Skandapurana 7.11

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Sanatkumāra said:
Setting forth with speed, the mail-clad Daityas and Dānavas
marched against the Boar like distressed deer against a lion. (1)
Those lords of Asuras, being drawn on by the gaze of the Boar,
appeared, O Vyāsa, ready in armor like sacrificial animals that have been consecrated. (2)
Having bound them with cords of death by the dispenser of doom,
he led those Daityas along at that time as a man leads animals. (3)
Having traversed eight yojanas, they all beheld the Boar
who had emerged from the ocean's waters, like small beasts [beholding] a lion. (4)
Having looked at him for a moment, the infuriated Daityas and Dānavas
surrounded him on every side, stretching their bows. (5)
Then, seeing them attacking from all directions,
the lordly Boar of exceedingly great strength said this to the Daityas: (6)

The Boar said:
"Why do you, sons of Diti, rush upon me on all sides?
I have done you no injury, nor indeed am I your enemy. (7)
Then, astonished at him who spoke thus, all the Daityas,
the sons of Diti, surrounding him on all sides, asked him then: (8)"

"Who are you in the form of a boar here, having crossed the swelling sea?
Why have you come here, or where are you to go?" (9)
Hearing their words, that high-minded Boar,
resembling the rumble of a raincloud, then said to all the Dānavas: (10)
"I am a boar, O Daityas, as you can see by such a form.
I have come to this region for roaming about, without a doubt. (11)
My wife has been abducted by another; despondent, O foremost of Daityas,
I am wandering about, contemplating the recovery of that villain's spoils." (12)
The Dānavas said:
"This is not a wandering ground for you; this is the realm of the Daityas.
Disregarding the Daityas, how have you come into this land? (13)
We shall kill you today, all of us, lowest of the race of beasts!
And having slain you, we will indeed take you before the lord of the Daityas." (14)
Then all those Dānavas struck him violently with excellent weapons,
just as haughty clouds [strike] a mountain with rain. (15)
That strong, divine-souled Boar of exceedingly great might,
even while being struck, addressed these words to those Daityas: (16)
"Indeed, O best of Asuras, I have not committed even the slightest
offense against you here, nor will I do so, nor do I now. (17)"

"Why do all of you strike me with sharp weapons as if I were an enemy?
There is no enmity between you and me here, nor indeed have you any business with me. (18)"

"If you have need of flesh, then strike me, O Dānavas,
as much as you have strength with your sharp weapons; and I have no fear of you! (19)"

"Stretching out these two arms, I stand firm, O sons of Diti.
When you come to a halt, then I shall strike you once and for all! (20)"

"Today, O sons of Diti, you shall learn what strength there is in beasts here.
You are intoxicated from conquering the gods; I shall destroy that conceit of yours!" (21)

Sanatkumāra said:
Then that blessed one, O Vyāsa, having extended both arms
resembling Indra's banner-poles, stood rising up like the Lord Śaṃkara. (22)

They too, hearing his words, swooning with fury,
exerting themselves vehemently, struck him with various missiles and weapons in hand. (23)

As a great wind [is assailed] by clouds, as Garuḍa by serpents,
as a tiger by deer, as a lion by hares, (24)

as a fire blazing with clarified butter, as an elephant by jackals,
even so was that blessed Boar who increases joy, O Vyāsa. (25)

Tormented by them, taking no heed, he stood like an immovable mountain.
When, with those arrows, maces, clubs, and paṭṭiśas, (26)

with javelins, bhuśuṇḍīs, iron-pointed double-edged swords,
and many others such as these, the lord of beasts was being struck,
he became invisible, and then they all rejoiced greatly. (27)

Sanatkumāra said:
While they were shouting, O Vyāsa, the Boar who increases joy
emerged from the heap of weapons and crushed their heads. (28)

He tore them apart with his two hands, two feet, and tusks. / And with the weapons hurled by them, he cut down others and bellowed.

They were all torn apart by his hands and feet, by weapons cast aside, and by his tusks and snout.
They were wasted away, like vast heaps of wealth continually consumed by many.
Thus ends the one hundred and first chapter, on the Battle with the Servants, in the Skandapurāṇa.

