Skandapurana 7.15.12_106

7.15.12_106

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vyāsa uvāca1
nigīrṇo brāhmaṇaḥ sotha candrāvayavadhāriṇā .
kiṃ cakre koṣṭhagastasya devadevasya bhārgavaḥ . . 1 . .
kathaṃ ca tapatāṃ śreṣṭho yogī yogena sa dvijaḥ .
na niḥsṛto yogabalād devadehānmahātapāḥ . . 2 . .
andhakaścāsuraśreṣṭhaḥ sa tadā bhārgavaṃ vinā .
cakāra kathamāvāpaṃ2 gaṇeśaiḥ samabhidrutaḥ . . 3 . .

Vyāsa said: / Once that brahmin, Bhārgava, was swallowed by the bearer of the crescent moon, / what did he do while staying within the belly of that god of gods? / And how did that twice-born, best among the austere, a yogin endowed with great tapas, / not emerge from the god's body by the power of yoga? / And how did Andhaka, the foremost of the Asuras, surrounded by the lords of the Gaṇas, / offer battle at that time without Bhārgava?