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# Skandapurana 2.4.19

Skandapurāṇa 2.4.19

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4.19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.1)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

> Nārada said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.2)

te gaṇādhipatīndṛṣṭvā naṃdībhamukhaṣaṇmukhān ..

> Seeing those leaders of the gaṇas—Nandin, Ibhamukha, and Ṣaṇmukha—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.3)

amarṣādabhyadhāvaṃta dvaṃdvayuddhāya dānavāḥ .. 1 ..

> the dānavas rushed forward in wrath for single combat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.4)

naṃdinaṃ kālanemiśca śumbho laṃbodaraṃ tathā ..

> Kālanemi rushed at Nandin, Śumbha at Lambodara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.5)

niśumbhaḥ ṣaṇmukhaṃ vegādabhyadhāvata daṃśitaḥ .. 2 ..

> and Niśumbha, clad in armor, swiftly rushed at Ṣaṇmukha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.6)

niśumbhaḥ kārtikeyasya mayūraṃ paṃcabhiḥ śaraiḥ ..

> Niśumbha pierced the heart of Kārtikeya's peacock  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.7)

hṛdi vivyādha vegena mūrcchitaḥ sa papāta ca .. 3 ..

> with five arrows at great speed, and it fell fainting.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.8)

tataḥ śaktidharaḥ śaktiṃ yāvajjagrāha roṣitaḥ ..

> Then, as soon as the spear-bearer angrily grasped his spear,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.9)

tāvanniśuṃbho vegena svaśaktyā tamapātayat .. 4 ..

> Niśumbha swiftly struck him down with his own spear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.10)

naṃdīśvaraḥ śaravrātaiḥ kālanemimavadhyata ..

> Nandīśvara pierced Kālanemi with multitudes of arrows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.11)

saptabhiśca hayānketuṃ tribhiḥ sārathimacchinat .. 5 ..

> and with seven arrows severed his horses, his banner, and with three his charioteer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.12)

kālanemistu saṃkruddho dhanuściccheda naṃdinaḥ ..

> Kālanemi, greatly enraged, cut Nandin's bow;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.13)

tadapāsya sa śūlena taṃ vakṣasyahanadbalī .. 6 ..

> flinging it aside, the mighty one struck him in the chest with a trident.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.14)

sa śūlabhinnahṛdayo hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ ..

> With his heart pierced by the trident, his horses slain, and his charioteer killed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.15)

adreḥ śikharamāmucya śailādiṃ so'pyapātayat ..7 ..

> he hurled a mountain peak and brought down Śailādi as well.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.16)

atha śumbho gaṇeśaśca rathamūṣakavāhanau ..

> Then Śumbha and Gaṇeśa, mounted on chariot and rat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.17)

yudhyamānau śaravrātaiḥ parasparamavidhyatām .. 8 ..

> fought and pierced each other with flights of arrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.18)

gaṇeśastu tadā śumbhaṃ hṛdi vivyādha patriṇā ..

> Then Gaṇeśa pierced Śumbha in the heart with a winged shaft,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.19)

sārathiṃ ca tribhirbāṇaiḥ pātayāmāsa bhūtale .. 9 ..

> and with three arrows brought his charioteer down to the ground.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.20)

tato'tikruddhaḥ śumbho'pi bāṇaṣaṣṭyā gaṇādhipam ..

> Then the enraged Śumbha pierced the lord of gaṇas with sixty arrows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.21)

mūṣakaṃ ca tribhirviddhvā nanāda jaladasvanaḥ .. 2.4.19.10 ..

> and the rat with three, and roared with the sound of a cloud.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.22)

mūṣakaḥ śarabhinnāṃgaścacāla dṛḍhavedanaḥ ..

> The rat, its limbs pierced by arrows, staggered in severe pain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.23)

laṃbodaraśca patitaḥ padātirabhavannṛpa .. 11 ..

> and Lambodara fell and became a foot-soldier, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.24)

tato laṃbodaraḥ śumbhaṃ hatvā paraśunā hṛdi ..

> Then Lambodara, striking Śumbha in the chest with his axe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.25)

apātayattadā bhūmau mūṣakaṃ cāruhatpunaḥ .. 12 ..

> felled him to the ground at that moment and mounted the rat once again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.26)

kālanemirniśuṃbhaścā'pyubhau laṃbodaraṃ śaraiḥ ..

> Both Kālanemi and Niśumbha with arrows simultaneously struck  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.27)

yugapajjaghnatuḥ krodhāttotrairiva mahādvipam .. 13 ..

> Lambodara in fury, as if striking a great elephant with goads.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.28)

taṃ pīḍayamānamālokya vīrabhadro mahābalaḥ ..

> Seeing him afflicted, Vīrabhadra of great might  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.29)

abhyadhāvata vegena bhūtakoṭiyutastadā .. 14 ..

> then rushed forward swiftly, accompanied by ten million bhūtas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.30)

kūṣmāṃḍabhairavāścā'pi vetālā yoginīgaṇāḥ ..

> Kūṣmāṇḍas, bhairavas, vetālas, troops of yoginīs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.31)

piśācayoginīsaṃghā gaṇāścā'pi tamanvayuḥ .. 15 ..

> hosts of piśācas and yoginīs, and the gaṇas followed him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.32)

tataḥ kilakilāśabdaiḥ siṃhanādaiḥ sughargharaiḥ ..

> Then, with shrieks of joy, deep lion-roars,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.33)

bherītālamṛdaṃgaiśca pṛthivī samakaṃpata .. 16 ..

