[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 7.15 # Skandapurana 7.15 Skandapurāṇa 7.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.15.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p1) pūrvavartī pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 131 - 140) | āgāmī pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 151 - 160) > Previous page (chapters 131–140) | Next page (chapters 151–160) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p2) sanatkumāra uvāca śaṃkukarṇaṃ bhrāmayitvā vṛtrastyaktvā ca bhūtale . mamarda pramathānīkaṃ vanaṃ matto yathā gajaḥ1 ..1 .. sa nandinaṃ nandiṣeṇaṃ somanandinameva ca . āhatya drāvayitvā ca nanarda jalado yathā ..2.. tasyātha nardamānasya viṭpatī rudrasattamaḥ . mumoca vajrāgnisamaṃ ripukṣayakaraṃ śaram ..3.. sa viṭpativinirmuktaḥ śaro ravikaraprabhaḥ . viveśa vṛtraṃ nirdārya siddhombudamivāmbare ..4. . ucchritya svakaraṃ sotha karaṃ hastīva dānavaḥ . viṭpatiṃ dudruve5 saṃkhye payodamiva mārutaḥ ..5. . taṃ śūlena mahākāyo nandī vajreṇa dānavam . somanandī kuṭhāreṇa nandiṣeṇastalena ca ..6 .. bāṇānāñca sahasreṇa viṭpatirvṛtramāhave . bibheda paramakruddhaḥ punaścānyaistrisaptabhiḥ ..7.. sordito gaṇayūtheśairdānavaḥ parvatopamaḥ . pātyamāno rarāsoccaissadaivata iva drumaḥ ..8.. > Sanatkumāra said: / Having whirled Śaṃkukarṇa round and cast him down upon the ground, / Vṛtra trampled the army of the pramathas, as an intoxicated elephant tramples a forest. > He struck Nandin, Nandiṣeṇa, and Somanandin, / put them to flight, and roared like a raincloud. > Then, as he was roaring, Viṭpati, best of Rudras, / shot an arrow like the thunderbolt-fire, bringing ruin to enemies. > Shot by Viṭpati, that arrow, brilliant as the rays of the sun, / entered Vṛtra, piercing him, as a perfected being enters a cloud in the sky. > Raising his own hand, like an elephant raising its trunk, that Danu's son / rushed at Viṭpati in the fight, as a wind rushes at a cloud. > With a trident the huge-bodied Nandī \[struck\] him, with a thunderbolt \[struck\] the dānava; / Somanandī struck with an axe, and Nandiṣeṇa with his palm. > And Viṭpati, exceedingly enraged, pierced Vṛtra in battle / with a thousand arrows, and again with twenty-one more. > Tormented by the leaders of the gaṇa-hosts, that dānava, huge as a mountain, / as he was being struck down, cried aloud like a tree inhabited by a deity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p3) 30 vṛttamuktastu - ( ?) . 31 nirvṛtto - ka. 7 pravṛtto - gha. . 32 saśaṃkhāḥ - ka kha., 189 ḥ kha 1 mahāgaja - kha. . 2 āhata - ka., āhatya - kha . 3 śubham - kha. . 4 ucchṛtya ka. 5 dudrāva viṭpatiṃ (?) . 6 mahākālo (?) . 7 paśyamāno - ka. . 755 athamayabalamūkatārajambhā8 namucigaṇe9lvalabāṇabāṇaputrāḥ . vividhaśaravarāyudhā10vatasthurgaṇapativīratamaṃ11 nivārayantaḥ . .9.. > Then Maya, Bala, Mūka, Tāra, Jambha, / the host of Namuci, Ilvala, Bāṇa, and the sons of Bāṇa, / holding various excellent arrows and weapons, stood firm, warding off that foremost hero among the gaṇa-lords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p4) rucirakanakacāruhāraśobhāścalavalāyābharaṇā12 mahendrakalpāḥ . ditivaratanayātihṛṣṭarūpāḥ pramathabaleṣu caranti kālarūpāḥ13 .. 8.141.10 .. > Radiant with the beauty of lovely golden necklaces, their bracelets and ornaments trembling, equal to great Indra, / the sons of Diti, exceedingly joyful in appearance, moved like Death incarnate among the hosts of the pramathas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p5) muśalahalaśarāvadāritāsyā giriśikharāśanivajracūrṇitāṅgāḥ. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . giraya iva ca vajratāḍitā gaṇapatayaḥ kṣitimāpurāturāḥ .. 11.. > Their faces torn open by clubs, ploughs, and arrows, their limbs crushed by mountain peaks, lightning, and thunderbolts, / \[...\] / the lords of the gaṇas, afflicted, fell to the ground like mountains struck by the thunderbolt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p6) vraṇajapṛṣatavipruṣokṣitāścyutasitahāravibhūṣaṇasrajaḥ14 . bhayacakitamukhāḥ pradudruvuste pramathagaṇā ripubhirbhṛśārditāḥ ..1 2. . divi sitavirajā yathocchritā15 navajaladā navatoyavṛṣṭayaḥ . visasṛjururuvegadāruṇā dititanayāḥ śaravṛṣṭimardanīm . . 13 . . atha karigirimeghasannibhā jvalanadivākaratulyatejasaḥ . vimalaśitavisṛṣṭabāṇajālāḥ16 pramathagaṇān praharanti17 daityamukhyāḥ . .14. . atha parighaśarāsipadṛśaiḥ18 karavarayantraśatapraniḥsṛtaiḥ19 . tridaśaripubhayapradā raṇe samaramupetya vicakramurgaṇāḥ20 . . 1 5. . giriśikharanibhāśca dantivaryā drutagamanā bahavaśca vājimukhyāḥ . surasadananibhā rathāśca bhīmāḥ samaramukhe nipatanti bhagnadagdhāḥ ..1 6. . iṣuvadanadṛḍhāvatakṣitā vraṇajasamukṣitasūkṣmavāsasaḥ . prasṛtanayanasatvajīvitā danutanayāḥ śataśovapothitāḥ21 . .17 . . cyutasitavarahārakuṇḍalairmukuṭakirīṭamaṇisragambaraiḥ . samaramukhamahī virājate ruciravarābharaṇairivorvaśī . . 1 8.. > Sprinkled with drops and sprays of blood from wounds, their white necklaces, ornaments, and garlands fallen, / with terror-stricken faces, those hosts of pramathas fled, severely tormented by the foes. > As towering white clouds in the sky, free of dust, \[release\] rain of fresh water, / so the sons of Diti released an overwhelming rain of arrows, terrifying in its immense velocity. > Then, resembling elephants, mountains, and clouds, possessing splendor equal to fire and the sun, / unleashing a vast mesh of pure, sharp arrows, the principal daityas struck the pramatha hosts. > Then, with \[weapons\] resembling iron clubs, arrows, and swords, discharged from hundreds of prime mechanical contrivances in their hands, / the gaṇas, inspiring fear in the foes of the thirty \[gods\], marched forth, engaging in battle. > Excellent elephants resembling mountain peaks, swift-running \[steeds\], and numerous choice horses, / and terrifying chariots like the abodes of the gods fell shattered and consumed at the front of battle. > Firmly gouged by arrowheads, their fine garments soaked with blood from wounds, / their eyes rolling, their life-breath and vital strength departed, Danu's sons were crushed by the hundreds. > With fallen, excellent white necklaces, earrings, diadems, crowns, jewels, garlands, and garments, / the ground at the front of battle shone radiant like Urvaśī adorned with splendid, choice jewels. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p7) kṣubhita iva yathā mahārṇavo jalasamaye ca yathā nabho mahat . asuragaṇabalaṃ22 tathābhavat prajavitavāraṇavājidānavam .. 19 .. > Like the great ocean when agitated, and like the vast sky in the rainy season, / so did the army of the hosts of asuras become, with its swift elephants, horses, and dānavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p8) - - -- - - -- - - 8 mayabalimūkatārajambhā (?) . 9 bale (?) . 10 śatavarāyudhā (?) . 11 vīratamān - gha. . 12 bahulābharaṇā - kha . 13 kālabhūtāḥ - ka. kha . 14 vibhūṣitasrajaḥ - ka. . 15 yathecchitāḥ - ka., yathoditāḥ - gha. . 16 śatavisṛṣṭabāṇajālāḥ - kha. . 17 pratihanti - ka. . 18 paṭṭaśaiḥ - ka. kha. . 19 yantragatapraniḥsṛtaiḥ - ka. . 