Skandapurana 7.14.49_157

7.14.49_157

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karajāgrapratudanai15rgalagrahaṇanigrahaiḥ .
siṃhanādaiḥ savāditrairvṛkṣaśailaśilopalaiḥ . . 17. .
śaṃkukarṇo gaṇādhyakṣaḥ sa ca vṛtro16 danossutaḥ .
jaghnatustāvathānyonyamanyonyasyāntaraiṣiṇau17 . . 1 8..
śaṃkukarṇena vṛtrastu18 dṛḍhamūla iva drumaḥ .
hastāvabandhanotkṣiptaḥ19 sahasā pātitaḥ kṣitau . . 1 9. .
tato20gaṇeśvarabale dānavānāṃ tathā bale21 .
sādhuśabdo babhūvoccairvṛtre22 tu vinipātite . . 8.140.20 . .
muṣṭinā tamathāhatya vṛtraṃ bhuvi nipātya23 ca .
śaṃkukarṇo hyapakrānto dehājjīva ivāśugaḥ . . 21 . .
vṛtrastu24 sumahāvīryo muṣṭitāḍanavihvalaḥ25 .
indraketurivottasthau dudrāva ca gaṇeśvaram .. 22 .

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with jabs from the tips of their claws and seizing each other by the throat, / with lion-roars, accompanied by instruments, with trees, rocks, and boulders, / Śaṅkukarṇa the leader of the gaṇas and Vṛtra the son of Danu / struck each other, seeking an opening against one another. / But Vṛtra, like a deep-rooted tree, / seized by Śaṅkukarṇa's hands, was suddenly thrown down onto the ground. / Then, in the army of the lords of gaṇas and likewise in the army of the Dānavas, / loud cries of "Well done!" arose when Vṛtra was struck down. / Having struck Vṛtra with his fist and hurled him to the earth, / Śaṅkukarṇa stepped back quickly, like the soul from the body. / But Vṛtra, endowed with immense valor, though agitated by the punch, / rose up like Indra's banner and charged at the lord of the gaṇas.