Skandapurana 1.4.65.67

1.4.65.67

66 atha trayodaśavarṣānantaraṃ vanavāsānnivṛtya svakīyarājyaṃprāptaye saṃgrāmāṃgaṇaṃ samupasthiteṣu sasainyeṣu pāṇḍavakauraveṣu madhye sarvaśatrusainyavadhasamarthavīraparigaṇanāyāṃ prakrāntāyāṃ ghaṭotkacaputreṇa caṇḍilena sarvātiśāyisvasāmarthyaprakaṭanaprauḍhyā parīkṣāpradānārthaṃ purā dèvyagrataḥ kṛtahomena vijayanāmakasiddhabrāhmaṇena pradattasya sindūrābhabhasmanaḥ svaśarāgre saṃyojanapūrvaka bāṇaprakṣepeṇa sarvaśatrusainyasya mṛtyumarmanidarśanakaraṇama, atha taddṛṣṭvā sarveṣāṃ yudhiṣṭhirādīnāṃ tatpraśaṃsāpūrvakaṃ sumahati sādhuvāde saṃpravṛte satyakasmādeva kṛṣṇena tasya ghaṭotkacaputrasya svacakreṇa śiraścheddrakaraṇam, atha kṛṣṇena tacichra3chedaṃ kṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā śeīkākulānpāṃḍavādònghaṭotkacaṃ ca prati tasminsaṃprāmāṃgaṇe siddhūtaḥ. bikadicaturdaśadevīnāmāgamanama, tābhiśca caṇḍilasya prāgjanmajātasuvaconāmakayakṣasya vṛttāntakathanapūrvakaṃ sarveṣāṃ sāntvanam , atha śrīkṛṣṇena tacchiraśchedakaraṇam , atha kṛṣṇena tacchiraśchedaṃ kṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā śokākulānpāṃḍavādīnghaṭotkacaṃ ca prati tasminsaṃgrāmāṃgaṇe siddhāmbikādicaturdaśadevīnāmāgamanam, tābhiśca caṇḍilasya prāgjanmajātasuvarconāmakayakṣasya vṛttāntakathanapūrvakaṃ sarveṣāṃ sāntvanam, atha śrīkṛṣṇena tacchiraśchedakāraṇakathanam, tato devyāmṛtasiñcanena tacchirasomṛtīkaraṇam, atha śrīkṛṣṇena śirorūpasya caṇḍilasya varapradānam, atha śrīkṛṣṇājñayā yuddhabhūmisamīpavartigiriśrṛṃgamadhiruhya tena barbarīkeṇa pāṇḍavakauravāṇāṃ yuddhanirīkṣaṇam, atha bhāratamahāyuddhanivṛtyanantaraṃ garvānvitasya bhīmasya śrīkṛṣṇena barbarīkamukhata: paramapuruṣeṇa hariharābhinnarūpeṇa kenacitparamapuruṣeṇa sarvaṃ sainyaṃ nirdalitamiti satyāpayitvāpi laṃkādvā:sthitakumbhakarṇaśiraḥkaroṭikādarśanena garvapariharaṇavṛttāntavarṇanam, atha raṇājiraṃ pratyetya ghaṭotkacaputrāya barbarīkāya śrīkṛṣṇena varapradānam, atha barbarīkastavaḥ, barbarīkapūjanamāhātmyam, atha mahīnagarasthakedāreśvarātrīśvaranīlakaṇṭheśvarajayādityamāhātmyama, evaṃ saptakrośātmakaguptakṣetrāparaparyāyamahīsāgarasaṃgamakṣetramāhātmyaśravaṇapaṭhanā
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66 Next, after thirteen years, returning from their forest-dwelling to regain their own kingdom, when the Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas have assembled on the battlefield with their armies, and an enumeration of heroes capable of destroying all the enemy's host is begun, Caṇḍila, the son of Ghaṭotkaca, out of pride in demonstrating his supreme prowess over all, in order to give a test, unites the vermilion-like ash formerly given by the perfected brahmin named Vijaya through an oblation made before the Goddess to the tip of his arrow and, by discharging the arrow, indicates the vulnerable death-spots of the entire enemy host; next, seeing this, when all, led by Yudhiṣṭhira, praise him and a mighty acclaim ensues, Kṛṣṇa suddenly severs the head of that son of Ghaṭotkaca with his discus; next, seeing that he has severed his head, the fourteen goddesses, beginning with Siddhāmbikā, arrive on that battlefield before the Pāṇḍavas and others and Ghaṭotkaca, who are agitated by grief; and by recounting the narrative of Caṇḍila's previous birth as the yakṣa named Suvarcas, they console all; next, Śrī Kṛṣṇa states the reason for severing his head; then, by the Goddess's sprinkling of nectar, that head is rendered immortal; next, Śrī Kṛṣṇa grants a boon to Caṇḍila who is in the form of a head; next, by Śrī Kṛṣṇa's command, climbing the mountain peak situated near the battlefield, Barbarīka watches the battle of the Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas; next, after the conclusion of the great Bhārata war, to the pride-filled Bhīma, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, through the mouth of Barbarīka, confirms that the whole army was crushed by a certain Supreme Person who is identical with Hari-Hara, and recounts the narrative of dispelling his pride by showing him the skull of Kumbhakarṇa's head situated at the gate of Laṅkā; next, returning to the field of battle, Śrī Kṛṣṇa grants a boon to Barbarīka, the son of Ghaṭotkaca; next, the hymn to Barbarīka; the māhātmyas of the worship of Barbarīka; next, the māhātmya of Kedāreśvara, Atrīśvara, Nīlakaṇṭheśvara, and Jayāditya situated in Mahīnagara; thus ends the hearing and reciting of the māhātmya of the Guptakṣetra measuring seven krośas, otherwise known as the Mahīsāgarasaṃgamakṣetra... 209