20 rbāṇa 1 - ka., śūrā. - gha. . 21 vipothitāḥ - gha. . 22 balagaṇaṃ - ka. . - - -- - - -- - - > \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p9) 756 yamavaruṇadhaneśavāsavā bhagavasusūryaśaśāṅkamārutāḥ . hṛṣitanayanavaktrapaṅkajā rurudhuḥ23 ramitragaṇārdanoddhatāḥ24 . .8.141.2 0 . . pravicaritagajendratoyadaṃ turagavidhāvitavāyusañcaram25 . aśaniśaraśatahradāvilaṃ na tu virarāma raṇāntadurdinam . .2 1.. kamaladalanikāśalocanaiḥ kamaladivākaracandrasannibhaiḥ . danutanayavarānanairmahī prativibabhau kamalairivāvṛtā . .22 . . vimathitagaṇadānaveśvaraṃ rudhiravapāmadasekarūṣitam . samaramatisuraudradāruṇaṃ garuḍapiśācabalāvalokitam26 . . 23 . . iti skandapurāṇe gaṇayuddhe ekacatvāśiṃdutaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ27 > Yama, Varuṇa, the lord of wealth, and Vāsava, / the Bhagas, the Vasus, the sun, the moon, and the wind gods, / with delighted eyes and lotus faces, furious in crushing the host of enemies, held them back. > With mighty elephants roaming like rain clouds and winds rushing like galloping horses, / turbid with lightning strikes of arrows, the stormy gloom at the end of battle did not cease. > With eyes resembling lotus petals, faces shining like lotuses, the sun, and the moon, / the excellent faces of the sons of Danu made the earth shine forth as though covered with lotuses. > With the lords of the gaṇas and Dānavas crushed, smeared with the sprinkling of blood, fat, and marrow, / the battle was exceedingly terrible, dreadful, and watched by flocks of Garuḍas and Piśācas. > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-first chapter in the Skandapurāṇa, in the battle of the gaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p10) sanatkumāra uvāca tasmin vartati saṃgrāme pramathāsurasainyayoḥ . dhanuṣāṃ śrūyate śabdaḥ prāvṛḍambudharopamaḥ1 . . 1 . . garjatāñca gajendrāṇāṃ hreṣatāñcaiva vājinām . yuddhagāndharvaraktānāṃ nādāścāmararakṣasām . . 2 . . śrotrāyāsakarā2 ghorā vajrāśaniravā iva . śrūṣante3 hi vivardhante hyarthā4 hyādharmaṇāmiva5(?) ..3.. tataḥ kārtasvano nāma dānavo meghanisvanaḥ . jaghāna pramathān yuddhe kālo martyānivāgataḥ . .4. . sa rathī kārmukī bāṇī kavacī kuṇḍalī tathā . pramathānīkamadahacchuṣkaṃ tṛṇamivānalaḥ . . 5 . . - - -- - - -- - - 23 rurudhu ka.. 24 rdatoddhutāḥ ḥ ka, kha., rditodbhutāḥ gha... 25 vidhārinavāyucañcara - kha. . 26 balāvalokamiti - ka 27 190 kha. pu.. > Sanatkumāra said: > While that battle was raging between the armies of the pramathas and the asuras, / the sound of bows was heard like clouds in the rainy season, > and the roar of mighty elephants, the neighing of horses, / and the cries of the gods and rakṣasas engrossed in the battle-gāndharva, > harsh to the ears, dreadful like the crash of a thunderbolt. / They are heard and indeed swell like the debts of debtors. > Then a Dānava named Kārtasvana, sounding like a cloud, / struck down the pramathas in battle like Death approaching mortals. > Mounted on his chariot, wielding a bow, holding arrows, armored, and wearing earrings, / he burned the army of the pramathas like fire burns dry grass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p11) 1 prāvṛḍmegharavopamaḥ - gha. . 2 śrotrayo kaṭukā - gha . 3 svayante (?) . 4 narthā (? . 5 hyadharmiṇāmiva- (?)? hyathavaṃṇā iva (?), hyadhamarṇināmiva (?) . - - -- - - -- - - > \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p12) 757 kārtasvanadhanurmuktāḥ kārtasvaramahāśarāḥ 5 . pramathāndārya nissaṅgaṃ dārayanti raṇāvanim7 . .6 . . śalabhā iva kedārānanayā iva mānavān . khagā iva tarūn pakvāna garuḍaḥ pannagāniva . .7. . tathā te pṛthavo bāṇāḥ kārtasvanadhanuścyutāḥ . pramathān vyākulīcakrurvāsavṛkṣānivāṇḍajāḥ . .8. . . .. . . .. . .. . .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . .. > The great golden arrows released from Kārtasvana's bow, / tearing through the pramathas without clinging, tore through the battleground, > like locusts tearing through fields, like misfortunes ruining men, / like birds tearing through ripe trees, or Garuḍa tearing through snakes. > So those broad arrows loosed from Kārtasvana's bow / threw the pramathas into turmoil, like fledglings in nesting trees. > \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p13) śaravrātā gaṇānīke nipatanti girāviva8 ..9 . . praśāntavādyaninadaṃ śaraghātātivejitam . gaṇeśvarabalaṃ jajñe bandhujīvavanaṃ yathā . . 8.142.10 . . ghanāniva9 yathā vāyurvainateya ivoragān . pṛṣatāniva10 śārdūlastamaughāniva bhāskaraḥ . . 11 . . tathā kārtasvanaḥ kruddhaḥ śaravajraiḥ11 sudāruṇaiḥ . nirdadāha gaṇādhyakṣān lokān saṃvartako yathā . . 12 .. > Showers of arrows fell upon the army of the gaṇas as if upon a mountain. > With the sound of musical instruments silenced, terrified by the impact of arrows, / the army of the gaṇa-lords became red like a forest of bandhujīva flowers. > Just as wind scatters clouds, as Garuḍa scatters serpents, / as a tiger scatters spotted deer, as the sun dispels masses of darkness, > so the enraged Kārtasvana, with exceedingly dreadful thunderbolt-like arrows, / burned the commanders of the gaṇas like the fire of cosmic dissolution burns the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p14) gaṇeśvarabalaṃ dṛṣṭvā dagdhaṃ jagdhaṃ rujāturama . viṭpatiḥ kupito devaḥ kārtasvanamathābravīt . . 13 . . śarapātetha saṃsthityā rudro rudraparākramaḥ . dānavendraṃ prakupito niṣaṅgāduddharañcharam12 . . 14.. > Seeing the army of the gaṇa-lords burned, consumed, and afflicted with pain, / the enraged god Viṭpati then spoke to Kārtasvana. > Standing firm against the fall of arrows, Rudra of rudra-like valor, / being enraged, drew an arrow from his quiver against the Dānava chief: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p15) kārtasvana balaṃ vīryaṃ pratāpaśca tavottamaḥ . kimetānabalān haṃsi13 dānavendra gaṇeśvarān . . 1 5. . āgaccha yadi te śaktiryadi vā vidyate balam . mayā kuruṣva saṃmardaṃ mānadaṃ(ḥ?)14 paśya me balam . . 16 . . kuṇḍalālaṃkṛtaṃ tedya daṃṣṭrāṃkuravibhūṣaṇam15 . pātayāmi śiro daitya tālād vātaḥ16 phalaṃ yathā . . 17. . - - -- - - -- - - 6 kārtasvanamahāśarāḥ - kha . 7 raṇāvaraṃ (jira?) - kha. . 8 patanti girayo yathā - kha . 2 ghanānīva - gha. . 3 0 pṛṣatānīva - gha. . 11 śarava(ca?)kraiḥ - gha., śaravarṣaiḥ (?) . 12 naiṣaṅgānudvahan śarān - gha., ... duddhahana - ka. . 13 hantuṃ - kha. . 14 mā nardīḥ (?) . 15 dīptāṃguravabhīṣaṇam - gha. . 16 vāyuḥ - kha. . - - -- - - -- - - > “Kārtasvana, your might, valor, and majesty are supreme! / Why do you strike down these powerless gaṇa-lords, O lord of Dānavas? > Come if you have the power, or if you possess strength! / Engage in combat with me, O proud one; behold my strength! > Today I shall strike down your head adorned with earrings / and decorated with pointed fangs, O daitya, like the wind blows fruit from a palm tree! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p16) 758 yadyapi tvādya rakṣanti17 dānavāḥ sāndhakā18 raṇe . tathāpi te hariṣyāmi prāṇānasurapāṃsana . . 18 . . ityevaṃ nardamānasya viṭpaterdānavo nadan19 . sasarja bāṇaṃ muktvā(?) ca jagarja jalado yathā .. 