Skandapurana 7.15.12_77

7.15.12_77

naivābhināśosti35 tava prasādād hataṃ ca taṃ tvaṃ kuruṣe prasādam36 .
bhavettaveśāna37 mataṃ sa vadhyo yathā jayaste samareniśaṃ syāt .
tathā kuruṣvottamabuddhibuddha38 na te maheśāna samosti buddhyā . .3 2..

He cannot be destroyed on account of your favor, and you grant favor even to him who is slain. / If it pleases you, O Īśāna, he should be slain, so that your victory in battle may be continuous. / Act accordingly, O you who are awakened with supreme intellect; no one is your equal in intellect, O Maheśāna."