[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 # Skandapurana 7.14 Skandapurāṇa 7.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.14.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p1) pūrvavartī pṛṣṭhaḥ(adhyāyāḥ 121 - 130) | āgāmī pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 141 - 150) > Previous page (Chapters 121–130) | Next page (Chapters 141–150) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p2) sanatkumāra uvāca athāpaśyattadāyātān bhagavān gaṇanāyakān . svairanīkaissubahuśaḥ sannaddhān yuddhalālasān ..1 .. diṇḍiñca bhārabhūtiñca somaśarmāṇameva ca . karikaṃ meghanādaṃ ca udaremaṇimeva ca . .2 . . āsattiṃ dhūtapāpaṃ ca candramaulinameva ca . ādityamālaṃ vikrāntaṃ sukeśaṃ ca mahābalam . .3 .. tālaketuṃ jvarañcaiva daṇḍapāṇinamūrjitam . etāṃścānyāṃśca vikhyātān guhyām̐śca gaṇanāyakān ..4.. mahāgaṇapatiñcaiva khoṭhāmudgarameva ca . saṃpūjya bhagavān sarvān prasādya1 ca punaḥ punaḥ . .5.. ------------------------------------------------------ > Sanatkumāra said: / Then the Lord saw the leaders of the gaṇas who had arrived, / fully equipped with their own numerous forces, eager for battle: / Diṇḍin, Bhārabhūti, and Somaśarman, / Karika, Meghanāda, and Udaremaṇi, / Āsatti, Dhūtapāpa, and Candramaulin, / the valorous Ādityamāla, and Sukeśa of great might, / Tālaketu, Jvara, and mighty Daṇḍapāṇi, / these and other renowned and hidden leaders of the gaṇas, / and Mahāgaṇapati, and Khoṭhāmudgara. / Having honored them all and gratified them again and again, / \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p3) 59... mīśvaraṃ - ka. kha. . 60 viprahāyānyakāryāṇi - ka. . 61 mudyatān - ka. . 1 prasahya (?) ka., saṃbhāṣya - gha. . 724 uvāca meghanirhrādaḥ śatadundubhinisvanaḥ . dānavaiḥ saha yūyaṃ me yoddhumarhatha sattamāḥ . . 6 . . yūyameva gaṇādhyakṣāḥ paryāptāstānprabādhane . tasmādyūyaṃ mahāsatvāḥ sagaṇāḥ sapadānugāḥ . gacchadhvaṃ saṃvināśāya pūjitosmi mahābalāḥ . .7. . > \[…\] / he spoke with a voice rumbling like a cloud, resounding like a hundred kettledrums: / "You, O best of beings, are fit to fight with the Dānavas for me. / You alone, leaders of the gaṇas, are sufficient to oppress them. / Therefore, O beings of great vigor, along with your hosts and your followers, / march forth for their destruction; I am pleased \[with you\], O beings of great might!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p4) ta evamuktā devena praṇamya śirasā haram . viprajagmurmahātmāno devopi saṃpratiṣṭhata2 . . 8 .. tataḥ samabhavacchabda udadheriva bhidyataḥ . andhakāsurasainyasya mandaraṃ samupeyuṣaḥ . . 9. . niśamya dānavārāvaṃ śrotrāyāsakaraṃ bhṛśam . pramathā3 rurudhurghoraṃ4 yugānte jaladā iva . . 8.131.10 . . tāvanyonyabaloddhūtāvabhūtāṃ5 sainyasāgarau . pralayānta ivoddhūtau bhidyamānau mahārṇavau .. 11 .. > Thus addressed by the God, bowing with their heads to Hara, / the great-souled ones departed, and the God also set forth. / Then a roar arose like an ocean being cleft open, / as the army of the asura Andhaka approached Mandara. / Hearing the roar of the Dānavas, which intensely strained the ears, / the Pramathas roared dreadfully like clouds at the end of an age. / Those two oceanic armies, stirred up by each other's might, / became like two great oceans stirred and cleft open at the end of dissolution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p5) devadeva uvāca juhudhyarivināśāya6 brahmannasmajjayāya ca . tvaṃ cāpi nandin rakṣasva sarvairetairgaṇairvṛtaḥ . . 1 2. . ākāśasthāśca ye hyete nadantyambumuco yathā . ākāśagāneva ripūnete bādhantu7 dānavān . . 13 . . sanatkumāra uvāca ityuktau tau prārabhetāṃ8 kartuṃ bhagavato vacaḥ9 . bṛhaspatirjuhāvāgniṃ nandī cāpi rarakṣa10 tam11 . . 14. . > The God of gods said: / "Offer oblations for the destruction of the enemies, O priest, and for our victory! / And you too, Nandin, preserve \[him\], surrounded by all these gaṇas! / And those who stand in the sky roaring like clouds, / let them strike down these Dānavas, enemies who move in the sky!" / Sanatkumāra said: / Thus addressed, the two began to carry out the Lord's command; / Bṛhaspati offered oblations into the fire, and Nandin guarded him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p6) vyāyacchadbhirmahadbhiśca pramathairmandaro giriḥ . viprasthita ivābhāti srastakuñjarakesariḥ . . 1 5. . tatondhakabala dṛptaṃ dṛṣṭvā siṃhabalaṃ yathā . ārohamāṇaṃ tattūrṇaṃ cālayattamivācalam12 . . 1 6. . -------------------------------------------------------------- 2 samatiṣṭhata - ka. . 3 prathamā - kha, . 8 ruruvurghāraṃ ( ?) . 5 bhavatu - ka., babhatuḥ - kha . 6 juhvata .- rivināśāya - ka., juhvato... - kha. . 7 dhāvantu - yvra. . 8 prārabhete - ka.,. taṃ - kha. . 9 ityuktosau cakārāśu tattatkarma vicārya ca - gha. . 10 rarakṣi - kha . 11 tām - ka., saḥ - gha . 12 cālayanta- mivācalam - ka. kha. . > With the mighty Pramathas struggling, Mount Mandara / appeared as if setting out, its elephants and lions shaken loose. / Then, seeing the haughty army of Andhaka climbing swiftly / like an army of lions, they shook it as if it were a mountain. / \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p7) 725 tato halahalāśabdaḥ pramathānāmajāyata . daityān vārayatāṃ yuddhaṃ tarupāṣāṇasāyakaiḥ . .17.. > Then a tumult of halahalā cries arose from the Pramathas / who checked the Daityas in battle with arrows of trees and stones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p8) dānavā vāryamāṇāstu pramathairjitakāśibhiḥ . vidārya pramathānīkaṃ śīghramāruruhustadā . . 18.. > The Dānavas, though checked by the Pramathas who seemed victorious, / broke through the Pramatha army and then quickly climbed up. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p9) pramathā hyapi nissaṅgaṃ13 yoddhavyamiti niścitāḥ . cicchidurbibhiduścaiva paphaluśca suretarān14 . . 1 9. . gṛhṇīṣva15 muñca tiṣṭheti sthitastvaṃ kiṃ kariṣyasi . evaṃ vācaḥ samuttasthuḥ pramathāsurasainyayoḥ . .8.131.2 0 . . samūlāgraistaruvaraiḥ16 parvataiśca sapādapaiḥ . anyonyaṃ cūrṇayanti sma nirghṛṇāḥ pramathāsurāḥ ..21 .. > The Pramathas, having resolved that battle must be fought without attachment, / slashed, pierced, and split the enemies of the gods. / "Seize! Release! Stand! What will you do standing there?"— / thus words arose between the armies of Pramathas and asuras. / With excellent trees, roots and all, and with mountains complete with trees, / the merciless Pramathas and asuras crushed one another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p10) tato dākṣāyaṇīputrairdakṣādhvaravināśanāḥ . parāṅmukhā na śakitāḥ kartuṃ bhaktyaparāṅmukhāḥ17 sanatkumāra uvāca arohaṇecalāgrasya18 aśaktān nirjitān ripūn . devopalabhya pramathānavārayadaśeṣataḥ . . 