasannibhāḥ..  
niviṣṭāstvāṃ tu saṃprāpya śalabhā iva pāvakam.. 21.7 ..

> Previously, rival Daityas like Madhu and Kaiṭabha, / having approached you, were consumed like moths in a flame.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.8)

yugeyuge ca daityānāṃ tvatto nāśo'bhavaddhare..  
tathaivādyeha bhītānāṃ tvaṃ hi viṣṇo surāśrayaḥ.. 21.8 ..

> In every age, O Hari, the destruction of the Daityas has come from you. / So too today, O Viṣṇu, you are the refuge of the terrified gods in this world!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.9)

evaṃ saṃnodito viṣṇurvyavardhata mahābhujaḥ..  
balena tejasā ṛddhyā sarvabhūtāśrayo'rihā.. 21.9 ..

> Thus urged, Viṣṇu, mighty-armed, the slayer of foes and refuge of all beings, / expanded in strength, splendor, and prosperity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.10)

athovāca sahasrākṣaṃ keśavaḥ prahasanniva..  
evametadyathā prāha bhavānasmadgataṃ vacaḥ.. 21.10 ..

> Then Keśava, as if smiling, spoke to the thousand-eyed \[Indra\]: / "It is so, exactly as you have spoken concerning me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.11)

trailokyadānavānsarvāndagdhuṃ śaktaḥ kṣaṇādaham..  
durjastārakaḥ kiṃ tu muktvā saptadinaṃ śiśum.. 21.11 ..

> I am able in an instant to burn all the Dānavas of the three worlds. / But Tāraka is difficult to conquer, except by an infant seven days old.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.12)

mahiṣaścaiva śuṃbhaśca ubhau vadhyau ca yoṣitā..  
jaṃbho durvāsasā śaptaḥ śakravadhyo bhavāniti..  
tasmāttvaṃ divyavīryeṇa jahi jaṃbhaṃ madotkaṭam.. 21.12 ..

> And Mahiṣa and Śumbha are both to be slain by a woman. / Jambha was cursed by Durvāsas: 'You shall be slain by Śakra!' / Therefore, with divine valor, slay Jambha, swollen with pride!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.13)

avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tvāmṛte sa tu dānavaḥ.. 21.13 ..

> That Dānava cannot be slain by all living beings, except by you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.14)

mayā gupto raṇe jaṃbho jagatkaṃṭakamuddhara..  
tadvaikuṃṭhavacaḥ śrutvā sahasrākṣomarārihā.. 21.14 ..

> Protected by me in battle, remove Jambha, the thorn of the world!" / Hearing that speech of Vaikuṇṭha, the thousand-eyed \[Indra\], slayer of the foes of the immortals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.15)

samādiśatsurādhyakṣānsainyasya racanāṃ prati..  
tataścābhyarthito devairviṣṇuḥ sainyamakalpayat.. 21.15 ..

> commanded the lords of the gods regarding the array of the army. / Then, requested by the gods, Viṣṇu arranged the army.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.16)

yatsāraṃ sarvalokasya vīryasya tapaso'pi ca..  
tadaikādaśa rudrāṃśca cakārāgresarānhariḥ.. 21.16 ..

> What was the essence of all the world, and of valor and austerity— / that Hari made into the eleven Rudras at the vanguard.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.17)

vyālīḍhāṃgā mahādevā balino nīlakaṃdharāḥ..  
caṃdrakhaṃḍatripuṃḍrāśca piṃgākṣāḥ śūlapāṇayaḥ.. 21.17 ..

> The great gods, their limbs entwined by serpents, mighty, blue-throated, / with the crescent moon and the three lines of ash, yellow-eyed, bearing tridents in their hands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.18)

piṃgottuṃgajaṭājūṭāḥ siṃhacarmāvasāyinaḥ..  
bhasmoddhūlitagātrāśca bhujamaṃḍalabhairavāḥ.. 21.18 ..

> with tall, tawny matted hair, wearing lion skins, / their limbs smeared with sacred ash, fearsome with circles of arms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.19)

kapālīśādayo rudrā vidrāvitamahā'surāḥ..  
kapālī piṃgalo bhīmo virupākṣo vilohitaḥ.. 21.19 ..

> the Rudras, Kapālīśa and the others, put the great Asuras to flight: / Kapālī, Piṅgala, Bhīma, Virūpākṣa, Vilohita,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.20)

ajakaḥ śāsanaḥ śāstā śaṃbhuścaṃdro bhavastathā..  
eta ekādaśanaṃtabalā rudrāḥ prabhāvinaḥ.. 21.20 ..

> Ajaka, Śāsana, Śāstā, Śambhu, Candra, and Bhava— / these eleven Rudras were of endless strength and glorious power.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.21)

apālayaṃta tridaśānvigarjaṃta ivāṃbudāḥ..  
himācalābhe mahati kāṃcanāṃburuhasrahi.. 21.21 ..

> They protected the gods, roaring like clouds. / Mounted on Airāvata, who was like the Himālaya, wearing a garland of golden lotuses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.22)

pracaṃcalamahāhemaghaṃṭāsaṃhatimaṃḍite..  
airāvate caturdaṃte mattamātaṃga āsthitaḥ.. 21.22 ..

> adorned with a host of swinging large golden bells, / four-tusked, an elephant in rut,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.23)

mahāmadajalasrāve kāmarūpe śatakratuḥ..  
tasthau himagireḥ śrṛṃge bhānumāniva dīptimān..  
tasyārakṣatpadaṃ savyaṃ māruto'mitavikramaḥ.. 21.23 ..

> shedding copious rut-fluid, able to change form at will, Śatakratu \[Indra\] stood / like the radiant sun upon a peak of the snowy mountain. / The wind god of boundless valor protected his left flank;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.24)

jugopāparamagniśca jvālāpūritadiṅmukhaḥ..  
pṛṣṭharakṣo'bhava dviṣṇuḥ samareśaḥ śatakratoḥ.. 21.24 ..

> Agni, filling the quarters of the sky with flames, guarded the other; / and Viṣṇu, the lord of the battle, protected the rear of Śatakratu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.25)

ādityā vasavo viśve marutaścāśvināvapi..  
gaṃdharvā rākṣasā yakṣāḥ sakiṃnaramahoragāḥ.. 21.25 ..

> The Ādityas, Vasus, Viśvedevas, Maruts, and the two Aśvins, / the Gandharvas, Rākṣasas, Yakṣas, along with Kinnaras and great serpents,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.26)

koṭiśaḥkoṭiśaḥ gṛtvā vṛṃdaṃ cihnopalakṣitam..  
viśrāvayaṃtaḥ svāṃ kīrtiṃ baṃdivṛndaiḥ puraḥ saraiḥ.. 21.26 ..

> forming troops by the tens of millions, distinguished by banners, / proclaiming their own fame with hosts of bards marching before them,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.27)

celurdaityavadhe dṛptā nānāvarṇāyudhadhvajāḥ.. 21.27 ..

> haughty in slaying Daityas, with multicolored weapons and banners, marched forth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.28)

śatakratoramaranikāyapālitā patākinī yānaninādanāditā..  
sitonnatadhvajapaṭakoṭimaṃḍitā babhūva sā ditisutokavardhinī.. 21.28 ..

> Guarded by the host of immortals, that army of Śatakratu, resplendent with the sound of vehicles / and adorned with tens of millions of elevated white flag-cloths, brought joy to the sons of Diti.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.29)

āyāṃtīṃ tāṃ vilokyātha surasenāṃ gajāsuraḥ..  
gajarūpī mahāṃścaiva saṃhārāṃbhodhivikramaḥ.. 21.29 ..

> Seeing that army of the gods approaching, Gajāsura, / having the form of an elephant, immense, with the prowess of the ocean of destruction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.30)

paraśvadhāyudho daityo daśanauṣṭhakasaṃpuṭaḥ..  
mamarda caraṇe devāṃścikṣepānyānkareṇa ca.. 21.30 ..

