Skandapurana 7.16.11.2

7.16.11.2

tat sadhātumṛgavyālaṃ sarkṣavṛkṣaṃ girestaṭam9 . . 12 . .
nirbhrāntopalavṛkṣālamabhyadhāvad gaṇeśvaram .
śṛṅgasya balimuktasya tasya vyālādayo javāt ..1 3 ..
apakrāntānayārttasya puruṣasyeva bāndhavāḥ .
tadāpatat tad giryagraṃ10 nandī bāṇena vīryavān .
meghāniva mahāvāyurbibheda ca nanāda ca . .14..
tadvidārya gireḥ śṛṅgaṃ giriśṛṅganiketanaḥ .
baliṃ bibheda bāṇena balirvighnamivotthitam11 . .15..
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4 devā - kha. . 5 samupasthitam (?) . 6 mārttanisrāvai - kha. . 7 balla - ka. dānavaḥ sa mahābalaḥ (?) . 8 girau (?),.. hyarau - ka. . 9... stadā - kha. . 10 tadāpatantaṃ - ka. . 11... cchritaṃ - kha .
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sobhyāhato gaṇeśena prāhlāditanayovaśaḥ12.
papāta sahasā bhūmau vātāhata iva drumaḥ13 . .1 6. .
tato balau nipatite nandīṣuvaratāḍite14 .
jahuḥ samaramārāttaṃ15 dānavāḥ śarapīḍitāḥ .. 17..
prasṛtāmbudasaṃkāśām̐16statombudanibhākṛtiḥ17 .
andhakaḥ khāt kṣitiṃ prāpya dānavānidamabravīt . . 18..
adya dākṣāyaṇīputrā nibodhadhvaṃ vaco mama .
mayā coktāni pathyāni kurudhvaṃ yadi manyata .. 1 9..
kuleṣu jātā vīrāśca sarvāstrakṛtaniścayāḥ .
dravadhve18 vai kimuddiśya paṭunārācavejitāḥ . .8.154.2 0 . .
jalpitāni kva vastāni kathitāni ca saṃsadi .
kva vastadvairabāhulyaṃ19 daivataissaha20 sāṃpratam ..2 1 . .
ekena nandinā bhagnāḥ śataśotha sahasraśaḥ .
hrīḥ kathaṃ vai na bhavati jalpatāṃ21 vo gṛhājire .. 22 ..
nivartadhvamadharmajñā yudhyadhvaṃ kiṃ sṛtena vai22 .
bhavenna no23 yatra mṛtyuḥ sovakāśo na vidyate . .23 . .

That slope of the mountain, complete with minerals, deer, predatory beasts, bears, and trees, / and filled with whirled-about stones and trees, rushed toward the lord of the gaṇas. / The beasts of prey and others swiftly departed from that peak thrown by Bali, / like relatives departing from a man overcome by misfortune. / That falling mountain peak the valiant Nandī / split with an arrow and roared, like a great wind scattering clouds. / Having split that mountain peak, the dweller on the mountain peak, / powerful, pierced Bali with an arrow as if [piercing] an arising obstacle. / Struck by the lord of the gaṇas, that son of Prahlāda, helpless, / fell suddenly to the earth like a tree struck down by the wind. / Then, when Bali fell, struck by Nandī's excellent arrow, / the dānavas, tormented by arrows, abandoned the battle from afar. / Then Andhaka, whose form resembled a rain-cloud, descended from the sky to the earth / toward those [demons] who resembled dispersed clouds, and spoke these words to the dānavas: / 'O sons of Diti, listen today to my words, / and carry out what is beneficial as spoken by me, if you approve. / You were born in noble families, heroic, and determined in the use of all weapons; / why do you flee, agitated by sharp iron arrows? / Where is that boasting of yours and what was spoken in the assembly? / Where is that excessive enmity of yours against the deities now? / Defeated by Nandī alone by hundreds and thousands, / how does shame not arise in you who boast in your domestic courtyards? / Turn back, you who know not unrighteousness! Fight! What is the use of fleeing? / There is no place where death does not come to us.'