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# Skandapurana 6.3.48

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.48

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.48.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.p1)

adhyāya 48

> Chapter 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.1)

uttānapāda uvāca -  
kasminsthāne'vasaddeva so'ndhako daityapuṃgavaḥ .  
sarvāndevāṃśca nirjitya kasminsthāne samāsthitaḥ .. 48.1 ..

> Uttānapāda said:  
> In what place did that bull among Daityas, Andhaka, reside, O god?  
> Having conquered all the gods, in what place did he take up his abode?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.2)

śrīmaheśa uvāca -  
praviṣṭo dānavo yatra kathayāmi narādhipa .  
pātālalokamāśritya kanyā vidhvaṃsate tu saḥ .. 48.2 ..

> The venerable Maheśa said:  
> I shall tell you, O ruler of men, where the Dānava entered.  
> Taking refuge in the realm of Pātāla, he violated maiden girls.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.3)

tatra sthitaṃ taṃ vijñāya cāpamādāya keśavaḥ .  
vyasṛjadbāṇamāgneyaṃ dahyatāmiti cintayan .. 48.3 ..

> Knowing him to be stationed there, Keśava took up his bow  
> and discharged a fiery arrow, thinking: "Let him burn!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.4)

dahyamāno'gninā so'pi vāruṇāstraṃ sa saṃdadhe .  
vāruṇāstreṇa mahatā āgneyaṃ śamitaṃ tadā .. 48.4 ..

> Being burnt by the fire, he too aimed a Vāruṇa weapon.  
> With that great Vāruṇa weapon, the fiery \[arrow\] was then extinguished.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.5)

tato'sau cintayāmāsa kena bāṇo visarjitaḥ .  
kasyaiṣā pauruṣī śaktiḥ ko yāsyati yamālayam .. 48.5 ..

> Then he wondered: "By whom was this arrow loosed?  
> Whose manly power is this? Who will go to the abode of Yama?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.6)

tato'ndhako mṛdhe kruddho bāṇamārgeṇa nirgataḥ .  
sa dṛṣṭvā bāṇamārgeṇa cāpahastaṃ janārdanam .. 48.6 ..

> Then, enraged in battle, Andhaka came forth along the path of the arrow.  
> Having seen Janārdana bow-in-hand along the path of the arrow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.7)

andhaka uvāca -  
na śarma lapsyase hyadya mayā dṛṣṭyābhivīkṣitaḥ .  
na śaknoṣi tathā gantuṃ nāgaḥ śārdūladarśanāt .. 48.7 ..

> Andhaka said:  
> "You will not find happiness today, having been beheld by my gaze!  
> Just as an elephant cannot escape upon seeing a tiger, so you cannot go away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.8)

āgacchati yathā bhakṣyaṃ mārjārasya ca mūṣikaḥ .  
na śaknoṣi tathā yātuṃ saṃsthitastvaṃ mamāgrataḥ .. 48.8 ..

> Just as a mouse comes forth to be the food of a cat,  
> so you, standing before me, cannot get away!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.9)

ahaṃ tvāṃ preṣayiṣyāmi yamamārge sudāruṇe .  
ahamanveṣayiṣyāmi kila yāsyāmi te gṛham .. 48.9 ..

> I shall send you along the dreadful road of Yama;  
> I shall track down your house and indeed go there!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.10)

upanīto'si kālena saṅgrāme mama keśava .  
ye tvayā nirjitāḥ pūrvaṃ dānavā apyanekaśaḥ .. 48.10 ..

> You have been brought by Time to my battle, O Keśava!  
> Those Dānavas who were conquered by you many times before—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.11)

na bhavanti pumāṃsaste striyastāścaiva keśava .  
paraṃ na śastrasaṅgrāmaṃ kariṣyāmi tvayā saha .. 48.11 ..