23 . . devadeva uvāca ārohantu danoḥ putrā19 mandaraṃ cārukandarama . krīḍārthaṃ mama yudhyadhvamebhissaha gaṇādhipāḥ . . 24. . dadṛśuranekacārukuñjasthitamṛgarājavimuktabhīmanādam . prasṛtagajakulābhighātarugṇa20 kṣitiruhapuṣpasamācitapradeśam bhujagapatiśiromaṇipradīpapratihatacāruśilāgṛhāndhakāram . śiśiravimalanirjharāmbuvegasphuṭitamahopalajāladṛṣṭarandhram . .26.. > Then, by the sons of Dākṣāyaṇī, the destroyers of Dakṣa's sacrifice, / unwavering in their devotion, could not be turned back. / Sanatkumāra said: / Perceiving that the enemies, defeated, were unable / to climb the summit of the mountain, the God restrained the Pramathas completely. / The God of gods said: / "Let the sons of Danu climb Mandara with its lovely caves. / For my sport, O lords of the gaṇas, fight together with them!" / They saw \[the mountain\] where a terrible roar was uttered by the king of beasts standing in many lovely bowers, / whose ground was strewn with the flowers of trees broken by the charges of herds of roaming elephants, / where the darkness of lovely rock caverns was dispelled by the lamps of the crest jewels of serpent kings, / and whose clefts were seen among networks of great rocks split by the speed of cool, clear torrent water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p11) kvacidabhinavatāmrapallavāgrapratihatabāladivākarāśujālam . kvacidamaravilāsinīmukhendupraviracitasphuṭacārupatralekham21 . . 27. . ------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 sannaddhaḥ - - kha. . 14 paretarāṭ - ka. . 15 gṛhṇīṣva - ka. kha. . 16 samūlāgraistaruvaraiḥ - ka. . 17 bhakta parāṅmukhāḥ ka . 18 vanāgrasya - gha . 19 ārohata yadākāmaṃ - gha . 20 bhugna (?) . 21 citralekham - kha. . > where in some places the rays of the morning sun were blocked by the tips of fresh copper-colored sprouts; / where in some places distinct, beautiful leaf-patterns were drawn on the moon-like faces of celestial beauties; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p12) 726 kvacidanilavidhūtacārupuṣpastabakavicitritakānanapradeśam . sphaṭikamaṇiśilā22 talopaviṣṭasthitakapiyūthavilokitātmadeham ..28.. surayuvatiniketabarhikekāśravaṇasukhapratibuddhasiddhasārtham . kamaladalarajaḥsugandhitoyasthitakalahaṃsakalapralāparamyam . .29. . dinakarakarataptasūryakānta23 pravigalitāgnivilīnahemadhātum . kvacidabhi24 patitāṃśucandrakānta25 pravisṛtaśailanadīvikīrṇatoyam . .8.131.3 0 .. varaharikaravajrasannipātasphuṭitamahāgajakumbha26 mauktikaughaiḥ27 . sitakusumacayairiva prakīrṇaiḥ kvacidupaśobhitavistṛtopakaṇṭham . . 31 . . pramuditagaṇabhairavāṭṭahāsaprasṛtamahāravapūritāntarālam . > 726 / where in some places the forest tracts were adorned with clusters of lovely flowers shaken by the wind; / where troops of monkeys sitting on slabs of crystal stones gazed at their own bodies; / where hosts of Siddhas were awakened to the pleasant sound of the calls of peacocks residing near the young celestial women; / charming with the soft chirping of Kalahaṃsa swans staying in water fragrant with the pollen of lotus petals; / where the gold mineral was melted by fire that poured forth from sunstones heated by the rays of the sun; / where the waters of mountain streams flowed and scattered, issuing from moonstones struck by fallen moonbeams; / with its broad slopes adorned in some places with pearl-heaps from the shattered frontal globes of great elephants, broken by the thunderbolt-blows of the paws of great lions, as if scattered with heaps of white flowers; / with its interior filled with a loud roar emanating from the terrifying boisterous laughter of the joyful Gaṇas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p13) tarugahanalatāgṛhāntalīnapramuditasiddhavadhūpranṛttaramyam . . 3 2. . bahukaṭakavicārimattanāgaṃ28 bahumṛgaśāva29 nipītanirjharāmbum30 . bahuviṣamataṭaprapātakuñjaṃ31 bahuvidhagulmalatāvatānavṛkṣam ..34.. marakatamaṇipadmarāgaśṛṅgadyutiśabalīkṛtapādapādapāgryam . alikulakalakokilāvinādapracuravināditacārukānanāntam ..34. . yasmin32 sadā pramuditā jitamṛtyuśokā gorocanāñjanaśilālanidhānasiddhāḥ . siddhāḥ sadā pramuditā vanitāsahāyā33 > delightful with the dancing of joyful Siddha wives hidden within the arbor-interiors of thick trees and creepers; / where rutting elephants roamed along many ridges, and the water of waterfalls was drunk by many fawns; / with many rugged slopes, precipices, and bowers, and various kinds of shrubs, creepers, canopies, and trees; / where the summits of trees were variegated with the luster of emeralds and ruby peaks; / with its lovely woodland depths resounding abundantly with the chirping of cuckoos and the buzzing of swarms of bees; / where, ever rejoicing, having overcome death and grief, / accomplished in the treasures of gorocanā, añjana, and śilājatu, / the Siddhas, ever joyous with their women companions, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p14) stiṣṭhanti candrakiraṇopamacāruhārāḥ .. 35. . vidyādharāḥ34 priyatamāvinibaddharāgāḥ pīneṣu tuṅgataṭavatsu payodhareṣu . dhātūtkarairharitaraktapiśaṅgavarṇai- ryatrālikhanti35 vividhān kusumāvataṃsān . . 3 6. . yasmina sadā suratakheditagātrayaṣṭayaḥ kāntāgrahastaviniveśitahastapadmāḥ . sevanti nirjharajalapraṇayātiśīta36 > abide wearing beautiful necklaces resembling rays of the moon; / where Vidyādharas, bound in love to their beloveds, / on their plump, elevated breasts resembling high slopes, / paint various floral ornaments / with heaps of minerals of green, red, and yellowish hues; / where apsarases, their slender bodies ever wearied by sexual union, / their lotus-hands placed in the fore-hands of their lovers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p15) mabhyāgataṃ37 pavanamapsarasotihṛṣṭāḥ38 .. 37 .. ------------------------------------------------------------- 22 śikhā - ka . 23. tāpasūryakānta - ka. kha . 24. dara - ka kha. . 25 candrakānti - ka. . 26 gaṇḍa (?) . 27 muktikaugham - kha., mauktikaughā - kha. . 28 vicāritamattanāgaṃ - kha . 29 sārtha - kha. . 30 nirjharodam - (?) . 31 kūjad - kha. . 32 tasmin - ka . 33 vinitāsahāyāḥ - ka. . 34 vidyādharā - ka. kha. . 35 kiranti - ka. . 36 gīta - kha . 37 manyāgataṃ - kha. . 38... dhihṛṣṭāḥ - kha. . > greatly delighted, enjoy the arriving breeze / exceedingly cool from its contact with the water of the mountain torrents; / ------------------------------------------------------------- > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p16) 727 nūpurarāvavibodhitahaṃsaṃ hasatanūruhaghaṭṭitapadmam . padmarajoruṇitāmalatoyaṃ toyapariṣkṛtakāñcanaśṛṅgama . . 