Skandapurana 7.13.3_128

7.13.3_128

nāpaśyante16 danusutānnāpi daityām̐stathā raṇe17 .
dhvajamevābhipaśyanti sarve mūḍhā divaukasaḥ . . 11 . .
mumucuryānyamoghāni āyudhāni divaukasaḥ .
tāni channānyabhūvan hi dhvajacchāyānilena vai . . 12. .
agrataḥ pṛṣṭhataścaiva pārśvayorūrdhvameva ca .
dhvajamevā18bhipaśyanti na daityānnāpi dānavān . .1 3 . .
tatra te sāyakāstīkṣṇā jvalantaḥ pāvakārciṣaḥ19 .
niḥsṛtya tu dhvajād vyāsa dārayanti surottamān .. 14..

They saw neither the sons of Danu nor the Daityas in battle; / all the gods, bewildered, saw only the standard. (11) / Whatever unfailing weapons the gods hurled / were completely covered by the wind of the standard's shadow. (12) / In front, behind, on both sides, and above, / they saw only the standard, not the Daityas nor the Dānavas. (13) / Sharp arrows, blazing like tongues of fire, / issuing from the standard, Vyāsa, tore apart the best of the gods. (14)