1 9. . jvalamānaḥ sa tu śaro ghṛtasikta ivānalaḥ . gharmārkasadṛśo20 bhāsā prādhāvad21 viṭpatiṃ prati .. 8.142.20 .. > Even if the Dānavas along with Andhaka protect you today in battle, / I will still take your life, O defiler of the asuras!” > As Viṭpati was roaring thus, the Dānava, shouting, / shot an arrow, and having released it, roared like a cloud. > That flaming arrow, like fire fed with ghee, / resplendent like the summer sun, rushed toward Viṭpati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p17) niṣprabhorkobhavattatra tasya bhāsā patatriṇaḥ . kārtasvananinādena22 patanti vihagāḥ23 kṣitau ..21 . . sopi bhāsāyuto vāṇaḥ saṃvartaka ivānalaḥ . viṭpateḥ kaṃkaṇe24 magno niraye duṣkṛtī yathā . .22 .. > The sun became lusterless there by the radiance of that winged shaft; / at Kārtasvana's roar birds fell down to the earth. > That blazing arrow, like the fire of cosmic dissolution, / sank into Viṭpati's armor like an evil-doer into hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p18) tatastameva niṣkṛṣya dānavaprahitaṃ śaram . kārtasvanāya cikṣepa viṭapatirvinanāda ca .. 23 . . sa viṭpativinirmuktaḥ śaro dānavanāśakṛt . dānavasya śiro yanturjahāreṣupathān daśa25 . .24. . hate yantari tasyāśvāścapalāḥ śabalāḥ26 raṇe . udbhrāntā rathamādāya śyenā iva yathāmiṣam ..25. . kārtasvanarathaṃ yāta27 kimāsata nigṛhṇata . ityevaṃ dānavendrāṇāṃ babhūva ninado mahān . .26 . . vistīrṇe mandaraprasthe bhraman bhāti rathottamaḥ . sāditya iva saptāśvo merau rathavaro28 bhraman . .27.. > Then, having pulled out that very arrow shot by the Dānava, / Viṭpati hurled it at Kārtasvana and roared aloud. > That arrow released by Viṭpati, bringing destruction to Dānavas, / carried off the head of the Dānava’s charioteer ten arrow-lengths away. > When his charioteer was killed, his swift and dappled horses in battle / ran amok, carrying off the chariot like hawks seizing meat. > “Kārtasvana’s chariot is fleeing! Why do you sit idle? Seize it!” / Thus arose a great uproar among the chiefs of the Dānavas. > That best of chariots, wandering across the vast slope of Mount Mandara, / shone like the sun's excellent chariot drawn by seven horses wandering upon Mount Meru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p19) avaplutya29 tatastasmād drutāśvād30 rathasattamāt31. kārtasvano dhanuṣpāṇirabhidudrāva viṭpatim .. 28. . balayostu tato nādaḥ sādhusādhviti saṃbabhau . kārtasvane yoddhu kāme bhūyo viṭpatinā saha .. 29.. > Then, leaping down from that excellent chariot with swift horses, / bow in hand, Kārtasvana rushed toward Viṭpati. > Then a roar of "Well done! Well done!" arose from both armies, / as Kārtasvana wished to fight once more with Viṭpati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p20) - - -- - - -- - - 17 gacchanti - gha. . 18 sānugā - gha. . 19 dānavonnadana - kha . 20 yamārkasadṛśo - ka., kraṃ - gha. . 21 pradhāvad - ka. kha. . 22 kārtasvaraninādena - gha. . 23 ha khagāḥ - kha. . 24 kaṃgaṇe - ka kha. . 25,.. vāndiśan - kha . 26 sabalāḥ - ka. . 27 gaṇāndevān - ka. . 28 rathāvare - ka. ravo - kha. . 29 prutya - ka. . 30 hatāśvād - va. . 31 rathasattama - ka.,... sattama - kha . - - -- - - -- - - > \[Apparatus readings for verses 17–31\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p21) 759 sa viṭpatiṃ32 vajranibhairbahubhirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ . dānavovākiranmegho yathā dhārotkarairgirim . . 8.142.30 . . sa kārtasvanabāṇaughairghanaughairiva33 sāgaraḥ . viṭpatiḥ pūryamāṇopi vyathāṃ naiva tadāgamat ..3 1 . . ākarṇāt kārmukaṃ sotha vikṛṣya balavān balāt . ciccheda daityendraśarān dvidhaikaikaṃ tridhā tathā . .3 2 .. > 759 / He covered Viṭpati with numerous sharp arrows resembling thunderbolts, / just as a cloud \[covers\] a mountain with torrents of showers. > Though being covered by the flood of Kārtasvana's arrows like the ocean by masses of clouds, / Viṭpati did not feel any distress at that time. > Drawing his bow back to his ear with force, the mighty one then / split the Daitya chief's arrows into two and into three pieces each. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p22) tāniṣūn śātayitvā34 tu patribhiḥ prāṇabhojanaiḥ . kārtasvanaṃ sahasreṇa bibheda ca nanāda ca . .3 3 .. > Having cut down those arrows, with a thousand feathered shafts / that consume life-breath, he pierced Kārtasvana and roared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p23) pṛṣṭhato dṛśyamānāsyaiḥ śaraistairdānavo babhau . yathācalo nāgavarairvivarārdhavinirgataiḥ35 .. .34.. > With those arrows whose heads appeared at his back, the dānava shone / like a mountain with excellent serpents half-emerged from fissures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p24) athāsya kārmukaṃ khaḍgaṃ śarāvāpañca36 pañcakama37 . ciccheda rudraḥ saṃkruddha38 staṃ ca sobhyardayadbalī ..35.. > Then the enraged Rudra cut down his bow, sword, / and the quivers into five parts; and the powerful one tormented him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p25) atha bāṇamindrakuliśena samaṃ kupitaṃ śvasantamiva nāgapatim . visasarja viṭpatirudārabaloditinandanārdanamajihmagatim ..36.. > Then Viṭpati, having noble might, loosed a straight-flying arrow, / equal to Indra's thunderbolt, raging like a hissing lord of serpents, afflicting the son of Diti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p26) śararāṭ sa rudravarasaṃprahitaḥ samarāṅgaṇe39 visṛtadhūmalavaḥ40 . asurānanaṃ yudhi jahāra balāt kamalaṃ yathā munirudāramatiḥ41 ..37.. > That king of arrows, shot by the excellent Rudra, emitting a trail of smoke on the battlefield, / forcibly severed the face of the asura in battle, just as a noble-minded sage plucks a lotus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p27) atha daivatai42rmunivaraiśca kṛtaḥ pramathaiśca bhīmaninadairninadaḥ43 . tadarermukhaṃ hṛtamudīkṣya44 tadā vaḍavāmukhāgnidamanena raṇe ..38.. > Then an uproar was raised with dread roars by the deities, / the best sages, and the pramathas, / seeing the enemy's head taken off in battle by the subduer of the fire of the mare's mouth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p28) sa tu viṭpatiḥ pramathasainyapanistvabhisṛtya bhūtapatinā suciram . abhipūjitaḥ samarakarmapaṭustridaśārisiṃhadamano45 damanaḥ ..39.. > That Viṭpati, commander of the host of pramathas, having approached, / was honored for a long time by the lord of spirits—he who was skilled in acts of war, the subduer who tamed the lion-like foes of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p29) iti skandapurāṇe gaṇayuddhe dvicatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ46 - - -- - - -- - - 32 viṭpatiṃ sa - kha. . 33 rghanoghairiva - ka. . 34 sātayitvā - ka., chedayitvā - kha. . 35 viniḥsṛtaiḥ - kha. 36 śarām̐ścāpaṃ ca - ka. . 37 pañcadhā - gha. . 38 viṭpatistasya - gha. . 39 samarānalo - ka. samavālana - gha. . 40 niśitadhūma iva - gha. . 41 mani - ka., maṇirudāramatiḥ - gha. . 42 devatai - ka 43. rnadaḥ - ka., śca nadaḥ - kha. . 44 hṛṣitamudīkṣya - kha . 45 saṃhadamano - ka., dahano - kha 46 191 - kha. . - - -- - - -- - - > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-second chapter in the battle of the gaṇas in the Skandapurāṇa. > \[Apparatus readings for verses 32–46\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p30) 760 > 760 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p31) 760 sanatkumāra uvāca kārtasvanamariṃ hatvā kārtasvaramaheṣuṇā1 . dadāha viṭpatirdaityānanalaḥ śalabhāniva2 . .1 . . sa vyāyata3 dhanurdevaścārukāñcanakuṇḍalaḥ . jagarjeṣū4ndānaveṣu sṛjan5 sūryaḥ karāniva6 . . 2 . . te kāñcanamayaiḥ pukhaigaruḍāṅgaruhacchadaiḥ . daivasṛṣṭā7 ivānarthā dānaveṣvapatañcharāḥ8 . . 3 .. > 760 / Sanatkumāra said: / Having killed his enemy Kārtasvana with a great golden shaft, / Viṭpati burned the daityas as fire burns moths. > With drawn bow, the god, wearing handsome golden earrings, / roared, discharging arrows among the dānavas like the sun releasing rays. > Equipped with golden feathers made of Garuḍa's plumage, / those arrows fell upon the dānavas like misfortunes sent by fate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p32) chinnānanā9 śchinnakarāśchinnapādodaroravaḥ . dānavāḥ śataśaḥ petuḥ kṣitau kṣitidharā yathā10 . .4.. > With severed faces, severed hands, severed feet, bellies, and thighs, / dānavas fell by the hundreds upon the earth like mountains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p33) pṛṣṭheṣvabhihatāḥ kecit kecit pārśveṣu dāritāḥ . nayaneṣvapare viddhā bhramantyandhā ivāpare11 ..5 . . mṛgāniva ca śārdūlo garuḍaḥ pannagāniva . kṛtaghnaḥ sukṛtānīva tamāṃsīva divākaraḥ ..6 . . tathā12 tānasurāndevo viṭpatiḥ pāvakārdanaḥ . anāśayata tīkṣṇāgraiḥ śarairvajrānalānanaiḥ ..7 . . virathāḥ pātitagajāḥ śarāturaturaṅgamāḥ . dhāvante dānavāstrastā viṭpateḥ śaravejitāḥ . .8 .. > Some were struck on their backs, others were torn open in the sides; / others, pierced in the eyes, wandered about like blind men; > and as a tiger \[destroys\] deer, or Garuḍa serpents, / or an ungrateful man good deeds, or the maker of the day darkness, > so did the god Viṭpati, afflicter of Pāvaka, / destroy those asuras with sharp-pointed arrows whose faces were like thunderbolt and fire. > With their chariots destroyed, their elephants felled, and their horses afflicted by arrows, / the terrified dānavas fled, agitated by Viṭpati's arrows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p34) atha dṛṣṭvāsurabalaṃ muktaśastrayaśombaram . bhagnaṃ viṭpatinā yuddhe gajeneva yathā vanam . .9. . ye ye balotkaṭāstatra prakhyātāśca suretarāḥ13 . abhidrutā14 viṭpatinā siṃhenevetare mṛgāḥ15 .. 8.143.10 .. > Then, seeing the asura army, its weapons dropped and its armor of fame lost, / broken in battle by Viṭpati as a forest by an elephant, > whichever demon enemies were prominent there and fierce in might / were pursued by Viṭpati like other beasts by a lion: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p35) prahrādaścānuhrādaśca saṃhrādaḥ śinibāṣkalau16 . jambho virocano bāṇo baliścaiva sa17 dānavaḥ ..1 1 . . - - -- - - -- - - 1 kārtasvanamaheṣuṇā - ka. . 2. nśalabhāniva pāvakaḥ - gha. . 3 so - ka. kha., sopyanindya - gha. . 4 sasarjeṣṭhaṃ (ṣū?) - gha. . 5 vrajan - gha . 6 sūryakarāniva - ka kha. . 7 devasṛṣṭā - ka. . 8 dānaveṣu patansurāḥ - gha. . 9 bhinnānanā - ka. . 10 iva (?) . 11 nyapatandānavā raṇe - ka., bhramantyardhā ivāhave - gha. . 12 atha - kha. . 13?.. ścāsurottamāḥ - gha. . 14 te vidrutā - gha. . 15 siṃhaneva yathā mṛgaḥ (?), śvaiva (?) . . 16 saṃhrādaśinibhāskarāḥ - kha. .... śinibāṣkalāḥ - gha. . 17 caḥ - kha. . - - -- - - -- - - > Prahrāda, Anuhrāda, Saṃhrāda, Śini, and Bāṣkala, / Jambha, Virocana, Bāṇa, and the dānava Bali; > \[Apparatus readings for verses 1–17\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p36) 761 ajako18 namucirvyaṃsaḥ ilvako vilvakastathā19 . vipracittistuhuṇḍaśca huṇḍo vakraśca dānavaḥ .. 12 . . mayastārastārakākṣo20 vidyunmālī prabhañjanaḥ . ariṣṭaścaiva21 riṣṭaśca añjano22 rūśabhaḥ23 kubhaḥ ..1 3 . . kālaśca kālanemiśca kālakāvadanastathā24 . saṃpātirilvalaścāpi balo25 naraka eva ca . . 14' . madhukaiṭabhayoḥ putrau dhundhurmūkaśca dānavaḥ . > 761 / Ajaka, Namuci, Vyaṃsa, Ilvaka, and Vilvaka, / Vipracitti, Tuhuṇḍa, Huṇḍa, and the dānava Vakra; > Maya, Tāra, Tārakākṣa, Vidyunmālin, and Prabhañjana; / Ariṣṭa, Riṣṭa, Añjana, Rūśabha, and Kubha; > Kāla, Kālanemi, Kālakāmukha, / Saṃpāti, Ilvala, Bala, and Naraka; > and the sons of Madhu and Kaiṭabha, Dhundhu, and the dānava Mūka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p37) hastirvipāka pākaśca vikarṇaḥ śambhureva ca . . 15 . . udyatairbahubhiḥ śastrairulkāpātasamaprabhaiḥ . viṭpatiṃ dudruvuḥ kruddhāḥ siṃhā iva vineduṣaḥ . . 16 . . te taṃ śūlopalai26 rhuṇḍaiḥ sāyakaiścāśanisvanaiḥ27 . nijadhnurbhīmaninadāḥ payodā iva parvatam ... 17. . toyavṛṣṭiṃ yathā meghā visṛjantyanileritāḥ28 . sasṛjurdānavā29 deve30 śaravṛṣṭiṃ31 tathaiva te32 . . 18 . . tāṃ śastravṛṣṭimāmitrīmamitragaṇamardanaḥ . > Hastin, Vipāka, Pāka, Vikarṇa, and Śambhu, / raising many weapons blazing like falling meteors, / rushed furiously against Viṭpati, roaring like lions. / With spears, stones, clubs, and thunderous arrows, / they struck him with dreadful roars, like rainclouds against a mountain. / Just as clouds, impelled by the wind, unleash a shower of water, / so the Dānavas discharged a shower of arrows upon the god. / But he who crushes hosts of enemies, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p38) acchinadviṭpatistūrṇa saṃprītiṃ kalaho yathā . . 1 9. . tataste danudaiteyā viyatsthā33 viṭapatiṃ prati . nardamānā34 ivāmbhodā girivarṣaṃ35 sṛjantyuta . .8.143.2 0 . . anye ca mandarāgrasthā mandārasragivāsthitāḥ36 . mumucuḥ sālasaralān37 devadārūm̐śca viṭpatau . .2 1 .. sombarasthaiḥkṣitisthaiśca dānavairdaḍhamarditaḥ38 . viṭpatirvimukho jajñe toyasikta ivānalaḥ . . 22 . . viṭpatiṃ vimukhaṃ dṛṣṭavā dānavaiḥ parvataiścitam39 . > Viṭpati, swiftly severed that shower of enemy weapons, as a quarrel \[severs\] affection. / Then those sons of Danu and Diti, standing in the sky, / roaring like rainclouds, hurled a shower of mountains at Viṭpati. / And others, stationed on the peak of Mount Mandara like a garland of Mandāra trees, / loosed śāla, pine, and deodar trees upon Viṭpati. / Severely battered by the Dānavas positioned in the sky and on earth, / Viṭpati turned away, like a fire quenched by water. / Seeing Viṭpati turned away, covered with mountains by the Dānavas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p39) namarṣeyu40 bhīmabalāḥ prakhyātā ye gaṇeśvarāḥ . .2 3 . . - - -- - - -- - - 18 arjako - kha. . 19 pilvakatathā - kha . 20 yamastārastārakākṣo - kha. . 21 śca variṣṭhaśca - ka. . 22 kuṃjaro - gha . 23 auśanaḥ - kha. . 24... nandanastathā - gha. . 25 balī - ka. . 26 śūlopalahalai - kha śūlopalagaṇai - gha. . 27 pāśanisvanaiḥ - gha. . 28. lojjhitāḥ - ka., leṅkhitāḥ (?) . 29 visṛjurdānavā - ka.. 30 devo - ka . 31 śaravarṣaṃ - gha. . 32 ca - kha. . 33 raṇasthā - gha . 34 nadamānā - gha. . 35 agnivarṣaṃ - gha. . 36 mandarasragivāsthitāḥ - ka. tha. . 37 kālasaralān? - kha. . 38 rbhṛśamardinaḥ gha. . 39,. ściram - kha. . 40 mamarṣu (?) . - - -- - - -- - - > the renowned leaders of the gaṇas, endowed with terrible might, would not endure it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p40) 762 somanandī ca nandī ca nandiṣeṇaśca pārṣadaḥ . prabhāmayo vīrabhadraḥ sūryāpyāyana41 eva ca . .24.. pañcākṣaḥ kopapālaśca42 trinetraḥ piṅgalekṣaṇaḥ . rākṣasaḥ piṅgalaścaiva śmaśānaninalayonnadaḥ43 .. 25.. ghaṇṭākarṇaḥ śaṃkukarṇaḥ sa ca kuṇḍodaro balī . airāvatamukhaścaiva annapālaḥ kapāladhṛk . pralambapīvarakaraḥ svayameva vināyakaḥ .. 26. . ete cānye ca gaṇapāḥ śataśaḥ śabditā gaṇaiḥ44 . viviśurdānavāndagdhuṃ drumāñchuṣkānivānalāḥ .. 27.. te viṭpatiṃ saṃparivārya45 sarve gajendrapotā iva garjamānāḥ . triśūlacakreṣubhuśuṇḍihastā gaṇeśvarā yuddhadhiyaḥ pratīyuḥ46 ..28.. teṣāṃ ca teṣāṃ ca tato babhūva saṃsaktayuddhaṃ47 samaroddhatānām . madoddhatānāṃ sahavāsitānāṃ mahāgajānāmiva kānaneṣu ..29.. taṃ48 dānavānāṃ sagaṇeśvarāṇāṃ mukhyāhavaṃ vīkṣya divaukasāste . cerurnabho divyavimānayānaiḥ sasiṃhanādāḥ satalābhighātāḥ ..8.143.3 0.. iti skandapurāṇe gaṇayuddhe tricatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ49 > Somanandin, Nandin, the attendant Nandiṣeṇa, / Prabhāmaya, Vīrabhadra, Sūryāpyāyana, / Pañcākṣa, Kopapāla, Trinetra, Piṅgalekṣaṇa, / Rākṣasa, Piṅgala, who roars from his abode in the cremation grounds, / Ghaṇṭākarṇa, Śaṅkukarṇa, the mighty Kuṇḍodara, / Airāvatamukha, Annapāla, Kapāladhṛk, / and Vināyaka himself with his long, stout trunk— / these and other gaṇa leaders, called forth in the hundreds by the hosts, / entered to burn the Dānavas, as fires burn dry trees. / Surrounding Viṭpati, all roaring like young lordly elephants, / with tridents, discus-weapons, arrows, and bhuśuṇḍi guns in hand, the leaders of the gaṇas, minded for battle, advanced. / Then between them there arose close combat, fierce in battle, / like that of rut-maddened bull elephants gathered with cow elephants in the forests. / Beholding that great battle of the Dānavas with the gaṇa leaders, the gods / moved through the sky in celestial aerial chariots, uttering lion-roars and clapping their hands. > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-third chapter in the Skandapurāṇa, on the battle of the gaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p41) sanatkumāra uvāca tetisaṃrambhasaṃyuktā1 darpitāḥ pramathāsurāḥ . saṃsaktayuddhaṃ yuyudhuḥ parasparakṛtāgasaḥ . . 1 . . śaktyullālitahastena2 kumāreṇāvaniñjayaḥ . kālanemiḥ kālakalpo viśākhaṃ samayodhayat . .2 .. - - -- - - -- - - 41 somāpyāyana - kha . 42 kopapālaśca - gha. . 43 nadan - gha., nayaḥ - kha. . 44. lā( ṇāḥ) - gha.. 45 saṃprativārya - ka. . 46 pratasthuḥ - kha . 47 saṃyuktayuddhaṃ - kha. . 48 tad - ka. . 49 144 - gha.. 192 - kha . 1 saṃraktasaṃyunā? - ka. . 2 -śaktyullolitahastena - ravra . - - -- - - -- - - > Sanatkumāra said: / Filled with extreme fury and arrogance, the Pramathas and Asuras, / having wronged one another, fought in close combat. / With his hand brandishing a spear, Kumāra \[fought\] Avaniñjaya, / while Kālanemi, like Death himself, fought Viśākha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p42) 763 yaścādityarathāccakraṃ jahāra baladarpitaḥ . sa vipracittiḥ śākhena saṃsakto3 yuddhalālasaḥ . 3 .. > He who in pride of strength had stolen the wheel from the chariot of the Sun, / Vipracitti, eager for battle, clashed with Śākha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p43) naigameṣo hayagrīvaṃ sugrīvaṃ dānavādhipam . yodhayāmāsa sogneyo madhuṃ madhunihā yathā . .4. . prāyudhyan4 nandinā jambhastuhuṇḍaḥ somanandinā . huṇḍo vināyakaṃ śūramayodhayata dānavaḥ ..5.. > Naigameṣa, born of Agni, fought Hayagrīva and Sugrīva, / the lords of the Dānavas, as the slayer of Madhu fought Madhu. / Jambha fought with Nandin, Tuhuṇḍa with Somanandin, / and the Dānava Huṇḍa fought the heroic Vināyaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p44) mahākāyastu5 kālena ghanena namucissaha . piṅgalābhyāṃ gaṇeśābhyāmilvakaḥ pilvakassa ca ..6 . . śaṃkukarṇena hrādastu6 hyanuhrādena viṭpatiḥ . ādityāpyāyano rudraḥ saṃhrādena samāgataḥ ..7. . kuṇḍodaraśca yakṣendro ghaṇṭākarṇaśva pārṣadaḥ . balelvalābhyāṃ saṃsaktau siṃhābhyāmiva kuñjarau . .8. . pañcākṣeṇa balissārdhaṃ rudreṇādityavarcasā . balerjanayitā sakto vīrabhadreṇa dānavaḥ ..9 .. > Mahākāya fought with Kāla, Namuci with Ghana, / and Ilvaka and Pilvaka with the two Piṅgala gaṇa leaders. / Hrāda clashed with Śaṅkukarṇa, and Viṭpati with Anuhrāda; / the Rudra Ādityāpyāyana met with Saṃhrāda. / Kuṇḍodara, the lord of Yakṣas, and the attendant Ghaṇṭākarṇa / clashed with Bala and Ilvala, like two lions with two elephants. / Bali clashed with Pañcākṣa, a Rudra resplendent as the sun, / and the Dānava who fathered Bali fought with Vīrabhadra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p45) sumukhena mayassārdha tāro durmukhamāsarat7 . mayūro vajraromāṇaṃ kukkuṭo muramāgamat ..8.144.1 0 . . śeṣā hyapi gaṇādhyakṣāḥ śeṣairdaityaissamāgatāḥ . paraspareṇa saṃsaktā gajāḥ siṃhairivāhave .. 11 . . dahyatāmiva veṇūnāṃ vijane kṛṣṇavartmanā . abhūt8 taṭataṭāśabdaḥ śastrāṇāṃ vinipātyatām . .1 2 .. > Maya clashed with Sumukha, Tāra approached Durmukha; / the peacock went against Vajraroman, the rooster against Mura. / The remaining leaders of the gaṇas met with the remaining Daityas, / clashing with one another in battle like lions with elephants. / Like the crackling sound of bamboos burning in a desolate forest from fire, / there arose the clattering of falling weapons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p46) mā dravīrdrava tiṣṭheti paśya paśyetivādinaḥ . anyonyamabhijaghnuste saṃsaktā gaṇadānavāḥ . . 13 . . vapāmedobhidigdhāṅgāśchinnānanakaroravaḥ . dānavāḥ pramathāścaiva hyadhāvan śastramakṣitāḥ .. 14. . - - -- - - -- - - 3 saṃyukto - kha . 4 prayuddho - ka. kha, prayudhyan (?) . 5 mahākālastu - ka. . 6 sahrādaḥ - ka- . 7.., māsadat - ka. . 8 babhau - ka. kha. . 9 caṭacaṭāśabdaḥ (?) . - - -- - - -- - - > Shouting "Do not run! Run! Stand! Look! Look!", / the gaṇas and Dānavas struck down one another in close combat. / Their limbs smeared with marrow and fat, their faces, arms, and thighs severed, / smeared with weapons, the Dānavas and Pramathas charged, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p47) 764 ānanairurubhiḥ10 pādaiḥ karadantekṣaṇairapi . hārairvikīrṇaiḥ keyūraiḥ sragambaravibhūṣaṇaiḥ . . 1 5... > with faces, thighs, feet, hands, teeth, and eyes, / and with scattered necklaces, armlets, garlands, garments, and ornaments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p48) gajendrāstaparistomaiḥ12 kambalairāyudhairapi . rarāja sa raṇoddeśo nabhastārāgrahairiva . . 16 . . nakhadantāgrajanitai13ścitraiḥ kṣatajabindubhiḥ . raktacandanadigdhāṅgī bhūmiḥ strīriva nirbabhau . . 17. . vināyakasya sa śaraṃ tuhuṇḍaḥ sūryatejasam . preṣayitvā jahāsoccaiḥ kopaṃ tasya vivarddhayan . . 18. . tasyāpi hasato14 vaktraṃ bṛhatkuṇḍalamaṇḍitam . asinā tīkṣṇadhāreṇa ciccheda sa vināyakaḥ . . 1 9. . tuhuṇḍaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā huṇḍo bhrātṛvadhāturaḥ . śaktiṃ cikṣepa nāgāsye15 śakrośanimivācale .. 