Skandapurana 7.11.24_100

7.11.24_100

mā ruśantu39 diteḥ putrā danoścaiva subāliśāḥ .
apayāma purādasmādasureśvara sarvaśaḥ . .47. .
sanatkumāra uvāca
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā hiraṇyākṣaḥ pratāpavān .
uvāca dānaveśānaṃ bhītaṃ40 tasmān41 mahātmanaḥ . .48..
asaṃśayaṃ mahātmāsau mṛgo dānavasattama .
yena mandarakalpastvaṃ tulitaḥ sumahābalaḥ . .49 ..
adya varṣasahasrāṇi divyānyasurapuṃgava .

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..."