[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 1.4.65.22 # Skandapurana 1.4.65.22 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.65.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.65.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.22) 21 atha palāyitasya viṣṇorindrakṛtastutyā sthirībhavanam, viṣṇorājñayā jambhāsurahananārthamindrasya saṃnāhapūrvakaṃ jambhāsureṇa saha tumulayuddhavarṇanam, tasminyuddhe jambhāsurasya vadhaḥ,jambhāsuravadhottaraṃ devasainyatrastānāṃ kāndiśīkānāṃ samastadaityānāṃ tārakāsurāntikaṃ pratyāgamanam, tatastārakāsureṇa sarvadaityaiḥ saha yuddhabhūmiṃ samāsādya mahatā parākrameṇa sarvadevasainyavidhvaṃsakaraṇam, tadvīryamālokya viṣṇunā sarvadevānpalāyanārthamājñāpya svayamantardhānam ' tārakāsurasya vijayalabdhipūrvakaṃ mahīsāgarasaṃgamatīravartistaṃbhapure ( khambāyatanāmni) rājyasiṃhāsanopari mahatā samārambheṇārohaṇam, siṃhāsanādhirūḍhaṃ tārakāsuraṃ prati trailokyalakṣmyā āgamanapūrvakaṃ praveśanam, nārāyaṇenedrādidevānāṃ markarūpeṇa tārakāsuraṃ pratyānayanapūrvakaṃ tārakāsurato'bhayapradāpanam, tataśca tasmādabhayaṃ prāpyeṃdrādīnāṃ viṣṇorājñayā brahmāṇaṃ prati gamanam, tārakāsureṇeṃdrādidevānāṃ sthāneṣvātmādidaityānāmadhikārakaraṇam.. - 114 5 > 21. Now, \[the description of\] Viṣṇu, who had fled, becoming steady through praise offered by Indra; the description of Indra's preparing \[for battle\] by the command of Viṣṇu to slay the demon Jambha, and the tumultuous battle with the demon Jambha; the slaying of the demon Jambha in that battle; after the slaying of the demon Jambha, the retreat to the demon Tāraka of all the demons who were terrified by the army of the gods and fleeing in panic; then the demon Tāraka, having reached the battlefield with all the demons, devastating the entire army of the gods with great prowess; Viṣṇu, having seen his valor, commanding all the gods to flee and himself disappearing; the demon Tāraka, having obtained victory, ascending with great pomp onto the royal throne at Stambhapura (known as Khambāyata), situated on the bank of the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean; the fortune of the three worlds coming and entering into the demon Tāraka who had mounted the throne; Nārāyaṇa, having brought the gods headed by Indra in the form of monkeys before the demon Tāraka, procuring safety for them from the demon Tāraka; and then, having obtained safety from him, the departure of Indra and the others toward Brahmā by the command of Viṣṇu; the demon Tāraka placing his own demons in authority over the realms of the gods headed by Indra... 114 \[5\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.4.65.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.21) - [Next: 1.4.65.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.23) - [Up: 1.4.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.65.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.22) · Pramāṇa