Skandapurana 7.12.584_79

7.12.584_79

tad gajānāmiva kulaṃ mattānāṃ kālinandana .
varṣatāmiva meghānāṃ saviṣāṇāṃ sarīsṛpām . . 1 18. .
darpitānāṃ varāhāṇāṃ mahākulamivolvaṇam .
mandare dānavakulaṃ tathā tat pracacāra ha . . 11 9. .
sondhako vicaram̐statra89 sakhībhiḥ sahitāṃ tadā90 .
apaśyad devadevī91 tu vṛkaḥ siṃhavadhūmiva92 .. 8.112.120 ..
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86 suraḥ - gha. . 87 vāyurāditya (?) . 88 vyāsa - gha. . 89 sondhakaḥ sumahāvīryaḥ - ka. . 90 sahapārvatīm - gha. . 91 dānavaḥ krūraḥ - gha. . 92 śvapāko brāhmaṇīmiva - gha., itaḥparaṃḥ-

Like a herd of elephants in rut, O son of Kālī, / like raining clouds, like venomous serpents, // like a fierce, huge herd of proud boars, / so that host of dānavas roamed upon Mandara. // As he was roaming there, that Andhaka then saw the Goddess of gods / accompanied by her female companions, as a wolf [might see] a lioness.