> a Daitya armed with a battle-axe, with his lips clenched over his tusks, / crushed gods with his feet and hurled others with his trunk.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.31)

parānparaśunā jaghne daityeṃdro raudravikramaḥ..  
tasyaivaṃ nighnataḥ kruddhā devagandharvakiṃnarāḥ.. 21.31 ..

> The lord of the Daityas, of terrible prowess, struck down others with his axe. / As he was thus striking, the gods, Gandharvas, and Kinnaras, enraged,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.32)

mumucuḥ saṃhatāḥ sarve citraśastrāstrasaṃhatim..  
paraśvadhāṃśca cakrāṇi bhiṇḍipālānsamudgarān.. 21.32 ..

> banded together and all unleashed a multitude of diverse weapons and missiles: / battle-axes, discuses, javelins, and clubs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.33)

kuntānprāsāñcharāṃstīkṣṇānmudgarāṃścāpi duḥsahān..  
tānsarvānsograsaddaityo yūthapaḥ kavalāniva.. 21.33 ..

> Spears, darts, sharp arrows, and intolerable clubs— / that leader of the troop, the Daitya, swallowed them all like mouthfuls \[of food\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.34)

kopasphuritadaṃṣṭrāgraḥ karasphoṭena nādayan..  
surānnaghnaṃścarārājau duṣprekṣyaḥ so'tha dānavaḥ.. 21.34 ..

> With the tips of his tusks quivering in rage, resounding with the clapping of his hands, / that Dānava, dreadful to look upon, roamed about in the battle, striking down the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.35)

yasminyasminnipatati sura vṛṃde gajāsuraḥ..  
tasmistīsminmahāśabdo hāhākāro vyajāyata.. 21.35 ..

> Wherever Gajāsura fell upon the host of gods, / in that very place arose a great cry of "Alas! Alas!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.36)

atha vidravamānaṃ tablaṃ prekṣva samaṃtataḥ..  
rudrāḥ parasparaṃ procurahaṃkārotthitārciṣaḥ.. 21.36 ..

> Then, seeing that army fleeing in all directions, / the Rudras, from whom rays of egoism arose, spoke to one another:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.37)

bhobho gṛhṇata daityeṃdraṃ bhiṃdatainaṃ mahābalāḥ..  
karṣatainaṃ śitaiḥ śūlairbhañjatainaṃ hi marmasu.. 21.37 ..

> "Ho, ho! Seize the lord of Daityas! Pierce him, O mighty ones! / Drag him with sharp tridents! Crush him in his vital parts!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.38)

kapālī vākyamākarṇya śūlaṃ sitaśitaṃmukhe..  
saṃmārjya vāmahastena saṃraṃbhādvivṛtekṣaṇaḥ.. 21.38 ..

> Kapālin, hearing the words, wiped the trident, / which was exceedingly sharp at the tip, with his left hand, his eyes wide open with fury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.39)

protphullāruṇanīlābjasaṃhatiḥ sarvato diśaḥ..  
athāgādbhukuṭīvakro daityeṃdrābhimukho raṇe.. 21.39 ..

> The multitude of blossomed red and blue lotuses \[resembled his eyes gazing in\] all directions; / then, his brow curved with a frown, he advanced facing the Daitya lord in battle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.40)

dṛḍhena muṣṭibandhena śūlaṃ viṣṛbhya nirmalaḥ..  
jaghāna kumbhadeśe tu kapālī gajadānavam.. 21.40 ..

> Bracing his trident with a firm grip of his fist, the pure / Kapālin struck the elephant-Dānava on the frontal globe of his head.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.41)

tato daśāpi te rudrā nirmalāyomayai raṇe..  
jaghnuḥ śūlaistu daityeṃdraṃ śailavarṣmāṇamāhave.. 21.41 ..

> Then those ten Rudras too struck the lord of Daityas, / who possessed the bulk of a mountain, with tridents made of pure iron in the fight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.42)

susrāva śoṇitaṃ paścātsarvasrotassu tasya vai..  
śūlaraktena rudrasya śuśubhe gajadānavaḥ.. 21.42 ..

> Then blood flowed through all his channels; / smeared with the blood from the trident of Rudra, the elephant-Dānava shone  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.43)

protphullāmalanīlābjaṃ śaradīvāmalaṃ saraḥ..  
bhasmaśubhratanucchāyai rudra rhaṃsairivāvṛtam.. 21.43 ..

> like a clear lake in autumn with blossoming pure blue lotuses, / surrounded by swans resembling Rudra with bodies bright with ashes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.44)

kruddhaṃ kapālinaṃ daityaḥ pracalatkarṇapallavaḥ..  
bhavaṃ ca dantairbibhide nābhideśe jagāsuraḥ.. 21.44 ..

> With the leaf-like tips of his ears flapping, Gajāsura, enraged, / pierced the furious Kapālin and Bhava at the region of the navel with his tusks.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.45)

dṛṣṭvānuraktaṃ rudrābhyāṃ navarudrāstato drutam..  
vivyadhurviśikhaiḥ śūlaiḥ śarīramamaradviṣaḥ.. 21.45 ..

> Seeing that he was engaged with the two Rudras, the nine Rudras then swiftly / pierced the body of the enemy of the immortals with arrows and tridents.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.46)

tataḥ kapālinaṃ tyaktvā bhavaṃ cāsurapuṃgavaḥ..  
vegena kupito daityo nava rudrānupādravat..  
mamarda caraṇāghātairdantaiścāpi kareṇa ca.. 21.46 ..

> Then, abandoning Kapālin and Bhava, that bull among asuras, / the Daitya, enraged, charged with speed at the nine Rudras; / he trampled them with blows of his feet, and also with his tusks and his trunk.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.47)

tato'sau śūlayuddhena śramamāsādito yadā..  
tadā kapālī jagrāha karamasyāmaradviṣaḥ.. 21.47 ..

> Then, when he had attained exhaustion from the duel of tridents, / Kapālin seized the trunk of this enemy of the immortals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.48)

bhrāmayāmāsa cātīva vegena ca gajāsuram..  
dṛṣṭvāśramāturaṃ daityaṃ kiṃciccyāvitajīvitam.. 21.48 ..

> And with great speed he whirled Gajāsura around; / seeing the Daitya afflicted with fatigue, his life almost departing,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.49)

nirutsāhaṃ raṇe tasmingatayuddhotsavo'bhavat..  
tato bhramata evāsya carma utkṛttya bhairavam.. 21.49 ..

> deprived of zeal, his eagerness for battle gone in that fight— / then, tearing off his dreadful skin while he was still spinning,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.50)

sravatsarvāṃgara ktaughaṃ cakārāṃbaramātmanaḥ..  
tuṣṭuvustaṃ tadā devā bahudhā bahubhiḥ stavaiḥ.. 21.50 ..

> which was flowing with a stream of blood from all its limbs, he made it his garment. / Then the gods praised him in many ways with numerous hymns of praise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.51)

ūcuścainaṃ cayo hanyātsa mriyeta tatastvasau..  
dṛṣṭvā kapālino rūpaṃ gajacarmāṃbarāvṛtam.. 21.51 ..

> and they said to him: "Whoever would strike this one would die." Then he, / seeing the form of Kapālin clad in the garment of elephant hide,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.52)

vitresurdudruvurjaghnurnipetuśca sahasraśaḥ..  
evaṃ vilulite tasmindānavendre mahābale.. 21.52 ..

> \[the Dānavas\] were terrified, fled, struck \[at random\], and fell down by the thousands. / When that mighty lord of Dānavas was thus destroyed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.53)

gajaṃ mattamathāruhya śatadundubhināditam..  
nimirabhyapatattūrṇaṃ surasainyāni loḍayan.. 21.53 ..

> having mounted a rutting elephant that resounded with a hundred kettledrums, / Nimi rushed forward swiftly, throwing the armies of the gods into disorder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.54)

yāṃyāṃ nimigajo yāti diśaṃ tāṃtāṃ savāhanāḥ..  
dudruvuścukruśurdevā bhayenākaṃpitā muhuḥ.. 21.54 ..

