Skandapurana 7.15.12_101

7.15.12_101

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airāvata ivābhāti balodvṛtto vināyakaḥ .
vyaṃsastaṃ40 dhāvamānaṃ tu kujambhavadhakāṃkṣiṇam . .8.148.40 . .
vavāra sa gatoṃsena41 pātayāmāsa taṃ42 kṣitau .
vyaṃsamaṃsena43 hatvā tu nāgavaktro mahābalaḥ . .41 . .
kujambhasyāntikaṃ prāpa44 siṃhasya śarabho yathā .
kujambhastasya bhitvā tu śareṇa karamudyatam . .42..

Vināyaka, exuberant in strength, shone like Airāvata. / But Vyaṃsa barred him as he rushed, eager to slay Kujambha; / he approached with his shoulder and cast him down upon the ground. / Having struck Vyaṃsa down with his shoulder, the mighty elephant-faced god / reached the presence of Kujambha like a śarabha [approaching] a lion. / But Kujambha, having pierced his raised trunk with an arrow,