[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 7.11 # Skandapurana 7.11 Skandapurāṇa 7.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.11.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.p1) pūrva pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 91 - 100) | āgāmī pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 111 - 120) > Previous page (chapters 91–100) | Next page (chapters 111–120) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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) ### [7.11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.8) 53... bhinirgatāḥ - kha. . 54 hemacitrā - kha. . 55 asurāgamo - gha. . 1 siṃhānivāturāḥ - kha. . 2... bhyāsasaṃbaddhāḥ - kha. . 3 babhramuśca samantataḥ (?) . 4 tānāpatanta - kha. . 545 varāha uvāca kiṃ mā yūyaṃ diteḥ putrā abhidravatha5 sarvaśaḥ . dūṣayāmi na vaḥ kiñcidasuhṛnna ca vo hyaham ..7.. athaivaṃvādinaṃ daityā varāhaṃ taṃ suvismitāḥ . papracchuḥ parivāryaiva sarve ditisutāstadā ..8 . > 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)" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.8\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.8_3) kastvaṃ varāharūpīha tīrtvā sāgaramūrjim . ihāgataḥ kimarthaṃ vā kva vā gantavyamityuta ..9.. teṣāntadvacanaṃ śrutvā varāhosau mahāmanāḥ . uvāca dānavānsarvān tadā jaladanisvanaḥ ..8.101.1 0 .. varāhohaṃ yathā daityāstādṛgrūpaṃ ca paśyata8 . pracārārthamimaṃ9 deśamāgatosmi10 na saṃśayaḥ ..1 1.. hṛtabhāryohamanyena vimanā daityapuṅgavāḥ . paryaṭam̐stasya duṣṭasya cintayāmi parigraham ..1 2.. dānavā ūcuḥ nāyaṃ pracāro yuṣmākaṃ daityānāmayamālayaḥ . anādṛtya kathaṃ daityānimaṃ deśamupāgataḥ ..13.. vayaṃ tvādya vadhiṣyāmaḥ sarve mṛgakulādhama . hatvā ca tvāṃ hi neṣyāmaḥ11 sarve daityeśvaraṃ prati ..14.. tataste dānavāssarve tamāyudhavarairbhṛśam . nijaghnuḥ parvataṃ yadvat meghā vṛṣṭyā samuddhatāḥ12 ..15.. balavānsopi devātmā13 varāhaḥ sumahābalaḥ . vadhyamānopi tāndaityānidaṃ vacanamabravīt ..16.. nahyatra bhavatāṃ kiñcidalpamapyasurottamāḥ . aparādhaṃ cakārāhaṃ na kariṣye karomi vā ..17.. > "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)" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.8\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.8_4) 5 abhidravata - kha. . 6 vārāha - kha . 7 tasya tadvacanaṃ - gha . 8 paśyatha (?) . 9 midaṃ - kha. . 10 ... ma ( ā ) yātosmi - gha . 11 te nayiṣyāma. - kha. . 12 samunnatāḥ - kha. . 13 anāha (dṛ?) tva balaṃ sopi - gha . 546 kimarthaṃ mā śitaiḥ śastrairghnata (?) sarve yathā param . na hi vo14 vairamastīha na ca kāryaṃ mayā hi vaḥ ..18.. > "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)" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.8\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.8_5) atha māṃsena kṛtyaṃ vastato māṃ15 ghnata dānavāḥ . yathā prāṇaṃ śitaiḥ śastrairyuṣmatto na ca me bhayam ..19.. > "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)" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.8\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.8_6) etau karau prasāryāhaṃ saṃsthito ditinandanāḥ . yadā bhavantaḥ sthāsyanti tadā hantāsmi vassakṛt ..8.101.20.. > "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)" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.8\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.8_7) adya vetsyatha16 daiteyā mṛgāṇāmiha17 yadbalam . mattā yūyaṃ surān jitvā taṃ madaṃ nāśayāmi vaḥ ..21 .. > "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) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.8\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.8_8) sanatkumāra uvāca tataḥ sa bhagavān vyāsa śakradhvajanibhau karau18 . prasārya tasthāvudyaṃcau19 bhagavāniva śaṃkaraḥ20 ..22.. > 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) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.8\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.8_9) tepi tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dānavāḥ krodhamūrchitāḥ . nijaghnurbhṛśamāyastā nānāśastrāstrapāṇayaḥ ..23 .. > They too, hearing his words, swooning with fury, > exerting themselves vehemently, struck him with various missiles and weapons in hand. (23) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.8\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.8_10) meghairiva mahāvāyurgarutmān bhujagairiva . mṛgairiva yathā vyāghraḥ śaśairiva yathā hariḥ ..24.. > As a great wind \[is assailed\] by clouds, as Garuḍa by serpents, > as a tiger by deer, as a lion by hares, (24) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.8\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.8_11) haviṣevānalo