Skandapurana 2.4.15
Skandapurāṇa 2.4.15
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.. nārada uvāca .. ..
Nārada said:
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ye devairnirjitāḥ pūrvaṃ daityāḥ pātālasaṃsthitāḥ ..
The daityas who had previously been conquered by the gods and were living in Pātāla,
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te'pi bhūmaṃḍalaṃ yātā nirbhayāstamupāśritāḥ ..1..
they too came to the circle of the earth, taking refuge in him without fear.
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kadācicchinnaśirasaṃ rāhuṃ dṛṣṭvā sa daityarāṭ ..
Once, seeing Rāhu with his head cut off, that king of daityas
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papraccha bhārgavaṃ tatra tacchiraśchedakāraṇam .. 2 ..
asked Bhārgava there the reason for his head being severed.
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sa śaśaṃsa samudrasya mathanaṃ devakāritam ..
He told of the churning of the ocean brought about by the gods,
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ratnāpaharaṇaṃ caiva daityānāṃ ca parābhavam .. 3 ..
and the taking away of the jewels, and the defeat of the daityas.
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sa śrutvā krodharaktākṣaḥ svapiturmathanaṃ tadā ..
Hearing of the churning of his own father, his eyes red with rage,
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dūtaṃ saṃpreṣayāmāsa ghasmaraṃ śakrasannidhau ..4..
he dispatched a messenger, Ghasmara, into the presence of Śakra.
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dūtastriviṣṭapaṃ gatvā sudharmāṃ prāviśadvarām..
The messenger went to heaven and entered the excellent Sudharmā assembly hall.
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jagādākharvamaulistu deveṃdraṃ vākyamadbhutam .. 5 ..
With an unbowed head, he spoke astonishing words to the lord of the gods:
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.. ghasmara uvāca .. ..
Ghasmara said:
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jalaṃdharo'bdhitanayaḥ sarvadaityajaneśvaraḥ ..
"Jalandhara is the son of the ocean, the lord of all daitya folk.
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dūto'haṃpreṣitastena sa yadāha śṛṇuṣva tat .. 6 ..
I am a messenger sent by him; hear what he says:
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kasmāttvayā mama pitā mathitaḥ sāgaro'driṇā ..
'Why was my father, the ocean, churned by you with a mountain?
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nītāni sarvaratnāni tāni śīghraṃ prayaccha me .. 7 ..
All jewels were carried off; give them back to me at once!'"
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iti dūtavacaḥ śrutvā vismitastridaśādhipaḥ..
Hearing these words of the messenger, the lord of the thirty [gods] was astonished.
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uvāca ghasmaraṃ raudraṃ bhayaroṣasamanvitaḥ .. 8 ..
Filled with fear and anger, he addressed the fierce Ghasmara:
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.. iṃdra uvāca .. ..
Indra said:
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śṛṇu dūta mayā pūrvaṃ mathitaḥ sāgaro yathā ..
“Listen, messenger, to why the ocean was churned by me in the past.
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adrayo madbhayāttrastāḥ svakukṣisthāḥ kṛtāstathā ..9..
Mountains terrified out of fear of me were placed inside its belly,
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anye'pi maddviṣastena rakṣitā ditijāḥ purā ..
and other Daityas, who were my enemies, were also protected by it long ago.
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tasmādyattatprajātaṃ tu mayā'pyapahṛtaṃ kila ..2.4.15.10..
Therefore, whatever was produced from it was indeed taken away by me.
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śaṃkho'pyevaṃ purā devānadviṣatsāgarātmajaḥ ..
Likewise Śaṅkha, the son of the ocean, previously hated the gods;
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mamā'nujena nihataḥ praviṣṭaḥ sāgarodaram .. 11 ..
having entered the belly of the ocean, he was slain by my younger brother.
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tadgaccha kathayasvā'sya sarvaṃ mathanakāraṇam ..
Therefore go and tell him the entire reason for the churning.”
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.. nārada uvāca .. ..
Nārada said:
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itthaṃ visarjito dūtastadeṃdreṇā'gamadbhuvam ..12..
Thus dismissed by Indra, the messenger then went to earth.
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tadidaṃ vacanaṃ sarvaṃ daityāyākathayattadā ..
He then reported all of these words to the Daitya.
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tanniśamya tadā daityo roṣātprasphuritā'dharaḥ.. 13 ..
Hearing that, the Daitya, his lip trembling with rage,
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daityasenāsamāyukto yayau yoddhuṃ triviṣṭapam ..
marched to heaven with the Daitya army to fight.
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tato yuddhe mahāñjāto devadānavasaṃkṣayaḥ .. 14 ..
Then, in the battle, a great destruction of gods and Dānavas took place.