38.. > 727 / where swans were awakened by the tinkling of anklets; where lotuses were brushed by the swan-feathers; / where the pure water was reddened by lotus pollen; where the golden peaks were adorned by the water; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p17) śṛṅgasamutthitacandanavṛkṣaṃ39 vṛkṣasamāsthitakokilavṛndam . vṛndavimuktagajendraninādaṃ nādabhayākulitarkṣatarakṣum40 . .39.. > where sandalwood trees rose upon the peaks; where flocks of cuckoos perched upon the trees; / where trumpeting was uttered by herds of great elephants; where bears and hyenas were frightened by that roar; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p18) ṛkṣatarakṣunilīnanikuñjaṃ kuñjaguhāmukhanirgatasiṃham . siṃhavidāritanaikapakumbhaṃ kumbhavinirgatamauktikaratnam . .8.131.40. . ratnamayūkhavibhāsitapṛṣṭhaṃ pṛṣṭhasamāsthitaśaṅkarapādama41 . pādasamutthitapādapaṣaṇḍaṃ42 ṣaṇḍalatākusumotkaramārgam . .41 .. > where bears and hyenas lurked in bowers; where lions emerged from the mouths of cave-bowers; / where the frontal lobes of elephants were torn by lions; where pearls and jewels came forth from the frontal lobes; / where the ridges were illuminated by the rays of the gems; where the feet of Śaṅkara rested upon the ridges; / where groves of trees grew from the foot \[of the mountain\]; where pathways were covered with masses of flowers from clusters of creepers; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p19) mārgamārgamaṇitoraṇacitraṃ citracitramaṇitoraṇapaṭṭam . paṭṭapaṭṭaviniveśitapuṣpaṃ puṣpapuṣpaparicumbitabhṛṅgam . .42 . . nānādhātuvicitranitambaṃ nānāpuṣpalatāgṛharamyam . nānāmattavihaṅgamaghuṣṭaṃ nānāśṛṅgasamāsthitasiddham43 ..43 .. > where every path was adorned with gemmed archways; where the lintels of the archways were fashioned of diverse precious stones; / where flowers were arranged upon every lintel; where every flower was kissed by bees; / whose slopes were variegated with various minerals; charming with diverse flower-bower dwellings; / resounding with the cries of diverse intoxicated birds; with Siddhas dwelling on its diverse peaks; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p20) tanmandaraṃ vividhacāraṇasiddhasaṃghai44 ramyaṃ svayaṃ trinayanena kṛtādhivāsam . daityāstadā bhagavatānumatapraveśāḥ sarve samāruruhurātma(?) jayaiṣiṇaste45 . .44.. > That Mount Mandara, delightful with various assemblies of Cāraṇas and Siddhas, where the Three-eyed Lord himself had made his dwelling— / all those Daityas, granted entrance by the Lord and desiring victory for themselves, then climbed it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p21) tato visṛṣṭāḥ pramathairārohanta diteḥ sutāḥ . manvānāḥ pramathā bhītā nivṛttā iti satvaram ..45. . mandarasya tataḥ pṛṣṭhe nānādrumasamākule . baddhaskandhāḥ46 sthitā daityā ādityasadṛśaprabhāḥ . .46.. > Then, being let through by the Pramathas, the sons of Diti climbed up, / thinking that the Pramathas, terrified, had quickly retreated. / Then on the top of Mandara, thick with various trees, / the Daityas stood, massed together, possessing the radiance of the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p22) sa mandaro bhīmaśilopaladrumo vivṛddhaśārdūlatarakṣuvāraṇaḥ . mahāsurairdarpitavājivāraṇairvikīryate megha ivānilai47rbhṛśam48 . .47.. > Mount Mandara, with its terrible rocks, stones, and trees, its grown tigers, hyenas, and elephants, / was violently overwhelmed by the great Asuras with their proud steeds and elephants, like a cloud by the winds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p23) kṣipanti śubhrābhranibhāḥ śilāḥ kvacit tarūnsamutpāṭya nadanti meghavat . nivāryamāṇāḥ pramathān49 samārdayan vaneṣu siṃhā mṛgayūthapāniva ..48.. > In some places they hurled stones resembling white clouds; tearing up trees, they roared like clouds; / when opposed, they crushed the Pramathas, as lions \[crush\] the leaders of herds of deer in the forests. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p24) tatastu tad gajarathavājidānavaiḥ samāvṛtaṃ kṣubhitamahodadhiprabham . virājate ditisutabāhupālitaṃ vanaṃ yathā mṛgapatibāhupālitam ..49. . iti skandapurāṇe andhakayuddhopakrame mandaravarṇanaṃ nāma ekatriṃśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 - samucchritacandanavṛkṣaṃ (?) . 40. .kulamṛkṣatarakṣum - ka . 41 samarpitaśaṅkarapādam - kha. . 42 samucchrita- -pādapaṣaṇḍaṃ (?) . 43 samāśritasiddham (?) . 44 siddhasaṃghaṃ - kha. . 45 śatrujayaiṣiṇaste - ka. kha. . 46 baddhaskandhā - ka. kha. . 47 ivānalai - ka. kha. . 48. rvṛtam - ka. . 49 pramathāḥ - ka. kha. . > Then, covered with the elephants, chariots, horses, and Dānavas, \[the mountain\] resembled an agitated great ocean; / protected by the arms of the sons of Diti, it shone like a forest protected by the paws of the lord of beasts. / Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-first chapter, entitled “Description of Mandara at the Outset of the War with Andhaka,” in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p25) 728 sanatkumāra uvāca mandaraprasthamāsādya sondhako dānavādhipaḥ . prāñjaliḥ śukramāhedaṃ śakrārkasadṛśadyutim1 .. 1 . . andhaka uvāca prāptāḥ sma bhagavañchailaṃ2 mandaraṃ cārukandaram . pramathairbhīmasaṃkāśaiḥ sanniruddhaśilātalam . . 2 . . khecarā māyinaścaiva yoginaśca mahābalāḥ . prasabhaṃ dānavairjetuṃ3 na śakyā gaṇanāyakāḥ . .3 .. > Sanatkumāra said: > Reaching the slopes of Mandara, Andhaka, the lord of the Dānavas, > with folded hands addressed Śukra, who possessed splendour like Indra and the sun: // 1 > Andhaka said: > "O Lord, we have reached Mount Mandara with its lovely caves, > whose rocky surfaces are barred by frightful Pramathas. // 2 > Moving through the air, masters of illusion, and yogins of great might, > these leaders of the gaṇas cannot be overcome by the Dānavas by brute force alone. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p26) prāyeṇa balavantopi hyupāyenaiva sādhavaḥ . kāryeṣvādau pravartante paścāttu viparītavat4 . .4. . tadupāyaṃ5 samāsthāya viśeṣeṇa samāhitāḥ . pramathān saṃprabādhāma yathā vā rucitaṃ tava6 ..5.. > Usually, even powerful good men proceed in their undertakings > first by means of strategy, and only later otherwise. // 4 > Therefore, resorting to a strategy, particularly focused, > let us harass the Pramathas, or whatever pleases you. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p27) sa tvamasmajjayaprepsurdānavānāṃ jayāya ca . kuru deva girivyūhaṃ paravyūhavidāraṇam7 .. 