Sanatkumāra said:
Then, seeing them all slain by the Boar,
one [servant], having escaped with great difficulty, entered the city of Aśmaka. // 1
Going to the door of his assembly hall, he spoke these words,
with dishevelled hair, covered in dust, and drenched in blood: // 2
"Inform the wise lord of the Dānavas, O Daityas!"
Urged on, the doorkeeper, weapon raised, reported to the king: // 3
"Those best of asuras who went to see that lord of beasts—
all those sons of Diti have been struck down by him, attacking with valour. // 4
Do not be negligent, O king of the Daityas! Do not underestimate the lord of beasts!
Do not wait for a later time, and do not think him to be [a mere] beast.
He is vast, without a doubt; he cannot be conquered by the Dānavas." // 5
Sanatkumāra said:
Hearing that speech of his, the great asura Hiraṇyākṣa
rose up from his seat, enraged on his own. // 6
He stood like a banner raised for Indra, roaring like a raincloud,
his face distorted by knit brows, blazing like a smoky fire. // 7
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[Apparatus readings]

Then, as he had risen, the Daityas and the Dānava Vipracitti
bowed down and spoke to the Daitya in smooth words and syllables: // 8

"You are the king of all the Daityas, bringing victory to all beings.
While we stand by, it is not proper that you should take up arms yourself. // 9

We will slay him along with the gods and whoever protects him,
and, cutting off his flesh, O great king, we shall bring it back. // 10

[Against the might] of the Ādityas, together with the Rudras, the Vasus, and the two Aśvins,
of the Bhṛgus along with the ancestors, and likewise of the Aṅgirases; // 11

and whatever Viśvedevas and Sādhyas there may be among the gods;
of the yakṣas, rākṣasas, and piśācas, along with the great serpents; // 12

and of gandharvas, birds, and mortals, O Dānava,
mobilized together with Death and the world protectors— // 13
the Daityas are capable of checking and slaying those wicked ones,
and of subduing them in due time; do not go from here yourself! // 14
See him slain today by us, mobilized for battle, O son of Diti!
Wherever the king, our lord and master of subjects, commands us, // 15

we shall all carry it out on our heads, without doubt.
Whenever we all prove unable to perform a task, O bull among asuras,
then you will be the performer of it; do not look upon us as if we were strangers! // 16

[Otherwise] they will say: 'For the sake of a beast, the mighty king of the Danu-daityas
had to march out himself; there was no strength left among the Daityas.'"
Sanatkumāra said:
Then that king commanded all the Daityas,
as Indra commands the clouds shining like crushed collyrium in season. // 18

Having received his command, those Daityas, filled with joy,
huge of body, donned their armor and mounted their vehicles. // 19

Prahlāda, Anuhlāda, Śini, and Bāṣkala;
Jambha, Kujambha, Vātāpī, Ilvala, and Virocana; // 20

Bali, Bāṇa, Vāta, Śaṃbhu, and Kaśyapa;
Śambara of massive frame, and Kālaśambara; // 21

Pradīpta, Asiloman, and the Śilitā Dānavas;
Śarabha, Śalabha, Dhundhu, and the Dānava Mūka; // 22
the renowned Śatodara, and another, Hradodara;
Tāra, Tāraka, Maya, and famed Kāla; // 23

Ajaka, Namuci, Vyaṃsa, handsome Kārtasvana,
Ilvaka, Vilvaka, Vipāka, and Pāka; // 24

Hastin, Duryodhana, and the Dānava Vipracitti;
Hayagrīva, Mura, Naraka, and Kuṇḍa; // 25

Śakuni, Vṛṣaparvan, Śataketu, Mahārava,
Saraka, Rāhu, Svarbhānu, and Kāla; // 26

Virādha, Kabandha, Dundubhi, Śatadundubhi,
Śālva and Druma, these two, and Mayūragrīva; // 27

Kālanemi, Meghanāda, the mighty Andhaka,
Mahiṣa, Ānanda, Śamaka, Āṭi, and Baka. // 28
Then those tigers among Dānavas, masters of great sorcery, extremely powerful,
all skilled in every weapon and experienced in hitting their marks in battle, // 29
marched out on chariots, horses, and elephants, and others as infantry,
to slay that Boar, O Vyāsa, like the gods [marching out] to slay an asura. // 30

And he too, the glorious Boar, the increaser of joy,
the mighty Lord, was being praised by the sages abiding within him. // 31

[Apparatus readings]

