Skandapurana 7.15.12_75

7.15.12_75

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sā khātpatantī bhujagāṅganeva śastrāṅganā prajvalamānavaktrā .
śarāhatā viṭpatinā papāta śaktiryathāgryā puruṣe hatāśe ..26. .
āścaryabhūte pramathāsurāṇāṃ tasmin tathā vartati yuddhayajñe .
amarṣito bhārgavakarma dṛṣṭvā śilādaputrobhyagamanmaheśam ..27. .
jayeti soktvā27 jayayonimugramuvāca nandī kanakāvadātam28 .
gaṇeśvarāṇāṃ raṇakarma deva devaiḥ sahendrairapi29 duṣkaraṃ yat . .28. .
tad bhārgaveṇādya kṛtaṃ vṛthā na saṃjīvayānena hi dānavendrān .
ete hi te dānavayūthapālā30 yamālayādadya punarnivṛttāḥ . .29..

Falling from the sky like a female serpent, that weapon-maiden with a blazing face, / struck by an arrow of the lord of the Vaiśyas, fell, just as the supreme power [fails] in a man who has lost hope. / While that wondrous sacrificial battle of the Pramathas and Asuras was proceeding thus, / the son of Śilāda [Nandi], seeing the action of the descendant of Bhṛgu, became indignant and approached Maheśa. / Saying, "Victory!", Nandī, radiant like gold, spoke to the fierce source of victory: / "O God, the deed in battle done by the lords of the Gaṇas, which is difficult even for the gods along with Indra to achieve, / has today been rendered futile by the descendant of Bhṛgu through the revival of the Danava lords. / Indeed, these leaders of the Dānava hosts have returned today from the abode of Yama.