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kha. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 796 dudruvuḥ sāyudhaṃ devaṃ4 nandinaṃ samavasthitam5 . teñjanācalasaṃkāśāḥ kāñcanācalasannibham . .5 . . nandinaṃ tāḍayāmāsuḥ śūlaśaktyṛṣṭipaṭṭiśaiḥ . tathā tairaribhiḥ śastraistāḍito vāritaśca vai ..6 . . nākṣubhyata tadā nandī nārttimāpanna ca vyathām . tato vikṛṣya bhagavānātataṃ kārmukaṃ mahat . .7.. tribhistribhirbibhedāśu sarvāndānavasattamāna . te bāṇamārganisrāvai6 dānavāḥ śoṇitakṣarāḥ .8.. kṣaranta iva śailendrāstapanīyarasān babhuḥ . tato roṣoddhato nandī śukreṇojjīvitaṃ punaḥ . .9.. kārttasvanaṃ śarairghorairanayadyamasādanam . jīvitasraṃsanaṃ prāpya sa dānavamahācalaḥ7 . . 8.154.10 . . śīrṇopalaḥ papātāśu vajrāhata ivācalaḥ . patamāne kṣitau8 tasminnandibāṇāhate hate . .1 1 . . balirutpāṭya śailāgraṃ cikṣepoddiśya nandinam . > Sanatkumāra said: / When that army was being slain by the gods together with the lords of the Pramathas, / the twenty-four terrible and proud dānavas became enraged: / Prahrāda, Anuhrāda, Saṃhrāda, Śini, Bāṣkala, / Jambha, Virocana, Vṛtra, Bali, Bāṇa, Aviniñjaya, / likewise Tuhuṇḍa, Huṇḍa, Śambhu, Kārtasvana, Kubha, / Śambara, Vipracitti, Ilvaka, Pilvaka, / Maya, Tāra, Tārakākṣa, Vidyunmālī, and Pramohana. / These twenty-four dānavas, overcome with fury, / rushed toward the armed divine Nandī who stood ready. / They, resembling mountains of collyrium, struck Nandī, who resembled a mountain of gold, / with tridents, spears, pikes, and paṭṭiśas. / Thus struck and hemmed in by those enemies with weapons, / Nandī was not shaken then, nor did he experience pain or suffering. / Then the lord, drawing his large drawn bow, / quickly pierced all the foremost dānavas with three arrows each. / Flowing with blood from the wounds made by arrows, those dānavas / shone like lordly mountains pouring forth streams of melted gold. / Then Nandī, puffed up with rage, with terrible arrows dispatched Kārttasvana, / who had been revived by Śukra, to the abode of Yama. / Reaching the end of his life, that great mountain of a dānava / fell down swiftly like a mountain struck by a thunderbolt, its stones shattered. / As he fell to the earth, killed, struck by Nandī's arrows, / Bali, having torn up a mountain peak, hurled it aiming at Nandī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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.. - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 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 . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 797 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.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.3) prāśnikāḥ24 pārśvataḥ sthitvā nirvairā vītamatsarāḥ . dvairathaṃ nandinā sārdhametat paśyata sāmpratam ..24. . ityandhakavacaḥ śrutvā sarve te dānavā raṇe . punarnivṛttā yuddhāya pragṛhītavarāyudhāḥ . . 2 5.. tatonyaṃ rathamāsthāya nalvamātraṃ patākinam . andhakaḥ sobhyayānnandiṃ sārdhaṃ dānavapuṅgavaiḥ .. 26 . . śitāgrarukmavikṛtāḥ pṛthavaḥ priyadarśanāḥ . andhakasya dhanuḥsṛṣṭā26 niṣpatanti maheṣavaḥ . .27. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 12 prahrādatanayovaśaḥ - ka kha . 13 dvipaḥ?. kha . 14 nandyeṣuvaratāḍite kha. . samararāgāttaṃ ḥ kha. . 16 saṃkāśa - ka. . 17 ivākṛtiḥ - ka. . 18 dravadhvaṃ - 73. . 