8.144.20 . . vināyakasya16 sā śaktirmaṇau maṇiśatācitā17 . patitāsṛk papau kroḍāj18 jvaladagniśikhopamā19 ..21 .. > With the housings and coverings of lordly elephants, blankets, and weapons, > that battleground shone like the sky with stars and planets. / 16 > With varied drops of blood shed from the tips of claws and teeth, > the earth shone forth like a woman whose limbs are smeared with red sandalwood. / 17 > Shooting an arrow radiant as the sun at Vināyaka, > Tuhuṇḍa laughed loudly, provoking his wrath. / 18 > And as he was laughing, that Vināyaka, with a sharp-edged sword, > cut off his face adorned with large ear-rings. / 19 > Seeing Tuhuṇḍa slain, Huṇḍa, distraught over his brother's slaughter, > hurled a spear at the elephant-faced god, as Indra hurls a thunderbolt at a mountain. / 20 > That spear, adorned with hundreds of jewels, fell upon Vināyaka's gem, > and drank blood from his chest, resembling a blazing tongue of fire. / 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p49) vināyakasya sā kroḍe lagnā śaktivinirbabhau . indranīlaṃ maṇiṃ prāpya rekhā20 cāmīkarī yathā . . 22 .. > Sticking in Vināyaka's chest, that spear shone > like a streak of gold on a sapphire gem. / 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p50) sa huṇḍaśaktiṃ karapuṣkareṇa nikṛṣya devo ravirasmikalpām . tayaiva huṇḍaṃ sahasā jaghāna tasyānujaḥ krauñcamivāvanīdhram .. 23 . . pramāpitau21 vīkṣya tuhuṇḍahuṇḍau vināyakenārivināyakena . balaṃ samastaṃ gaṇanāyakānāmunmattagaḥṅgāpratimaṃ22 babhūva . . 24. . iti skandapurāṇe gaṇayuddhe catuścatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ - - -- - - -- - - 10... rjānubhiḥ - kha. . 11 rviśīrṇaiḥ - kha. . 12 gajendrāstraparistomaiḥ - kha . 13 patitai (?) - kha. . 14 tasyāvahasato (?) . 15 nāgasya - ka kha. . 16 vināyakāya - ka kha. . 17 maṇicitāgatā - ka. . 18 kūjan - kha . 19 śikhā yathā - kha . 20 lekhā - ka . 21 pramāthitau - kha. . 22 pramattagaṅgāpratimaṃ - kha . - - -- - - -- - - > Drawing out Huṇḍa's spear, which was like a sunbeam, with the tip of his trunk, the god > suddenly slew Huṇḍa with that very \[spear\], as his younger brother \[slew\] Mount Krauñca. / 23 > Seeing Tuhuṇḍa and Huṇḍa destroyed by Vināyaka, the destroyer of foes, > the entire army of the leaders of the gaṇas became like the frenzied Gaṅgā. / 24 > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-fourth chapter in the Skandapurāṇa, in the battle of the gaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.5) 765 sanatkumāra uvāca vināyakena huṇḍe ca tuhuṇḍe ca pramāpite1 . gaṇeśvarāsurāṇāṃ tadyuddhaṃ2 saṃkulamābabhau . . 1 .. te naditvā yathā meghā jalamattā jalāgame . saṃsādhayante3 yudhyanta4stvarayaiva parasparam . . 2 . . asṛksravaissuraktāṅgāssandaṣṭadaśanacchadāḥ . anyonyamabhisaṃjaghnuḥ śūlaśaktyṛṣṭipaṭṭiśaiḥ ..3 . . śaktīnāṃ kṣipyamāṇānāmasīnāñca nipātyatām . śrāvyatāṃ nāmadheyānāṃ dhanuṣāṃ kūjatāmapi . .4. . śrotrāyāsakarāñchabdān niśamya balināṃ varaḥ . jambho bhrātṛvadhāmarṣī praviṣṭaḥ prāmathaṃ balam . .5. > Sanatkumāra said: > When Huṇḍa and Tuhuṇḍa were slain by Vināyaka, > that battle between the lords of the gaṇas and the asuras became tumultuous. / 1 > Roaring like clouds filled with water at the coming of the rains, > they quickly destroyed one another as they fought. / 2 > Their limbs drenched in flowing streams of blood, their lips bitten by teeth, > they struck one another with tridents, spears, rṣṭis, and paṭṭiśas. / 3 > Hearing the ear-rending sounds of spears being thrown, swords falling, > names being proclaimed, and bows twanging, / 4 > Jambha, foremost among the mighty, enraged by the slaughter of his brothers, > entered the Pramatha host. / 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.7) vyāghrapūrvaṃ triśūlena6 jambho bhittvā gaṇeśvaram . nanarda mahiṣaṃ hattvā vane vanapatiryathā . .6 . . nardamānasya tasyātha prathamo magapūrvakaḥ8 . śirobhihatya śaktyā tu śeṣāndaityān pradudruve . .7 > Piercing the Gaṇa-lord Vyāghra\[mukha\] with a trident, > Jambha roared like the lord of the forest in the woods after killing a buffalo. / 6 > Then, as he was roaring, the foremost \[gaṇa\] named Maga > struck his head with a spear and rushed at the remaining daityas. / 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9) gaṇapāpi tataḥ khyātāḥ khyātavīryayaśaḥśrutāḥ . pratīyurasurān yuddhe śarabhāḥ kuñjarāniva . .8. . tatosuragaṇeśānāṃ sannipātobhavanmahān . saṃghaṭṭa iva vajrāṇāṃ saha kāñcanaparvataiḥ . .9 . > Then the famous lords of the gaṇas, renowned for their valor, fame, and sacred learning, > confronted the asuras in battle, as śarabhas \[confront\] elephants. / 8 > Then a great clash occurred between the lords of the asuras and the gaṇas, > like the collision of thunderbolts with golden mountains. / 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.9\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_51) virocanaścāndhakaśca vavarṣaturamarṣaṇau . śaravṛṣṭīssusaṃrabdhau jalavṛṣṭīrivāmbudau . . 8.145.10 . . svayaṃprabheṇa tau daityau śaravarṣavisarjanau . vimukhau saṃyugamukhe kṛtau śaravarārditau9 . . 11 . . svayaṃprabho dānavasainyasāgaraṃ10 śarairanekairdhanuyantraniḥsṛtaiḥ . saśoṣayad dīptamarīcimaṇḍalo yathā vivasvān jagataḥ kṣayerṇavam . . 12 . . - - -- - - -- - - 1 nipātite - kha . 2 tu yuddha - kha . 3 saṃsādhayanto (?) . 4 yudhyanto (?) . 5?? miva - ka kha. . 6 vyāghrapūrṇasahasreṇa - gha. . 7 sagaṇo - gha . 8 mṛtapūrvakaḥ - ka, . 9 varṣavarārditau - kha. . 10 sāgarau - ka . 13 saṃśoṣayan - ka . - - -- - - -- - - > Virocana and Andhaka, furious and agitated, > poured down showers of arrows, like two clouds pouring showers of water. / 10 > Discharging a rain of arrows, those two daityas, afflicted by superior shafts, > were turned back at the forefront of battle by Svayaṃprabha. / 11 > Svayaṃprabha dried up the ocean of the dānava army with countless arrows sped from the bow-machine, > just as the sun, with his blazing ring of rays, dries up the ocean at the dissolution of the world. / 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.9\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_52) 766 tatondhako dānavalokasārathiḥ svasārathiṃ12 prāha vivṛttalocanaḥ13 . śukraṃ14 prati prāpaya sārathe māṃ sa15 naḥ sadā huḥkhaharo guruśca16 .. 13 .. sa taṃ rathaṃ dānavayūthapāsthitaṃ tatheti ca procya sadaśvasaṃyutam . saṃ17 prāpayāmāsa payodanisvanaṃ sa yatra śukro grahasattamo dvija . .14.. iti skandapurāṇe gaṇayuddhe pañcacatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ18 > Then Andhaka, the leader of the dānava folk, his eyes rolling, said to his charioteer: > ‘Charioteer, take me to Śukra; he is our guru and ever removes our sorrow.’ / 13 > Saying, ‘So be it,’ he drove that chariot yoked with excellent horses, > mounted by the leader of the dānava hosts and rumbling like a rain-cloud, / to where Śukra was, O twice-born, the best among planets. / 14 > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-fifth chapter in the Skandapurāṇa, in the battle of the gaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.9\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_53) sanatkumāra uvāca apasṛtya tato yuddhādandhakosurasattamaḥ . śukrāntikamupāgamya idamāha natānanaḥ . . 