> they were not real men; they were merely women, O Keśava!  
> However, I shall not fight with weapons against you!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.12)

vadato dānavendrasya na cukopa sa keśavaḥ .  
ayudhyamānaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā cintayāmāsa dānavaḥ .. 48.12 ..

> While the lord of Dānavas was speaking, Keśava did not become angry.  
> Seeing that he would not fight, the Dānava reflected:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.13)

dvandvayuddhaṃ kariṣyāmi niścitya yuyudhe nṛpa .  
sa kṛṣṇena padākṣiptaḥ patitaḥ pṛthivītale .. 48.13 ..

> "I will fight in single combat"; having resolved thus, O king, he fought.  
> He was struck down by Kṛṣṇa's foot and fell upon the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.14)

muhūrtātsa samāśvasya utthāyedaṃ vyacintayat .  
aśakto dvandvayuddhāya tataḥ sāma prayuktavān .  
pāṇibhyāṃ sampuṭaṃ kṛtvā sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇataḥ śuciḥ .. 48.14 ..

> Reviving after a moment, he rose up and thought:  
> He was incapable of hand-to-hand combat; therefore, he employed conciliation.  
> Folding his hands in supplication, pure, he bowed down with eight limbs prostrated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.15)

andhaka uvāca -  
jaya kṛṣṇāya haraye viṣṇave jiṣṇave namaḥ .  
hṛṣīkeśa jagaddhātre acyutāya mahātmane .. 48.15 ..

> Andhaka said:  
> "Victory! Homage to Kṛṣṇa, to Hari, to Viṣṇu, the victorious one!  
> To Hṛṣīkeśa, the sustainer of the world, to Acyuta, the Great Soul!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.16)

namaḥ paṅkajanābhāya namaḥ paṅkajamāline .  
janārdanāya śrīśāya śrīpate pītavāsase .. 48.16 ..

> Homage to the lotus-navelled one, homage to the one adorned with a lotus garland,  
> to Janārdana, the Lord of Śrī, O consort of Śrī, clad in yellow garments!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.17)

govindāya namo nityaṃ namo jaladhiśāyine .  
namaḥ karālavaktrāya narasiṃhāya nādine .. 48.17 ..

> Homage always to Govinda, homage to the one lying upon the ocean;  
> homage to the roaring Narasiṃha of terrible face!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.18)

śārṅgiṇe sitavarṇāya śaṅkhacakragadābhṛte .  
namo vāmanarūpāya yajñarūpāya te namaḥ .. 48.18 ..

> To the bow-wielder, of white complexion, bearer of the conch, discus, and mace;  
> homage to the one whose form is Vāmana, homage to you whose form is the sacrifice!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.19)

namo varāharūpāya krāntalokatrayāya ca .  
vyāptāśeṣadigantāya keśavāya namonamaḥ .. 48.19 ..

> Homage to the one whose form is the Boar, who strode across the three worlds,  
> who pervades all ends of the directions; homage, homage to Keśava!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.20)

vāsudeva namastubhyaṃ namaḥ kaiṭabhanāśine .  
lakṣmyālaya suraśreṣṭha namaste suranāyaka .. 48.20 ..

> O Vāsudeva, homage to you; homage to the destroyer of Kaiṭabha!  
> O abode of Lakṣmī, O best among gods, homage to you, O leader of the gods!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.21)

viṣṇordevādhidevasya pramāṇaṃ ye'pi kurvate .  
prajāpaterjagaddhātusteṣāmapi namāmyaham .. 48.21 ..

> Even to those who show reverence to Viṣṇu, the god over all gods,  
> the Lord of Creatures, the sustainer of the world—to them also I bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.22)

samastabhūtadevasya vāsudevasya dhīmataḥ .  
praṇāmaṃ ye prakurvanti teṣāmapi namāmyaham .. 48.22 ..

> To those who offer salutation to wise Vāsudeva,  
> the god of all living beings—to them also I bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.23)

tasya yajñavarāhasya viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ .  
praṇāmaṃ ye prakurvanti teṣāmapi namāmyaham .. 48.23 ..

