Skandapurana 7.10.29_73

7.10.29_73

18 proktaṃ - kha, labdhvā yogaṃ (?) . 19 mabravīt kha . 20 viditasya - kha. . 21 vaktavyaṃ - kha . 22 sarvaśarīre - kha., me - gha. . 23 vasata - kha . 24 tāsā (?) . 25 cāvakalpaiśca - gha. . 26 tadevamuktvā - kha. . 27 sarve devāḥ - kha. . 28 mupāsanta - kha. . 29 samupasthitān - gha . 30 cukopa - kha. . 31 sa ca - kha. . 32 samamavasthitam - kha .
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ahaṃ prajāḥ sadodyukto rakṣāmi satataṃ bhayāt .
mamaiva tā durācārā vidviṣo vardhayantyuta .. 29 ..
kṛtaghnāḥ svāmighātinyo duṣpūrā duṣṭacetasaḥ33 .
mama śatrūnimā duṣṭā34nannapānādibhissadā . . 8.96.30 . .
āpyāyayanti durvṛttā daṇḍārhā me tatastu tāḥ35 .
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yatra tatra gatāḥ sarvāḥ36 prajāḥ sarvatra sovadhīt . . 31 ..
palvalāni taḍāgāni nadīḥ prasravaṇāni ca .
sarvāṇyeva tadā yogādaśoṣayata37 dānavaḥ . . 32 ..
oṣadhyokṛṣṭapacyāśca yā hyāsam̐stasya suvrata .
vyanāśayat sa tāścāpi vṛkṣavallīrapothayat38 . .3 3 ..
tannaṣṭavṛkṣakṣupavallipallavaṃ tṛṇauṣadhīprasravaṇodakāśayam39 . sari40ttaḍāgāvaṭaśuṣkapalvalaṃ jagad babhau kacchapapṛṣṭhasannibham praṇaṣṭavarṇāśramadharmasaṃyamaṃ vinaṣṭaghoṣavrajapakṣimānuṣam41 .
dvipāśvapatyādigaṇairvināditaṃ42 yugāntakālāgnimudagravajjagat43
iti skandapurāṇe brahmaṇo vākyaṃ nāma ṣaṇnavatitamodhyāyaḥ

[Apparatus and page header] / "Ever zealous, I continually protect the creatures from fear; / yet those wicked beings nourish my very enemies! / Ungrateful, killers of their master, insatiable, evil-minded, / these wicked, ill-behaved ones ever nourish my foes / with food, drink, and the like; therefore, they deserve my punishment." / [Gap in text] / Wherever all those creatures went, he slew them everywhere. / Pools, ponds, rivers, and springs— / through yoga the Dānava dried them all up at that time. / And whatever herbs grew without tilling, O you of noble vows, / he destroyed those as well, and crushed the trees and creepers. / With its trees, bushes, creepers, and sprouts destroyed, its grass, herbs, springs, and reservoirs gone, / its rivers, tanks, pits, and dried-up ponds, the world resembled the back of a tortoise. / With the order of classes and stages of life ruined, with settlements, cattle stations, birds, and men wiped out, / and filled with the roaring of herds of elephants, horses, and foot soldiers, the world appeared ferocious, like the fire at the end of an age. / Thus ends the ninety-sixth chapter, named 'The Speech of Brahmā', in the Skandapurāṇa.