Skandapurana 7.15.12_128

7.15.12_128

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vandamānaśca13 tenoktaḥ payodapatiketunā .
śukravanniḥsṛto medya yasmāttvaṃ bhṛgunandana . . 1 9. .
karmaṇā tena śukrosi mama putraśca gamyatām .
ityevamukto devena śukrorkasadṛśadyutiḥ . .8.150.2 0 . .
viveśa dānavānīkaṃ meghānīkaṃ śaśī yathā14 .
taṃ dṛṣṭavā candrasaṃkāśaṃ candrodayanibhodayam . . 21 . .
candrodaye yathā nṝṇāṃ prītirāsīt suradviṣām .
te dṛṣṭavā danudaiteyāḥ śukraṃ candrasamaprabham . . 22 ..

And as he was bowing down, he was addressed by him whose banner bears the lord of clouds: / 'Because you came forth like semen from my body today, O descendant of Bhṛgu, / by that act you are Śukra, and my son; now go!' / Thus addressed by the god, Śukra, whose splendor was like the sun, / entered the army of the dānavas, as the moon enters a mass of clouds. / Seeing him resembling the moon, with an appearance like moonrise, / the enemies of the gods felt joy, just as humans do at the rising of the moon. / Seeing Śukra, whose brilliance was equal to the moon, those Dānava-Daiteyas