dīpto gajo gomāyubhiryathā . tathā sa bhagavān vyāsa varāho nandivarddhanaḥ . .25.. > as a fire blazing with clarified butter, as an elephant by jackals, > even so was that blessed Boar who increases joy, O Vyāsa. (25) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.8\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.8_12) tairardyamānogaṇayan21 tasthāvacalasannibhaḥ . sa yadā taiḥ śaraiścaiva gadāmuśalapaṭṭiśaiḥ22 ..26.. > Tormented by them, taking no heed, he stood like an immovable mountain. > When, with those arrows, maces, clubs, and paṭṭiśas, (26) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.8\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.8_13) bhindipālairbhuśuṇḍībhiḥ karavālairayomukhaiḥ . etaiścānyaiśca bahubhirvadhyamāno mṛgeśvaraḥ . adṛśyo vibabhau sarve tadā te harṣitā bhṛśam ..27.. > 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) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.8\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.8_14) sanatkumāra uvāca teṣāṃ ninadatāṃ vyāsa varāho nandivardhanaḥ . śastrakūṭāda viniṣkramya śirāṃsi samapothayat . . 28 . . --- 14 hito - kha. . 15 mā - kha. . 16 vetsyata - kha. . 17 mṛgāṇāmiva - kha. . 18 śubhau - kha, ca tau - gha. . 19... vudyanvai - gha, vūrdhvaṃ vai (?) . 20... bhāskaraḥ - gha. . 21 ardyamāno na gaṇayan - gha. . 22 paṭṭaśaiḥ - kha . > Sanatkumāra said: > While they were shouting, O Vyāsa, the Boar who increases joy > emerged from the heap of weapons and crushed their heads. (28) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24) 547 karābhyāṃ caraṇābhyāñca daṃṣṭrābhiśca vyadārayat23 . tanmuktairāyudhaiścaiva cicchedānyān rarāsa ca24 ..24 . > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_15) te sarve karacaraṇairvimuktaśastrairdaṃṣṭrābhirmakhamukhadāritāstathaiva25 . saṃkṣīṇā bahubhirivopabhujyamānā dravyāṇāmiva26 nicayāḥ sadā mahāntaḥ iti skandapurāṇe kiṅkarayuddhe ekottaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_16) sanatkumāra uvāca atha tānnihatān sarvān varāheṇābhivīkṣya tu . ekaḥ kṛcchrādvinirmukto hyaśmakaṃ1 puramāviśat .. 1 .. sa gatvā tatsabhādvāramidaṃ2 vacanamabravīt . muktakeśo rajodhvasto rudhireṇābhi3saṃplutaḥ . .2.. nivedayata bho daityā4 dānavendrāya dhīmate . dvāḥstho nyavedayadrājñe preritaḥ sodyatāyudhaḥ5 ..3 .. ye te gatā mṛgendraṃ taṃ draṣṭuṃ hyasurasattamāḥ . te hatāstena vikramya sarva eva diteḥ sutāḥ ..4.. mā gāḥ pramādaṃ daityendra māvamam̐sthā mṛgeśvaram . mā ca kālaṃ pratīkṣadhvaṃ7 mṛgaṃ taṃ mā vijānata8 . mahānasau na sandeho jetuṃ śakyo na dānavaiḥ ..5. . sanatkumāra uvāca tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā hiraṇyākṣo mahāsuraḥ . svayamevābhisaṃkruddha utpapāta tadāsanāt9 ..6 .. sendraketurivottasthau payoda iva connadan . bhṛkuṭīdūṣitamukhaḥ sadhūmogniriva jvalan10 ..7.. ... > 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 > ... > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_17) 23 vidārayat - kha., vidārayan (?) . 24 mahāsurān - gha. . 25. .. mukharādibhistathaiva kha 26... mati - kha. . 1 vinirmuktaḥ kathaṃcit - gha. . 2 tatsabhādvāri idaṃ - kha. . 3 rudhireṇāpi - kha. . 4 nivedayati tāndaityo - kha. 5 padyārdhamidaṃ prakṣiptamiva gha pustake paṭhitam . 6 mā pramādamagā - kha, . 7 pratīkṣaṣva (?) 8 mā vijānīhi taṃ mṛgaṃ (?), mā vijānata.. - kha. . 9 sadāsanāt - kha, . 10. māgnirivojvalan - kha > \[Apparatus readings\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_18) 548 athotthitaṃ11 tato12 daityā13 vipracittiśca dānavaḥ . praṇamyocustadā daityamidaṃ14 ślakṣṇapadākṣaram . .8.. > Then, as he had risen, the Daityas and the Dānava Vipracitti > bowed down and spoke to the Daitya in smooth words and syllables: // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_19) tvaṃ rājā sarvadaityānāṃ bhūtānāṃ ca jayāvahaḥ . tiṣṭhatsvasmāsu nodyantuṃ15 svayameva tvamarhasi ..9.. > "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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_20) vayaṃ taṃ saha devaiśca ye ca tasyābhirakṣiṇaḥ . hatvā māṃsaṃ mahārāja chittvā tasyānayāmahe . .8.102.1 0 .. > 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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_21) ādityānāṃ sarudrāṇāṃ vasūnāmaśvinorapi16 . bhṛgūṇāṃ pitṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ tathaivāṅgirasāmapi .. 11 .. > \[Against the might\] 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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_22) viśvedevāśca ye kecitsādhyā devāstathaiva ca . yakṣāṇāṃ rākṣasānāñca piśācānāṃ sahoragaiḥ17 . .1 2 .. > and whatever Viśvedevas and Sādhyas there may be among the gods; > of the yakṣas, rākṣasas, and piśācas, along with the great serpents; // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_23) gandharvapakṣiṇāñcaiva manuṣyāṇāñca dānava . udyuktānāṃ samṛtyūnāṃ lokapālaissahaiva ca .. 