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tatra yuddhe mṛtāndaityānbhārgavastūdatiṣṭhapat ..
There in the battle, Bhārgava revived the dead Daityas
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vidyayā mṛtajīvinyā maṃtritaistoyabiṃdubhiḥ .. 15 ..
by means of the lore of reviving the dead, with consecrated drops of water.
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devānapi tathā yuddhe tatrā'jīvayadaṃgirāḥ ..
Likewise, in that battle, Aṅgiras revived the gods
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divyauṣadhī samānīya droṇādreḥ sa punaḥpunaḥ ..16..
by repeatedly bringing divine herbs from Mount Droṇa.
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dṛṣṭvā devāṃstathā yuddhe punareva samutthitān ..
Seeing the gods thus risen once again in battle,
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jalaṃdharaḥ krodhavaśo bhārgavaṃ vākyamabravīt ..17..
Jalandhara, overcome with anger, spoke these words to Bhārgava:
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.. jalaṃdhara uvāca .. ..
Jalandhara said:
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mayā yuddhe hatā devā uttiṣṭhaṃti kathaṃ punaḥ ..
“How do the gods slain by me in battle rise again?
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tava saṃjīvinīvidyā na vā'nyatreti viśrutam ..18..
It is renowned that the Saṃjīvinī lore is yours and exists nowhere else.”
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.. śukra uvāca .. ..
Śukra said:
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divyauṣadhīḥ samānīya droṇādreraṃgirāḥ surān..
“Bringing divine herbs from Mount Droṇa, Aṅgiras revives the gods.
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jīvayatyeva tacchīghraṃ droṇādriṃ tvamapāhara .. 19 ..
Therefore, carry off Mount Droṇa quickly.”
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.. nārada uvāca .. ..
Nārada said:
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ityuktaḥ sa tu daityeṃdro nītvā droṇācalaṃ tadā ..
Being thus addressed, that lord of Daityas carried off Mount Droṇa
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prākṣipatsāgare tūrṇaṃ punarāgānmahāhavam .. 2.4.15.20 ..
and swiftly threw it into the ocean, and then returned to the great battle.
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atha devānhatāndṛṣṭvā droṇādrimagamadguruḥ ..
Then, seeing the gods slain, the preceptor went to Mount Droṇa;
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tāvattatra girīṃdraṃ tu na dadarśa surārcitaḥ .. 21 ..
the one worshipped by the gods did not see the king of mountains there.
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jñātvā daityahṛtaṃ droṇaṃ dhiṣaṇo bhayavihvalaḥ ..
Knowing Droṇa had been seized by the Daitya, Dhiṣaṇa, overcome with fear,
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āgatya dūrādvyājahre śvāsā''kulitavigrahaḥ .. 22 ..
came from afar and spoke, his body agitated by panting:
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palāyadhvaṃ havāddevā nā'yaṃ jetuṃ kṣamo yataḥ ..
“Flee swiftly, O gods! For he cannot be conquered.
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rudrāṃśasaṃbhavo hyeṣa smaradhvaṃ śakraceṣṭitam .. 23 ..
He is indeed born from an aspect of Rudra; remember Śakra's deed!”
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śrutvā tadvacanaṃ devā bhayavihvalitāstadā ..
Hearing his words, the gods, then bewildered with fear
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daityena vadhyamānāste palāyaṃte diśo daśa .. 24 ..
and being slaughtered by the Daitya, fled in the ten directions.
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devānvidrāvitāndṛṣṭvā daityaiḥ sāgaranaṃdanaḥ ..
Seeing the gods routed by the Daityas, the son of the ocean
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śaṃkhabherījayaravaiḥ praviveśā'marāvatīm .. 25 ..
entered Amarāvatī amid the sounds of conchs, drums, and cries of victory.
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praviṣṭe nagarīṃ daitye devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ ..
When the Daitya entered the city, the gods, with Śakra at their head,
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suvarṇādriguhāṃ prāptā nyavasandaityatāpitāḥ.. 26 ..
tormented by the Daitya, reached a cave in the Golden Mountain and dwelt [there].
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tataśca sarveṣvasuro'dhikāreṣviṃdrādikānāṃ viniveśayattadā ..
Then the Asura installed in all the offices of Indra and the others
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śuṃbhādikāndaityavarānpṛthakpṛthaksvayaṃ suvarṇādriguhāmagātpunaḥ .. 27 ..
the foremost Daityas such as Śumbha individually, and himself went again to the cave in the Golden Mountain.
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iti śrī skānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye jalaṃdharavijayaprāptirnāma pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ ..15..
Thus ends the fifteenth chapter, named “Attainment of Victory by Jalandhara,” in the eulogy of the month of Kārtika in the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skandamahāpurāṇa, containing eighty-one thousand verses.
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