Having slain all those servants, he came to the city of the Aśmakas, / roaring like a cloud pouring down rain at the end of an era.
Having gone to that city, O Vyāsa, the almighty lord, consisting of all worlds, / turning from left to right, arrived at the southern gate.
There, by the many Danavas guarding the southern gate, / an exceedingly loud clamour was raised, by which the city was agitated.
For, having shattered the *śataghnī*s, the door panels, and the heavy clubs, / that imperishable one ground to powder the wheels of destruction and the siege engines.
Then, filled with intense rage, those Danava great car-warriors arrived, / covering the lord of beasts with a fierce shower of weapons.
Then, struck by them with javelins, discuses, and *bhindipāla* slings, / he abandoned the gate, came forth, and took his stand on level ground.
Thinking then, 'He is defeated indeed!', those Asuras, O Vyāsa, / pursued him from behind, hacking at him with their choice weapons.
Being hacked by the downpour of arrows, javelins, massive clubs, and iron-tipped pestles, / having come out then, he, abode of the hosts of the gods, fought the sons of Diti.
Thus ends the one hundred and second chapter, entitled 'The Encounter with the Asuras', in the Skandapurāṇa.

Sanatkumāra said: / Then, O Vyāsa, to the foremost of the Danavas who had reached the level ground, / he spoke deeply to all of them, like a lion to deer in a clearing:
'All you Danavas and Daityas of immense might! / Let there now be a fierce battle with me, a beast!'

26. nasmākaṃ - kha . 27 yugānta - kha . 28 rvṛtama - kha. . 29 sovacūrṇayadavyathaḥ - . 30 aśākti (ktai )stomaraśatai - kha., saśaktitomaraiścakre - gha . 31. bhinirgamya - kha . 32 samāṃ bhūmiṃ nirgatya samupasthitaḥ - gha. . 33 bhagna ityeva (?) .
1 sarvānuvāca - gha. . 2 gambhīrāṃ (n) - kha . 3 ivājire - gha .
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'Have you no shame, O lords of Danavas, in coming to battle? / Or perhaps you have no strength, and it was falsely that you conquered the gods!
You are many and strong, while I am a beast of the forest; / I do not think, O best of Danavas, that your mind is set on righteous combat.
I have no bow whatsoever, nor any weapon of that kind, / by which I might fight against many armed ones, O lords of Asuras.
If you agree, cast down your weapons now, / and fight with me one by one, adhering to the rules of fair combat.'
Sanatkumāra said: / Hearing that speech of his, Andhaka, the lord of the Danavas, / spoke to all the Daitya leaders, roaring like a cloud at the end of an era:
'It is just as this beast has said, O great Daitya car-warriors! / Let us cast away our weapons today, and fight one by one!'
Prahlāda said: / 'This is folly, O lords of Daityas, just as this vile beast has spoken! / A battle is praised when it is between equals with equals.
Beasts possess neither weapons nor the strength of arms; / yet they are ever slain with weapons: this is considered the law by the righteous.
How can we, O lords of Danavas, abandon our own duty, / adopt the ways of beasts, and fight like animals?
This vile, wicked beast is not unfit to be killed by us and our kind. / […] Let there be no hesitation whatsoever on your part regarding this beast!
Employing sorcery, this wicked-souled defiler of the gods, / full of evil intent, wishes to deceive us, O Daityas!

4 tyajya - kha. . 5 jitā iti - gha . 6 vaneśvarāḥ - kha. . 7 tamasureśvarāḥ - kha. . 8 dānaveśvarāḥ - kha. . 9 santyajāmodya - kha . 10 yuddhavṛttiḥ - kha . 11.. tatenammā (?) - kha .
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'Where has it been heard or seen, O lords of Asuras, / that beasts engage in wrestling with men in battle, like human beings?
This is Viṣṇu of wicked conduct, evil-souled, a thorn to the Daityas, / who, incapable through his own valour, stands here resorting to illusion.'
Sanatkumāra said: / Then that powerful lord of Asuras, enraged, O Vyāsa, covered him / with many arrows from his bow and shouted fiercely.
Andhaka, Vipracitti, and all those Daityas and Danavas / showered him with sharp arrows by the hundreds and thousands.
Then the divine one, pierced exceedingly by those deeply enraged Danavas, / shone like Mount Himālaya covered with the rays of the sun.
Gathering powerful speed, shaking off the sharp arrows, / the lord playfully advanced against the Danava Prahlāda.
Having rushed to his chariot, he forthwith reduced the charioteer and the chariot / to mere names by means of his tusks and forelegs.
Then, springing down from the chariot though struck by the Danavas, / the god struck that Daitya on the head with the chariot's banner-pole.
Prahlāda, too, leaping up then with a club of dreadful appearance, / struck the enraged one on the chest, like an obstacle standing in the way of righteousness.
Struck by him, the god abandoned his chariot then, / and returned to that very place where he had stood previously.
Then Andhaka, Vipracitti, Śambara, and Kālaśambara / pierced Nandivardhana with arrows resembling venomous serpents.