> Whichever quarter Nimi's elephant approached, / in that direction the gods fled along with their mounts and wailed, trembling repeatedly with fear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.55)

gandhena suramātaṃgā dudruvustasya hastinaḥ..  
palāyiteṣu sainyeṣu surāṇāṃ pākaśāsanaḥ.. 21.55 ..

> At the scent of his elephant, the elephants of the gods fled. / When the armies of the gods had fled, Pākaśāsana  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.56)

tasthau dikpālakaiḥ sārdhamaṣṭabhiḥ keśavena ca..  
saṃprāptastasya mātaṃgo yāvacchakragajaṃ prati.. 21.56 ..

> stood firm together with the eight guardians of the quarters and Keśava. / As soon as his elephant reached Śakra's elephant,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.57)

tāvacchakragajo bhīto muktvā nādaṃ subhairavam..  
dhriyamāṇo'pi yatnena cakora iva tiṣṭhati.. 21.57 ..

> Śakra's elephant, terrified, uttered a dreadful cry, / and although held with effort, stood trembling like a cakora bird.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.58)

palāyati gaje tasminnārūḍhaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ..  
viparītamukhaṃ yuddhaṃ dānavendreṇa so'karot.. 21.58 ..

> While that elephant was fleeing, Pākaśāsana, mounted upon it, / fought facing backwards with the lord of Dānavas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.59)

śatakra tustu śūlena nimiṃ vakṣasyatāḍayat..  
gadayā daṃtinaṃ tasya galladeśehanadbhṛśam.. 21.59 ..

> Śatakratu struck Nimi on the chest with a trident, / and with a mace he struck his elephant violently on the cheek.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.60)

taṃ prahāraciṃtyaiva nimirnirbhayapauruṣaḥ..  
airāvataṃ kaṭīdeśe mudgareṇābhyatāḍayat.. 21.60 ..

> Disregarding that blow, Nimi of fearless prowess / struck Airāvata on the hip with a club.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.61)

sa hato mudgareṇātha śakrakuñjara āhave..  
jagāma paścātpadbhyāṃ ca pṛthivīṃ bhūdharākṛtiḥ.. 21.61 ..

> Struck then by the club in battle, Śakra's elephant, / resembling a mountain, sank back onto the earth upon its hind legs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.62)

lāghavātkṣipramutthāya tato'maramahāgajaḥ..  
raṇādapasasarpātha bhīṣito nimihastinā.. 21.62 ..

> Rising quickly with agility, the great elephant of the immortals / then retreated from the battle, terrified by Nimi's elephant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.63)

tato vāyurvavau rūkṣo bahuśarkarapāṃśulaḥ..  
sammukho nimimātaṃgo'kaṃpano'calakaṃpanaḥ..  
srutarakto babhau śailo ghanadhātuhrado yatā.. 21.63 ..

> Then blew a harsh wind, full of dust and many pebbles. / Facing \[them\], Nimi's elephant, unshakeable, shook the mountains; / flowing with blood, it shone like a mountain with a dense pool of red mineral ores.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.64)

dhaneśo'pi gadāṃ gurvī tasya dānavahastinaḥ..  
mumoca vegānnyapatatsā gadā tasya mūrdhani.. 21.64 ..

> The lord of wealth too hurled a heavy mace with speed / at that elephant of the Dānava; that mace fell upon its head.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.65)

gajo gadānipātena sa tena parimūrchitaḥ..  
daṃtairbhitvā dharāṃ vegātpapātācalasannibhaḥ.. 21.65 ..

> Fainting from the fall of that mace, / the elephant, having pierced the earth with its tusks, fell with speed like a mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.66)

patite ca gaje tasminsiṃhanādo mahānabhūt..  
sarvataḥ surasainyānāṃ gajabṛṃhitabṛṃhitaḥ.. 21.66 ..

> When that elephant fell, a great lion's roar arose / from the armies of the gods on all sides, augmented by the trumpeting of elephants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.67)

heṣāraveṇa cāśvānāṃ rāṇāsphoṭaiśca dhanvinām..  
gajaṃ taṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā nimiṃ cāpi parāṅmukham.. 21.67 ..

> by the neighing of horses, and by the twanging of the bows of archers. / Seeing that elephant slain and Nimi turning away,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.68)

surāṇāṃ siṃhanādaṃ ca sannāditadigaṃtaram..  
jaṃbho jajvāla kopena saṃdīpta iva pāvakaḥ.. 21.68 ..

> and the lion's roar of the gods that resounded through the quarters, / Jambha blazed with anger like an inflamed fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.69)

tataḥ sa koparaktākṣo dhnuṣyāropya sāyakam..  
tiṣṭheti cābravīttāraṃ sārathiṃ cāpyanaṃdayat.. 21.69 ..

> Then, his eyes red with rage, fixing an arrow on his bow, / he shouted loudly, "Halt!", and cheered his charioteer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.70)

tamāyāṃtamabhiprekṣya dhanuṣyāhitasā yakam..  
śatakraturadīnātmā dṛḍhamādatta kārmukam.. 21.70 ..

> Seeing him approaching with an arrow placed on the bow, / Śatakratu, undaunted in spirit, firmly took up his bow  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.71)

bāṇaṃ ca tailadhautāgramardhacaṃdramajihmagam.. 21.71 ..

> and a crescent-headed arrow whose tip was cleaned with oil, flying straight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.72)

tenāsyaṭa saśaraṃ cāpaṃ ciccheda balavṛtrahā..  
apāsya taddhanuśchinnaṃ jaṃbho dānavanaṃdanaḥ.. 21.72 ..

> With it the slayer of Bala and Vṛtra sliced through his bow along with the arrow. / Casting aside that severed bow, Jambha, the delight of the Dānavas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.73)

anyatkārmukādāya vegavadbhārasādhanam..  
śarāṃścāśīviṣākārāṃstailadhautājihmagān.. 21.73 ..

> took another bow, swift and capable of bearing heavy strain, / and arrows resembling venomous serpents, cleaned with oil and flying straight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.74)

śakraṃ vivyādha daśabhirjatrudeśe ca patribiḥ..  
hṛdaye ca tribhiścaiva dvābhyāṃ ca skandhayordvayoḥ.. 21.74 ..

> He pierced Śakra with ten winged arrows in the clavicle region, / with three in the chest, and with two in his two shoulders.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.75)

śakropi dānavendrāya bāṇajālama bhīrayan..  
aprāptāndānavendrastu śarāśchakrabhujeritān.. 21.75 ..

> Śakra too dispatched a volley of arrows at the lord of Dānavas; / but the lord of Dānavas, before they reached him, \[sliced\] the arrows shot by Śakra's arms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.76)

ciccheda śatadhā''kāśe śarairagniśikhopamaiḥ..  
tataśca śarajālena devendro dānaveśvaram.. 21.76 ..

> he cut them into a hundred pieces in the sky with arrows resembling tongues of fire. / And then, with a net of arrows, the lord of gods \[assailed\] the lord of Dānavas—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.77)

ācchādayata yatnena varṣāsviva ghanairnabhaḥ..  
daityo'pi bāṇajālena vivyādha sāyakaiḥ śitaiḥ.. 21.77 ..

> covered \[him\] with effort, just as clouds cover the sky in the rainy season. / The Daitya, too, pierced \[him\] with a net of sharp arrows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.78)

yathā vāyurghanāṭopaṃ yadavāryaṃ diśāṃ mukhe..  
śakro'tha krodhasaṃraṃbhānna viśeṣayate yadā.. 21.78 ..

> just as the wind \[scatters\] a mass of clouds that is irresistible in the face of the quarters. / Then, when Śakra, furious with rage, could gain no advantage  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.79)

dānavendraṃ tadā cakre gaṃdharvāstraṃ mahādbhutam..  
tato'sya tejasā vyāptamabhūdganagocaram.. 21.79 ..