13 . . śaktā nivāraṇe daityā vadhe caiva durātmanām . nigrahe ca yathākālaṃ svayaṃ mā tvamito gamaḥ18 .. 14. . hatamasmābhirudyuktaiḥ paśyādya ditinandana . ājñāpayati no yatra rājā svāmī prajeśvaraḥ .. 1 5.. > 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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_24) tadvayaṃ śirasā sarve kariṣyāma na saṃśayaḥ . yadaśaktā vayaṃ kāryaṃ sarvepyasurapuṃgava . kartuṃ tasya bhavān kartā mā naḥ paśya parāniva .. 1 6.. > 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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_25) mṛgārthe danudaityānāṃ svayaṃ rājā mahābalaḥ . nirgato nāsti daityānāṃ vakṣyanti19 balamityuta .. 17. . sanatkumāra uvāca tataḥ sa rājā daityānāṃ sarvāneva samādiśat . kāle jaladharānindro yathā bhinnāñjanatviṣaḥ . .1 8. . > \[Otherwise\] 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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_26) 11 tathotthitaṃ (?) . 12 tadā - kha . 13 daityo - kha. . 14 daityā idaṃ - kha. . 15 nodyoktuṃ (?) . 16.. .maśvināvapi - kha . 17 piśācāḥ samahoragaiḥ - kha, maho... (?) . 18 gataḥ - kha . 19 vakṣyante - kha. . 549 ājñāṃ tasya gṛhītvaiva tepi daityā mudānvitāḥ . sannahyanta mahākāyā vāhanāni ca bhejire . . 19.. > Having received his command, those Daityas, filled with joy, > huge of body, donned their armor and mounted their vehicles. // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_27) prahlādaścānuhlādaśca śinirbāṣkala eva ca20 . jambhaḥ kujambho vātāpī ilvalotha virocanaḥ . .8.102.2 0 .. > Prahlāda, Anuhlāda, Śini, and Bāṣkala; > Jambha, Kujambha, Vātāpī, Ilvala, and Virocana; // 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_28) balirbāṇaśca vātaśca śaṃbhuḥ kaśyapa eva ca . śambaraśca mahākāyaḥ kālaśambara eva ca . .21 .. > Bali, Bāṇa, Vāta, Śaṃbhu, and Kaśyapa; > Śambara of massive frame, and Kālaśambara; // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_29) pradīptaścāsilomā ca śilitāścaiva dānavāḥ . śarabhaḥ śalabhaścaiva dhundhurmūkaśca dānavaḥ . .22. . śatodaraśca vikhyātastathaivānyo hradodaraḥ . tāraśca tārakaścaiva mayo kālaśca viśrutaḥ ..23 .. > 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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_30) ajako namuciścaiva vyaṃsaḥ kārtasvanaḥ śubhaḥ21 . ilvako22 vilvakaścaiva23 vipākaḥ pāka eva ca..24.. > Ajaka, Namuci, Vyaṃsa, handsome Kārtasvana, > Ilvaka, Vilvaka, Vipāka, and Pāka; // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_31) hastī duryodhanaścaiva vipracittiśca dānavaḥ . hayagrīvo muraścaiva narakaḥ kuṇḍa eva ca ..25.. > Hastin, Duryodhana, and the Dānava Vipracitti; > Hayagrīva, Mura, Naraka, and Kuṇḍa; // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_32) śakunirvṛṣaparvā ca śataketurmahāravaḥ . sarakaścaiva rāhuśca svarbhānuḥ kāla eva ca ..26.. > Śakuni, Vṛṣaparvan, Śataketu, Mahārava, > Saraka, Rāhu, Svarbhānu, and Kāla; // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_33) virādhaśca kabandhaśca dundubhiḥ śatadundubhiḥ . śālvo drumaśca dvāvetau mayūragrīva eva ca ..27.. > Virādha, Kabandha, Dundubhi, Śatadundubhi, > Śālva and Druma, these two, and Mayūragrīva; // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_34) kālanemī meghanādo mahāvīryassa cāndhakaḥ24 . mahiṣānandaśamakāvāṭiśca baka eva ca ..28. . tato dānavaśārdūlā mahāmāyā mahābalāḥ . sarve sarvāstraviduṣo25 labdhalakṣāśca saṃyuge ..29. . rathairhayairgajaiścaiva tathaivānye padātayaḥ . jagmurvarāhaṃ taṃ vyāsa hantuṃ devā ivāsuram .. 8.102.30 .. > 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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_35) sa cāpi hi mahātejā varāho nandivardhanaḥ . stuyamānastathātmasthairmunibhirbhagavān balī . . 31 . . > And he too, the glorious Boar, the increaser of joy, > the mighty Lord, was being praised by the sages abiding within him. // 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_36) 20 ...rbāṣkalireva ca - gha. . 21 subhaḥ (?) . 22 ilvalo - kha. . 23 vilvalaścaiva - kha. . 24 vāndhakaḥ - ṣa. . 25 samāstraviduṣo - kha. . 