Skandapurana 1.4.65.20
Skandapurāṇa 1.4.65.20
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1.4.65.20
19 tato nimināmnā kālanemisutena kālanemeḥ sūryakṛtamāyātaḥ prabodhanam, tataḥ prabuddhena
kālaneminā sarvāstranivāraṇāya brahmāstramocanama, bhāskareṇa mahendrajālamāsthāya nijatanuṃ bhīṣaṇāṃ vidhāyātyuṣṇatāpakiraṇaprasāreṇa sarvadaityasainyavyākulīkaraṇam, kālaneminā kālameghasvarūpaṃ vidhāya vṛṣṭikaraṇapūrvakaṃ śastravṛṣṭyā'śvyādisarvadevasainyaparābhavakaraṇam, tataḥ sarvadevānāṃ prārthanāṃ śrutvā bhagavatā mahāviṣṇunā kṣīrasāgarātparyaṃkādutthāya garuḍamāruhya raṇasthalaṃ pratyāgatya kālaneminā saha yuddhaṃ kṛtvā kālanemiparājayakaraṇam... 111 1
19. Then Kālanemi's son named Nimi awakens Kālanemi from the illusion created by the Sun; then the awakened Kālanemi releases the Brahmā-weapon to ward off all weapons; the Sun, employing great sorcery, makes his form terrible and, by spreading intensely hot rays of heat, throws the entire army of the Daityas into disarray; Kālanemi, assuming the form of a black cloud and raining down, inflicts defeat upon the whole army of the gods, including the horses, with a shower of weapons; then, hearing the prayer of all the gods, the blessed Mahāviṣṇu rises from his couch on the milk ocean, mounts Garuḍa, arrives at the battleground, fights with Kālanemi, and inflicts defeat upon Kālanemi... 111 1
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