Skandapurana 7.10.29_64

7.10.29_64

haṃsīṃ kāka iva kṣudro mayūrī madgurāḍiva13 .
tathā tāṃ sa diteḥ putro jagrāha ruṣitānanaḥ .
uvāca caiva14 saṃrabdhastāṃ devīṃ bhayavihvalām . . 1 2..
tavāhaṃ vasudhe bharttā brahmaṇā prakṛtaḥ śubhe .
mānyaṃ15 patiṃ tvamicchethā rakṣiṣyehaṃ tato hi te . .1 3 . .
sanatkumāra uvāca
tato rasātalaṃ16 gatvā svapurasya samīpataḥ .
babaddha nāgapāśaistāṃ duṣṭāmiva yathāṅganām ..14..
tatocalena daityendraḥ śaṃkhena sumahābalaḥ .
ārttāṃ rurodha17 duṣṭaśca18 kandarāmiva vīryavān19 ..15..
tatosyā rakṣaṇe nityamudyuktān rakṣiṇo dadhau20.
kiṅkarānnāma daityendrān sahasrāṇi caturdaśa .. 16 ..
sa tathā tadvidhāyaiva daityendrastuṣṭimān babhau .
kṛṣībala iva kṣetraṃ suniṣpannaṃ samīkṣya ca . . 17..
kṛtakṛtyohamityeva buddhiṃ cakre sa pārthivaḥ .
saṃyujya svasutaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ dāraiḥ sādhurivātmavān . .18. .
antaraṃ na ca tasyānyaḥ21 kaścitprāpnoti suvrata22 .
svasahāyasya23 viprasya yathā dambhena vartataḥ . .19. .
yajadhvaṃ24 dānavāssarve viprānpūjayateti ca .
devañca śūlinaṃ sarve namasyata25 punaḥ punaḥ ..8.95.20 ..
dharmameva niṣevadhvamiti sojñāpayattadā .
na tasyā26 dhārmikaḥ kaścid daityo vā dānavopi vā ..21..

as a petty crow [seizes] a female goose, as the cormorant a peahen,
even so the son of Diti, with an angry face, seized her.
Agitated, he spoke to that goddess overcome with fear: 12
"O auspicious Earth, I have been appointed your lord by Brahmā.
Do not desire any other husband; for then I will protect you." 13
Sanatkumāra said:
Then, having gone to Rasātala near his own city,
he bound her with serpent-nooses, as if she were a wicked woman. 14
Then the immensely strong and wicked lord of daityas,
valiant, shut up the afflicted [Earth] with a mountain and a conch, as if in a cavern. 15
Then he appointed fourteen thousand lords of daityas named Kiṅkaras
as guards continually engaged in guarding her. 16
Having done that in this manner, the lord of daityas shone with satisfaction,
just as a farmer having seen a well-yielded field. 17
"I have accomplished my purpose," so thought that sovereign,
just as a virtuous and self-controlled man after uniting his eldest son with a wife. 18
And no one else found a weak point in him, O you of noble vows,
just as [none finds one] in an unaccompanied brahmin living with deceit. 19
"Sacrifice, all you Dānavas, and worship the brahmins;
and repeatedly bow to God, the trident-bearer! 20
Practice only righteousness!"—thus he ordered then.
Under him, no daitya or Dānava was unrighteous. 21