> over the lord of the Dānavas, he discharged the most wondrous Gandharva missile. / Then, pervaded by its brilliance, the domain of the sky became filled  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.80)

gandharvanagaraiścāpi nānāprākāratoraṇaiḥ..  
muṃcadbhiradbhutākārairastravṛṣṭiṃ samaṃtataḥ.. 21.80 ..

> with cities of the Gandharvas, possessing various ramparts and archways, / discharging a rain of weapons of wondrous form on all sides.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.81)

tayāstravṛṣṭyā daityānāṃ hanyamānā mahācamūḥ..  
jaṃbhaṃ śaraṇamāgacchattrāhitrāhīti bhārata.. 21.81 ..

> Smitten by that rain of weapons, the great army of the Daityas / went to Jambha for refuge, crying, “Save us! Save us!”, O Bhārata.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.82)

tato jaṃbho mahāvīryo vinadya prahasanmuhuḥ..  
smaransādhusamācāraṃ daityānāmabhayaṃ dadau.. 21.82 ..

> Then the mighty Jambha, roaring and laughing again and again, / remembering the conduct of the virtuous, granted fearlessness to the Daityas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.83)

tato'straṃ mauśalaṃnāma mumoca sumahābhayam..  
athogramusalaiḥ sarvamabhavatpūritaṃ jagat.. 21.83 ..

> Then he discharged a terrible missile named the Mauśala. / Thereupon, the entire universe was filled with ferocious clubs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.84)

taiśca bhagnāni sarvāṇi gaṃdharvanagarāṇi ca..  
athograika prahāreṇa rathamaśvaṃ gajaṃ suram.. 21.84 ..

> By them, all the Gandharva cities were shattered, / and with a single fierce strike, chariot, horse, elephant, and god  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.85)

cūrṇayāmāsa tatkṣipraṃ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ..  
tataḥ surādhipaḥ sakrastvāṣṭramastramudairayat.. 21.85 ..

> were crushed swiftly by the hundreds and the thousands. / Then Śakra, lord of the gods, discharged the Tvāṣṭra missile.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.86)

saṃdhyamāne tataścāstre niśceruḥ pāvakārciṣaḥ..  
tato yaṃtramayā vidyāḥ prādurāsansahasraśaḥ.. 21.86 ..

> As the missile was being aimed, flames of fire burst forth; / then magical devices made of mechanical contraptions appeared by the thousands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.87)

tairyaṃtrairabhavadyuddhamaṃtarikṣaṃ vitārakam..  
tairyaṃtrairmauśalaṃ bhagnaṃ hanyaṃte cāsurāstadā.. 21.87 ..

> With those devices a battle took place in the intermediate space that eclipsed the stars; / by those devices the Mauśala \[missile\] was shattered, and the Asuras were struck down.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.88)

śailāstraṃ mumuce jaṃbho yaṃtrasaṃghātacūrṇanam..  
vyāmapramāṇairupalaistato varṣaḥ pravartata.. 21.88 ..

> Jambha discharged the mountain-missile that crushes hosts of mechanical devices. / Then a rain of boulders measuring a fathom began to fall.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.89)

tvāṣṭroṇa nirmitānyāśu yāni yaṃtrāṇi bhārata..  
tenopala nipātena gatāni tilaśastataḥ.. 21.89 ..

> Those machines that had been fashioned by the Tvāṣṭra \[missile\], O Bhārata, / were ground into sesame seeds by that shower of falling stones.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.90)

tataḥ śirassu devānāṃ śilāḥ peturmahājavāḥ..  
dārayaṃtyaśca vasudhāṃ caturaṃgabalaṃ ca tat.. 21.90 ..

> Then boulders fell with tremendous speed upon the heads of the gods, / splitting the earth and that fourfold army.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.91)

tato vajrāstramakarotsasrākṣaḥ puraṃdaraḥ..  
śilāmahārṣaṃvyaśīryata samaṃtataḥ.. 21.91 ..

> Then Purandara, the thousand-eyed, employed the Vajra missile; / \[by it\] the great rain of stones was shattered on every side.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.92)

tataḥ praśāṃtaiḥ śailāstrairjaṃbho bhūdharasannibhaḥ..  
aiṣīkamastramakaroccūrṇitānyaparākramaḥ.. 21.92 ..

> When the mountain-missiles were pacified, Jambha, resembling a mountain, / whose prowess was crushing to others, discharged the Aiṣīka missile.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.93)

aiṣīkeṇāgamannāśaṃ vajrāstraṃ giridāraṇam..  
vijṛṃbhatyatha caiṣīke paramāstre'tidāruṇe.. 21.93 ..

> By the Aiṣīka missile, the Vajra missile that splits mountains was destroyed; / and as that supreme and most terrible Aiṣīka missile expanded,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.94)

jajvalurdevasainyāni sasyaṃdanagajāni ca..  
dahyamāneṣva nīkeṣu tejasāstrasya sarvataḥ.. 21.94 ..

> the armies of the gods, along with their chariots and elephants, burst into flames. / As the battalions were burning all around with the brilliance of the missile,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.95)

āgneyamastramakarodbalahā pākaśāsanaḥ..  
tenāstreṇa ca tannāśamaiṣīkamagamattadā.. 21.95 ..

> the slayer of Bala, the chastiser of Pāka, employed the Āgneya missile; / and by that missile, the Aiṣīka missile met its destruction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.96)

tasminpratihate cāstre pāvakāstraṃ vyajṛṃbhata..  
jajvāla senā jaṃbhasya rathaḥ sārathireva ca.. 21.96 ..

> When that missile was countered, the fire-missile flared up; / the army of Jambha, along with his chariot and charioteer, burst into flame.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.97)

taḥ pratihatāstro'sau daityeṃdraḥ pratibhānavān..  
vāruṇāstraṃ mumocāthaśamanaṃ pāvakārciṣām.. 21.97 ..

> His missile thwarted, that resourceful lord of the Daityas / then released the Vāruṇa missile, which extinguishes flames of fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.98)

tato jaladharairvyoma sphuradvidyullatākulaiḥ..  
gaṃbhīrākṣasamādhāraiścābhyapūryata modinī.. 21.98 ..

> Then the sky was filled with clouds thick with flashing streaks of lightning, / and the earth was flooded with deep downpours.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.99)

karīṃdrakaratulyābhirdhārābhiḥ pūritaṃ jagat..  
śāṃtamāgneyamastraṃ ca vilokyeṃdraścakāra ha.. 21.99 ..

> The world was inundated with torrents like the trunks of lordly elephants. / Seeing the fire-missile extinguished, Indra unleashed  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.100)

vāyavyamastramatulaṃ tena meghā yayuḥ kṣayam..  
vāyavyāstrabalenātha nirdhūte meghamaṃḍale.. 21.100 ..

> the matchless Vāyavya missile, by which the clouds were destroyed. / When the circle of clouds was dispersed by the power of the Vāyavya missile,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.101)

babhūvānāvilaṃ vyoma nīlotpaladalaprabham..  
vāyunā cātirūpeṇa kaṃpitāścaiva dānavāḥ.. 21.101 ..

> the sky became clear, shining with the luster of a blue lotus petal. / Trembling on account of the violent wind, the Dānavas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.102)

na śekustatra te sthātuṃ raṇe'pi balino'pi ye..  
jabhastato'bhavacchaulo daśayojanavistṛtaḥ.. 21.102 ..

> could not stand their ground there, even those who were mighty in battle. / Then Jambha became a mountain ten yojanas wide,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.103)

mārutapratighātārthaṃ dānavānāṃ balādhipaḥ..  
nānāścaryasamāyukto nānādrumalatāvṛtaḥ.. 21.103 ..

> in order to resist the wind, as the commander of the Dānavas' forces, / filled with diverse wonders and covered with diverse trees and creepers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.104)

tataḥ praśamite vāyau daityeṃdra parvatākṛtau..  
mahāśaniṃ vajramayīṃ mumocāśu śatakratuḥ.. 21.104 ..