6. . ke ceme sūryakoṭīnāṃ prabhāvarṇavapurdharāḥ . pramathānīkamadhyeṣu sthitāḥ paśyanti māṃ muhuḥ ..7. . sanatkumāra uvāca tatondhakavacaḥ śrutvā kruddho daityapurohitaḥ . uvāca daityādhipatiṃ gopatiṃ darśayanniva . .8. . śukra uvāca ya eṣa madhupiṅgākṣastryambakaścandrabhūṣaṇaḥ . vyāghracarmāmbaradharo deva eṣa pinākadhṛk . .9.. > Desiring our victory and for the triumph of the Dānavas, > O divine one, form the mountain array that cleaves the enemy array. // 6 > And who are these beings bearing the radiance, colour, and form of ten million suns, > who stand amidst the ranks of the Pramathas and gaze repeatedly at me?" // 7 > Sanatkumāra said: > Then, hearing Andhaka's words, the priest of the Daityas became angry, > and spoke to the lord of the Daityas, as though pointing out Śiva, lord of the bull: // 8 > Śukra said: > "He who has tawny eyes like honey, three eyes, and the moon as an ornament, > wearing a tiger-skin garment, is the god holding the Pināka bow. // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p28) yastveṣa kapisiṃhāsyo nīlavastraścaturbhujaḥ . taruṇārkasamo bhāti nandyeṣa gaṇanāyakaḥ .. 8.132.10 . . tanuruccognisaṃkāśo ya eṣognirivojjvalaḥ . brāhmaṇādhipatirhyeṣa8 bṛhadbuddhirbṛhaspatiḥ . .1 1 . . ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sahasrārkasamadyutim - gha . 2 te prāptāḥ sma vayaṃ śailaṃ - gha. . 3 prasabhairdānavairjetuṃ - ka. . 4 tato vijaya- māpnuyuḥ gha. . 5 tamupāyaṃ - ka. kha. . 6 vacaḥ - kha. . 7 vidhāraṇam (?) . 8... patiryeṣa - ka. kha. . > The one with the face of a monkey and a lion, clad in blue robes, having four arms, > shining like the morning sun, is Nandin, leader of the gaṇas. // 10 > He who is slender, tall, resembling fire, and blazing like a flame, > is indeed Bṛhaspati of vast intellect, the lord of brahmins. // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p29) 729 ya eṣa nātidūrastho vṛṣaketostriśūladhṛk . eṣondhaka mahākāyo mahāgaṇapatirvaraḥ . . 12 .. > He who stands not far off from the bull-bannered god, holding a trident, > he, O Andhaka, is the immense-bodied Mahāgaṇapati, the foremost. // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p30) yaiṣa9 āsthāya kūjantaṃ bhāti citrakalāpinam . mayūraṃ bālasūryābhaḥ śaktipāṇirmahābalaḥ . . 13 . . brahmaṇyo brahmanirato brahmacārī yatavrataḥ . skanda eṣa10 hi devānāmagraṇīrdānavā raṇe11 . . 14. . ya eṣa tāmracūḍasthastāmracūḍaśilāprabhaḥ12 . śaktimullolayan13 bhāti14 toyadastaḍitaṃ yathā . . 15 . . kākapakṣadharo hyeṣa pūrṇacandranibhānanaḥ . viśākho nāma kaumāraḥ15 kaumārabrahmacaryavān .. 1 6.. > He who, having mounted a calling peacock with variegated plumage, > shines with the radiance of the morning sun, holding a spear in his hand, of great might, // 13 > beneficent to brahmins, devoted to the sacred knowledge, a celibate observing his vows— > this is Skanda, the leader of the gods, O Dānavas, in battle. // 14 > He who stands on a red-crested rooster, radiant like a red-crested mountain stone, > brandishing a spear, shines like a raincloud \[brandishing\] lightning, // 15 > this one wearing youthful sidelocks, with a face resembling the full moon, > is named Viśākha, a youth observant of youthful celibacy. // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p31) taruṇastaruṇaprajñastaruḥ śākhāyuto yathā . svāhāyāstanayo hyeṣa śākho nāma16 mahādyutiḥ . . 17. . etasya yo hyasau pārśvaṃ17 savyamāvṛtya18 tiṣṭhati . darśayānaḥ pradeśinyā māñca tvāñca punaḥpunaḥ . . 1 8. . meṣamāsthāya balavān bāla19 eva20 vyavasthitaḥ . naigameṣa iti khyāta eṣondhaka harātmajaḥ21 .. . 19 .. > Youthful, possessed of fresh intelligence, like a tree endowed with branches, > this son of Svāhā, endowed with great splendour, is named Śākha. // 17 > And the one who stands flanking his right side, > repeatedly pointing his forefinger at me and at you, // 18 > mounted on a ram, a mighty child standing firm— > he is known as Naigameṣa, O Andhaka, the son of Hara. // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p32) caturbhireṣa putraistu dṛśyatesurahā vṛtaḥ . devaiścaturbhiḥ saṃpṛkto yathaiva hi pitāmahaḥ . 8.132.20 . . devamīśaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ nandisūnupurassaram22 . vyatiyudhyā23 suraśreṣṭha manmantraparipālitaḥ24 . .2 1 . . pramathairnihatān daityān śataśotha sahasraśaḥ . ahamutthāpayiṣyāmi śasyāni jalado yathā . .22 . . ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 ya eṣā - -ka, ya eṣo. - kha . 10 eṣo - ka. kha . 11 dānavānṛṇe - ka kha., dānavādhipa. - gha. . 12 cūrṇaśilāprabhaḥ - ka., cūḍānakhi... - gha. . 13 mullālayan - ka.,... mullāpayan - gha. muttolayan (?) . 14 yāti - gha. . 15 gaṇapaḥ - gha. . 16 viśākhopi - gha. . 17 pārśve - ka . 18 samāśritya ca - gha. . 19 bala - kha. . 20 evaṃ (?) . 21 mahātmajaḥ - ka . 22 purandaram - ka . 23 vidhiyukta - ka. . 24... samantraparipālitaḥ - ka. kha. . > Surrounded by these four sons, the slayer of asuras is seen, > just as the Grandfather is joined by the four gods. // 20 > Fight against that lord, the divine wielder of the great bow, preceded by Nandi's son, > O best of asuras, protected by my mantras. // 21 > The Daityas slain by hundreds and thousands by the Pramathas, > I shall revive, just as a cloud revives crops." // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p33) 730 sanatkumāra uvāca taṃ25 bhārgava iti procya dānavān26 dānavādhipam . girivyūhena tatsainyaṃ prākramad vyūhituṃ tataḥ ..23.. > Sanatkumāra said: > Having spoken thus to the Dānava lord and the Dānavas, the descendant of Bhṛgu > then began to marshal that army into the mountain array. // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p34) mūlendhakarathaṃ kṛtvā sāndhakaṃ sāśvasārathim . pādātai27rbahusāhasraiḥ pādān tasya cakāra ha ..24.. > Having placed Andhaka's chariot at the base, along with Andhaka, his horses, and his charioteer, > he made its foothills out of many thousands of foot soldiers. // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p35) teṣu pādasahasreṣu girivyūhasya dānavaiḥ . vṛkṣaśailaśilāsaṃghān kārayamāsa bhārgavaḥ ..25.. > Along those thousands of feet of the mountain array, the descendant of Bhṛgu > had heaps of trees, rocks, and boulders made by the Dānavas. // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p36) koṭibhirdaśabhistasya dānavānāṃ mahātmanām . nitambām̐stāmranayanān pracakāra graheśvaraḥ ..26.. > With a hundred million of those high-souled Dānavas > with copper-coloured eyes, the lord of planets fashioned its slopes. // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p37) dhātuniṣyandacitreṣu28 nitambeṣvapi dānavān . tṛṇavat kṣupavaccāpi sthāpayāmāsa bhārgavaḥ ..27.. > Upon the slopes variegated by mineral streams, the descendant of Bhṛgu > stationed Dānavas like grass and shrubs. // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p38) triṃśatā koṭibhiścāpi tridaśādhipavidviṣām29 . girivyūhasya śṛṅgāṇi cakārārkasamaprabhaḥ30 ..28.. > And with three hundred million of those enemies of the lord of the thirty gods, > he whose radiance equalled the sun fashioned the peaks of the mountain array. // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p39) teṣu śṛṅgeṣu tuṅgeṣu dānavānsāyudhānatha . amī prapātā ityevamācakhyau31 bhṛgunandanaḥ ..29.. > On those lofty peaks, the delight of the Bhṛgus designated > those armed Dānavas, saying: "These are the precipices." // 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p40) te prapātasthitā daityā nīlāmbudharavarcasaḥ . śastratoyāni muditāḥ kṣaranta iva saṃsthitāḥ ..8.132.30 .. > Those Daityas stationed on the precipices, possessing the splendour of dark clouds, > stood joyfully as though shedding streams of weapon-water. // 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p41) balasthā ye javopetā daityā daivatakaṇṭakāḥ32 . śyenavatte bhramitvā tu nilīnāḥ33 syurgirivraje34 ..31.. > Those Daityas stationed in the ranks, endowed with swiftness, the thorns of the gods, > after circling like hawks, would lie concealed in the mountain passes. // 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p42) nivātakavacān sarvān vividhāyudhadhāriṇaḥ35 . akarod bhārgavo devo girivyūhasya sānuvat36 ..32. . prahrādamatha saṃhrādamanuhrādaṃ śiniṃ tathā . jambhaṃ kujambhaṃ tārañca mayaṃ namucimeva ca ..33.. > All the Nivātakavacas, bearing diverse weapons, > the divine descendant of Bhṛgu placed like the tablelands of the mountain array. // 32 > Then Prahrāda, Saṃhrāda, Anuhrāda, and Śini, > Jambha, Kujambha, Tāra, Maya, and Namuci— // 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p43) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 25 sa - ka. . 26 tadidaṃ - gha. . 27 pādapai - ka kha. . 28 viṣyandacitreṣu - ka. kha. . 29 vidviṣoḥ - ka. . 30 cakrārkasya samaprabhaḥ - kha. . 31 māci. ka kha. . 32 devatakaṇṭakāḥ - ka. . 33 nyalīyanta - kha. . 34 girivad vraje - ka. . 35 pāṇayaḥ - ka. kha. . 36 sānavaḥ - ka., rakṣakān - gha . > \[Apparatus readings for verses 25–36\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p44) 731 virocanaṃ baliṃ bāṇaṃ vātaṃ kārtasvanaṃ kuśam37 . śambhuṃ ca bhāvayatyaṃ38 ca ilvakaṃ vilvakaṃ39 tathā .. 34.. > 731 / \[And he deployed\] Virocana, Bali, Bāṇa, Vāta, Kārtasvana, Kuśa, / and Śambhu, Bhāvayatya, Ilvaka, and Vilvaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p45) vitaṃ vṛttaṃ tuhuṇḍaṃ ca huṇḍaṃ daṇḍaṃ ca dānavam . añjanaṃ ruṣaṇaṃ rāhuṃ svarbhānumajakaṃ gajam . .35.. > Vita, Vṛtta, Tuhuṇḍa, Huṇḍa, and the Dānava Daṇḍa, / Añjana, Ruṣaṇa, Rāhu, Svarbhānu, Ajaka, Gaja, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p46) hastiduryodhanau caiva pākaṃ dhundhuñca dānavam . etāṃścānyāṃśca balino daityāndaivatakaṇṭakān40 . .36.. > Hasti and Duryodhana, and Pāka and the Dānava Dhundhu— / these and other mighty Daityas, thorns to the gods— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p47) vyūhaṃ rakṣata yudhyadhvamityuvācāsurādhipaḥ . himavāniva śailendro vindhyo vādbhutagahvaraḥ ..37.. > ‘Protect the battle-array! Fight!’ so spoke the lord of the Asuras. / Like Himavān, the king of mountains, or the Vindhya with its wondrous caverns, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p48) sa girivyūha ābhāti śastrakaṇṭakitadrumaḥ . andhakāramivaikasthaṃ meghānāmiva saṃcayam . . 38. . dṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭvā girivyūhaṃ pramathā vismayaṃ yayuḥ . parvatavyūhamālokya parvatavyūhasaṃsthitāḥ 41 .. 3 9.. > that mountain-array shone forth, its trees bristling with weapons, / like darkness gathered into one place, like a mass of clouds. / Seeing again and again the mountain-array, the Pramathas were astonished, / looking upon the mountain-array while stationed in their own mountain-array. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p49) nedustesuraśārdūlā meghā lokātyaye yathā . ūcuśca na hi śakyoyaṃ bhettuṃ devaissavāsavaiḥ ..8.132.40 .. > Those tigers among the Asuras roared like clouds at the destruction of the world, / and they said: ‘This \[array\] cannot be broken even by the gods together with Indra! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p50) pramathāḥ kiṃ kariṣyanti svalpavīryaparākramāḥ . jīvayiṣyati naḥ śukro mṛtānapi na saṃśayaḥ . yudhyadhvaṃ dānavaśreṣṭhā niśśaṅkairantarātmabhiḥ . .41 . . sanatkumāra uvāca girivyūhaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā bhārgavottamanirmitam . devaḥ kapardī prāhedaṃ bṛhadbuddhiṃ bṛhaspatim ..42.. > What will the Pramathas do, having little vigor and prowess? / Śukra will revive us even if we are slain, of this there is no doubt. / Fight, best of Dānavas, with hearts free of doubt!’ / Sanatkumāra said: / Then, seeing the mountain-array devised by the best of Bhṛgus’ lineage, / the divine Kapardin said this to Bṛhaspati of vast intellect: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p51) vācaspate girivyūhaṃ paśya śukreṇa nirmitam . śṛṅgavantaṃ darīvantaṃ himavantaṃ yathā girim . .43 . . lokān sajalapātālān saviṣṇūn42 sapitāmahān . grasedeṣa girivyūha43 upekṣā kriyate yadi44 ..44. . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 37 kubham - kha., balaṃ - gha. . 38 śuṃbhaṃ ca pavanaṃ yakṣaṃ - gha., bhāvayacyaṃ - kha, sāvapatyaṃ - ka . 39 pilvakaṃ - ka., piṇvaka - gha. . 40 daiteyāndanujāṃstathā - ka. . 41 saṃdhitam - ka . 42 saviṣṇuṃ - ka. . 4 . girivyūho - ka. kha. . 44 utkṣepaḥ - kha., yadi cāyamupekṣyate - gha, yadyupekṣeta sāṃpratam (?) . > ‘O Vācaspati, behold the mountain-array fashioned by Śukra, / having peaks and caverns like the Himavān mountain. / It would swallow the worlds together with the waters, Pātāla, / Viṣṇu, and Brahmā the grandfather, if neglect is shown. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p52) 732 nainaṃ devā na gandharvā na nāgā na nagāstathā . śaknuyurbhettumudyuktā vinaitān gaṇanāyakān . .45 . . girivyūhasya viprendra nānyaṃ45 paśyāmi bhedanam . vajravyūhamṛte dhīman sarvavyūhabhidaṃ mahat . .46. . sa tvaṃ brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭha girivyūhavidāraṇam . vajravyūdahaṃ kuruṣvādya pramathāyutasaṃvṛtam . .47 . . śambhunā caivamuktastu brāhmaṇendro46 bṛhaspatiḥ . > 732 / Neither gods nor Gandharvas, neither Nāgas nor mountains, / could break it though striving, without these lords of the Gaṇas. / O best of brahmins, I see no other means of breaking this mountain-array / except the thunderbolt-array, O wise one, which shatters all arrays. / Therefore, O best of knowers of brahman, tear open the mountain-array: / form today the thunderbolt-array, surrounded by ten thousand Pramathas.’ / Thus addressed by Śambhu, Bṛhaspati, chief of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p53) vajravyūhena taṃ47 vyūha pratyavyūhattadā48 navam . .48 . . bāhujān bahusāhasrān bhaktām̐ścaiva49 gaṇādhipān . vajravyūhasya madhye vai sthāpayāmāsa buddhimān . .49. . skandasya pārṣadaiḥ śūraiḥ surāsuranighātibhiḥ . sahasra parvaṇāṃ tasya vajravyūhasya nirmamau50 .. 