Skanda Purana 7.13.3_254

7.13.3_254

18 parisandhāya - gha . 19 avedyā - kha . 20 tānna - ka. gha. . 21 hi - gha. . 22 ca - gha . 23 yathokta - ka. . 24 kariṣyati - kha. . 25 bhavecchabda - kha., . cchandaṃ - ka. . 26 vastapasā - kha. .
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yadā naivāvatiṣṭhante tathāpyuktā divaukasaḥ .
upāyamaparaṃ prāhustadā te munisattamāḥ . .8.129.3 0 . .
āhūyāpsarasaḥ sarvā visṛjyantāṃ surottamāḥ .
kāmenāviṣṭamanasāmasurāṇāmupāntikam . .3 1 . .
tām̐stāsvāsaktahṛdayān pītamaireyavihvalān .
vikramya haṃsyatha27 surā balādyuddhe28 balīyasaḥ . .3 2. .
tatastāḥ prahitā devairvañcanārthaṃ suradviṣām .
kvaṇannūpuranirhrādakūjitotkarṇasārasāḥ29 . . 33 . .
pīnottuṅgastanābhogahāravikṣiptayaṣṭayaḥ30 .
vitrastabālahariṇīsadṛśāyatalocanāḥ . .34. .
calatkuṇḍalasaṃghṛṣṭapāṇḍarāgaṇḍamaṇḍalāḥ .
śikhikaṇṭhacchavihara31 ślakṣṇavāsodharāḥ parāḥ . .35..

[…] / 715 / When the gods did not stand even when thus addressed, / those best of sages then declared another expedient: // 8.129.30 // / "Having summoned all the apsarases, let them be sent, O best of gods, / into the presence of the asuras whose minds are possessed by desire! // 31 // / When their hearts are attached to them and they are bewildered from drinking wine, / then, O gods, having attacked with force in battle, you will slay those mighty ones." // 32 // / Then they were sent by the gods to deceive the enemies of the gods— / [maidens] whose anklets tinkled with resounding sounds that made sarus cranes prick their ears, // 33 // / whose pearl necklaces swayed across the expanse of their plump, prominent breasts, / whose large eyes resembled frightened fawns, // 34 // / the rounded discs of whose pale cheeks were brushed by dangling earrings, / wearing delicate, exquisite garments that rivaled the luster of a peacock's neck, // 35