> When the wind was pacified by the lord of the Daityas in the form of a mountain, / Śatakratu swiftly hurled a great thunderbolt made of adamantine vajra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.105)

tayāśanyā patitayā daityasyāca larūpiṇaḥ..  
kaṃdarāṇi vyaśīryaṃtaṃ samaṃtānnirjharāṇi ca.. 21.105 ..

> As that thunderbolt fell upon the Daitya in the form of a mountain, / its caves and mountain torrents were shattered on every side.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.106)

tataḥ sā dānaveṃdrasya śailamāyā nyavartata..  
nivṛttaśailamāyo'tha dānaveṃdro madotkaṭaḥ.. 21.106 ..

> Then that mountain-illusion of the lord of the Dānavas ceased. / His mountain-illusion vanished, the lord of the Dānavas, furious with intoxication,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.107)

babhūva kuṃjaro bhīmo mahāśailamayākṛtiḥ..  
mamarda ca surānīkaṃ daṃtaiścābhyahanatsurān.. 21.107 ..

> became a terrifying elephant with the form of a great mountain. / He trampled the ranks of the gods and struck the gods with his tusks.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.108)

babhaṃja pṛṣṭhataḥ kāṃścitkareṇākṛṣya dānavaḥ..  
tataḥ kṣapayatastasya surasainyāni vṛtrahā.. 21.108 ..

> Dragging some by his trunk, the Dānava broke their backs. / Then, as he was destroying the divine armies, the slayer of Vṛtra  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.109)

astraṃ trailokyadurdharṣaṃ nārasiṃhaṃ mumoca ha..  
tataḥ siṃhasasrāṇi niścerurmaṃtratejasā.. 21.109 ..

> released the Nārasiṃha missile, invincible in the three worlds. / Then thousands of lions sprang forth by the power of the mantra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.110)

hṛṣṭadaṃṣṭrāṭṭahāsāni krakacābhanakhāni ca..  
tairvipāṭitagātro'sau gajamāyāṃ vyapohayat.. 21.110 ..

> with bared fangs, booming roars, and claws like saws. / His body torn open by them, he abandoned the elephant-illusion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.111)

tataścāśīviṣo ghoro'bhavatphaṇasamākulaḥ..  
viṣaniḥśvāsanirdagdhasurasainyamahārathaḥ.. 21.111 ..

> Then he became a terrible venomous serpent, covered with hoods, / burning the great charioteers of the divine army with the venom of his breath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.112)

tato'straṃ gāruḍaṃ cakre śakraḥ saṃpraharanraॅṇe..  
tatastasmādgarutmaṃtaḥ sahasrāṇi viniryayuḥ.. 21.112 ..

> Then Śakra, striking in battle, employed the Gāruḍa weapon; / thereupon thousands of eagles came forth from it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.113)

tairgarutmadbhirāsādya jaṃbhaṃ bhujagarūpiṇam..  
kṛtastu saṃḍhaśo daityaḥ sāsya māyā vyanaśyata.. 21.113 ..

> Approaching Jambha who had assumed the form of a serpent, those eagles / tore that Daitya to pieces; that illusion of his vanished.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.114)

māyāyāma ca pranaṣṭāyāṃ tato jaṃbho mahāsuraḥ..  
cakāra rūpamatulaṃ caṃdrādityapadānugam.. 21.114 ..

> And when his illusion was destroyed, then the great Asura Jambha / assumed an incomparable form that reached the sphere of the moon and the sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.115)

vivṛttanayano grastumiyeṣa surapuṃgavān..  
tato'sya praviśadvaktra samahārathakuṃjarā.. 21.115 ..

> With rolling eyes he sought to swallow the foremost gods; / then the divine army, with its great chariots and elephants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.116)

surasenā'bhavadbhīmaṃ pātālottālatālukam..  
sainyeṣu grasyamāneṣu dānavena balīyasā.. 21.116 ..

> entered his dreadful mouth, whose palate was as vast as Pātāla. / As the armies were being swallowed by the mighty Dānava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.117)

śakro dīnatvamāpannaḥ śrāṃtavāhanavāhanaḥ..  
kartavyatāṃ nādhyagacchatprovācedaṃ janārdanam.. 21.117 ..

> Śakra fell into dejection, his vehicles and mounts exhausted; / not knowing what should be done, he spoke these words to Janārdana:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.118)

kimanaṃtaramevāsti kartavyaṃ no viśeṣataḥ..  
tadādiśa ghaṭāmo'sya dānavasya yuyutsataḥ.. 21.118 ..

> “What in particular is to be done next by us? / Direct us in that; let us join battle against this Dānava who is eager to fight.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.119)

tato hariruvācedaṃ vajrāyudhamudāradhīḥ..  
na sāṃprataṃ raṇaṃ tyājyaṃ śatrukātarabhairavam.. 21.119 ..

> Then Hari of noble intellect said this to the wielder of the thunderbolt weapon: / “It is not fitting now to abandon the battle, terrifying \[even\] to cowardly foes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.120)

mā gaccha mohaṃ mā gaccha kṣipramastraṃ smara prabho..  
nārāyaṇāstraṃ prayataḥ śrutveti mumuce sa ca.. 21.120 ..

> Do not succumb to delusion, do not succumb! Quickly recall a weapon, O lord!” / Hearing this, he restrained himself and released the Nārāyaṇa weapon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.121)

etasminnaṃtare daityo vivṛtāsyo'grasatkṣaṇāt..  
trīṇitrīṇi ca lakṣāṇi kiṃnaroragarakṣasām.. 21.121 ..

> In the meantime, the Daitya opened his mouth wide and in an instant swallowed / three times a hundred thousand Kinnaras, Uragas, and Rākṣasas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.122)

tato nārāyaṇāstraṃ ca nipapātāsya vakṣasi..  
mahāstrabhinnahṛdayaḥ susrāva rudhiraṃ ca saḥ.. 21.122 ..

> Then the Nārāyaṇa weapon fell upon his chest; / with his heart split open by that great weapon, he poured forth blood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.123)

tataḥ svatejasā rūpaṃ tasya daityasya nāśitaṃm..  
tataścāṃ tardadhe daityaḥ kṛtvā hāsaṃ mahotkaṭam.. 21.123 ..

> Then, by its own brilliance, that form of the Daitya was destroyed; / and then the Daitya vanished, uttering a loud, fierce laugh.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.124)

gaganasthaḥ sa daityendraḥ śastrāśanimatīṃdriyaḥ..  
mumoca surasainyānāṃ sahārakaraṇīṃ parām.. 21.124 ..

> Standing in the sky, that king of Daityas, imperceptible to the senses, / loosed a lightning-bolt of weapons that wrought the supreme destruction of the divine armies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.125)

tathā paraśvadhāṃścakravajrabāṇānsamudgarān..  
kuṃtānkhaḍgānbhiṃḍipālānayomukhaguḍāṃstathā.. 21.125 ..

> Axes, discuses, thunderbolts, arrows, clubs, / spears, swords, throwing rods, and iron-headed balls—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.126)

vavarṣa dānavo roṣādavadhyānakṣayānapi..  
tairastrairdānavonmuktairdevānīkeṣu bhīṣaṇaiḥ.. 21.126 ..

> these the Dānava wrathfully rained down, deadly and inexhaustible. / By those dreadful weapons loosed by the Dānava against the divine forces,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.127)

bāhubhirdharaṇī pūrṇā śirobhiśca sakuṃḍalaiḥ..  
ūrubhirgajahastābhaiḥ karīṃdraiścācalopamaiḥ.. 21.127 ..

> the earth became filled with arms and heads adorned with earrings, / with thighs resembling elephants' trunks, and with lordly elephants like mountains.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.128)

bhagneṣā daṃḍacakrākṣai rathaibhiḥ saha..  
duḥsaṃcārābhavatpṛthvī māṃsaśoṇitakardamā.. 21.128 ..