8.132.50 . . koṭiṃ koṭipravīrāṇāṃ pramathānāṃ prahāriṇām . vajradhārāsu sarvāsu sthāpayāmāsa sa dvijaḥ . .51 . . kumārañca viśākhañca śākhaṃ chāgamukhaṃ tathā . > then deployed against that new array with a thunderbolt-array. / Many thousands of kṣatriyas and devoted lords of the Gaṇas, / the wise one stationed in the center of the thunderbolt-array. / With Kumāra's heroic attendants, destroyers of gods and Asuras, / he formed a thousand joints for that thunderbolt-array. / A crore of foremost champions among the striking Pramathas / the brahmin stationed along all the edges of the thunderbolt. / Kumāra, Viśākha, Śākha, and Chāgamukha— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p54) cakāra soṅagirā devo vajravyūhasya kuḍmalam . .52 .. kuḍmalāgre caturbāhuḥ kapīndravadanorihā . sthito vajrodyatakaro nandī dinakaraprabhaḥ . . 53 . . kuṇḍodaraṃ nandiṣeṇaṃ51 ghaṇṭākarṇaṃ mahodaram . paścārdhe tasya vajrasya kuḍmalaṃ sannyaveśayat52 . . 54. . somanandī tu tasyāgre vyāghravaktro gaṇeśvaraḥ . sārkacandrāyutaprakhyaḥ53 sthito vai paṭṭiśāyudhaḥ54 ..5 5 .. rudrāṇāṃ55 dvārapālāśca rudrā rudrasutāśca ye . > the divine descendant of Aṅgiras made them the bud of the thunderbolt-array. / At the tip of the bud, four-armed, with the face of a king of monkeys, / standing with a thunderbolt raised in hand, was Nandī, radiant as the sun. / Kuṇḍodara, Nandiṣeṇa, Ghaṇṭākarṇa, and Mahodara: / he stationed them as a bud in the rear half of that thunderbolt. / Before him, Somanandī, tiger-faced lord of the Gaṇas, / looking like ten thousand suns and moons, stood armed with a paṭṭiśa. / The doorkeepers of the Rudras, the Rudras, and the sons of Rudra who were there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p55) itaścetaśca vinyastā vajravyūhābhirakṣiṇaḥ . .56 . . -------------------------------------------------------------- 45 nānyat (?) . 46 prāṇendro ca - ka . 47 tad (?) . 48 prati vyūhatadā - ( ?) . 49 raktaśvetā - gha, raktām̐ (?) . 50 nirmimau - ka, nirmame - gha. . 51 nandisena - kha . 52 sanniveśayat - ka, sa nyaveśayat - kha . 53 sārkacandrāyudhaprakhya - ka kha . 54 paṭṭaśāyudhaḥ - ka. kha. . 5 5rudrāśca - gha. . > were arrayed here and there to protect the thunderbolt-array. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p56) ( 733 ) vajravyūhasya madhye tu rathavarye pratiṣṭhitaḥ . tasthāvīśo bhava:56 śarvaḥ kapardī nīlalohitaḥ ..57.. > ( 733 ) / In the center of the thunderbolt-array, standing in a magnificent chariot, / stood the Lord, Bhava, Śarva, Kapardin, Nīlalohita. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p57) tasya keturmahāñchveto vibhātīndradhvajopamaḥ57 . mandaraścandrabimbena juṣṭaśrṛṅga ivācalaḥ ..58.. > His great white banner shone like Indra’s banner, / like the Mandara mountain whose peak is embraced by the orb of the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p58) śatadhāro naikaparvā cāruśobhitakuḍmala: . vajravyūho girivyūhaṃ bhettu kāma ivābhavat ..59.. > With a hundred edges, many joints, and a beautifully adorned bud, / the thunderbolt-array seemed eager to shatter the mountain-array. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p59) taṃ dṛṣṭvā nirmitaṃ vyūhaṃ devagandharvaguhyakāḥ .. > Seeing that battle-array devised, the gods, Gandharvas, and Guhyakas > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p60) sādhusādhviti vai nedurvismayotphullalocanāḥ ..8.132.60.. > shouted ‘Bravo! Bravo!’, their eyes wide with wonder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p61) atha gaṇapabaleṣu siṃhanādāḥ paṇavamṛdaṅgamaśaṃkhanādamiśrāḥ58.. 5 .. > Then among the forces of the lord of Gaṇas, lion-roars arose, / mingled with the sounds of paṇavas, mṛdaṅgas, and conches, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p62) dititanayabhayapradāḥ pravṛttāḥ kṣubhitasamudrapayodanādakalpāḥ ..61 .. > bringing terror to the sons of Diti, / like the roar of clouds over an agitated ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p63) iti skandapurāṇe andhakamathane vyūharacanānāma dvātriṃśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ59 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-second chapter, titled ‘The Formation of Battle-Arrays,’ in the Slaying of Andhaka in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p64) sanatkumāra uvāca tau dṛṣṭavā nirmitau vyūhau pramathāsurayoḥ surāḥ . vimānakoṭibhiḥ śīghraṃ rurudhuḥ sarvato nabhaḥ ..1.. > Sanatkumāra said: / Having seen those two arrays devised by the Pramathas and the Asuras, the gods / swiftly blocked the sky on all sides with crores of aerial chariots. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p65) sarvaṃ tejobhirākīrṇaṃ tadambaratalaṃ babhau . merukūṭavanaṃ ramyaṃ dahyamānamivāgninā ..2.. > The entire vault of heaven, strewn with radiance, shone / like the lovely peak-forest of Meru being consumed by fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p66) devadundubhiśabdāḍhyaṃ divya1strīśatasaṃkulam . taddevamaṇḍalaṃ bhāti yathaivādityamaṇḍalam ..3.. > Filled with the sound of celestial drums, crowded with hundreds of divine women, / that assembly of gods shone forth just like the solar disc. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p67) divyapuṣpasamākīrṇaṃ divyagandhādhivāsitam . prekṣakai: śataśaḥ pūrṇaṃ khatalaṃ divyamābabhau ..4.. > Strewn with divine blossoms, perfumed with celestial scents, / and filled with onlookers by the hundreds, the heavenly expanse of the sky shone brightly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.p68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p68) ------------------------------------------------------ 56 tasthāvaśobhana: - kha.. 57 babhau śatradhvajopama: - ka., babhāvindra ... (? ) . 58 saśaṅkhanādamiśrā: - ka, kha.. 59 dvayatriśo - ka. . 