Skandapurana 7.14.49_137
Skandapurāṇa 7.14.49_137
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7.14.49_137
vajreṇa vajrī sa tu tā54ñcharaughān śailaḥ payodhāniva55 sannivārya .
kujambhamuddiśya mumoca vajraṃ nanāda coccernabhasīva meghaḥ ..36.. tadvisphuliṅgodgataghorarūpaṃ samāhatārāvavimuktarāvam .
vajraṃ pradhāvatyasuraṃ nihantuṃ gireiṃ yathā devatarājavajram .37..
tadvatsadantaiḥ suvipāṭavastaiḥ56 samīpagairdigdhavikarṇṇibhiśca57 .
jaghāna vajraṃ śatadhā58 kujambhaḥ saṃvarttakāgniṃ samayeva59 meghaḥ ..38..
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37 medomāṃsāsragāpūrṇaṃ - gha. .. 38 śādvalasaṃkulama - gha. .. 39 nirīkṣaṇīya - ka. .. 40 tiṣṭha tvareṇāsurarājaśatro - gha .. 41 ... kalpaḥ - ka. .. 42 śakrendravāyu - ka. .. 43 vegān - kha., putra - gha. . 44 tathā - ka .. 45 putro - ka. kha . 46 dhaneśaT: - ka .. 47 ... nnāhaṃ - ka. ! 48 adyāha (ve) - kha . 49 navātrā - gha. ! 50 vikṛtaṃ - gha .. 51 ... rājameghaṃ - ka. . 52 pracchādayan - ka. kha. . 53 dīpamukhaṃ - kha. .. 54 vajrīśahatā - gha. .. 55 payodāniva - kha. .. 56 savipāṭavastai: - kha . 57 .. deirga(vīrgha?)... - ka. .. 58 sa tadā - gha .. 59 sa yathaiva - gha. .
Holding the thunderbolt, he warded off that flood of arrows as a mountain wards off rain clouds, / and hurled the thunderbolt at Kujambha, roaring loudly like a cloud in the sky.
Its terrifying form blazing forth with sparks, letting loose a roar like a clash of thunder, / the thunderbolt rushed forward to slay the asura, like the thunderbolt of the king of gods rushing at a mountain.
Likewise, with his well-pointed, fanged [arrows] close at hand, smeared [with poison] and barbed, / Kujambha struck the thunderbolt a hundredfold, as a cloud extinguishes the cosmic fire.
[Footnotes: 37 ... 59]
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