12 varāho hyatisaṃrabdhai - gha. . 13 susaṃrabdhe viddhastai - kha. . 14 sthitān (?) . 15 dānavaṃ prati (?) . 16 dhvajadaṇḍena (?), rathadaṇḍena (?) . 17 tato daitya ( o ) - gha. .
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Pierced by them with straight-jointed arrows, O Vyāsa, / and struck in manifold ways, he moved about in circles.

At times he would leap like a lion and roar as well; / and at times like a tiger in battle he threw himself upon the ground.

Stretching himself out, that one of great prowess stood enduring the arrows; / then, rising up and scraping with his foot like a bull,

that lord of beasts, the Boar, having circled / in the sky like a bird, stood motionless like a mountain.

Having thus moved through many kinds of courses, that exceedingly mighty one / seized their two chariots swiftly with both forepaws, roaring aloud,
[the chariots] of powerful Vipracitti and of brilliant Andhaka. / Having whirled the two for a moment together with their horses and charioteers,

he hurled them up and dashed them to the ground, and then crushed them with his foot. / And those two Daityas standing in their chariots, he struck again upon their heads.

Those two, struck and exceedingly enraged, raised their clubs swiftly, / and striking the Boar simultaneously upon his head, they roared aloud.

Enraged, with red eyes, that mighty king of beasts / seized with his two forepaws the clubs which the two had raised with all their force.

Then Janārdana moved in various circular maneuvers, / skilled in the club, performing fully manifold and wondrous ones,

the parrying, the tossing aside, and the downward thrusting circle, / the lifting, the hurling, the releasing, and likewise the dashing,

the turning back, the retreating, and also the half-moon, / the firm checking, the brandishing, and also the swan's whirling flight.

[Critical apparatus notes and page number 554]

Skilled in the club, having properly completed his circular maneuvers, / roaring aloud, he hurled a club upon Andhaka,

and the powerful delighter of Nandin hurled another at Vipracitti. / Those two clubs, of tremendous velocity, those two formidable Dānavas,

having dodged them again in battle, rushed impetuously / toward the Boar like two portents rushing toward their place.

Even as the two were rushing upon him, that exceedingly mighty Boar, / striking Andhaka with his fist, struck Vipracitti with his foot.

Andhaka seized that fist of his, and Vipracitti seized his foot; / enraged, the two Daityas cried out, "You are slain!"

roaring like two dark storm-clouds at the end of an eon. / Then, held fast by the two, that high-souled best of gods

flew into the sky with speed, like Kaśyapa's son, the king of birds. / Standing in the sky, carrying the two Daityas, that king of beasts shone forth,

like Garuḍa, king of birds, carrying an elephant and a tortoise for food. / Roaring then in the sky, shaking his two forepaws, that mighty one

and throwing his foot forward, flung off those two Daityas like two serpents. / Beholding those two Dānavas cast down, O Vyāsa, arrogant in battle,

having fallen to the earth like two dreadful thunderbolts dropped from the sky, / that lord of gods, the heroic Boar, the delighter of Nandin, / crushed the chariots of all the Daityas.

Seizing one [chariot] by the pole, he hurled it into the great ocean; / striking another with his foot, he reduced it to dust.

Striking one chariot with a chariot, and a foot-soldier with a foot-soldier, / and an elephant with an elephant, he sent them to Yama's abode.

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Sanatkumāra said:
They too, all put to flight, reached the utmost shame; / those tigers among Daityas and Dānavas turned back according to their strength.
Vanquished by one alone, looking at each other's faces, those heroes, lords of Asuras, / filled with shame, once again [...] the god, the Boar [...].
Thus ends the one hundred and third chapter in the Skandapurāṇa in the Boar's battle.