> To those who offer salutation to Viṣṇu of boundless splendour,  
> that Sacrificial Boar—to them also I bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.24)

guṇānāṃ hi nidhānāya namaste'stu punaḥpunaḥ .  
kāruṇyāmbunidhe deva sarvabhaktipriyāya ca .. 48.24 ..

> Homage be to you again and again, the treasure-house of virtues,  
> O god who are an ocean of compassion and fond of all devotion!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.25)

śrībhagavānuvāca -  
tuṣṭaste dānavendrāhaṃ varaṃ vṛṇu yathepsitam .  
dadāmi te varaṃ nūnamapi trailokyadurlabham .. 48.25 ..

> The Blessed Lord said:  
> I am pleased with you, O lord of Dānavas; choose a boon as you desire.  
> I shall certainly give you a boon, even one difficult to obtain in the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.26)

andhaka uvāca -  
yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva varaṃ dāsyasi cepsitam .  
tadā dadasva me deva yuddhaṃ paramaśobhanam .  
avaddhastapūto yenāhaṃ lokāngantāsmi śobhanān .. 48.26 ..

> Andhaka said:  
> If you are pleased with me, O god, and will give a desired boon,  
> then grant me, O god, a supreme and splendid battle,  
> so that, purified by your weapon, I may go to beautiful realms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.27)

śrībhagavānuvāca -  
kathaṃ dadāmi te yuddhaṃ toṣito'haṃ tvayā punaḥ .  
na tvāṃ tu prabhavetkopaḥ kathaṃ yudhyāmi te'ndhaka .. 48.27 ..

> The Blessed Lord said:  
> How can I give you battle when I have been propitiated by you?  
> Anger cannot prevail against you; how can I fight with you, O Andhaka?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.28)

yadi te vartate buddhiryuddhaṃ prati na saṃśayaḥ .  
tato gacchasva yuddhāya devaṃ prati maheśvaram .. 48.28 ..

> If your mind is set on battle without a doubt,  
> then go to fight against the god Maheśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.29)

andhaka uvāca -  
na tatra sidhyate kāryaṃ devaṃ prati maheśvaram .. 48.29 ..

> Andhaka said:  
> My purpose will not be accomplished there, against the god Maheśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.30)

śrībhagavānuvāca -  
putra tvaṃ śikharaṃ gatvā dhūnayasva balena ca .. 48.30 ..

> The Blessed Lord said:  
> Son, go to the mountain peak and shake it with your strength.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.31)

vidhūte tatra deveśaḥ kopaṃ kartā sudāruṇam .  
kopitaḥ śaṅkaro raudraṃ yuddhaṃ dāsyati dānava .. 48.31 ..

> When it is shaken, the Lord of Gods will feel fierce wrath;  
> enraged, Śaṅkara will grant you a dreadful battle, O Dānava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.32)

viṣṇuvākyādasau pāpo gato yatra maheśvaraḥ .  
kailāsaśikharaṃ prāpya dhunoti sma muhurmuhuḥ .. 48.32 ..

> At Viṣṇu's word, that sinful one went to where Maheśvara was;  
> reaching the peak of Kailāsa, he shook it repeatedly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.33)

dhūnite tatra śikhare kampitaṃ bhuvanatrayam .  
nipetuḥ śikharāgrāṇi kampamānānyanekaśaḥ .. 48.33 ..

> When that peak was shaken, the three worlds trembled;  
> mountain summits, violently trembling, fell down in great numbers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.34)

catvāraḥ sāgarāḥ kṣipramekībhūtā mahīpate .  
nipeturulkāpātāśca pādapā apyanekaśaḥ .. 48.34 ..

> The four oceans quickly merged into one, O king;  
> meteors fell, and trees tumbled in great numbers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.35)

umayā sahito devo vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ .  
gāḍhamāliṅgya girijā devaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 48.35 ..

