Skandapurana 7.13.3_291

7.13.3_291

vidyotamānān vapuṣā55 bahūm̐ścandrānivoditān .
kākapakṣadharānmuṇḍām̐stāmracūḍeṣvavasthitān . .72. .
ete vikhyātavīryāste śākhā nāma kumārakāḥ .
ya ime chāgameṣasthāḥ kiṃśukāśokavarcasaḥ . .73 . .
śūrāścaudāryavantaśca56 śiśutāmarasānanāḥ .
naigameṣasya putrasya tava tulyaparicchadāḥ . .74. .
naigameṣā iti khyātā hyete deva kumārakāḥ .
ya ime kālameghābhāḥ kālameghanibhasvanāḥ . .75. .
keśajāstava te deva pramathāḥ57 samupasthitāḥ .
ime ca raktā bahavo gaṇāḥ parabalārdanāḥ . .76 . .
varūthino varmiṇaśca rathinaścitrayodhinaḥ .
nānāpraharaṇāḥ sarve sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ58 ..77..

shining in form like many risen moons,
wearing sidelocks, shaved-headed, standing on roosters,
these are the youths named Śākhas of renowned valor.
These who ride goats and rams, having the luster of kiṃśuka and aśoka flowers,
heroic and generous, with faces like young lotuses,
having equipment matching that of your son Naigameṣa,
these, O god, are the youths known as Naigameṣas.
These who resemble dark rain-clouds, roaring like dark rain-clouds,
are your Pramathas born from your hair, O god, who have arrived.
And these are many red troops, crushers of hostile forces,
possessing chariot-guards, armored, charioteers, diverse warriors,
all with various weapons, all skilled in war,