19 gataṃ vairabāhulya - kha. . 20 devataiḥsaha - ka. kha. . 21 jalpitāṃ - ka. . 22 vaḥ - ka . 23 vo - kha . 24 prāśnīkā - kha prāṇāḥ kaḥ - ka. . 25 sārdha' mama - (?) . 26 dhanuṣondhaka (kena) sṛjyanto (nte) - ka, kha. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 798 śalabhairiva kedārā bhramarairiva pādapāḥ . toyadairiva nāgendrāḥ sāgarā makarairiva ..28. . maheṣubhirvinirmuktairnāgādityasamaprabhaiḥ . andhakena kṛtā devāḥ śataghnaya (?) ivottamāḥ . . 29 . . vāyavopratighā yadvad yathā mṛtyuryathā jarā . yathā cāpratighāḥ sūktā niyataṃ brāhmaṇāśiṣaḥ ..8.154.3 0 .. tathā te niśitā hyugrā brahmadaṇḍā ivodyatāḥ . anivāryā hyamoghāśca tendhakasya maheṣavaḥ .. 31 . . yato yatosurāssarve sondhakaśca raṇe ripuḥ . tatastataḥ sma dīryante pramathā vibudhaissaha . . 32 . . sopi nityāyatadhanuḥ pariveṣīva bhāskaraḥ . asṛjadbāṇanikarān27 kiraṇān bhāskaro yathā . .3 3 .. > "Stand aside as arbiters, free from enmity and jealousy, > and witness now this single combat with Nandī!" > Hearing these words of Andhaka, all those Dānavas in battle > turned back once more to fight, seizing their excellent weapons. > Then mounting another chariot, a full nalva in size and adorned with banners, > Andhaka advanced against Nandī along with the foremost Dānavas. > Fierce, tipped with sharp gold, broad and fair to behold, > great arrows shot from Andhaka’s bow flew forth, > like locusts over fields, like bees upon trees, > like clouds around mountain lords, or like monsters in the ocean. > By the great arrows released, equal in splendor to serpents and the sun, > the gods were made by Andhaka like broken \[…\] > Just as winds cannot be hindered, as death and old age cannot be stayed, > and as the blessings of brahmins, rightly uttered, are ever irresistible, > so those sharp, terrible great arrows of Andhaka, > like raised staffs of Brahmā, were unstoppable and unfailing. > Wherever all the Asuras and Andhaka, their foe in battle, moved, > from there the Pramathas fled in pieces along with the gods. > With his bow constantly drawn, like the sun encircled with a halo, > he poured forth multitudes of arrows as the sun pours down rays. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.4) tasya bāṇarujaḥ28 prāpya nadītīra iva drumāḥ . sīdanti gaṇapāssarve devāśca sahavāsavāḥ . .34. . sa viṣṇumekena śareṇa viddhvā dvābhyāmanantaṃ tribhireva śakram . yamañca somañca jalādhipañca vasūm̐śca nirdārya29 rarāsa ghoram .. 35.. aśvidvayañcāpi śaradvayena viddhvā bhagāṃśāryamacandrapūṣṇaḥ30 (?) . tatotha nandīśvaramugrakarmā gaṇeśvarām̐ścāpi śaraistatakṣa . .3 6. . tathā dahatyandhaka ātatāyī thathā pataṅgān bhagavān hutāśaḥ31 . nivāritāste śaradāritāśca tadāndhakenāmarayodhamukhyāḥ32 . .37. . na spandituṃ33 śekurudīkṣituṃ vā raṇendhakaṃ khe manujā ivārkam . yaśāṃsi dīptāni tataḥ prahāya devāḥ sanārāyaṇadevapālāḥ . śarārditāstendhakadāvena pradudruvurdānavavedhakhinnāḥ . . 38.. - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 27 kiraṇān - ka. kha. . 28 rajaḥ - ka. kha. . 29 nirvārya - kha. . 30.. ścāryamacandrapūṣṇaḥ - ka . 31 hutāśanaḥ - ka. . 32... vāritāśvavadandhakenāmarayodhamukhyāḥ - kha. . 33 nispandituṃ - kha. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 799 viṣṇuḥ pitāmahaścaiva anantotha śatakratuḥ . andhakena raṇe bhagnāḥ śarairagniśikhopamaiḥ . .3 9.. ādityā vasavaḥ sādhyā aśvinau ca surottamau . andhakena raṇe bhagnā vajrāghātaiḥ patattrivat34 ..8.154.40 . . tuṣitāścaiva viśvāśca devāścaiva svadhābhujaḥ . andhakena śarairbhagnā mārutena yathā drumāḥ ..41 .. candramā bhagavān vahnirvittapālaśca rākṣasaḥ . andhakena raṇe35 bhagnāḥ36 śarairāśīviṣopamaiḥ ..42. . gandharvā guhyakāḥ sarpā37 garuḍāśca mahoragāḥ38 . andhakena raṇe bhagnā viddhānalasamaiḥ śaraiḥ . .43 . . > Stricken by the pain of his arrows, like trees upon a riverbank, > all the leaders of the Gaṇas sank down, and so did the gods along with Indra. > Piercing Viṣṇu with a single arrow, Ananta with two, and Indra with three, > and tearing Yama, Soma, the lord of waters, and the Vasus, he roared terribly. > Having pierced the two Aśvins with two arrows, as well as Bhaga, Aṃśa, Aryaman, Candra, and Pūṣan, > then the doer of terrible deeds also mangled Nandīśvara and the Gaṇa leaders with his arrows. > Thus the violent Andhaka burned them, just as the blessed fire burns moths; > checked and torn by arrows then by Andhaka, those foremost warriors of the immortals > could neither move nor look upon Andhaka in battle, like men looking at the sun in the sky. > Then, abandoning their blazing glory, the gods, together with Nārāyaṇa and the guardians of the deities, > afflicted by arrows and exhausted from being pierced by the Dānava, fled before the wildfire of Andhaka. > Viṣṇu, the Grandfather \[Brahmā\], Ananta, and then Indra > were broken in battle by Andhaka with arrows resembling tongues of fire. > The Ādityas, Vasus, Sādhyas, and the two Aśvins, best of gods, > were broken in battle by Andhaka like birds by thunderbolts. > The Tuṣitas, the Viśvedevas, and the gods who partake of the ancestral offering > were broken by Andhaka with arrows, like trees by the wind. > The blessed Moon, Fire, the lord of wealth \[Kubera\], and the Rākṣasa \[Nirṛti\] > were broken in battle by Andhaka with arrows like venomous serpents. > Gandharvas, Guhyakas, serpents, Garuḍas, and great Nāgas > were broken in battle by Andhaka, pierced with arrows resembling fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.5) viṭpatiḥ śaṃkukarṇaśca somanandī prabhāmayaḥ . piṅgalo nandiṣeṇaśca ghaṇṭākarṇo mahodaraḥ . .44.. vidyutkeśaḥ sukeśaśca39 sa ca devo vināyakaḥ . anye ca pramathāḥ śūrā vīrabhadrapurogamāḥ ..45.. andhakena raṇe bhagnāḥ śataśotha sahasraśaḥ . trailokyaṃ prasabhaṃ sarvamudyuktaṃ sacarācaram ..46.. andhakena raṇe bhagnaṃ sanārāyaṇadevapam . tasminsurabale devaṃ vimucyaikaṃ gaṇādhipam ..47.. mahāmaṇiśiromauliṃ na kaścidavatasthivān . tatosurabale ghorassarvaprāṇikṛto40 mahān . siṃhanādaravo jajñe savāditraravodbhutaḥ . .48 . . iti skandapurāṇendhakavijaye catuṣpañcāśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ 41 . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 34 patatriṇaḥ - ka kha. . 35 raṇendhakena vai - ka. . 36 nihatāḥ - kha. . 37 sarve - kha. . 38 mahābalāḥ - kha. . 39 sunāsaśca - ka. . 40 prāṇāḥ - ka. kha., bhṛto - kha. . 41 203 - kha. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 800 sanatkumāra uvāca etasminnantare devāḥ sarve śakrapurogamāḥ . brahmaṇā sahitā jagmuḥ śaraṇyaṃ śūlapāṇinam . .1.. te praṇamya mahādevamidamūcurbhayārditāḥ . vijitāḥ sarva eva smaḥ 1 kimandhakamupekṣase ..2.. devadevastataḥ prāha devān brahmapurogamān . mayā dattavaro yasmāt tasmād yūyaṃ vinirjitāḥ . krīḍārthameva ca mayā saṃgare sa upekṣitaḥ2 . adhunā bhavatāmarthe śāmayiṣyehamandhakam3 ..4.. tato devaḥ smitaṃ kṛtvā pārśvasthaṃ śūlamaikṣata . devābhiprāyatattvajñaḥ śūlo jajvāla tatkṣaṇāt ..5.. abhisṛtya drutañcaivamandhakaṃ jitakāśinam . yuddhe vikramya sahasā nirbibheda stanāntare . .6.. > Viṭpati, Śaṅkukarṇa, Somanandī, Prabhāmaya, > Piṅgala, Nandiṣeṇa, Ghaṇṭākarṇa, Mahodara, > Vidyutkeśa, Sukeśa, and the god Vināyaka, > and other heroic Pramathas, headed by Vīrabhadra, > were broken in battle by Andhaka by the hundreds and thousands. > The entire threefold world, together with all moving and unmoving things, aroused to war > with Nārāyaṇa and the lord of gods, was routed in battle by Andhaka. > In that army of the gods, leaving aside the one god, the lord of the Gaṇas \[Nandī\], > whose crown bore a great crest-jewel, not a single one stood his ground. > Then in the Asura army arose a terrible, mighty lion-roar > raised by every creature, wondrous with the sound of musical instruments. > Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-fourth chapter in the Skandapurāṇa, on the victory of Andhaka. > Sanatkumāra said: > Meanwhile all the gods, headed by Indra, > accompanied by Brahmā, went to the trident-bearing refuge \[Śiva\]. > Bowing down to Mahādeva, afflicted with fear, they said: > "We have all been utterly conquered! Why do you overlook Andhaka?" > The God of gods then replied to the gods headed by Brahmā: > "Because a boon was granted by me, therefore you were conquered. > And solely for sport was he ignored by me in the battle. > Now, for your sake, I shall destroy Andhaka." > Then the god, smiling, looked upon the trident standing by his side. > Knowing the true intention of the god, the trident blazed up in that very instant; > and advancing swiftly upon Andhaka, who vaunted his victory, > moving with power in battle, it suddenly pierced him through the chest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.6) tatondhakaṃ tadā bhittvā sa śūlastaṃ mahābalam . dānavendraṃ mahākāyamāninye śaṅkarāntikam ..7.. tasya bhinnasya śūlena yekṣaran raktabindavaḥ . patitāḥ4 puruṣā bhūtvā tepyayudhyanta dussahāḥ ..8.. tasyaiva tulyarūpāste tasya tulyaparākramāḥ . nānāśastrapraharaṇāstepyayudhyan gaṇeśvaraiḥ ..9.. - - - - - - - - - - - o dyatapāṇayaḥ . jaghnuḥ kecid gaṇāneva dravataste mahābalāḥ ..8.155.10 .. na teṣāṃ yudhyamānānāṃ kaścittasthau gaṇeśvaraḥ . saṃgrāme dānavendrāṇāṃ bhayāt sarve pradudruvuḥ ..11 > Then, having pierced that mighty Andhaka, that trident / brought the huge-bodied lord of the Dānavas near to Śaṅkara. // 7 > The drops of blood that flowed from him as he was pierced by the trident, / having fallen, became men who also fought, unbearable \[in battle\]. // 8 > Possessing forms equal to his, and prowess equal to his, / wielding various weapons and strikes, they too fought against the lords of the gaṇas. // 9 > \[…\] with raised hands, / some struck down the very gaṇas as they fled, those \[demons\] of mighty strength. // 10 > None among the lords of the gaṇas stood firm as they fought; / out of fear of the lords of the Dānavas, all fled in battle. // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.16.11.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11) · Pramāṇa