1 dīvyā - ka, . > \[Critical apparatus\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.8) 734 vāditrāṇyabhyahanyanta jaguśca suragāyanāḥ . rambhādyā nanṛtuścāpi śubhāpāṅgāḥ surāṅganāḥ ..5.. atha vajragirivyūhau parasparajayaiṣiṇau . samīyatu2 rmahānādai3rvātoddhūtau4 yathārṇavau ..6.. mā tvaradhvamiti5 proktā:6 śukreṇa su7mahātmanā . yodhā nivāryamāṇāpi cakruryuddhamasaṃhatam8 ..7.. tataḥ śaṃkhāśca bheryaśca paṇavā goviṣāṇikāḥ . āḍambarā ḍiṇḍimāśva maṇḍūkāḥ9 paṇavā hyapi ..8.. > 734 / Musical instruments were played, and celestial singers sang; / Rambhā and other heavenly nymphs of lovely sidelong glances danced. / Then the two battle arrays, the Vajra and the Giri, eager for mutual victory, / met with mighty roars like two oceans tossed by the wind. / "Do not rush!" thus commanded by the very noble Śukra, / the warriors, though restrained, engaged in loose combat. / Then conches and kettle-drums, paṇavas and cow-horns, / āḍambaras and ḍiṇḍimas, and maṇḍūkas and paṇavas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.8\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 . --------------------------------------------------------- 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. / \[Critical apparatus\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.8\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.8_70) 735 sanatkumāra uvāca. saṃkule1 vartamāne tu pramathāsurasainyayoḥ . śrūyante kārmukaravāḥ siṃhanādāśca dāruṇāḥ ..1.. vyāviddhāṅgulayo devaścāraṇoragaguhyakāḥ .. neduruddhūtavastrāntā yuddhoddhavakṛtasvanāḥ ..2.. śūrārasitaśabdena tenodīritavikramāḥ . cakruḥ karmāṇyasahyāni darpitāḥ pramathāsurāḥ ..3.. asibhirvyāyitaiśchinnāḥ paṭṭiśai2 rbhinnavakṣasaḥ . śarasaṃkṛttamarmāṇaḥ4 patanti pramathāsurāḥ ..4.. śirasāṃ pātyamānānāṃ bahūnāṃ5 corubhiḥ saha . rāśayastatra dṛśyante pramathāsurasaṃyuge ..5.. bhagnacakrā vidhvajāśca vivarūthā vikūbarāḥ . dṛśyante śataśo vyaśvā hatasārathayo6 rathāḥ ..6.. > 735 / Sanatkumāra said: / As the confused clash of the pramatha and asura armies raged, / the twang of bows and terrible lion-roars were heard. / With snapped fingers, the gods, cāraṇas, serpents, and guhyakas / cheered, fluttering the edges of their garments, making shouts of joy in battle. / With their prowess inflamed by the loud shouts of the heroes, / the haughty pramathas and asuras performed intolerable deeds. / Struck down by drawn swords, their chests split open by spears, / their vitals severed by arrows, the pramathas and asuras fell. / Piles of severed heads falling along with thighs / were seen there in the clash of the pramathas and asuras. / Broken-wheeled, flagless, stripped of protective sides and poles, / chariots were seen by the hundreds, their horses gone, their charioteers slain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.8\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.8_71) sapatākāḥ sakeyūrāḥ savarmāyudhaketavaḥ . niṣkṛṣṭadantamuśalāḥ7 patanti gajapuṅgavāḥ ..7.. śaraprahārarugṇāṅgāścāmarāpīḍakojjvalāḥ . sasādino nipātyante8 hayāḥ sūryahayopamāḥ ..8.. udbhrāntaisturagaistrastairdānavaiḥ sarathairapi . tadbalaṃ10 prababhau mattaṃ bhrāntagrāhārṇavopamam11 ..9.. vāsobhirātapatraiśva mukuṭairmaṇikuṇḍalaiḥ . hārārdhahāraiḥ keyūrairaṅgulīyaiḥ sraguttamaiḥ ..8.134.10.. karānanaiḥ prakṛttaiśca12 caraṇaiśca nipātitaiḥ . yuddhabhūmirvṛtā bhāti dyaurnakṣatrairivoditaiḥ ..11.. rudhirāsrāvavasanā nānābharaṇabhūṣaṇāḥ . raktavastrāvṛtairgātrairmahī mṛtyurivābabhau ..12.. ------------------------------------------------ 1 saṃyuge (?) . 2 vyāyataśchinnāḥ - ka. .. 3 paṭṭaśai - ka. kha. .. 4 ...varmāṇaḥ - ka. .. 5 bahūnāṃ - ka. kha. . 6 sārathino - ka. .. 7 nikṛṣṭadantamuśalāḥ - ka. . 8 sahasā vinipātyante - ka., sahasādino... - kha. ., 9 māyā - ka. 10kha. . tatkālaṃ - ka. .. 11 . pamāḥ - ka. .. 12 pravṛttaiśca - ka. . > With banners, with armlets, with armors, weapons, and standards, / their pestle-like tusks pulled out, excellent elephants fell. / Their limbs mangled by strikes of arrows, resplendent with chowries and crests, / horses resembling the steeds of the sun were struck down along with their riders. / With agitated horses, terrified dānavas, and chariots, / that frenzied host appeared like an ocean of swimming sea-monsters. / With garments, parasols, diadems, and jeweled earrings, / with necklaces, half-necklaces, armlets, finger-rings, and exquisite garlands, / and with severed hands, faces, and fallen feet, / the battlefield, thus covered, shone like the sky filled with risen stars. / Clad in garments of flowing blood, adorned with manifold ornaments, / the earth, with limbs covered in red garments, appeared like Death itself. / \[Critical apparatus\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.14) 736 atha vājigajaughānāṃ śoṇitodakavāhinī . nadī pravavṛte13 ghorā yamasādanavāhinī ..13.. mṛgahastikharāśvoṣṭramahāgrāhasamākulā . māṃsamedoyakṛtpaṃkā dhanurdhvajaśatadrumā .14.. > 736 / Then a terrible river carrying water of blood from hordes of horses and elephants / surged forth, flowing toward the abode of Yama. / Crowded with deer, elephants, donkeys, horses, camels, and large aquatic monsters, / with mud of flesh, fat, and liver, and trees of hundreds of bows and banners, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.18) chinnaśīrṣopalaśatā hastapaśvānanoragā . keśaśaivālasaṃchannā dhanurjyāśatatantukā ..15.. pāṇḍarāmbaraharṣā vai mukuṭāṭikulākulā . bherīkacchapasaṃkīrṇā14 varābharaṇadardurā .16.. śaramīnasamākīrṇā15 khaḍganakradurāsadā16 . rathacakramahānakrā gada17 yādoviloḍitā .17.. viśīrṇahārasikatā18 kaphasaṃjātapheninī19 . raktotpalānāṃ māleva kauṅakumī sragibojjhitā ..18.. > with hundreds of severed heads for stones, hands and animal-faces for serpents, / covered with moss of hair, with hundreds of bowstrings for threads, / with the joy of white garments \[for swans\], crowded with multitudes of diadems, / filled with kettle-drums for turtles, and choice ornaments for frogs, / teeming with fish of arrows, hard to approach with alligators of swords, / with great crocodilian monsters of chariot-wheels, stirred up by water-beasts of maces, / with sand of scattered necklaces, foaming with phlegm, / it was like a garland of red lotuses, a saffron wreath cast down by garland-wearers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.18\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.18_72) jihvevoragarājasya yamasyājñā ivādbhutā . bhayadā bhīruyodhānāṃ śūrāṇāṃ harṣavardhinī20 . pravṛttā21 rudhirāmbhobhiḥ svargalokavahā nadī ..19.. saṃrabdhadaityendravivṛddhadhūmaṃ22 nandīśvarāgnijvalitāntarālam . babhau balaṃ sāgaratulyanādaṃ vināśi yadvajjagadantakāle ..8.134.20.. iti skandapurāṇe gaṇayuddhe catustriṃśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ23 . sanatkumāra uvāca vivardhamāne saṃgrāme tasmin pāriṣadāsure . girivyūhaprapātasthāḥ1 kruddhā dānavasattamāḥ ..1.. te krodhā2cchūlaśaktyṛṣṭiṃ gadāvarṣamatandritāḥ . vavarṣuḥ pramathānīke4 varṣaṃ jaladharā iva ..2.. -------------------------------------------------------------- 13 pravartate - ka. .. 14 saṃpūrṇā - ka. kha. .. 15 śavamīnasamākīrṇā - gha. .. 16 ... nakrā durāsadā - ka. . 17 sadā - ka., gaja - gha. .. 18 siktāṅgā - dha .. 19 .. phenilā - gha. . 20 harṣavardhanī - ka., harṣavardhanā - kha. .. 21 prakṛtā - kha. .. 22 saṃhaṣṭadaityendravivṛddhadhūmaṃ - kha. .. 23 184 - kha. . 1 girivyūhapravātasthā: - ka. .. 2 kruddhāḥ - kha. .. 3 śaktya - ka. kha. .. 