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# Skandapurana 7.11.p2

Skandapurāṇa 7.11.p2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.11.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.11.p2) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.6.82) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit

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