> Together with chariots whose shafts, yokes, wheels, and axles were broken, / the earth, a mire of flesh and blood, became impassable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.129)

rudhiraughahradāvartā gajadehaśiloccayā..  
kabaṃdhanṛtyabahulā mahā surapravāhinī.. 21.129 ..

> With swirling eddies of flood-like pools of blood, with piles of rocks that were the bodies of elephants, / crowded with the dancing of headless trunks, a great river \[flowed through\] the gods' \[army\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.130)

śrṛgālagṛdhradhvāṃkṣāṇāṃ paramānaṃdakāriṇī..  
piśācajātibhiḥ kīrṇaṃ pītvā''miṣaṃ saśoṇitam.. 21.130 ..

> causing supreme delight to jackals, vultures, and crows, / teeming with varieties of Piśācas who had drunk meat and blood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.131)

asaṃbhramābhirbhāryābhiḥ saha nṛtyadbhiruddhatā..  
kācitpatnī prakupitā gajakuṃbhāṃtamauktikaiḥ.. 21.131 ..

> boisterous and dancing together with their untroubled wives. / A certain wife, infuriated with pearls from the temples of elephants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.132)

piśāco yatra cāśvānāṃ khurānekatra cākarot..  
karṇapūreṣu modaṃte paśyaṃtyanyāḥ saroṣataḥ.. 21.132 ..

> where a Piśāca had gathered horses' hooves in one place, / delighted in ear-ornaments, while other \[females\] looked on with anger.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.133)

prasādayaṃti bahudhā mahākarṇārthakovidāḥ..  
kecidvadanti bho devā bho daityāḥ prārthayāmahe.. 21.133 ..

> Skilled in the aims of large ear-ornaments, they pacified them in many ways. / Some said: “O gods! O Daityas! We pray:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.134)

ākalpamevaṃ yoddhavyamasmākaṃ tṛptihetave..  
kecidūcurayaṃ daityo devoyamatimāṃsalaḥ.. 21.134 ..

> Thus should you fight until the end of the kalpa for the sake of our satisfaction!” / Some said: “This Daitya, this god is very fleshy;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.135)

mriyate yadi saṃgrāme dhāturdadbho'payācitam..  
kecidyudhyatsu vīreṣu sṛkkiṇī saṃlihaṃti ca.. 21.135 ..

> if he dies in battle, the reward promised to the Creator will be paid.” / As the heroes fought, some licked the corners of their mouths,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.136)

etena payasā vidmo durjanaḥ sujano yathā..  
kecidraktanadīnāṃ ca tīreṣvāstikyabuddhayaḥ.. 21.136 ..

> saying: “By this water we know \[them\], just as a bad man \[knows\] a good man.” / On the banks of the rivers of blood, some with pious faith  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.137)

pitṝndevāṃstarpayaṃti śoṇitaiścāmiṣaiḥ śubhaiḥ..  
kecidāmiṣarāśisthā dṛṣṭvānyasya karāmiṣam.. 21.137 ..

> gratified the ancestors and the gods with blood and auspicious flesh. / Standing on a heap of flesh, some, seeing the flesh in another’s hand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.138)

dehidehīti vāśāṃto dhaninaḥ kṛpaṇā yathā..  
kecitsvayaṃ pratṛptāśca dṛṣṭvā vai khādataḥ parān.. 21.138 ..

> cried out, “Give! Give!” like miserable paupers before a rich man. / Others, having sated themselves, on seeing others eating,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.139)

saroṣamoṣṭhau nirbhujya paśyaṃtyevātyasūyayā..  
kecitsvamudaraṃ kruddhā niṃdaṃti tāḍayaṃti ca.. 21.139 ..

> twisted their lips angrily and glared with extreme jealousy. / Others, enraged, rebuked their own bellies and struck them,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.140)

sarvabhakṣamabhīpsaṃtastṛptāḥ paradhanaṃ yathā..  
kecidāhuradya eva ślāghyā sṛṣṭistu vedhasaḥ.. 21.140 ..

> wishing to consume everything, like sated men \[coveting\] another’s wealth. / Others said: “Only today is the creation of the Ordainer praiseworthy;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.141)

suprabhātaṃ sunakṣatraṃ pūrvamāsīddhṛthaiva tat..  
evaṃ bahuvidhālāpe palādānāṃ tatastataḥ.. 21.141 ..

> auspicious was the dawn, auspicious the lunar mansion—all that came before was in vain!” / While the flesh-eaters were engaged in such diverse talk on every side,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.142)

adṛśyaḥ samare jaṃbho devāñṭhastrairacūrṇayat..  
tataḥ śakrodhaneśaśca varuṇaḥ pavano'nalaḥ.. 21.142 ..

> Jambha, invisible in battle, pulverized the gods with his weapons. / Then Śakra, the Lord of Wealth, Varuṇa, Pavana, Anala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.143)

yamo'tha nirṛtiścāpi divyāstrāṇi mahābalāḥ..  
ākāśe mumucuḥ sarve dānavāyābhisaṃdhya tu.. 21.143 ..

> Yama, and also Nirṛti—mighty beings, all aiming at the Dānava— / released divine weapons into the sky.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.144)

vyarthatāṃ jagmurastrāṇi devānāṃ dānavaṃ prati..  
yathātikrūracittānāmārye kṛtyaśatānyapi.. 21.144 ..

> The weapons of the gods became futile against the Dānava, / just as even hundreds of services by those of extremely cruel heart \[are futile\] toward a noble person.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.145)

gatiṃ na vividuścāpi śrāṃtā daityāśca devatāḥ..  
daityāstrabhinnasarvāṃgā gāvaḥ śītārditā iva.. 21.145 ..

> Exhausted, the gods and \[even\] the Daityas could find no refuge; / their whole bodies pierced by the Daitya’s weapons, like cows afflicted by cold,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.146)

parasparaṃ vyalīyaṃta hāhākiṃbhāvivādinaḥ..  
tāmavasthāṃ harirdṛṣṭvā devāñchakramuvāca ha.. 21.146 ..

> they clung to one another, lamenting, “Alas, alas, what will happen?” / Seeing that plight of the gods, Hari said to Śakra:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.147)

aghoramaṃtraṃ smara devarāja astraṃ hi yatpāśupataprabhāvam..  
rudreṇa tuṣṭena tava pradattamavyāhataṃ vīravarābhighāti.. 21.147 ..

> “Remember the Aghora mantra, O King of Gods, for it is the weapon having the power of the Pāśupata, / bestowed upon you by Rudra when he was pleased—irresistible, slayer of foremost heroes.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.148)

evaṃ sa śakro haribodhitastadā praṇamya devaṃ vṛṣaketumīśvaram..  
samādade bāṇamamitraghātanaṃ saṃpūjitaṃ daivaraṇe'rddhacaṃdram.. 21.148 ..

> Thus awakened by Hari, Śakra bowed to the lord god whose banner bears a bull; / he took up the crescent-shaped arrow that destroys enemies, revered in divine warfare.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.149)

dhanuṣyajayye viniyojya buddhimānnyayojayattatra aghoramaṃtram.. 21.149 ..

> Fitting it to his invincible bow, the wise one charged it with the Aghora mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.150)

tato vadhāyāśu mumoca tasya vā ākṛṣya karṇāṃtamakuṃṭhadīdhitim..  
athāsuraḥ prekṣya mahāstramāpatadvisṛjya māyāṃ sahasā vyavasthitaḥ.. 21.150 ..

> Then, drawing it to the edge of his ear, he loosed that arrow of unblunted radiance for his swift destruction. / Thereupon the Asura, seeing the great weapon falling upon him, instantly abandoned his illusion and stood firm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.151)

pravepamānena mukhena yujyatācalena gātreṇa ca saṃbhramākulaḥ..  
tatastu tasyāstravarābhimaṃtritaḥ śarordhacaṃdraḥ prasabhaṃ mahāraṇe.. 21.151 ..

