Skandapurana 7.11.24_101

7.11.24_101

catvāri bhuñjato rājyaṃ gatāni sumahānti me . .8.104.5 0 . .
pañcapañcā (?) tu saṃprāptantāvaddevāśca nāśitāḥ (?) .
sabalā42 bahubhirghoraiḥ saṃgrāmairabalā iva . . 51 . .
sohaṃ tathā balopeto bhuktvā rājya43makaṇṭakam .
bhītaḥ praviśya salilaṃ kathaṃ sthāsye bhujaṅgavat ..5 2 . .
mṛgarūpī sa viṣṇuśca vārāhaṃ44 rūpamāsthitaḥ .
yadi syāttacca kṛtyaṃ me dānaveśvara mā bhayam (?) . .5 3 . .
mamāpi balamakṣayyaṃ tasmācca balavānaham .

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,