550 > \[Apparatus readings\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_37) hatvā tān kiṅkarānsarvānaśmakaṃ26 puramāgamat . garjamāno yathā megho yugānte27 vṛṣṭisarjanaḥ . .3 2 .. sa gatvā tattadā vyāsa puraṃ lokamayaḥ prabhuḥ . apasavyaṃ parāvṛtya dakṣiṇaṃ dvāramāgamat . .33 . . dakṣiṇadvāribhistatra dānavairbahubhirbhṛśam28 . kṛto halāhalāśabdo nagaraṃ yena kopitam ..34. . yo hi bhitvā śataghnīśca kavāṭaṃ kūṭamudgarān . kālacakrāṇi yantrāṇi sovācūrṇayadavyayaḥ29 ..35.. athājagmurbhṛśāviṣṭāste dānavamahārathāḥ . śastravarṣeṇa cogreṇa chādayanto mṛgeśvaram . .3 6. . atha taistomaraiścakrai30rbhindīpālaiśca tāḍitaḥ . dvāraṃ tyaktvā vinirgamya31 samāṃ bhūmimupāśritaḥ32 . .37. . tepi taṃ bhagnamityeva33 vijānantosurāstadā . pṛṣṭhatonuyayurvyāsa takṣayanto varāyudhaiḥ . .38.. sa takṣyamāṇaḥ śaravṛṣṭitomarairmahāgadābhirmuśalairayomukhaiḥ . tadābhiniḥsṛtya diteḥ sutānasāvayodhayaddevagaṇairadhiṣṭhitaḥ ..39. . iti skandapurāṇe asurasandeśanaṃ nāma dvyuttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_38) sanatkumāra uvāca atha vyāsa samāṃ bhūmiṃ saṃprāptāndānavarṣabhān . uvāca sarvān1 gambhīraṃ2 mṛgānsiṃha ivājane3 . . 1 .. bhavanto dānavāḥ sarve daityāśca sumahābalāḥ . mayā mṛgeṇa samare yudhyatāṃ tu punarbhṛśam . . 2. . > 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!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_39) 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 . 551 'ya > 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 . > 551 > 'ya > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_40) na lajjā samarebhyetya4 yuṣmākaṃ dānaveśvarāḥ . athavā na balaṃ vosti mithyā devā hi vo jitāḥ5 ..3.. bahavo balavantaśca mṛgaścāhaṃ vanecaraḥ6 . na manye dharmayuddhe vo matirdānavasattamāḥ ..4.. na mamāsti dhanuḥ kiñcinna śastraṃ ca tathāvidham . saśastrairbahubhiryena yuddheyamasureśvarāḥ7 ..5 . . te yūyaṃ yadi manyadhvaṃ śastrāṇi tyajatādhunā . mayā caikaikaśaḥ sarve yudhyadhvaṃ nyāyamāsthitāḥ ..6.. sanatkumāra uvāca tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sondhako dānaveśvaraḥ8 . uvāca sarvāndaityendrān yugāntāmbudavannadan ..7. . evametadyathāhāyaṃ mṛgosuramahārathāḥ . santyajāmādya9 śastrāṇi yodhāmaikaikaśastathā . .8 .. prahlāda uvāca abuddhireṣā daityendrā yathāhāyaṃ mṛgādhamaḥ . samānānāṃ samaissārdhametadyuddhaṃ praśasyate ..9.. na mṛgāṇāñca śastrāṇi na bāhubalamityuta . vadhyante ca sadā śastraireṣa dharmaḥ satāṃ mataḥ . .8.103.1 0 . . te vayaṃ kathamutmṛjya svadharmaṃ dānaveśvarāḥ . mṛgadharmaṃ samāsthāya yudhyema paśavo yathā . .1 1 .. mṛgādhamoyaṃ durvṛtta10 avadhyo nāsmadādibhiḥ . - - - mā11 vicāro vo mṛge bhavatu sarvaśaḥ ..12.. māyāmāsthāya duṣṭātmā kopyayaṃ surapāṃsanaḥ . asmān vañcayituṃ daityāḥ kāṃkṣate sudurātmavān ..1 3 . . > '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! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_41) 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 . 552 > 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 . > 552 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_42) kva ca śrutaṃ vā dṛṣṭaṃ vā mṛgāṇāmasureśvarāḥ . manuṣyavadbāhuyuddhaṃ puruṣaissaha saṃyuge ..14.. eṣa viṣṇurdurācāro durātmā daityakaṇṭakaḥ . aśaktaḥ svena vīryeṇa māyāmāsthāya saṃsthitaḥ ..15.. sanatkumāra uvāca tatastaṃ balavān kruddho dhanuṣā sosureśvaraḥ . śarairavākirad vyāsa bahubhirvirarāsa ca ..1 6.. andhako vipracittiśca sarve te daityadānavāḥ . avākiran śaraistīkṣṇaiḥ śataśotha sahasraśaḥ ..17.. atha daivaḥ susaṃrabdhai12rviddhastai13 rdānavairbhṛśam . śuśubhe bhāskarakaraiḥ saṃviddho himavāniva .. 18.. sa vegaṃ balavat kṛtvā vidhunvānaḥ śarān śitān14 . salīlaṃ prayayau devaḥ prahlādaṃ prati dānavam15 . . 19. . sa gatvā tasya sahasā sārathiṃ rathameva ca . daṃṣṭrābhiśca karābhyāñca nāmaśeṣaṃ cakāra ha . .8.103.2 0 .. tato rathādavaplutya hanyamānopi dānavaiḥ . rathadhvajena16 taṃ daityaṃ mūrdhni devobhijaghnivān ..2 1 .. prahlādopi tatotpatya17 gadayā bhīmarūpayā . ājaghānorasi kruddhaṃ vighno dharme yathā sthitam ..22. . sa tenābhihato devo muktvā tasya rathaṃ tadā . tameva deśamāyātaḥ pūrvaṃ yatrābhavat sthitaḥ . .23 . . tatondhako vipracittiḥ śambaraḥ kālaśambaraḥ . śarairāśīviṣākārairbibhidurnandivardhanam . .24.. > '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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_43) 12 varāho hyatisaṃrabdhai - gha. . 13 susaṃrabdhe viddhastai - kha. . 14 sthitān (?) . 15 dānavaṃ prati (?) . 16 dhvajadaṇḍena (?), rathadaṇḍena (?) . 17 tato daitya ( o ) - gha. . 553 sa viddhastaistadā vyāsa śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ . bhidyamānaśca bahudhā maṇḍalāni cacāra ha . .25.. > 12 varāho hyatisaṃrabdhai - gha. . 13 susaṃrabdhe viddhastai - kha. . 14 sthitān (?) . 15 dānavaṃ prati (?) . 16 dhvajadaṇḍena (?), rathadaṇḍena (?) . 