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Skandapurana 7.10.29

Skandapurāṇa 7.10.29

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Sanskrit

7.10.29

8 sa tathā - kha. . 9 sa.. tadotpatya - gha. . 10 puṇḍamāsthāya - gha. . 11 ādāya - gha. . 12 nighnan - kha . 13 punargajaṃ - kha. . 14 hanyamānañca - gha. . 15 avaplutya - kha . 16 sahādityaiḥ - kha . 17 palāyanta(?).
515
teṣu bhagneṣu daityendrāḥ pṛṣṭhato vikṛtāyudhāḥ .
abhyadhāvanta garjanto bhayaṃ teṣāṃ vyadarśayan ..25. .
tato muhūrttaṃ te gatvā hiraṇyākṣeṇa vāritāḥ .
nivṛttāḥ samatiṣṭhanta sarvemarṣavaśaṃ18 gatāḥ . . 26..
athovāca tataḥ kruddhān hiraṇyākṣo hasanniva .
daityadānavanāthām̐stānidaṃ vacanakovidaḥ ..27..
kimebhirabalairadya19 yuṣmākaṃ daityadānavāḥ .
avabaddhaiśca ruddhaiśca mṛtasaṃjñai20rdurātmabhiḥ ..28 ..
hatāste nātra sandeho yeṣāṃ rājyamidaṃ dhṛtam21 .
naiṣāṃ jīvitamadyāsti mā tvaradhvaṃ subāliśāḥ ..29 .

[Variant readings: 8 'he likewise' - kha; 9 'he... leaping up then' - gha; 10 'mounting Puṇḍa' - gha; 11 'having taken' - gha; 12 'slaying' - kha; 13 'again the elephant' - kha; 14 'and being slain' - gha; 15 'having leapt down' - kha; 16 'together with the Ādityas' - kha; 17 'they fled (?)'] / 515 / When they were broken, the Daitya lords, with diverse weapons, / rushed after them roaring, making fear visible to them. / Then having gone for a moment, they were restrained by Hiraṇyākṣa; / turned back, they all stood still, brought under the sway of forbearance. / Then Hiraṇyākṣa, skilled in speech, as if smiling, / spoke this word to those wrathful lords of Daityas and Dānavas: / 'What need have you today, O Daityas and Dānavas, of these weaklings, / bound, blocked, and dead in consciousness, the wicked-minded? / Slain are they, there is no doubt of this, whose kingdom has been seized; / they have no life today; do not be in haste, you simpletons!

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