> Accompanied by Umā, the god was filled with supreme astonishment.  
> Clasping the god tightly, the mountain-born goddess spoke \[these\] words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.36)

kimarthaṃ kampate śailaḥ kimarthaṃ kampate dharā .  
kimarthaṃ kampate nāgo martyaḥ pātālameva ca .  
kiṃ vā yugakṣayo deva tanmamākhyātumarhasi .. 48.36 ..

> "Why does the mountain shake? Why does the earth tremble? / Why do the serpent, mortals, and even Pātāla quake? / Or is it the destruction of an age, O Lord? You should tell me that." 48.36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.37)

īśvara uvāca -  
kasyaiṣā durmatirjātā kṣiptaḥ sarpamukhe karaḥ .  
lalāṭe ca kṛtaṃ varma sa yāsyati yamālayam .. 48.37 ..

> Īśvara said: / "Whose wicked idea was this? A hand has been thrust into the serpent's mouth; / armor has been placed on the forehead! He will go to Yama's abode. 48.37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.38)

kailāsamāśrito yena supto'haṃ yena bodhitaḥ .  
taṃ vadhiṣye na sandehaḥ sammukho vā bhavedyadi .. 48.38 ..

> He who approached Kailāsa and woke me while I slept, / him shall I kill, there is no doubt, if he stands facing me." 48.38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.39)

cintayāmāsa deveśo hyandhako'yaṃ na saṃśayaḥ .  
upāyaṃ cintayāmāsa yenāsau vadhyate kṣaṇāt .. 48.39 ..

> The Lord of the gods thought, "This is Andhaka, without a doubt." / He considered a means by which he might be killed in an instant. 48.39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.40)

āgatāśca surāḥ sarve brahmādyā vasubhiḥ saha .  
rathaṃ devamayaṃ kṛtvā sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutam .. 48.40 ..

> And all the gods, led by Brahmā along with the Vasus, arrived / having made a chariot composed of the gods, endowed with all auspicious marks. 48.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.41)

keciddevāḥ sthitāścakre kecittuṇḍāgrapārśvayoḥ .  
kecinnābhyāṃ sthitā devāḥ keciddhuryeṣu saṃsthitāḥ .. 48.41 ..

> Some gods stood upon the wheel, some at the sides of the chariot-front; / some gods stood at the hub, and some stood upon the yokes. 48.41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.42)

dhurīṣu niścalāḥ kecitkecidyūpeṣu saṃsthitāḥ .  
kecitsyandanasaṃstambhāḥ kecitsyandanaveṣṭakāḥ .. 48.42 ..

> Some were motionless on the axle-poles, some stood upon the posts; / some were pillars of the chariot, some were coverings of the chariot. 48.42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.43)

āmalasārake'nye'pi anye'pi kalaśe sthitāḥ .  
riporbhayaṃkaraṃ divyaṃ dhvajamālādiśobhitam .. 48.43 ..

> Others stood on the finial, and others on the pot, / terrifying to the enemy, divine, adorned with garlands of banners and the like. 48.43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.44)

rathaṃ devamayaṃ kṛtvā tamārūḍho jagadguruḥ .  
niryayau dānavo yatra kopāviṣṭo maheśvaraḥ .. 48.44 ..

> Having made the chariot composed of gods, the Guru of the universe mounted it; / filled with wrath, Maheśvara set forth where the Dānava was. 48.44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.45)

tiṣṭha tiṣṭhetyuvācātha kva prayāsyasi durmate .  
śarāsanaṃ kare gṛhya śarāṃścikṣepa dānave .. 48.45 ..

> He said, "Halt, halt! Where will you go, wicked-minded one?" / Taking the bow in his hand, he shot arrows at the Dānava. 48.45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.46)

dānave'dhiṣṭhite yuddhe śaraiścicheda sāyakān .  
śarāsaneṇa tatraiva andhakaśchāditastadā .. 48.46 ..