17 tato daitya ( o ) - gha. . > 553 > Pierced by them with straight-jointed arrows, O Vyāsa, / and struck in manifold ways, he moved about in circles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_44) kadācit siṃhavaccāpi plavate nardatepi ca . śārdūlavat kadācicca bhūmāvātmānamāhave . .26.. > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_45) vitatya sa mahāvīryastiṣṭhate sāyakān18 sahan . pādena tata utthāya avakīrya vṛṣo yathā ..27.. > Stretching himself out, that one of great prowess stood enduring the arrows; / then, rising up and scraping with his foot like a bull, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_46) pakṣivatsa tadākāśe maṇḍalāni mṛgeśvaraḥ . bhramitvā niścalastasthau varāhaḥ parvato yathā ..28.. > that lord of beasts, the Boar, having circled / in the sky like a bird, stood motionless like a mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_47) evaṃ bahuvidhān mārgān vicaritvā mahābalaḥ . vegenaiva karābhyāṃ sa rathau jagrāha nādayan ..29. . vipracitteśca balavānandhakasya ca suprabhaḥ19 . bhrāmayitvā muhūrttaṃ tau sahāśvaiḥ20 sahasārathī21 ..8.103.30.. > 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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_48) bhūmāvutkṣipya22 cikṣepa babhañja ca punaḥ padā . rathāsthitau23 ca tau daityau punarmūrdhanyatāḍayat24 ..31 .. > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_49) tau hatāvatisaṃkruddhau gade codyamya vegitau . varāhaṃ mūrdhni yugapatsamāhatya vinedatuḥ ..32.. > Those two, struck and exceedingly enraged, raised their clubs swiftly, / and striking the Boar simultaneously upon his head, they roared aloud. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_50) tābhyāṃ sa balavān kruddho hastābhyāṃ raktalocanaḥ . gade jagrāha yattābhyāṃ balādeva mṛgeśvaraḥ ..33.. > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_51) tatocaranmaṇḍalāni vividhāni janārdanaḥ . gadāviśāradaḥ samyag vicitrāṇi bahūnyapi ..34.. > Then Janārdana moved in various circular maneuvers, / skilled in the club, performing fully manifold and wondrous ones, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_52) ākṣiptamatha vikṣiptamavākṣiptañca maṇḍalam . utkṣiptamatha vikṣiptaṃ visṛṣṭaṃ dhāvitaṃ tathā ..35.. > the parrying, the tossing aside, and the downward thrusting circle, / the lifting, the hurling, the releasing, and likewise the dashing, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_53) parāvṛttaṃ nivṛttaṃ ca ardhacandramathāpi ca . viṣṭabdhaṃ codyatañcaiva haṃsodbhramitameva25 ca ..36.. > the turning back, the retreating, and also the half-moon, / the firm checking, the brandishing, and also the swan's whirling flight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_54) 18 nissāyakān - kha . 19 suprabhau - gha. . 20 sahāśvau(?) . 21 sahasā (nā )yako - kha. . 22 utkṣipya bhūmau (?) . . 23 rathe sthitau - gha . 24 punarmūrdhnoratāḍayat (?) . 25 haṃsodmraṇa e (me?) va - kha. . 554 > \[Critical apparatus notes and page number 554\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_55) gadāviśāradaḥ samyag bhramitvā maṇḍalāni saḥ . gadāmupari cikṣepa sondhakasya26 vinādayan ..37.. > Skilled in the club, having properly completed his circular maneuvers, / roaring aloud, he hurled a club upon Andhaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_56) aparāṃ vipracitteśca balavānnandivardhanaḥ . te gade tau mahāvege27 dānavau sudurāsadau ..38.. > and the powerful delighter of Nandin hurled another at Vipracitti. / Those two clubs, of tremendous velocity, those two formidable Dānavas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_57) vañcayitvā raṇe bhūyo varāhaṃ prati dānavau . ādhāvitau yathā deśamutpātau vegitāviva ..39.. > having dodged them again in battle, rushed impetuously / toward the Boar like two portents rushing toward their place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_58) tayorāpatatoreva varāhosau mahābalaḥ . muṣṭināndhakamāhatya vipracittiṃ padāvadhīt ..8.103.40 .. > Even as the two were rushing upon him, that exceedingly mighty Boar, / striking Andhaka with his fist, struck Vipracitti with his foot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_59) andhakastasya muṣṭiṃ taṃ vipracittiḥ padañca ha . kruddhau jagṛhaturdaityau hatastvamiti vādinau ..41.. > Andhaka seized that fist of his, and Vipracitti seized his foot; / enraged, the two Daityas cried out, "You are slain!