Skandapurana 7.10.11

7.10.11

1 tadā - gha .. 2 ...mabravīta - kha. .. 3 raṇāntare - gha. .. 4 tvaṃ yā (māṃ?) - kha. .. 5 saṃgrāme - kha. . 6 vah5thanyatodya - gha. .. 7 durātmanāma - kha., durātmanaḥ (? ) .. 8 .. dupagata: - kha , .. dadya - gha. .. 9 ... santama - gha. . 10 hiraṇyakaśipurdaityo - kha . 11 mahāmāyo balānvitaḥ - kha. .. 12 agraṇī (?) . 13 vṛddhaśca - kha. .
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mitraṃ tvaṃ mama mandasya purā bālasakheti ca14 . .
ataḥ kṛtvābhirakṣāmi15 gaccha muktosi doṣavān ..8.91.10..
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rathayantā khageśvaraḥ . .
uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā hiraṇyākṣaṃ mahāsuram ..11..

[Footnotes and page number omitted] / 'You were a friend to poor me of old, as a childhood companion; / therefore, having protected you, I say: go, you are released, though at fault.' // Hearing that speech of his, the charioteer, the lord of birds, / spoke with soft words to the great asura Hiraṇyākṣa: