Skandapurana 7.15.12_87

7.15.12_87

vikramya nandinā śukraṃ nayatā8 nayināṃ varam9 .
hṛtāni nodya sarveṣāṃ jīvitāni na saṃśayaḥ . .8 . .
pramathairnihatāndaityān kaḥ punarjīvayiṣyati .
bhārgavaṃ tamṛte śukraṃ10 konyo no11 dhārayiṣyati . . 9. .
dhairyañca vikramastejaḥ satvaṃ vīryaṃ balaṃ dhṛtiḥ .
śatrubhirno hṛtaṃ sarvaṃ deve12 śukrepavāhite . . 8.148.10
bhārgavepahṛte13 deve14 mamāpi vyathitaṃ manaḥ .
na tvahaṃ saṃyugaṃ jahyāṃ15 pramathaissamabhidrutaḥ . . 1 1 . .
saṃstambhayata mābhaiṣṭa yudhyadhvamaribhiḥ saha .
sūdayiṣyāmyahaṃ sarvān pramathān saha nandinā . . 12 . .
adyaitān16 vivaśān kṛtvā17 hatvā ca tridaśānapi .
bhārgavaṃ mokṣayiṣyāmi pañjarasthaṃ yathā harim18 . . 13 . .
sa cāpi yogī yogena yadi nāma svayaṃ prabhuḥ .
śarīrān19 niṣkramettasya asmākaṃ śeṣapālitaḥ . . 14. .
ityandhakavacaḥ śrutvā dānavā meghanardanāḥ .
pramathānardayāmāsurmarttavyakṛtaniścayāḥ . . 15 . .
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6 hīnanānaparākramāḥ (?) . 7 dṛṣṭvā - kha. . 8 nayinā - ka., jayinā? - kha. . 9 varaḥ - ka. . 10 śukraṃ ka . 11 me - kha . 12 devaiḥ - kha. . 13 prahṛte - kha . 14 devā ( vai?) - kha, . 15 jahya - ka kha. . 16 adaityān - ka., pramathān - kha. . 17 hatvā - ka. . 18 siṃhaṃ pañjaragaṃ yathā - kha. . 19 udarāt (?) .
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"By Nandin courageously carrying off Śukra, the best of leaders, the lives of us all have surely been stolen away today. / Who will revive again the Daityas slain by the Pramathas? Without that descendant of Bhṛgu, Śukra, who else will sustain us? / Resolution, valor, splendor, vitality, vigor, strength, and constancy—everything has been stolen by the enemies when the divine Śukra was carried away. / Since the divine descendant of Bhṛgu has been abducted, my mind too is afflicted; yet I shall not abandon the conflict when assailed by the Pramathas. / Steady yourselves, do not fear, fight with the enemies! I shall destroy all the Pramathas along with Nandin! / Today, having rendered them helpless and having slain the thirty gods as well, I shall liberate the descendant of Bhṛgu like a lion trapped in a cage. / And he, an ascetic, if the master himself should emerge from his body by means of yoga, shall be protected by the rest of us!" / Hearing these words of Andhaka, the Dānavas, roaring like clouds, tormented the Pramathas, having made their resolve to die.