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Skandapurana 7.11.p2

Skandapurāṇa 7.11.p2

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7.11.p2

sanatkumāra uvāca
tebhinirgatya vegena daṃśitā daityadānavāḥ .
varāhaṃ prati saṃjagmurmṛgāḥ siṃhamivāturāḥ1 ..1..
te varāhadṛśā tena nīyamānāsureśvarāḥ .
ābhānti vyāsa sannaddhāḥ prokṣitāḥ paśavo yathā ..2..
tānnihatya kṛtāntena mṛtyunā cāvapāśitān .
nināya sa tadā daityān paśūniva yathā naraḥ ..3 ..
gatvā te yojanānyaṣṭau uttīrṇaṃ sāgarāmbhasaḥ .
varāhaṃ dadṛśuḥ sarve siṃhaṃ kṣudramṛgā iva ..4..
te muhūrtaṃ nirīkṣyaiva paribabhrussamantataḥ .
visphārayantaścāpāni saṃkruddhā daityadānavāḥ ..5..
tānāpatata4 evātha nirīkṣya sa samantataḥ .
varāhendrastadā daityān prāhedaṃ sumahābalaḥ ..6..

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)

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