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_60) nādayānau yathā kāle kṛṣṇāviva balāhakau . sa gṛhītastadā tābhyāṃ mahātmā surasattamaḥ ..42.. > roaring like two dark storm-clouds at the end of an eon. / Then, held fast by the two, that high-souled best of gods > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_61) utpapāta viyad vegāt pakṣirāḍiva kāśyapaḥ . viyatstho28 vibabhau daityāvudvahan sa mṛgeśvaraḥ ..43.. > 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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_62) garutmāniva pakṣīśo bhakṣārthaṃ gajakacchapau . vinadya sa tadākāśe vidhūya ca karau balī ..44.. > 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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_63) pādañcaivābhicikṣepa tau daityau bhujagāviva . tau kṣiptau prekṣya29 tu vyāsa dānavau yuddhadurmadau ..45.. > and throwing his foot forward, flung off those two Daityas like two serpents. / Beholding those two Dānavas cast down, O Vyāsa, arrogant in battle, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_64) abhiyātau mahīṃ ghorāvaśanī khāccyutāviva . asāvapi ca deveśo varāho nandivardhanaḥ . rathānvai sarvadaityānāṃ cūrṇayāmāsa vīryavān ..46.. > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_65) gṛhītvā kūbare kañcit soccikṣepa mahārṇave30 . kañcitpadā samāhatya pāṃsusāyujyamānayat ..47.. > Seizing one \[chariot\] by the pole, he hurled it into the great ocean; / striking another with his foot, he reduced it to dust. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_66) kañcidrathaṃ rathenaiva padātiñca padātinā . gajaṃ gajena cāhatya sa ninye yamasādanam ..48.. > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_67) 26 sondhakāya - kha. . 27 mahāvego(?) . 28 viyatstho - kha. . 29 prekṣa - kha. . 30 mahārṇavaṃ - kha., mahāratha (?) . 555 sanatkumāra uvāca tepi31 vidrāvitāḥ sarve lajjāṃ paramikāṃ gatāḥ . daityadānavaśārdūlā vinivṛttā yathābalāḥ ..49.. ekena32 sarve vijitāsurendrāḥ parasparaṃ vīkṣya mukhāni śūrāḥ . vrīḍānvitāste punareva devaṃ varāha - - - - - - - ti . .8.103.50 .. iti skandapurāṇe varāhayuddhe tryuttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ > \[Footnotes to text\] > 555 > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_68) sanatkumāra uvāca atha te taṃ mṛgaṃ vyāsa dānavā bhīmagarjanāḥ . āyudhaiḥ samabhikruddhāḥ saṃtatakṣustadā1 bhṛśam . . 1 . . te mṛgā iva śārdūlaṃ siṃhapotaṃ gajā iva . ājaghnurdānavāḥ kruddhā varāhaṃ śastravṛṣṭibhiḥ . .2.. sa cāpi mṛgaśārdūla upaviśya mahodadhim . apopibat samāviśya vahnivadvaḍavāmukham ..3 . . tatheritāni tairdaityairāyudhāni sahasraśaḥ . vyādāya sumahadvaktraṃ jagrāsa ca rarāsa ca ..4. . grasitvā tāni sarvāṇi śastrāṇi sa2 mahābalaḥ . dānavānprati saṃcakre vegaṃ sindhurivāparaḥ . .5.. gajānprati yathā siṃhaḥ siṃhān śarabharāḍiva . garutmān bhujagān yadvacchārdūlaśca mṛgāniva ..6. . meghavṛndaṃ yathā vāyuḥ kapotāniva pakṣirāṭ . tathā sa bhagavān vyāsa dānavānprati lokapaḥ ..7.. vegaṃ cakre yathā kṣipramindriyaṃ prati vai manaḥ . āsādya ca sa tāndaityān mahājaladaniḥsvanaḥ . .8 . . ---- > 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, > ---- > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_69) 31 vai - (?) . 32 mṛgeṇa (?) . 1 tatakṣustaṃ tadā - kha. . 2 su - kha.. 556 sarvān vidrāvayāmāsa rudraḥ paśugaṇāniva . kāṃścit padbhyāṃ susaṃkruddho hastābhyāmaparāniti ..9.. > \[Footnotes to text\] > 556 > he put all of them to flight, as Rudra \[scatters\] herds of beasts, / some with both feet, exceedingly enraged, and others with both forepaws. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_70) daṃṣṭrābhiścāparāṃstatra3 sa praiṣīd4yamasādanam . tuṇḍena5 śambaraṃ bhūmau kālaśambarameva ca . . 8.104.10 .. > 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; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_71) narakaṃ pādaghātena hayagrīvaṃ ca muṣṭinā . urasā namuciṃ cāpi mahāmāyaṃ ca satvaraḥ6 . . 11 .. > Naraka with a kick of his foot, and Hayagrīva with his fist; / and swift in action, Namuci with his chest, and also Mahāmāya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_72) āhatyāhatya saṃkruddhaḥ pātayāmāsa devapaḥ . tāṃstathā drāvayānañca garjamānañca siṃhavat .. 12. . vipracitirvarāhaṃ taṃ muṣṭinorasyatāḍayat . vipracittiṃ jaghānograṃ pārśvadeśe sa muṣṭinā ..13 .. > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_73) sa āhato varāheṇa varāhaṃ krodhamūrchitaḥ . punarjaghāna khaṅgena vakṣasyenaṃ vinādayan .. 14.. > He, struck by the Boar, fainting with anger, / struck the Boar again upon the chest with a sword, roaring loudly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_74) amṛṣyamāṇastaṃ ghātaṃ varāhaḥ sumahābalaḥ . muṣṭinā mūrdhni taṃ daityaṃ vajrābhena vyatāḍayat .. 