> As the Dānava stood in battle, he cut off the arrows with arrows; / then Andhaka was covered right there by \[Śiva's\] bow\[-shot arrows\]. 48.46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.47)

na tatra dṛśyate sūryo nākāśaṃ na ca candramāḥ .  
āgneyamastraṃ vyasṛjaddānavo'pi śivaṃ prati .. 48.47 ..

> The sun could not be seen there, nor the sky, nor the moon. / The Dānava also discharged a fiery weapon against Śiva. 48.47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.48)

dahyamānāḥ śarāṅgāraistatrasuḥ sarvadevatāḥ .  
rakṣa rakṣa mahādeva dahyamānāṃstu dānavāt .. 48.48 ..

> Burnt by the arrow-coals, all the deities became terrified: / "Protect, protect us, O Mahādeva, who are being burnt by the Dānava!" 48.48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.49)

tato devādhidevo'sau vāruṇāstramayo'jayat .  
vāruṇāstreṇa nimiṣādāgneyaṃ nāśitaṃ tadā .. 48.49 ..

> Then that God of gods, wielding the watery weapon, conquered \[it\]; / by the watery weapon, the fiery \[one\] was destroyed in an instant. 48.49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.50)

dānavena tadā muktaṃ vāyavyāstraṃ raṇājire .  
vāruṇaṃ ca gataṃ tāta vāyavyāstravināśitam .. 48.50 ..

> Then the airy weapon was released by the Dānava on the field of battle, / and the watery \[weapon\], my dear, was destroyed by the airy weapon. 48.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.51)

devo vyasarjayatsārpaṃ krodhāviṣṭena cetasā .  
mārutaṃ nāśitaṃ bāṇaiḥ sarpaistatra na saṃśayaḥ .. 48.51 ..

> With his mind seized with anger, the Lord released the serpent weapon; / the wind was destroyed there by the snake-arrows, of this there is no doubt. 48.51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.52)

dānavena tato muktaṃ garuḍāstraṃ ca līlayā .  
gāruḍāstraṃ ca taddṛṣṭvā sārpaṃ naiva vyadṛśyata .. 48.52 ..

> Then the Garuḍa weapon was released playfully by the Dānava; / and seeing that Garuḍa weapon, the serpent \[weapon\] was no longer seen. 48.52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.53)

tato devādhidevena nārasiṃhaṃ visarjitam .  
nārasiṃhāstrabāṇena gāruḍāstraṃ praśāmitam .. 48.53 ..

> Then the Nārasiṃha weapon was discharged by the God of gods; / by the Nārasiṃha weapon's arrow, the Garuḍa weapon was subdued. 48.53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.54)

astramastreṇa śamyeta na bādhyeta parasparam .  
mahadyuddhamabhūttātasurāsurabhayaṃkaram .. 48.54 ..

> Weapon was quenched by weapon, neither prevailing over the other. / A great battle took place, my dear, terrifying to gods and asuras, 48.54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.55)

cakranālīkanārācaistomaraiḥ khaḍgamudgaraiḥ .  
vatsadantaistathā bhallaiḥ karṇikāraiśca śobhanaiḥ .. 48.55 ..

> with discs, reeds, iron arrows, javelins, swords, and mallets, / with calf-tooth arrows, spears, and beautiful karṇikāra arrows. 48.55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.56)

evaṃ na śakyate hantuṃ dānavo vividhāyudhaiḥ .  
tadā jvālākarālāśca khaḍganārācatomarāḥ .. 48.56 ..

> Thus the Dānava could not be slain with various weapons. / Then swords, iron arrows, and javelins, formidable with flames, 48.56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.57)

vṛṣāṅkena vimuktāstu samare dānavaṃ prati .  
na saṃspṛśanti śastrāṇi gātraṃ gauḍavadhūriva .. 48.57 ..

