Skandapurana 7.16.p41

7.16.p41

anye śākhaṃ viśākhaṃ ca kumāramapi cāpare .
vyapāśritya sthitā devāḥ śakuntā iva pādapān .. 34. .
yathāśanibhayānmartyā yathā siṃhabhayānmṛgāḥ .
yathā ca garuḍānnityaṃ bhujagā bhujagāśinaḥ . . 3 5. .
tathāndhakasya yuddhasthā devā daivatavairiṇaḥ
vitresuḥ śarajālārttā24 mūḍhā iva25 ca babhramuḥ26 ..3 6 . .
bandhujīvavanaṃ yadvad bhrājate puṣpasannatam27 .
tathā vraṇajasiktāṅgaṃ tad babhau28 pārṣadaṃ balam . . 37. .
kampante pādapā yadvat kānaneṣvanileritāḥ .
tathāndhakabhayāddevāḥ santrastā raṇamūrdhani . .38. .
tato nārāyaṇonanta29 ūrjitaḥ śakra eva ca .
aśvinau vasavaścāṣṭāvādityā dvādaśaiva tu30 . . 3 9. .
nandī viśākhaḥ śākhaśca vīrabhadraḥ prabhāmayaḥ .
viṭpatiḥ śaṃkukarṇaśca somanandī vināyakaḥ ..8.152.40 . .
ete bale hanyamāne andhakena balormibhiḥ .
dudru vussāyudhā devāstaṃ dānavagaṇādhipam 31 . .41 . .
gandharvabhavanākāraṃ taṃ tasya rathasattamam .
parivārya babhaṃjuste32 jagarjuśca payodavat ..42 ..

Others took refuge with Śākha and Viśākha, and others with Kumāra; / taking refuge, the gods stood like birds upon trees. / Just as mortals [tremble] in fear of thunderbolts, as deer in fear of a lion, / and as serpents ever [tremble] before the serpent-devouring Garuḍa, / so the gods, standing in battle, trembled before Andhaka, the enemy of deities; / afflicted by the shower of arrows, they wandered as if bewildered. / Just as a forest of bandhujīva shines, laden with blossoms, / so that attendant army shone, its limbs bathed in blood from wounds. / Just as trees tremble in forests, stirred by the wind, / so the gods were terrified on the battlefield from fear of Andhaka. / Then the mighty Nārāyaṇa, Ananta, and Indra, / the two Aśvins, the eight Vasus, and the twelve Ādityas, / Nandin, Viśākha, Śākha, Vīrabhadra, Prabhāmaya, / Viṭpati, Śaṅkukarṇa, Somanandin, and Vināyaka— / as their army was being struck down by Andhaka with waves of force, / these gods, taking up their weapons, ran toward that lord of the dānava host. / Surrounding his excellent chariot, which resembled a city of the Gandharvas, / they smashed it and roared like rain-clouds.