> With trembling mouth and steady body, confused with perturbation, / then, energized by that supreme weapon, the crescent arrow in that great battle,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.152)

puraṃdarasyeṣvasanapramukto madhyārkaviṃvaṃ vapuṣā viḍaṃbayan.. 21.152 ..

> shot from the bow of Puraṃdara, imitating with its form the orb of the midday sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.153)

kirīṭakūṭasphurakāṃtisaṃkulaṃ sugaṃdhinānākusumādhivāsitam..  
prakīrṇadhūmajvalanābhamūrdhajaṃ nyapātayajjaṃbhiśiraḥ sakuṃḍalam.. 21.153 ..

> struck down Jambha’s head adorned with earrings—thick with the flashing brilliance of a crest of diadems, perfumed with various fragrant flowers, / with hair resembling scattered smoke and fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.154)

tasminniṃdrahate jaṃbhe praśaśaṃsuḥ surā bahu..  
vāsudevo'pi bhagavānsādhu sādhviti cābravīt.. 21.154 ..

> When Jambha was slain by Indra, the gods praised him greatly; / and the blessed Vāsudeva also said, “Well done! Well done!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.155)

tato jaṃbhaṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā dānavendrāḥ parāṅ‌mukhāḥ..  
sarve te bhagnasaṃkalpā dudruvustārakaṃ prati.. 21.155 ..

> Then, seeing Jambha slain, the chiefs of the Dānavas turned their backs; / with their resolves shattered, they all fled toward Tāraka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.156)

tāṃśca trastānsamālokya śrutvā sa caturo hatān..  
sārathiṃ prerayāmāsa yāhīṃdraṃ laghu saṃgare.. 21.156 ..

> Seeing them terrified and hearing that the four had been killed, / he urged his charioteer: 'Drive quickly toward Indra in battle!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.157)

tathetyuktvā sa ca prāyāttārake rathamāsthite..  
sāvalepaṃ ca sakrodhaṃ sagarvaṃ saparākramam.. 21.157 ..

> Saying 'So be it,' he drove forth as Tāraka mounted his chariot— / full of haughtiness, wrath, pride, and prowess,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.158)

sāviṣkāraṃ sadhikkāraṃ prayāto dānaveśvaraḥ..  
sa yuktaṃ rathamāsthāya sahasreṇa garutmatām.. 21.158 ..

> manifesting \[his power\] and shouting defiance, the lord of the Dānavas advanced. / He mounted a chariot yoked with a thousand eagles,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.159)

sarvāyudhapariṣkāraṃ sarvāstraparirakṣitam..  
trailokyaṛddhisaṃpannaṃ kalpāṃtāṃtakanāditam.. 21.159 ..

> equipped with every weapon, protected by every missile, / filled with the prosperity of the three worlds, resounding like the Destroyer at the end of an eon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.160)

sainyena mahatā yukto nādayanvidiśo diśaḥ..  
sahasrākṣaśca taṃ dṛṣṭvā tyaktvā vāhanadaṃtinam.. 21.160 ..

> Accompanied by a great army, making the cardinal and intermediate directions resound, / the thousand-eyed \[Indra\], seeing him, abandoned his elephant mount,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.161)

rathaṃ mātalinā yuktaṃ taptahemapariṣkṛtam..  
caturyojanavistīrṇaṃ siddhasaṃghapariṣkṛtam.. 21.161 ..

> and \[boarded\] the chariot driven by Mātali, adorned with refined gold, / four yojanas in breadth, surrounded by hosts of Siddhas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.162)

gaṃdharvakiṃnarodgītamapsaronṛtyasaṃkulam.. 21.162 ..

> celebrated in song by Gandharvas and Kinnaras, crowded with the dancing of apsarases,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.163)

sarvāyudhamahābādhaṃ mahāratnasamācitam..  
adhyatiṣṭhattaṃ rathaṃ ca parivārya samaṃtataḥ.. 21.163 ..

> greatly formidable with all kinds of weapons, and encrusted with magnificent jewels. / Having surrounded that chariot on all sides, they stood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.164)

dāṃśitā lokapālāśca tasathuḥ sagaruḍadhvajāḥ..  
tataścacāla vasudhā vavau rūkṣo marudgaṇaiḥ.. 21.164 ..

> the guardians of the quarters, clad in mail, standing with the eagle-bannered \[Viṣṇu\]. / Then the earth trembled, and a harsh wind blew through the troops of Maruts;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.165)

celuśca sāgarāḥ sapta tathā'naśyadraveḥ prabhā..  
tato jajvalurastrāṇi tato'kaṃpaṃta vāhanāḥ.. 21.165 ..

> the seven oceans stirred, and the radiance of the sun perished; / then the missiles blazed, and then the mounts trembled.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.166)

tataḥ samastamudvṛttaṃ tatodṛsyata tārakaḥ..  
ekatastārako daityaḥ surasaṃghāstathaikataḥ.. 21.166 ..

> Then everything was agitated, and then Tāraka was seen: / on one side stood the Daitya Tāraka, and on the other, the hosts of gods;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.167)

lokāvasāda mekatra lokoddharaṇamekataḥ..  
carācarāṇi bhūtāni bhayavismayavaṃti ca.. 21.167 ..

> on one side was the ruin of the world, on the other the world's deliverance; / and all moving and unmoving creatures were filled with fear and wonder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.168)

praśaśaṃsuḥ surāḥ pārtha tadā tasminsamāgame.. 21.168 ..

> O Pārtha, the gods shouted praise in that encounter:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.169)

astrāṇi tejāṃsi dhanāni yodhā yaśo balaṃ vīraparākramāśca..  
sattvaujasānyaṃga babhūvureṣāṃ devāsurāṇāṃ tapasaḥ paraṃ tu naḥ.. 21.169 ..

> 'Missiles, splendors, riches, warriors, renown, strength, and heroic valor, / were the courage and vigor of these gods and Asuras; but our \[strength\] comes entirely from austerity!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.170)

athābhimukhamāyāṃtaṃ devā vinatarpavabhiḥ..  
bāṇairanalakalpāgrārvivyadhustārakaṃ prati.. 21.170 ..

> Then, as he approached, the gods with straight-flying shafts / tipped with fire-like points shot against Tāraka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.171)

sa tānaciṃtya daityeṃdro devabāṇakṣatānhṛdi..  
bāṇairvyoma diśaḥ pṛthvīṃ pūrayāmāsa dānavaḥ.. 21.171 ..

> Taking no heed of those gods' arrows striking his chest, that lord of Daityas, / the Dānava filled the sky, the quarters, and the earth with his arrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.172)

nārāyaṇaṃ ca saptatyā navatyā ca hutāśanam..  
daśabhirmārutaṃ mūrdhni yamaṃ daśabhireva ca.. 21.172 ..

> He pierced Nārāyaṇa with seventy, the Fire-god with ninety, / the Wind on the head with ten, and Yama with ten as well;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.173)

dhanadaṃ caiva saptyā varuṇaṃ ca tathāṣṭabhiḥ..  
viṃśatyā nirṛtiṃ daityaḥ punaścāṣṭabhireva ca.. 21.173 ..

> and the Giver of Wealth with seventy, and likewise Varuṇa with eight, / the Daitya struck Nirṛti with twenty, and again with eight;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.174)

vivyādha punarekaikaṃ daśabhirmarmabhedibhiḥ..  
tathā ca mātaliṃ daityo vivyādha tribhirāśugaiḥ.. 21.174 ..

> again he pierced each one with ten arrows that penetrate vital spots; / and likewise the Daitya pierced Mātali with three swift shafts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.175)

garuḍaṃ daśabhiścaiva mahiṣaṃ navabhistathā..  
punardairtyo'tha devānāṃ tilaśo nataparvabhiḥ.. 21.175 ..

> and Garuḍa with ten, and the buffalo \[of Yama\] with nine. / Then the Daitya, with straight-jointed arrows, reduced to sesame-sized pieces  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.176)

cakāra varmajālāni ciccheda ca dhanūṃṣi ca..  
tato vikavacā devā vidhanuṣkāḥ prapīḍitāḥ.. 21.176 ..