> were hurled in the battle against the Dānava by the bull-bannered \[Śiva\]; / the weapons did not touch his body, like \[a bashful\] Gauḍa bride. 48.57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.58)

āyudhāni tatastyaktvā bāhuyuddhamupasthitau .  
karaṃ kareṇa saṃgṛhya praharantau svamuṣṭibhiḥ .  
raṇaprayogairyudhyantau yuyudhāte śivāndhakau .. 48.58 ..

> Then, having cast aside weapons, they engaged in hand-to-hand combat; / gripping hand with hand, striking with their own fists, / fighting with combat maneuvers, Śiva and Andhaka fought. 48.58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.59)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
andhakaṃ prati deveśaścintayāmāsa nigraham .  
haniṣyāmi na sandeho duṣṭātmānaṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 48.59 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / The Lord of the gods contemplated the suppression of Andhaka: / "I shall kill the evil-minded one, there is no doubt, without a doubt." 48.59  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.60)

sa śivena yadā kṣiptaḥ patitaḥ pṛthivītale .  
ūrdhvabāhuradhovaktro dānavo nṛpasattama .. 48.60 ..

> When he was thrown down by Śiva, he fell onto the surface of the earth, / with his arms raised and face downward, O best of kings. 48.60  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.61)

krodhāviṣṭena deveśaḥ saṅgrāme devaśatruṇā .  
kakṣayoḥ kuhare kṣiptvā bandhenākramya pīḍitaḥ .. 48.61 ..

> Filled with anger, the enemy of the gods in battle seized the Lord of the gods, / hurled him into the hollow of his armpits, and oppressed him, holding him bound. 48.61  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.62)

nispandaścābhavaddevo mūrcchāyukto maheśvaraḥ .  
mūrcchāpannaṃ tu taṃ jñātvā cintayāmāsa dānavaḥ .. 48.62 ..

> The Lord became motionless; Maheśvara was overtaken by a swoon. / But knowing him to be fallen into a swoon, the Dānava reflected: 48.62  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.63)

hāhā kaṣṭaṃ kṛtaṃ me'dya duṣkṛtaṃ pāpakarmaṇā .  
kiṃ karomi kathaṃ karma kasminsthāne tu mocaye .. 48.63 ..

> "Alas, a terrible misdeed has been done today by me, an evil-doer! / What shall I do? How can this act \[be undone\]? In what place should I release him?" 48.63  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.64)

gṛhītvā devamutsaṅge gataḥ kailāsaparvatam .  
śayyāyāṃ śaṅkaraṃ nyasya niryayau daityarāṭtataḥ .. 48.64 ..

> Taking the Lord upon his lap, he went to Mount Kailāsa; / having laid Śaṅkara upon his bed, the king of Daityas then departed. 48.64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.65)

śayyāyāṃ patito devaḥ prapede vedanāṃ tataḥ .  
tāvaddadarśa cātmānaṃ svakīyabhavanasthitam .. 48.65 ..

> Fallen upon the bed, the God then felt pain; / then he saw himself situated in his own abode. 48.65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.66)

parābhavaḥ kṛto madyaṃ kathaṃ tena durātmanā .  
krodhavegasamāviṣṭo niryayau dānavaṃ prati .. 48.66 ..

> "How was defeat inflicted upon me today by that wicked soul?" / Seized by the force of anger, he went out toward the Dānava. 48.66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.67)

āyasīṃ laguḍīṃ gṛhya prabhurbhārasahasrajām .  
dānavaṃ ca tato dṛṣṭvā prākṣipattasya mūrdhani .. 48.67 ..

> Taking an iron club forged of a thousand bhāras, / the Lord saw the Dānava and hurled it at his head. 48.67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.68)

khaḍgena tāḍayāmāsa dānavaḥ prahasanraṇe .  
devenāthasmṛtaṃ cāstraṃ kauccherākhyaṃ mahāhave .. 48.68 ..