Sanatkumāra said:
Then those Dānavas of fearful roar, highly enraged, O Vyāsa, / violently hacked at that beast with weapons then, / as beasts [attack] a tiger or elephants [attack] a lion cub; / enraged, the Dānavas struck the Boar with showers of weapons.
And he too, the tiger among beasts, sitting upon the great ocean / and entering it, drank up the waters like the fire of the submarine mare's mouth.
Likewise, opening his vast mouth, he swallowed down and roared at / the thousands of weapons discharged by those Daityas.
Having swallowed all those weapons, that exceedingly mighty one / directed his swift charge against the Dānavas like a second ocean;
as a lion against elephants, as the king of śarabhas against lions, / as Garuḍa against serpents, and as a tiger against deer,
as the wind against a mass of clouds, as the king of birds against doves, / so that blessed lord, the protector of the worlds, O Vyāsa, against the Dānavas
made his swift charge, just as the mind swiftly turns toward a sense-organ. / And approaching those Daityas, with a voice resounding like a vast cloud,
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[Footnotes to text]
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he put all of them to flight, as Rudra [scatters] herds of beasts, / some with both feet, exceedingly enraged, and others with both forepaws.

And with his tusks he sent others there to the abode of Yama. / With his snout [he struck] Śambara to the ground, and likewise Kālaśambara;

Naraka with a kick of his foot, and Hayagrīva with his fist; / and swift in action, Namuci with his chest, and also Mahāmāya.

Striking them again and again, the enraged protector of gods felled them. / And as he thus put them to flight and roared like a lion, / Vipracitti struck that Boar upon the chest with both fists. / With his fist, he struck fierce Vipracitti on his flank.

He, struck by the Boar, fainting with anger, / struck the Boar again upon the chest with a sword, roaring loudly.

Unbearant of that blow, the exceedingly mighty Boar / struck that Daitya on the head with his fist that was like a thunderbolt.

That Daitya, reeling like a wheel from that blow, / then fell swiftly to the ground like a tree struck by the wind. / Approaching Vipracitti as he fell, the lord of creatures, / the lord of gods, seized that fleeing son of Diti by the feet.

Then the mighty, great-souled increaser of joy whirled him around, roared repeatedly, / and hurled him toward the city.
Flung by him, that mighty lord of Dānavas shone / like a cloud ringed with lightning flashes and cranes.
His necklaces and garments fallen, his garlands and ornaments dropped, / he fell with great speed upon the dwelling of Hiraṇyākṣa.

Crushing its white turreted palace which stood like an aerial chariot, / O Vyāsa, he fell down like a thunderbolt upon a mighty mountain.

Hearing that immense noise, Hiraṇyākṣa, the son of Diti, / came swiftly himself and saw the lord of Dānavas.
That tiger among Dānavas too, severely crushed by the Boar / and stunned by that blow, remained senseless for an hour.

Then the king, the son of Diti, revived him with cold water, / with many palm-leaf fans, and with jewels.
Seeing that he had revived, gotten up, and was seated upon an excellent seat, / the king, filled with supreme astonishment, questioned that Daitya:

Hiraṇyākṣa said: / "By what mighty Viśvakarman has the Himālaya today, O Daitya, / or the earth with its oceans, been suddenly weighed and lifted?

By whom has Mount Mandara been displaced today? By whom has Death been defeated? / By whom were you thrown down, O lord of Dānavas? Who is so strong on earth?

Just as the lifting of the earth, the shaking of Mount Mandara, / and the dying of Death [would be], such is this great downthrow of yours!

You who are equal to Rudra, Indra, and Death, terrifying even to the world-guardians— / by whom have you, strong as you are, been lifted in battle as if you were weak?

Whose inexhaustible power is this? By whom has great strength of arms / been displayed in the three worlds? Tell me, O lord of Dānavas!"

Sanatkumāra said: / Hearing those words of his, that mighty Dānava, / sighing deeply and looking at him again and again, said to him:

Vipracitti said: / "This, O king, is superhuman, surpassing the gods, / and surpassing the Daityas as well, O lord of Daityas; never has the like been seen or heard anywhere.

Such as is the strength of the Boar, the like exists nowhere at all. / Indeed, O king, I see none equal to that great-souled one.

Though hacked at with many missiles and weapons in battle, / he has no affliction, no pain, O lord of Daityas, nor does he lose consciousness.

He might feel uneasy when bitten even by a mosquito, / but there is no fear for him when struck by Daityas and Dānavas, O king.

Just as a lion drives small deer, or a snake frogs, / so he drove all the lords of Daityas and the Dānavas.

I do not consider him a beast, nor a god, nor an Asura; / some personified ruin has arrived for the sons of Diti!

Struck by him on the head with a fist, I fell to the surface of the earth; / seized and suddenly hurled high, I fell upon your house.

Of the Dānavas together with the Daityas and the others, O Dānava, / I do not know the condition; I believe they are slain on all sides.

