[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 7.14.26\_96 # Skandapurana 7.14.26\_96 Skandapurāṇa 7.14.26\_96 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.14.26\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.26_96) siṃhekṣitānāmiva gopatīnāṃ23 kālekṣitānāmiva mānavānām . vināyakenekṣita kālitānāṃ24 bhayaṃ tadāsīnmiṣatāṃ25 balānām .24.. yato yata: prekṣati vai sa devo hastīva hastaṃ svakamucchrayitvā26 .. tatastato daityabalaṃ prabhagnaṃ caṇḍānileneva vanaṃ sapuṣpam .25.. dṛṣṭvā balaṃ tad balinābhibhūtaṃ baleḥ sutosau balināṃ variṣṭhaḥ . vināyakaṃ hantumanāḥ sasāra mattaṃ raṇe matta iva dvipendraḥ .26.. tamāpatantaṃ tapanābhiveśaṃ kruddhaṃ raṇe kālamivātavāpam . sasāra roddhuṃ samare ca yoddhuṃ kuṇḍodara: siha ivānyasiṃham .27.. tau siṃhapotāviva jātadarpau prakīrṇahastāviva hastipotau . samāgatau yuddharasābhimattau kuṇḍodaro vai 27 balinandanaśca .28.. śatāni paṃceva sa kārmukāṇāṃ vikṛṣya vajrāśaninisvanānām . kuṇḍodarāyeṣuvarān23 sasarga garjan sa bāṇastu yathā payodaḥ .29.. tānāgatāṃ30stīkṣṇamukhāṃstadānīṃ bāṇasya bāṇān kupitāhikalpān . kuṇḍodaraḥ śailaruheṇa31 sarvān manorathān vighna ivājaghāna .8.136.30.. tānniṣphalān prekṣya32 śarān surāriḥ suretarāriprahatān kṣitisthān . śaktyā sa kuṇḍodaramājaghāna śaktayā guhaḥ krauñcamivācalendram .31.. vakṣaḥ pradeśāttu gaṇeśvarasya bāṇasya śaktiḥ kṣatajaṃ papau sā . śakropanītaṃ ruciraṃ sugandhi33 yathāmṛtaṃ vajradharasya bhāryā .32.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19 ... bhraruddho - ka. kha. .. 20 saṃpūrṇabimbe ka. 21 sannikāyaḥ - kha. . 22 prakālayad - ka kha , prakālayan - kha. .. 23 (ha) stinīnāṃ (?) . 24 kālikāntaṃ - kha. .. 25 vidviṣatāṃ (?) . 26 praviśāryaṃ sarvaśaḥ - gha .. 27 ... sau - gha .. 28 kārmukānāṃ - ka. kha. .. 29 kuṇḍaudarāyeṣuvarān - ka. . 30 nānāgaṇāṃ - ka. .. 31 śailavareṇa - tha. .. 32 vīkṣya - kha. .. 33 sugandhaṃ - ka kha. . > Just like bulls gazed upon by a lion, or like mortals beheld by Time, > the watching forces were gripped by terror when beheld and pursued by Vināyaka. > Wherever that god looked, lifting his hand like an elephant its trunk, > from there the Daitya army broke, as a blossoming forest before a tempest. > Seeing that army overwhelmed by the strong one, Bali's son, the foremost among the strong, > marched forth wishing to slay Vināyaka, like a rutted king of elephants against another rutted beast in battle. > As he rushed forward, blazing like the sun, furious as the sun-scorched Death in battle, > Kuṇḍodara advanced to check him and to fight in combat, like a lion facing another lion. > Both like lion cubs full of pride, or young tuskers with their trunks swinging wildly, > those two, intoxicated with the joy of battle, clashed: Kuṇḍodara and the son of Bali. > Drawing five hundred bows that resounded like a thunderbolt, > Bāṇa, roaring like a cloud, unleashed prime arrows at Kuṇḍodara. > At those sharp-pointed arrows of Bāṇa arriving then like enraged serpents, > Kuṇḍodara struck them all with a mountain-born \[tree\], as obstacles destroy desires. > Seeing those arrows lying fallen on the ground, rendered futile by the foe of the gods' enemies, > that enemy of the gods struck Kuṇḍodara with a spear, as Guha struck the lord of mountains, Krauñca, with his spear. > From the chest of the lord of Gaṇas, Bāṇa's spear drank blood, > as the wife of the thunderbolt-bearer drinks sweet, fragrant nectar brought by Śakra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.14.26\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.26_95) - [Next: 7.14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.33) - [Up: 7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.14.26_96) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.26_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.26_96) · Pramāṇa