Skandapurana 7.12.584_81

7.12.584_81

601
dṛṣṭvā bhagavatīṃ devīṃ sa daityo mūḍhacetanaḥ93 .
praṇāmaṃ nākarod vyāsa anvavaikṣata94 kevalam . . 121 . .
taṃ dṛṣṭvānimiṣaṃ daityaṃ paśyantamacalātmajām .
prahlādastu mahābuddhiridamāha vacorthavat95 . . 122 . .
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niyatyātha kṛtāntena mṛtyunā madanena ca .
kopenātha durātmāsau kāle prāpte suretaraḥ ..2..

601 / Beholding the venerable Goddess, that daitya of deluded mind / did not bow down, O Vyāsa; he merely stared. // Seeing that daitya staring without blinking at the daughter of the mountain, / Prahlāda of great intellect spoke these meaningful words: // […] / Overcome by Destiny, Death, the god of love, / and wrath, when his time had arrived, that evil-minded enemy of the gods,