Skandapurana 7.14.8_69

7.14.8_69

bheryo dundubhayaścāpi mṛdaṅgāḥ kiṃkharānakāḥ .
ubhayatra bale gāḍhaṃ prāvādyanta 10 sahasraśaḥ .9..
tataḥ suragaṇairnādāḥ saha gandharvacāraṇaiḥ .
kṛtāstūryaravaṃ śrutvā pramathāsurasainyayoḥ ..8.133.10..
balayostūryaśabdena devasiṃharaveṇa11 ca .
mandare ruruvurghoraṃ siṃhaśārdūlakuñjarāḥ ..11..
tūryārasitabdena tena temitavikramāḥ12 .. 2 ..
abhindantaḥ svakaṃ vyūhaṃ yuyudhuḥ pramathāsurāḥ ..12..
prathame sannipāte tu13 teṣāṃ yuddhe kṛtātmanām14 .
abhavad dāruṇo rāvo hastināmiva garjatām15 ..13..
devāsurāḥ karasthaistu āyudhaiste16 sahasraśaḥ .
viśeṣayanti yuddhe sma17 parasparajighāṃsavaḥ ..14..
tacchūlavajropalavṛkṣabāṇa18 dṛḍhaprahārātiśayātiharṣam .
vivardhate pāriṣadāsurāṇāṃ yuddhaṃ yugaṃ tiṣyamivātighoram19 ..15..
iti skandapurāṇe gaṇayuddhe trayastriṃśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ20 .
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pu -gha. .
2 sīmīyatu - ka. . 3 mahānādau - ka. .. 4 vātodvṛttau - kha. .. 5 taradhvamiti - ka. .. 6 procya (?) . 8 mahotsavama - ka., yuddhotsavaṃ mahata. - ka. .. 9 panuvā (?) - ka. .. 10 pravādyanta - ka. kha. . 11 śaṃkharaveṇa -gha. . 12 fstamitavikramā: - gha. .. 13 pramatha (prathamaḥ) sannipātastu - ka. .. 14 yuddhoddha - (dya) – kha. 15 garjitam - kha. .. 16 svāyudhaiste - kha., ...śva - gha. .. 17 yuddhe ... - ka. kha., 18 bāṇaṃ - kha., bāṇair (?) . 19 yugāntavyatipātaghoram (?) . 20 183 - kha. .

kettle-drums, dundubhis, mṛdaṅgas, and kiṃkhara drums / were loudly sounded by thousands in both armies. / Then the hosts of gods, together with gandharvas and cāraṇas, / hearing the blast of musical instruments in the pramatha and asura armies, raised loud shouts. / By the sound of instruments from both armies and the roar of celestial lions, / lions, tigers, and elephants howled terribly on Mount Mandara. / With their prowess aroused by the rumbling sound of musical instruments, / the pramathas and asuras fought without breaking their own ranks. / At the first collision of those high-minded warriors in battle, / there was a dreadful roar like the trumpeting of elephants. / The gods and asuras, desirous of slaying each other, / excelled in the battle by means of weapons in their hands by the thousands. / With exceeding joy born of strong, excessive blows of spears, thunderbolts, stones, trees, and arrows, / the fight between the attendants and the asuras grew terribly dreadful, like the Tiṣya age. / Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-third chapter in the Skandapurāṇa, on the battle of the Gaṇas. / [Critical apparatus]