Skandapurana 7.16.p2

7.16.p2

sanatkumāra uvāca
vartamānendhake yuddhe vidravatsu gaṇeṣu ca .
tridaśādhipatiṃ śakramityuvāca pitāmahaḥ . . 1 ..
vimukhānpaśya bhadrante pramathānamaradhipa .
kālyamānān raṇe ghorairdānavairandhakena1 ..2 ..
nihatānnihatāneṣa prathamairdānavān yudhi .
śukra ujjīvayannāste sasyāni2 jalado3 yathā . .3 . .
asau vikṛṣṭacāpaśca sendrāyudhaghanopamaḥ .
sṛjatīṣumayaṃ varṣamandhakaḥ kṣapayan ripūn ..4. .
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1 ghore dānavairandhakena (?) . 2 sasyaṃ hi - kha., sasyaṃ hya - ka. . 3 toyado - kha., mbumuco - ka. .
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Sanatkumāra said: / As the battle with Andhaka was underway and the Gaṇas were fleeing, / the Grandfather [Brahmā] said to Śakra, the lord of the thirty [gods]:
“Look, may you be well, lord of the immortals, at the Pramathas turning away, / driven back in battle by the fierce Dānavas led by Andhaka!
As these Dānavas are repeatedly slain in battle by the Pramathas, / Śukra keeps reviving them, as a raincloud revives the crops.
With his bow fully drawn, resembling a cloud with a rainbow, / this Andhaka unleashes a shower of arrows, destroying his enemies.