> kettledrums, cymbals, and mṛdaṅgas, the earth trembled.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.34)

tato bhūtānyadhāvaṃta bhakṣayaṃtisma dānavān..

> Then the bhūtas rushed forward, devouring the dānavas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.35)

utpataṃtyāpataṃti sma nanṛtuśca raṇāṃgaṇe .. 17 ..

> they leapt up, swooped down, and danced upon the field of battle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.36)

nandī ca kārtikeyaśca samāśvasya tvaratvitau ..

> Nandin and Kārtikeya, recovering and acting with haste,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.37)

nijaghnatū raṇe daityānniraṃtaraśaravrajaiḥ .. 18 ..

> struck down the daityas in battle with continuous flights of arrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.38)

chinnabhinnā hatairdetyaiḥ patitairbhakṣitaistadā ..

> Cut to pieces, pierced, with daityas slain, fallen, and devoured then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.39)

vyākulā sā'bhavatsenā viṣaṇṇavadanā tadā .. 19 ..

> that army was thrown into confusion, its faces crestfallen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.40)

pravidhvastāṃ tadā senāṃ dṛṣṭvā sāgaranaṃdanaḥ ..

> Seeing his army utterly destroyed then, the son of the ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.41)

rathenā'tipatākena gaṇānabhiyayau balī .. 2.4.19.20 ..

> the mighty one, advanced against the gaṇas in his chariot with towering banners.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.42)

hastyaśvarathasaṃhrādāḥ śaṃkhabherīsvanāstathā ..

> The clatter of elephants, horses, and chariots, the sounds of conches and kettledrums,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.43)

abhavansiṃhanādāśca senayorubhayostadā .. 21 ..

> and the lion-roars of both armies arose then.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.44)

jalaṃdharaśaravrātairnīhārapaṭalairiva ..

> With the volleys of Jalandhara's arrows, as if with banks of fog,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.45)

dyāvāpṛthivyorācchinnamaṃtaraṃ samapadyata .. 22 ..

> the space between heaven and earth became completely blocked.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.46)

gaṇeśaṃ paṃcabhirviddhvā śailādiṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ ..

> Having pierced Gaṇeśa with five arrows, Śailādi with nine,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.47)

vīrabhadraṃ ca viṃśatyā nanāda jaladasvanaḥ .. 23 ..

> and Vīrabhadra with twenty, he roared with the sound of a cloud.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.48)

kārtikeyastadā daityaṃ śaktyā vivyādha satvaraḥ ..

> Then Kārttikeya swiftly pierced the Daitya with a spear;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.49)

yuyudhe śaktinirbhinnaḥ kiṃcidvyākulamānasaḥ .. 24 ..

> pierced by the spear, his mind somewhat agitated, \[Jalandhara\] fought on.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.50)

tataḥ krodhaparītākṣaḥ kārtikeyaṃ jalaṃdharaḥ ..

> Then, his eyes filled with wrath, Jalandhara struck Kārttikeya  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.51)

gadayā tāḍayāmāsa sa ca bhūmitale'patat .. 25 ..

> with his mace, and he fell to the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.52)

tathaiva naṃdinaṃ vegādapātayata bhūtale ..

> In the same way he swiftly felled Nandin to the surface of the earth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.53)

tato gaṇeśvaraḥ kruddho gadāṃ paraśunā'hanat .. 26 ..

> then the lord of the Gaṇas, enraged, struck the mace with his axe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.54)

vīrabhadrastribhirbāṇairhṛdi vivyādha dānavam ..

> Vīrabhadra pierced the Dānava in the chest with three arrows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.55)

saptabhiśca hayānketuṃ dhanuśchatraṃ ca cicchide .. 27 ..

> and with seven he cut down his horses, standard, bow, and umbrella.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.56)

tato'tikruddho daityeṃdraḥ śaktimudyamya dāruṇām ..

> Then the lord of the Daityas, exceedingly enraged, raised a terrible spear,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.57)

gaṇeśaṃ pātayāmāsa rathaṃ cā'nyamathā''ruhat ..28..

> felled Gaṇeśa, and then mounted another chariot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.58)

abhyayādatha vegena vīrabhadraṃ ruṣānvitaḥ ..

> Then, filled with fury, he rushed with speed against Vīrabhadra;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.59)

tatastau sūryasaṃkāśau yuyudhāte parasparam .. 29 ..

> then the two, resplendent as the sun, fought with each other.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.60)

vīrabhadraḥ punastasya hayānbāṇairapātayat ..

> Vīrabhadra once again brought down his horses with arrows;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.61)

dhanuściccheda daityeṃdraḥ pupluve parighāyudhaḥ .. 2.4.19.30 ..

> having his bow cut, the lord of the Daityas leaped down, armed with an iron club.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.62)

sa vīrabhadraṃ tvarayā'bhigamya jaghāna daityaḥ parigheṇa mūrdhni ..

> Approaching Vīrabhadra in haste, the Daitya struck him on the head with his iron club;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.63)

sa cā'pi vīraḥ pravibhinnamūrddhā papāta bhūmau rudhiraṃ samudgiran.. 31 ..

> and that hero, his head shattered, fell to the ground, vomiting blood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.19.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.19.64)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye jalaṃdharopākhyāne vīrabhadrapatananāmaikonaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 19 ..

> Thus ends the nineteenth chapter, named 'The Fall of Vīrabhadra,' in the story of Jalandhara, in the praise of the month of Kārttika, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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