1 . . bhagavam̐stvāṃ samāśritya vayaṃ devān sahānugān . gaṇayāmastṛṇaistulyān sadā satyaṃ bravīmyaham . . 2 . . kuñjarā iva siṃhānāṃ garuḍānāmivāhayaḥ . asmākaṃ bibhyati sadā devā yuṣmatprasādataḥ . . 3 . . durgaṃ devagaṇavyūhaṃ bhavatā pratipālitāḥ . viviśurnirbhayā daityā hradamuṣṇārditā1 iva . .4. . vayaṃ tvaccharaṇā bhūtvā pāṣāṇā iva niścalāḥ2 . sthitvā vadhāma3 niḥśaṃkā4 brāhmaṇendrendramāhave . . 5. . āpadbhāvena ca vayaṃ pādau tava sukhapradau . sadārāḥ sasutāścaiva śuśrūṣāmo5 divāniśam . . 6. . abhirakṣasva satataṃ sa nastvaccharaṇāgatān6 . bhayeṣu satataṃ devān nārāyaṇa ivāparaḥ . .7. . paśya huṇḍaṃ tuhuṇḍaṃ ca kujambhaṃ jambhameva ca . pākaṃ kārtasvanaṃ caiva vipākaṃ ca mahāsuram . .8. . - - -- - - -- - - 12 sasārathiṃ - kha . 13 sumandalocanaḥ - kha. . 14 śuklaṃ - kha . 15 so - ka. kha., soyaṃ (?) . 16 guruśca naḥ (?) . 17 taṃ - ka . 18 194 - kha . 1 hradantṛṣṇārditā - kha. . 2 nirbhayāḥ - kha. . 3 bādhāma - ka., carāma - gha. . 4 niḥsaṃstrā - ka. . 5 śuśrūṣāma - ka. kha. . 6 .. stvaṃ śaraṇāgatān - gha. . - - -- - - -- - - > Sanatkumāra said: > Withdrawing then from the battle, Andhaka, the foremost of the asuras, > approached Śukra and, with bowed head, spoke these words: / 1 > ‘O lord, having taken refuge in you, we count the gods together with their followers > as equal to blades of grass; I speak the truth always. / 2 > As elephants \[fear\] lions, or serpents \[fear\] Garuḍas, > the gods are always afraid of us through your grace. / 3 > Protected by you, the daityas entered without fear > the gods' impenetrable battle array, like those afflicted by heat \[entering\] a lake. / 4 > Taking refuge in you, standing firm like unshakeable stones, > we strike Indra in battle without hesitation, O best of brahmins. / 5 > And in times of distress, together with our wives and sons, > we serve day and night your feet that bestow happiness. / 6 > Do you ever protect us who have come to you for refuge > in times of danger, like another Nārāyaṇa \[protects\] the gods! / 7 > Look at Huṇḍa, Tuhuṇḍa, Kujambha, and Jambha, > Pāka, Kārtasvana, and the great asura Vipāka! / 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.9\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_54) 767 taṃ cendradamanaṃ śūraṃ śūrāmaranipātanam . pramathairbhīmavikrāntaiḥ krāntamṛtyuvyathādibhiḥ7 ..9.. > And that heroic Indradamana, who felled heroic gods, / crushed by the terrible prowess of the Pramathas, who have overcome the torment of death, etc., > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.9\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_55) sūditānpatitānetān hariṇairiva candanān8 . yā pītvā kaṇadhūmaṃ vai sahasraṃ śaradāṃ purā9 . vidyā harādvarā10 prāptā tasyāḥ kāloyamāgataḥ ..8.146.1 0.. > slain and fallen like sandalwood trees by deer. / That excellent lore acquired from Hara of old, having consumed smoke and grain for a thousand autumns— / the time for it has now arrived. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.9\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_56) atha vidyāphalaṃ tatte jīvayānasya11 dānavān12 . paśyantu pramathāḥ sarve lokāścotphullalocanāḥ ..11.. > Now, let the Pramathas and all the worlds behold with wide-open eyes / that fruit of your lore in bringing the Dānavas back to life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.9\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_57) tvayā sañjīvitān dṛṣṭvā dānavā dānavān yudhi13 . sarve mṛtyubhayaṃ14 hitvā15 yotsyante16 pramathaiḥ saha ..12 .. > Seeing the Dānavas revived by you in battle, / all the Dānavas, casting aside fear of death, will fight together with the Pramathas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.9\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_58) - - - -- -- -- - -- - . vidyā kila tvayā sā vai dānavānāṃ hitārthinā17 ..13.. > \[…\] / Indeed, that lore \[was acquired\] by you, seeking the benefit of the Dānavas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.9\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_59) ārādhya devaṃ saṃprāptā tāṃ darśaya18 namastava . ityandhakavacaḥ śrutvā sthiradhīrbhārgavo muniḥ ..14.. > obtained after propitiating the God; display it, homage to you!" / Having heard these words of Andhaka, the sage Bhārgava of steady intellect, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.9\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_60) īṣatsmitaṃ tadā kṛtvā dānavādhipamabravīt . dānavādhipa tatsatyaṃ yattvayā preritaṃ vacaḥ ..15.. > then smiling slightly, spoke to the lord of the Dānavas: / "O lord of Dānavas, true are the words you have addressed to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.9\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_61) vidyopārjanametaddhi dānavānāṃ mayā kṛtam . pītvā varṣasahasra vai kaṇadhūmaṃ sudussaham ..16.. > For indeed, this acquisition of lore was undertaken by me for the sake of the Dānavas, / having inhaled the most unbearable smoke and grain for a thousand years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.9\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_62) eṣā prāptā mayā vidyā bāndhavānāṃ sukhāvahā . etayā vidyayā sohametān daityān parairhatān19 ..17.. > This lore bringing happiness to my kinsmen was obtained by me. / With this lore, I shall raise up these Daityas who were slain by their foes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.9\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_63) utthāpayiṣye sasyāni mlānānyambudharo yathā . nirvraṇānnīrujān20 svasthān suptveva punarutthitān ..18. . asmin muhūrte draṣṭāsi21 dānavāndānavādhipa . utthitāndānavān dṛṣṭvā hatān yuddhe gaṇeśvaraiḥ ..19.. > just as a cloud \[raises up\] withered crops, / free from wounds, free from disease, hale, as if awakened having merely slept. / In this very instant, O lord of Dānavas, you shall see the Dānavas. / Seeing the Dānavas raised, who were slain in battle by the Gaṇa lords, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.9\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_64) - - -- - - -- - - 7 mūrdhyāhyupādhibhiḥ - gha . 8 candanam - ka. kha. . 9 kāladhūmaṃ suduḥsahaṃ - gha . 10 vidyāradhītva (tye) yā - gha. . 11 tasya - ka. . 12 dānavān - gha. . 13 dānavādhipa - gha. . 14 rājyaṃ - gha., kaṣṭaṃ mahābhayaṃ (?) - ka. kha . 14 kṛtvā - gha. . 16 mucyaṃta - gha., yudhyante (?) . 17 hitārthinī - ka . 18 taddarśaya - kha. . 19 surairdattān - kha . 20. .nnirujam - ka. . 