4 pramathānīkaṃ - ka. . > Like the tongue of the serpent king, wondrous like the command of Yama, / bringing fear to timid warriors and increasing the joy of the brave, / that river carrying beings to heaven flowed on with waters of blood. // 19 > With its smoke intensified by the enraged Daitya chiefs, its interior ablaze with the fire of Nandīśvara, / the army roared like the ocean, destructive like the universe at the time of dissolution. // 8.134.20 > Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-fourth chapter in the Skandapurāṇa, in the battle of the Gaṇas. > Sanatkumāra said: > As that battle between the attendants and the Asuras grew fiercer, / the foremost Dānavas, standing upon the precipitous mountain-formation, became enraged. // 1 > In their fury, unwearied, they showered javelins, spears, rṣṭis, / and a rain of maces upon the army of the Pramathas, like clouds pouring down rain. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.18\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.18_73) 737 śastravarṣaṇa panatāttāḍyamānā hyanekaśaḥ . acintayitvā tatsarvaṃ yuddhāyaiva mano dadhuḥ ..3.. meghāḥ sasyāni hi yathā dviradā: pādapāniva . pṛṣatāniva śārdūlāḥ śarabhā iva vāraṇān ..4.. vajrā iva yathā śailān kāladūtā narāniva . vidhnāniva ca śāntyarthā nathānavinayā iva 5 . 5 .. bhāvāniva yathā bhāvā doṣā doṣānyathāpi ca . tathā nivātakavacān 6 śūlaśaktyṛṣṭivṛṣṭibhiḥ7.5 .. nijaghnuḥ pramathāḥ8 śūrāḥ śataśotha sahasraśaḥ ..6.. śūlanirdāritoraskā muśalairbhinnamastakāḥ . vajrāvaghātamlānāṅgā9 dānavā: patitā bhuvi ..7.. teṣāṃ ninādāḥ śrūyante nadatāmatidāruṇā: . saṃvarttakānāṃ meghānāṃ nadatāmiva10 sarvataḥ .. 8 .. iṣubhirbahudhā viddhā bhagnatrikakaśeravaḥ11 .. 9 .. ceṣṭante12 hyasurā bhūmau bhagnapṛṣṭhā ivoragāḥ ..9.. tatotikadanaṃ vīkṣya śūrāstatra mahāsurāḥ . nivṛttāḥ śataśastatra krodhasaṃraktalocanāḥ ..8.135.10.. tairbhṛśaṃ13 pramathāstepi viddhā vyāsa trapānvitāḥ . saṃmīlitākṣā vṛṣabhā varṣaṃ nipatitaṃ yathā ..11.. sahante tattathā varṣaṃ14 pramathā dānaveritam . te cāpi yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ kṛtvānte15 pīḍitāstadā .12.. > Struck repeatedly by the falling hail of weapons, / they disregarded it all and set their minds solely on battle. // 3 > Just as clouds \[strike\] the crops, or elephants trees, / as tigers \[strike\] spotted deer, as śarabhas strike elephants, // 4 > as thunderbolts strike mountains, as envoys of Yama strike mortals, / as rites for peace \[strike\] obstacles, as good guidance strikes ill conduct, // 5 > as states of mind strike other states, and as faults strike other faults, / so the valiant Pramathas by hundreds and thousands // 6 > slew the Nivātakavacas with showers of javelins, spears, and ṛṣṭis. / With chests ripped open by tridents, with heads shattered by bludgeons, // 7 > their bodies withered by the impact of thunderbolts, the Dānavas fell to the ground. / Terrifying roars of those roaring beings were heard, / like the sounds of dissolutive clouds roaring on all sides. // 8 > Pierced in many ways by arrows, their sacra and spines broken, // 9 > the Asuras writhed on the earth like snakes with broken backs. // 9 > Then, beholding that immense slaughter, the valiant great Asuras there / turned back by the hundreds, their eyes blood-red with rage. // 8.135.10 > Severely pierced by them, those Pramathas too, O Vyāsa, felt overwhelmed; / like bulls closing their eyes against falling rain, // 11 > the Pramathas endured that downpour unleashed by the Dānavas. / Having fought a tumultuous battle, distressed in the end, // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.18\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.18_74) bhagnāḥ parāṅamukhā jātā16 śchinnabhinnāṃgasandhayaḥ . tasmin bhagnetha sainye tu prāmathe 17 pramathottamāḥ ..13.. daśa cakrurmahāvegaṃ daśanāgaśatopamāḥ . śaṃkukarṇaśca balavān ghaṇṭākarṇaśca vīryavān .14.. > broken, they turned their backs, the joints of their limbs torn and mangled. / When that army of Pramathas was thus broken, the foremost of the Pramathas, // 13 > ten of them, equal to a thousand elephants, unleashed a tremendous onslaught: / the mighty Śaṅkukarṇa and the valorous Ghaṇṭākarṇa, // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.18\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.18_75) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 .. ścāvinayāniva - gha. .. 6 kavacāḥ - ka. .. 7 śaktyaṣṭivṛṣṭibhi: - ka. kha., .. riṣṭayaḥ - ka. . 8 pramathān - ka. . 9 vajrāvapātamlānāṅgā: - ka. kha. | 10 nardatāmiva(? ). dadāti ca - ka. ! 11 ... karoravaḥ (? ) .. 12 veṣṭayante - kha .. 1 3 tairitaḥ - gha. .. 14 tacchastravarṣaṃ (? ) .. 15 te - gha. ; 16 bhītā - gha. .. 17 pramathe - ka. kha . ( 738 ) mahākālaśca kālābho nandiṣeṇaśca viśrutaḥ . piṅgalo lohitākṣaśca somanandī ca vīryavān ..15.. vināyakaśca -- - nandī ca - - - - - .. chāgaḥ kuṇḍodaraḥ18 skando mayūravaramāsthitaḥ ..16.. ete saha samunneduḥ19 payodā iva sāmbhasaḥ . viviśuścāsuraṃ sainyaṃ samudraṃ makarā iva ..17.. > Mahākāla, who resembles the black cloud of death, and renowned Nandiṣeṇa; / Piṅgala, Lohitākṣa, and valorous Somanandī; // 15 > Vināyaka and \[…\] Nandī and \[…\], / Chāga, Kuṇḍodara, and Skanda mounted upon his excellent peacock. // 16 > Together they roared out like water-laden clouds, / and plunged into the Asura army like makaras into the sea. // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.22) śaṃkukarṇahatā daityā ghaṇṭākarṇavidāritāḥ . nandiṣeṇaśarābhyastā mahākālaprakālitāḥ ..18.. kuṇḍodaragadāvegaiścūṇitāstravibhūṣaṇāḥ . piṅgalāloḍitā neśuḥ20 skandaśaktividāritāḥ21 ..19.. muṣṭiprahārabhinnāsyai22 stalatāḍitamastakaiḥ . apāhastaprahāraiśca23 kṣipyamāṇeritastataḥ ..8.135.20.. viśastravastrakavacairmuktamurddhajabandhanaiḥ . prabhagnairdānavaistūrṇaṃ vyūhabhedo babhūva ha ..21.. bhidyamāno girivyūho vibabhau ghoradarśanaḥ . indravajrāhtaḥ pūrvaṃ yathā vindhyo mahāgiriḥ .22.. > The Daityas were slain by Śaṅkukarṇa and torn apart by Ghaṇṭākarṇa, / harassed by the arrows of Nandiṣeṇa and driven off by Mahākāla. // 18 > With their weapons and ornaments pulverized by the force of Kuṇḍodara's mace, / churned up by Piṅgala and ripped through by Skanda's spear, they perished. // 19 > With their faces shattered by punches, their heads struck by palms, / and flung here and there by blows from backhands, // 8.135.20 > stripped of weapons, garments, and armor, their topknots disheveled, / the Dānavas were thoroughly routed, and swiftly their array was broken. // 21 > That broken mountain-formation appeared dreadful to behold, / just like the great mountain Vindhya in former times when struck by Indra's thunderbolt. // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 79 of 172 passages. 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