He of great fiery energy cannot be slain; he is strong, and we are weak. / Having heard this, do whatever is beneficial for the sons of Diti.

On his body all the sages are seen together with the deities; / my view is that this is an evil force manufactured for your sake!

And your mind, O lord of Daityas, which is resolved on war— / turn it back, and act for the benefit of the Daityas!

He is strong, and the Daityas are weak; we are mortals, and he is immortal. / He is unconquerable, and the Daityas are conquered; do not join us in battle!

[Critical apparatus]

Leaving our city of stone, let us all take refuge in the pillar of the ocean / and remain there, O king; do not make war with him again!
Do not disparage him entirely as a beast, thinking, 'He is just a beast'; / previously Narasiṃha too was a beast, enlarged by that [same power]!
[…] / As long as you remain alive, O Daitya, bringing happiness to the Dānavas, / so long all the gods will be alive, there is no doubt.

Let not the foolish sons of Diti and of Danu perish; / let us flee from this city altogether, O lord of Asuras!"
Sanatkumāra said: / Hearing his words, the powerful Hiraṇyākṣa / said to that lord of Dānavas who was terrified of that great-souled one:
"Without doubt, that beast is a great-souled being, O best of Dānavas, / by whom you, mighty and resembling Mount Mandara, have been lifted and thrown!
Today, for thousands of celestial years, O bull among Asuras..."

Four very great divine thousands of years have passed for me while enjoying sovereignty; / and when the fifty-fifth was reached, all the gods were destroyed, / along with their armies, like weaklings, through many terrible battles. / Having enjoyed an unopposed kingdom while possessed of such strength, / how shall I remain like a serpent, having entered into the water in fear? / And even if that Viṣṇu in the form of a beast has assumed the boar's form, / that is an action I must undertake, O lord of the Dānavas; have no fear. / My strength too is imperishable, and I am stronger than him,

he who, abandoning his own form out of fear of me, has assumed the nature of a beast.

37 hitvāsmākaṃ - kha. . 38 kṛśāḥ - kha. . 39 nuśantu (naśyantu?) - kha. . 40 bhīmaṃ - kha. . 41... stasya - kha. . 42 sabālā - kha. . 43 sarva - kha. . 44 varāhaṃ - kha. .
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For one who can slay an elephant in battle, and a lion, and a śarabha, / what reckoning would there be, O mighty Daitya, regarding this beast? / And out of fear of me, that boar, accompanied by all the gods, / challenges me, O lord of Daityas; therefore, victory is certainly mine. / Indeed, you yourself, O Daitya, [shall go] as my messenger to him […]; / go in haste to the mortal realm, O bull among Dānavas. / By truth I swear, O Dānava: I shall not return without having slain / the killer of my brother, who strikes terror into the Dānavas.
Sanatkumāra said:
Then, having given orders to his charioteer, he had his chariot made ready. / To console his wives, he entered his apartments again. / Performed auspicious rites by them there at that time, and having looked upon those sons of Diti all around, / the mighty one took up all the radiant gear suitable for battle, capable of warding off enemies. / Thus ends the one hundred and fourth chapter in the Skandapurāṇa, in the Fall of Vipracitti.

Sanatkumāra said:
Armed with a bow and clad in armor, having bound his leather arm-guards and finger-protectors, / with quivers bound on his back, armed with arrows and a sword, exceedingly strong, / with golden beard, four tusks, peg-like ears, and massive jaws, / with arms reaching to his knees, long eyes, symmetrical like the banyan tree, / bearing the lotus and conch on his hands and the discus and fish on his feet, / possessed of webbed hands and webbed feet, and a small penis, / with eyes resembling the morning sun, resembling a mountain of collyrium, / he went forth then, O Vyāsa, his face adorned with a frown.

45 mamāhvayati - kha, samā... (?) . 46 praveritaḥ - kha. . 47 patyaḥ (patnyaḥ) - kha. . 48 praviveśa - kha. . 49 sutāstāśca - gha. . 50 jagrāha - gha. . 51 mahābalaṃ - kha. .
1 pṛṣṭhabaddheṣudhī (?) .
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And at the gate he saw the chariot prepared by his charioteer, / measuring a thousand nalvas, equipped with divine horses, / with ten thousand [steeds], O Vyāsa, furnished with all equipment, / fitted with a khaṭvāṅga and a banner radiant like the sun. / Acclaimed with cries of "Victory!" by many Dānavas then, he mounted it,