1 5.. > Unbearant of that blow, the exceedingly mighty Boar / struck that Daitya on the head with his fist that was like a thunderbolt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_75) sa daityastena ghātena bhramitvā cakravattadā . papāta bhūmau vegena vātāhata iva drumaḥ ..16. . patitaṃ taṃ tadābhyetya vipracittiṃ prajeśvaraḥ8 . jagrāha padbhyāṃ9 deveśo drāvamāṇaṃ diteḥ sutam ..17.. > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_76) bhrāmayitvā tataścainaṃ10 naditvā11 cāsakṛdbalī . puraṃ prati vicikṣepa mahātmā nandivardhanaḥ ..18. . sa kṣiptastena12 vibabhau dānabādhipatirbalī . sabalākataḍijjvāla paricchinna ivāmbudaḥ . .1 9.. srastahārāmbaradhara13ścyutamālyavibhūṣaṇaḥ . papātopari vegena hiraṇyākṣasya veśmani ..8.104.20 . . > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_77) 3 aparān daṃṣṭrayā tatra - kha . 4 hyapraiṣīd - sva . 5 targhaṃna. - kha . 6 śambara - kha . 7 lakṣya gha. 8 mṛgeśvaraḥ - gha. . 9 pade jagrāha - gha. . 10 tataścaiva - kha.. . 11.. tha marditvā garbhitvā - gha . 12 sa tena kṣipto - kha. gha. . 13 srastaharāmbaradharaḥ - gha., srastahemāmbaradhara - kha . 557 saudhamaṭṭālakaṃ14 tasya vimānamiva saṃsthitam . cūrṇayānopatad vyāsa parvatendramivāśaniḥ . . 21 .. > Crushing its white turreted palace which stood like an aerial chariot, / O Vyāsa, he fell down like a thunderbolt upon a mighty mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_78) mahatā tasya śabdena hiraṇyākṣaḥ svayaṃ tadā15 . vegenāgatya dadṛśe dānavendraṃ diteḥ sutaḥ16 . .22. . sopi dānavaśārdūlo varāheṇāvapīḍitaḥ17 . tena caiva vighātena18 muhūrttamabhavajjaḍaḥ ..23 .. > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_79) taṃ samāśvāsayadrājā tadā śītena vāriṇā . tālavṛntaiśca bahubhirmaṇibhiśca diteḥ sutaḥ 24. . samāśvasyotthitañcaiva19 upaviṣṭaṃ varāsane . rājā papraccha taṃ daityaṃ paraṃ vismayamāgataḥ ..25.. > 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: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_80) hiraṇyākṣa uvāca kenādya himavān daitya pṛthivī vā sasāgarā . mahābalena sahasā20 tulitā viśvakarmaṇā ..2 6.. > Hiraṇyākṣa said: / "By what mighty Viśvakarman has the Himālaya today, O Daitya, / or the earth with its oceans, been suddenly weighed and lifted? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_81) kenādya mandaraḥ srasto21 mṛtyuḥ kena parājitaḥ . kena tvaṃ dānaveśāna kṣiptaḥ ko balavānbhuvi ..27.. > 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? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_82) pṛthivyāstulanaṃ yādṛg mandarasya ca cālanam . mṛtyośca maraṇa22 tādṛk tavedaṃ kṣapaṇaṃ23 mahat24 ..28.. > 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! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_83) rudrendramṛtyupratimo lokapālabhayaṅkaraḥ . kena tvaṃ tulitaḥ saṃkhye balavānabalo25 yathā ..29.. > 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? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_84) kasyedaṃ balamakṣayyaṃ kena bāhvorbalaṃ mahat . khyāpitaṃ triṣu lokeṣu dānaveśvara kathyatām ..8.104.3 0.. > Whose inexhaustible power is this? By whom has great strength of arms / been displayed in the three worlds? Tell me, O lord of Dānavas!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_85) sanatkumāra uvāca tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dānavaḥ sa mahābalaḥ . tamāha dīrghaṃ niḥśvasya nirīkṣya ca punaḥ punaḥ ..31 .. > Sanatkumāra said: / Hearing those words of his, that mighty Dānava, / sighing deeply and looking at him again and again, said to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_86) 14 soccamaṭṭālaka - gha- . 15 tayā - kha. . 16 suta - kha. . 17... tāḍitaḥ - kha. . 18 vipātena - kha. . 19 samāśvāsotthitañcaiva - ba. . 20 mahābalairmahādaitya - kha. . 21 grasto - gha. . 22 bandhanaṃ - ṣa. . 23 kṣipaṇaṃ - kha. . 24 matam - gha. . 25... nacalo - gha. . 558 vipracittiruvāca amānuṣamidaṃ rājannatidevaṃ tathāpi ca . atidaityañca daityendra na dṛṣṭaṃ na śrutaṃ26 kvacit ..32.. > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_87) varāhasya balaṃ yādṛg na ca tādṛk kvacit kvacit . na hi tulyaṃ prapaśyāmi tasya rājanmahātmanaḥ ..33.. > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_88) astraiḥ śastraiśca bahubhistakṣyamāṇasya27 saṃyuge . nārttirna duḥkhaṃ daityendra na ca saṃjñā prahīyate .. 34.. > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_89) bhavettasyābhi28 daṣṭasya maśakenāpyanirvṛtiḥ . na daityadānavai rājan nighnasya29 bhayamityuta ..35.. > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_90) yathā kṣudramṛgān siṃho maṇḍūkāniva voragaḥ30 . tathā sa kalayāmāsa31 sarvān daityendradānavān . .36.. > Just as a lion drives small deer, or a snake frogs, / so he drove all the lords of Daityas and the Dānavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_91) na taṃ mṛgamahaṃ manye na devaṃ nāpi cāsuram . kopyasau ditiputrāṇāmanayaḥ32 samupasthitaḥ ..37.. > I do not consider him a beast, nor a god, nor an Asura; / some personified ruin has arrived for the sons of Diti! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_92) tenāsmi muṣṭinā mūrdhni tāḍito bhūtalaṃ gataḥ . gṛhītvā sahasotkṣiptaḥ33 patitastvadgṛhopari ..38.. > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_93) dānavānāṃ sadaityānāmitareṣāñca dānava34 . na jāne samavasthānaṃ manye te sarvaśo hatāḥ ..39.. > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_94) avadhyassa mahātejā balavān durbalā vayam . śrutvaitad ditiputrāṇāṃ hitaṃ yattatsamācara ..8.104.40 .. > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_95) tasyāṅge munayaḥ sarve dṛśyante saha daivataiḥ35 . kṛtyā seti mataṃ medya tava hetorvinirmitā36 ..41.. > 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! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_96) manaśca tava daityendra yuddhāya kṛtaniścayam . vinivartaya taccaiva daityānāṃ hitamācara . .42.. > And your mind, O lord of Daityas, which is resolved on war— / turn it back, and act for the benefit of the Daityas! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_97) balavān sobalā daityā vayaṃ martyāḥ sa cāmaraḥ . ajayyosau jitā daityā mā no yuddhena yojaya .. 43 .. > 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! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_98) ---- 26 śrutaṃ na kha.. 27 śca - kha 28 tasyāpi - kha . 29 rājanhatasya - (?) . 30 coragaḥ - gha. . 31 kālayāmāsa (?) . 32... putrāṇāṃ pralayaḥ (?) . 33 sahasākṣiptaḥ - kha . 34 hataśeṣāśca dānavāḥ - gha. . 35 devatai . - kha. . 36.. .panirmitā - kha. . > \[Critical apparatus\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_99) 559 hitvāśmakaṃ37 puraṃ sarve samudrastambhamāśritāḥ . tiṣṭhāma rājan mā yuddha tena sākaṃ punaḥ kṛthāḥ38 ..44. . māvamaṃsthā mṛgaṃ daitya mṛgosāviti sarvaśaḥ . narasiṃhopyabhūtpūrvaṃ mṛgastadvinibṛṃ hitaḥ . .45. . - ----- .. - - - - - - - . yāvattvaṃ dhriyase daitya dānavānāṃ sukhāvahaḥ . tāvatsarve surā jīvā bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ . .46 . . > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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..." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_102) yo me bhayāt parityajya svaṃ rūpaṃ mṛgatāṃ gataḥ . .54. . > he who, abandoning his own form out of fear of me, has assumed the nature of a beast. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_103) 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. . 560 > 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. . > 560 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_104) yo hanyāddhastinaṃ saṃkhye siṃhaṃ śarabhameva ca . tasya kāsthā bhaveddaitya mṛge hyasminmahābala ..55.. madbhayāt sa varāhaśca sarvadevairadhiṣṭhitaḥ . māmāhvayati45 daityendra jaya eva tato hi me ..56.. bhavāneva hi me daitya tena dūtaḥ - - - - 46 . tvaratā mṛtyulokantu gatvā dānavapuṃgava ..57. . yadahaṃ mrātṛhantāraṃ dānavānāṃ bhayaṅkaram . ahatvā na nivartiṣye śape satyena dānava ..58.. sanatkumāra uvāca sūtaṃ tataḥ samādiśya rathaṃ sajjamacīkarat . samāśvāsayituṃ patnīḥ47 sa viveśa48 punargṛhān ..59.. sa tatra tābhiḥ kṛtamaṅgalastadā diteḥ sutām̐stām̐śca nirīkṣya sarvaśaḥ . gṛhāṇa50 sarvaṃ raṇayogyamujjvalaṃ mahābalaḥ51 śatrunivāraṇakṣamam ..8.104.60 .. iti skandapurāṇe vipracittipātane caturuttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_105) sanatkumāra uvāca sa dhanvī kavacī bhūtvā baddhagodhāṃgulitravān . baddhapṛṣṭheṣudhī1 caiva śarī khaṅgī mahābalaḥ ..1.. hariśmaśruścaturdaṃṣṭraḥ śaṃkukarṇo mahāhanuḥ . ājānubāhurdīrghākṣo nyagrodhaparimaṇḍalaḥ ..2.. hastayoḥ padmaśaṃkhau ca cakramatsyau ca pādayoḥ . dadhāno jālahastaśca jālapādolpamehanaḥ ..3.. bālādityanibhākṣaśca añjanācalasannibhaḥ . sa niryayau tadā vyāsa bhṛkuṭībhūṣitānanaḥ ..4.. > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.11.24\_106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11.24_106) 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 (?) . 561 dvāryapaśyacca sūtena rathaṃ samupakalpitam . sahasranalvamātrañca2 hayairdivyaissamanvitam . .5 .. sahasrairdaśabhirvyāsa sarvopakaraṇānvitam . khaṭvāṅgena ca saṃyuktaṃ dhvajenādityavarcasā . . 6 . . āruroha jayetyukto3 dānavairbahubhistadā . > 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 (?) . > 561 > 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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 108 of 216 passages. [Read on](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11)_ ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.11.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.6.82) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.11) · Pramāṇa