> the gods' coats of mail and severed their bows. / Then the gods, deprived of armor and bows, severely afflicted,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.177)

cāpānyanyāni saṃgṛhya yāvanmuṃcaṃti sāyakān..  
tāvadbāṇaṃ samādhāya kālānalasamaprabham.. 21.177 ..

> seized other bows, but as they were releasing their arrows, / he aimed an arrow blazing like the fire of cosmic dissolution,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.178)

tāḍayāmāsa śakraṃ sa hṛdi sopi mumocaha..  
tatoṃ'tarikṣamālokya dṛṣṭvā sūryaśatākṛtī.. 21.178 ..

> and struck Śakra in the chest; he too fainted. / Then, looking up into the sky and seeing those two who resembled a hundred suns,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.179)

tārkṣyaviṣṇū samājaghne śarābhyāṃ tāvamuhyatām..  
pretanāthasya vahneśca varuṇasya śitaiḥ śaraiḥ.. 21.179 ..

> he struck Tārkṣya and Viṣṇu with two arrows so that both swooned. / With sharp arrows, he confounded the lord of spirits, Agni, and Varuṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.180)

nirṛteścākarotkāryaṃ bhītabītaṃ vimohayan..  
nirucchvāsaṃ samāhṛtya cakre bāṇaiḥ samīraṇam.. 21.180 ..

> and rendered Nirṛti utterly helpless, making them tremble in terror; / trapping the Wind with his arrows, he left him breathless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.181)

tataḥ prāpya hariḥ saṃjñāṃ protsāhya ca diśāṃ patīn..  
bāṇena sāratheḥ kāyācchiro'hārṣītsakuṇḍalam.. 21.181 ..

> Then Hari, regaining consciousness and rallying the lords of the quarters, / severed with an arrow the head of \[Tāraka's\] charioteer, earring and all, from his body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.182)

dhūmaketorjvalātkruddhastasya cchittvā nyapātayat..  
daityarājakirīṭayaṃ ca ciccheda vāsavastataḥ.. 21.182 ..

> Enraged, he cut down the flaming comet-banner \[of the chariot\]; / then Vāsava sheared off the crown of the Daitya king;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.183)

dhaneśaśca dhanuḥ kruddho bibhedabahudhā śaraiḥ..  
vāyuścakre ca tilaśo rathaṃ vā kṣoṇikūbaram.. 21.183 ..

> and the lord of wealth, angered, shattered his bow in many pieces with arrows; / Vāyu reduced the chariot and its axle to sesame-sized fragments;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.184)

nirṛtistilaśo varṇa cakre bāṇaistato raṇe..  
kṛtvaitadatulaṃ karmatiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābruvan.. 21.184 ..

> then in the battle, Nirṛti sliced his armor into sesame-sized pieces with arrows. / Having performed this peerless deed, they cried, 'Halt! Halt!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.185)

lihaṃtaḥ sṛkkiṇīṃ devā vāsudevādayastadā..  
dṛṣṭvā tatkarma devānāṃ tārako'tulavikramaḥ.. 21.185 ..

> Licking the corners of their mouths, the gods headed by Vāsudeva stood firm. / Seeing that deed of the gods, Tāraka of matchless prowess  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.186)

mumoca mudgaraṃ bhīmaṃ sahasrākṣāya saṃgare..  
dṛṣṭvā mudgaramāyāṃtamanivāryaṃ raṇājire.. 21.186 ..

> hurled a dread club at the thousand-eyed \[Indra\] in the battle. / Seeing the irresistible club coming across the battlefield,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.187)

rathādāplutya dharaṇīmagamatpākaśāsanaḥ..  
mudgaro'pi rathopasthe papāta paruṣasvanaḥ.. 21.187 ..

> the subduer of Pāka leaped from the chariot and went to the ground; / the club fell upon the chariot-seat with a harsh roar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.188)

sa rathaṃ cūrṇayāmāsa na mamāra ca mātaliḥ..  
gṛhītvā paṭṭiśaṃ daityo jadhānorasi keśavam.. 21.188 ..

> It pulverized the chariot, but Mātali did not die. / Grasping a spear, the Daitya struck Keśava on the chest;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.189)

skandhe garutmataḥ so'pi niṣasāda vicetanaḥ..  
khaḍgena rākṣasendraṃ ca bhittvā bhūmāvapātayat.. 21.189 ..

> he sank down unconscious on the shoulder of Garutmat. / Piercing the king of the Rākṣasas with a sword, he felled him to the earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.190)

yamaṃ ca pātayāmāsa bhūmau daityo mukhe hatam..  
vahniṃ ca bhiṃḍipālena cakre hatvā vicetanam.. 21.190 ..

> and the Daitya felled Yama to the earth, having struck him in the face; / and striking Agni with a sling-missile, he rendered him senseless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.191)

vāyuṃ padā tadākṣipya pātayāmāsa bhūtale..  
dhaneśaṃ taddhanuṣkoṭyā kuṭṭayāmāsa kopanaḥ.. 21.191 ..

> Then, kicking Vāyu with his foot, he threw him down to the ground; / enraged, he beat the lord of wealth with the tip of his bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.192)

tato devanikāyānāmekaikaṃ kṣaṇamātrataḥ..  
teṣāmeva jaghānāsau śastrairbālānyathā guruḥ.. 21.192 ..

> Then, in merely a moment, he struck down each of the hosts of gods / with their very own weapons, like a teacher striking boys.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.193)

labdhasaṃjñastato viṣṇuścakraṃ jagrāha durdharam..  
rānaveṃdravasāmedorudhireṇābhiraṃjitam.. 21.193 ..

> Then Viṣṇu, having regained his senses, seized his irresistible discus / stained with the fat, marrow, and blood of lordly Dānavas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.194)

mumoca dānaveṃdrasya dṛḍhaṃ vakṣasi keśavaḥ..  
papāta cakraṃ daityasya patitaṃ bhāskaradyuti.. 21.194 ..

> Keśava hurled it hard against the chest of the lord of Dānavas; / the discus, radiant as the sun, struck the Daitya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.195)

vyaśīryatātha kāye'sya nīlotpalamivāśmani..  
tato vajraṃ mahendro'pi pramumocārcitaṃ ciram.. 21.195 ..

> and shattered against his body like a blue lotus against a stone. / Then Mahendra too hurled his thunderbolt, long worshiped,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.196)

tasmiñjayāśā śakrasya dānavendrāya saṃyuge..  
tārakasya ca saṃprāpya śarīraṃ śauryaśālinaḥ.. 21.196 ..

> in which rested Śakra's hope of victory against the Dānava king in battle; / but striking the body of the valiant Tāraka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.197)

viśīryata vikīrṇārciḥ śatadhā khaṇḍaśo gatam..  
tato vāyuradīnātmā vegena mahatā nadan.. 21.197 ..

> it shattered, its flames scattered, broken into a hundred pieces. / Then the dauntless Vāyu, roaring with great speed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.198)

jvalitajvalanābhāsamaṃkuśaṃ pramumoca ha..  
viśīrṇaṃ tasya taccāṃge dṛṣṭvā vāyurmahāruṣā.. 21.198 ..

> hurled an elephant-goad resembling blazing fire; / seeing that it too was shattered on his body, Vāyu, in great wrath,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.199)

tataḥ śailendramutpāṭya puṣpitadrumakaṃdaram..  
cikṣepa dānavendrāya daśayojanavistṛtam.. 21.199 ..

> then uprooted a lordly mountain, rich in blossoming trees and caves, / ten yojanas wide, and hurled it at the Dānava king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.19.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.19.200)

mahīdharaṃ tamāyāṃtaṃ sasmitaṃ daityapuṃgavaḥ..  
jagrāha vāmahastena bālaḥ kandukalīlayā.. 21.200 ..

> As that mountain was hurtling toward him, the best of Daityas, smiling,  
> caught it with his left hand, like a boy playfully catching a ball.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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