> Laughing in battle, the Dānava struck it with his sword. / Then in that great battle, the God remembered the weapon named Kauccheira. 48.68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.69)

dīpyamānaṃ samutsṛjya hṛdaye tāḍitaḥ kṣaṇāt .  
tataḥ sa tāḍitastena rudhirodgāramudvaman .. 48.69 ..

> Having hurled the blazing \[weapon\], he struck him instantly in the chest; / then, struck by that, vomiting a gush of blood, 48.69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.70)

patito'dhomukho bhūtvā tataḥ śūlena bheditaḥ .  
punaśca devadevena śūlena dvidalīkṛtaḥ .. 48.70 ..

> he fell face downward, and then was pierced by the trident; / and again he was cleaved in two with the trident by the God of gods. 48.70  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.71)

śūlāgre'sau sthitaḥ pāpo bhrāntavāṃścakravattadā .  
ye ye bhūmyāṃ patanti sma tatkāyādraktabindavaḥ .. 48.71 ..

> Impaled on the tip of the trident, that wicked one then spun like a wheel. / Whichever drops of blood fell to the ground from his body, 48.71  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.72)

te te sarve samuttasthurdānavāḥ śāstrapāṇayaḥ .  
vyākulastu tato devo dānavena tarasvinā .. 48.72 ..

> all those arose as Dānavas with weapons in their hands. / Then the Lord was perturbed by that mighty Dānava. 48.72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.73)

devenātha smṛtā durgā cāmuṇḍā bhīṣaṇānanā .  
āyātā bhīṣaṇākārā nānāyudhavirājitā .. 48.73 ..

> Then the God remembered Durgā, Cāmuṇḍā of terrifying face; / she arrived, of formidable form, resplendent with diverse weapons, 48.73  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.74)

mahādaṃṣṭrā mahākāyā piṅgākṣī lambakarṇikā .  
ādeśo dīyatāṃ deva ko yāsyati yamālayam .. 48.74 ..

> with huge fangs, a massive body, yellow-red eyes, and pendulous ears: / "Let the command be given, O God! Who shall go to Yama's abode?" 48.74  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.75)

īśvara uvāca -  
pibāsya rudhiraṃ bhadre yatheṣṭaṃ dānavasya ca .  
nipatadrudhiraṃ bhūmau durge gṛhṇīṣva māciram .. 48.75 ..

> Īśvara said: / "Drink the blood of this Dānava as you please, O gentle one; / O Durgā, catch the blood falling to the ground without delay! 48.75  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.76)

nihanmi dānavaṃ yāvatsāhāyyaṃ kuru sundari .  
evamuktā tu sā durgā papau ca rudhiraṃ tataḥ .. 48.76 ..

> Give assistance, O beautiful one, while I slay the Dānava." / Thus addressed, Durgā then drank the blood. 48.76  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.77)

nihatā dānavāḥ sarve deveśena sahasraśaḥ .  
andhako'pi ca tān dṛṣṭvā dānavānavaniṃ gatān .  
tato vāgbhiḥ pratuṣṭāva devadevaṃ maheśvaram .. 48.77 ..

> All the Dānavas were slain by thousands by the Lord of the gods. / And Andhaka, seeing those Dānavas fallen to the earth, / then praised Maheśvara, the God of gods, with words. 48.77  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.78)

andhaka uvāca -  
jayasva devadeveśa umārdhārdhāśarīradhṛk .  
namaste devadeveśa sarvāya triguṇātmane .. 48.78 ..

> Andhaka said:  
> Be victorious, O Lord of the gods of gods, bearing a body that is half Umā's half!  
> Salutations to you, O Lord of the gods of gods, to Sarva, the embodiment of the three guṇas!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.79)

vṛṣabhāsanamārūḍha śaśāṅkakṛtaśekhara .  
jaya khaṭvāṅgahastāya gaṅgādhara namo'stu te .. 48.79 ..

> Mounted on the seat of the bull, your crest formed by the moon!  
> Victory to him with the skull-staff in hand; O Gaṅgādhara, salutations to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.80)

namo ḍamaruhastāya namaḥ kapālamāline .  
smaradehavināśāya maheśāya namo'stu te .. 48.80 ..