21 asmin yuddhe hate draṣṭā - gha. . - - -- - - -- - - > \[Critical apparatus\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.9\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_65) 768 vismayācca bhayāccaiva draviṣyanti gaṇeśvarāḥ . ityevamuktvā sa tadā bhārgavo dānaveśvaram ..8.146.20.. ekaikaṃ daityamuddiśya vidyāmāvartayat kaviḥ . āvartamānayā tatra vidyayā brāhmaṇena ha ..21 .. uttasthurdānavāḥ suptāḥ śayanādiva nidrayā . vedārthā iva cābhyastāḥ samayeneva cāmbudāḥ . .22 .. kālena pralayaṃ22 prāptau23 yathā vā dhūmaketavaḥ . tathā śukreṇa te daityāḥ pramathaiḥ sanniṣūditāḥ ..23.. utthāpyamānā vibabhuryathā svasthāḥ purātanāḥ . śukreṇojjīvitān dṛṣṭavā dānavān tān gaṇeśvarāḥ ..24.. āścaryametaddeveśā iti tenyonyamabruvan . ujjīvitām̐stu tāndṛṣṭvā tuhuṇḍādyān mahāsurān . vineduḥ pūrvadevāste jalamattā ivāmbudāḥ ..25.. tānutthitānvīkṣya sahasraśonye kuṭhāravajrāśaniśūlahastāḥ . pradudruvuḥ śaṅkarakiṅkarāṇāṃ balaṃ samuddhūtamahārṇavābham24..26. . samāgamastatra punarbabhūva gaṇāsurāṇāmatibhīmanādaḥ25 . yugātyaye mārutavejitānāṃ yathā samudyoga ivārṇavānām ..27.. iti skandapurāṇe gaṇayuddhe daityojjīvane ṣaṭcatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ26 > out of wonder and out of fear indeed the Gaṇa lords will flee." / Having spoken thus to the lord of Dānavas at that time, / the wise Bhārgava recited the lore addressing each Daitya one by one. / As the lore was being repeated there by the brahmin, / the Dānavas arose, like those sleeping \[arising\] from bed after slumber, / like studied Vedic meanings \[arising in the mind\], and like clouds at the proper season, / or like comets arriving at the time of dissolution. / In this way those Daityas, thoroughly slaughtered by the Pramathas, / being raised up by Śukra, shone forth like hale men of old. / Seeing those Dānavas revived by Śukra, the Gaṇa lords / said to one another: "This is a wonder, O chiefs of the gods!" / And seeing those great Asuras, Tuhuṇḍa and the rest, revived, / the ancient gods \[the Daityas\] roared like clouds intoxicated with water. / Seeing them arisen by the thousands, others, with axes, thunderbolts, lightning-bolts, and spears in hand, / rushed against the army of Śaṅkara’s servants, which resembled an agitated great ocean. / There occurred once more a clash of Gaṇas and Asuras of exceedingly terrifying sound, / like the upheaval of oceans stirred by wind at the end of an era. / Thus ends the one hundred and forty-sixth chapter in the Skandapurāṇa, on the battle of the Gaṇas, \[entitled\] "The Revival of the Daityas." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.9\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_66) sanatkumāra uvāca utthāpiteṣu daityeṣu bhārgaveṇograkarmaṇā . nedurdevāḥ sagandharvā dānavāśca sahāndhakāḥ1 . . 1 . . tataḥ śaṃkharavonmiśrā māḍukānakanisvanāḥ2 . babhūvuḥ siṃhanādāśca ratha3 hastiravaissaha . . 2 . . - - -- - - -- - - 22 pralaye - ka. . 23 prāpte - kha. . 24 mahārṇavābhāḥ (?) . 25 bhīmarūpaḥ - kha. . 26 195 - kha. . 1 mahoragāḥ - gha. . 2 maṇḍūkānakanisvanāḥ - kha. . 3 yūtha - gha. . - - -- - - -- - - > Sanatkumāra said: / When the Daityas were raised up by Bhārgava of fierce deeds, / the gods together with the Gandharvas, and the Dānavas together with Andhaka, roared. / Then there arose conch-sounds mingled with the sounds of māḍuka and ānaka drums, / and lion-roars along with the noise of chariots and elephants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.12) 769 huṇḍastuhuṇḍo jambhaśca kujambhaśca mahāsuraḥ . śailaśūlaśilāghātairyuyudhurdevatārayaḥ . .3 . . pākendradamanau tau ca sa ca kārtasvano baliḥ . mamarduḥ4 pramathānīkaṃ vairaṃ praticikīrṣayā . .4 . . teṣāṃ vegaṃ sannivārya pramathā api darpitāḥ . śilātarukarāḥ sarve dānavānabhidudruvuḥ . . 5 . . gaṇeśvarāḥ surāṇāṃ tu5 tasminyuddheti bhairave . śrūyante dhanuṣāṃ śabdā rathaśabdāśca bhairavāḥ . .6 . . pramathānāṃ jaye saktā6 dānavānāṃ tathāpare . cakruḥ kolāhalaṃ ghoraṃ pakṣavādāṃstathāmbare ..7. . garjatāṃ dhāvatāṃ caiva balānāṃ samabhūt svanaḥ . garjatāṃ dhāvatāṃ caiva samudrāṇāmivātyaye . .8 . . yuddhātiśayamattāśca siddhagandharvacāraṇāḥ . neduścaivotsasarjuśca nānākusumasañcayān . . 9. . nānāvidhāni puṣpāṇi patamānāni rejire . siddhacāraṇamuktāni nakṣatrāṇi yathātyaye8 .. 8.147.10 . . devagandharvatūryāṇi prasasvanuranekaśaḥ . yuddhasaṃsaktabhāvānāṃ viremuśca punaḥ punaḥ . . 11 . . vināyakena smṛtvā tu jambho yudhi parābhavam . taṃ sakrodhobhidudrāva gajaṃ gaja ivāparaḥ .. 12 . > Huṇḍa, Tuhuṇḍa, Jambha, and the great Asura Kujambha, / those enemies of the gods, fought with blows of rocks, spears, and stones. / And those two, Pāka and Indradamana, and the mighty Kārtasvana, / crushed the Pramatha host out of a desire to exact vengeance. / Having checked their speed, the Pramathas too, haughty, / holding rocks and trees in their hands, all rushed against the Dānavas. / But of the Gaṇa lords and the gods in that exceedingly terrifying battle, / the sounds of bows and the frightful sounds of chariots were heard. / Some intent on the victory of the Pramathas, and likewise others \[intent on that\] of the Dānavas, / made a dreadful tumult and partisan shouts in the sky. / The sound of the armies roaring and charging was / like that of oceans roaring and rushing at the dissolution. / And Siddhas, Gandharvas, and Cāraṇas, intoxicated by the excellence of the battle, / shouted and cast down various heaps of flowers. / Various kinds of flowers falling shone forth / when released by the Siddhas and Cāraṇas, like stars at the dissolution. / The musical instruments of the gods and Gandharvas sounded repeatedly, / and ceased again and again as their minds were riveted upon the battle. / But Jambha, remembering in the battle his defeat by Vināyaka, / charged angrily at him, like an elephant against another elephant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.12\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.12_67) tamāpatantaṃ dṛṣṭvā tu dānavaṃ jambhamāhave . siṃho gajamiva kruddho rurudhe sa vināyakaḥ .. 13 .. airāvatakaraprakhyaṃ karaṃ karinibhānanaḥ . utkṣipya dānavaṃ yuddhe tatāḍa sa vināyakaḥ . . 14. . - - -- - - -- - - 4 pramardduḥ - kha, mamarda - gha. . 5 gaṇaiśca ?ṇāṃ sarvatra - gha. . 6 pramathāñjayasaṃsaktā - kha. . 7 samvamū (bhau?) - ka. . 8 ghanātyaye - gha. . - - -- - - -- - - > Seeing that Dānava Jambha charging in battle, / Vināyaka blocked him, as an angry lion blocks an elephant. / Raising his trunk, which resembled the trunk of Airāvata, / Vināyaka, who has an elephant-like face, struck the Dānava in battle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.12\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.12_68) 770 kumbhayorantare taṃ tu jambho dānavakuñjaraḥ . bibheda śaramukhyena yathā siddhorkamaṇḍalam .. 15 .. > Then Jambha, that elephant among Dānavas, with an excellent arrow, / pierced him between his two frontal globes, just as a Siddha \[pierces\] the solar disc. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.15.12\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.12_69) kumbhayorantare9 tasya nimamajja sa vai śaraḥ . śṛṅgayoracalendrasya taḍitvāniva cāmbudaḥ10 .. 16 . . sa śarāroṣitamanā11 vidhūya12 saśiraḥkaram13 . karāgreṇa14 mahādaityamānamyāhatya sonadat .. 17.. > That arrow sank deep between his two frontal lobes, / like a lightning-bearing cloud between the twin peaks of the king of mountains. / With his mind enraged by the arrow, shaking his trunk and head, / bending down and striking the great Daitya with the tip of his trunk, he roared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 73 of 151 passages. 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