> Salutations to him with the ḍamaru drum in hand, salutations to him wearing a garland of skulls!  
> To the destroyer of Smara's body, to the great lord, salutations be to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.81)

pūṣṇo dantanipātāya gaṇanāthāya te namaḥ .  
jaya svarūpadehāya arūpabahurūpiṇe .. 48.81 ..

> Salutations to you, the knock-downer of Pūṣan's teeth, the lord of the gaṇas!  
> Victory to him whose body is his own true form, who is formless and multiform!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.82)

uttamāṅgavināśāya viriñcerapi śaṅkara .  
śmaśānavāsine nityaṃ nityaṃ bhairavarūpiṇe .. 48.82 ..

> To the destroyer of the head even of Viriñci, O Śaṅkara;  
> to the one who dwells constantly in the cremation ground, whose form is eternally Bhairava!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.83)

tvaṃ sarvago'si tvaṃ kartā tvaṃ hartā nānya eva ca .  
tvaṃ bhūmistvaṃ diśaścaiva tvaṃ gururbhārgavastathā .. 48.83 ..

> You are omnipresent, you are the maker, you are the destroyer, none other at all.  
> You are the earth, and you are the directions; you are Bṛhaspati and Bhārgava as well;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.84)

sauristvaṃ devadeveśa bhūmiputrastathaiva ca .  
ṛkṣagrahādikaṃ sarvaṃ yaddṛśyaṃ tattvameva ca .. 48.84 ..

> You are Śani, O Lord of the gods of gods, and likewise the son of the earth (Mars);  
> asterisms, planets, and all else that is visible—that is you alone!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.85)

evaṃ stutiṃ tadā kṛtvā devaṃ prati sa dānavaḥ .  
saṃhatābhyāṃ tu pāṇibhyāṃ praṇanāma maheśvaram .. 48.85 ..

> Having thus offered praise to the god, that Dānava  
> bowed down to Maheśvara with clasped hands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.86)

īśvara uvāca -  
sādhu sādhu mahāsattva varaṃ yācasva dānava .  
dātāhaṃ yācakastvaṃ hi dadāmīha yathepsitam .. 48.86 ..

> Īśvara said:  
> Well done, well done, O one of great fortitude! Ask a boon, O Dānava.  
> I am the giver and you are the petitioner; I grant here whatever you desire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.87)

andhaka uvāca -  
yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa yadi deyo varo mama .  
tadātmasadṛśo'haṃ te kartavyo nāparo varaḥ .. 48.87 ..

> Andhaka said:  
> If you are pleased, O Lord of gods, if a boon is to be given to me,  
> then I should be made similar to yourself; no other boon \[do I ask\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.88)

bhasmī jaṭī trinetrī ca triśūlī ca caturbhujaḥ .  
vyāghracarmottarīyaśca nāgayajñopavītakaḥ .. 48.88 ..

> Smeared with ashes, having matted hair, three-eyed, holding a trident, four-armed,  
> with a tiger-skin upper garment, and with a serpent sacred thread—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.89)

etadicchāmyahaṃ sarvaṃ yadi tuṣṭo maheśvara .. 48.89 ..

> all this I desire, O Maheśvara, if you are pleased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.90)

īśvara uvāca -  
dadāmi te varaṃ hyadya yastvayā yācito'nagha .  
gaṇeṣu me sthitaḥ putra bhṛṅgīśastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi .. 48.90 ..

> Īśvara said:  
> I indeed grant you today the boon that has been asked by you, O sinless one.  
> Abiding among my gaṇas, O son, you shall become Bhṛṅgīśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.48.90\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.48.90_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe'ndhakavadhatadvarapradānavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the forty-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Slaying of Andhaka and Granting Him a Boon', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth, Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.48.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.48.1) — Sanskrit

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