[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) › 7.16 # Skandapurana 7.16 Skandapurāṇa 7.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [7.16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11) — 6 parts - [7.16.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24) — 6 parts ### [7.16.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p1) pūrvavartī pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 141 - 150) | āgāmī pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 161 - 170) > Previous page (chapters 141–150) | Next page (chapters 161–170) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. . - - -- - - -- - - 1 ghore dānavairandhakena (?) . 2 sasyaṃ hi - kha., sasyaṃ hya - ka. . 3 toyado - kha., mbumuco - ka. . - - -- - - -- - - > 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p3) 785 pramathābhyardanaṃ hyetadahitaṃ hyayaśaskaram . kṣamamāṇā hyatiṣṭhadhvaṃ kasmādetat parājayam . . 5. . jitvā hyeṣa gaṇansarvānandhako dānaveśvaraḥ4 . asmākamapi5 mūlāni nirmūlāni kariṣyati . . 6. . tadyāvadeṣa no bāṇaiḥ pramathānnayati kṣayam . tāvadeva vayaṃ pārṣṇiṃ gṛhṇāma kṛttivāsasaḥ . .7.. > Indeed, this tormenting of the Pramathas is harmful and brings dishonour. / Why do you stand by tolerating this defeat? > For having conquered all the Gaṇas, Andhaka, lord of the Dānavas, / will uproot even our roots. > Therefore, before he destroys the Pramathas with his arrows, / let us protect the rear of the wearer of animal skins \[Śiva\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p4) evaṃ tava ca kāryārthaḥ setsyate devatādhipa . rudrasya ca kṛtaṃ hyevaṃ bhaviṣyati mahat priyam . .8. . svayambhuvacanaṃ śrutvā balavṛtranibarhaṇaḥ . yuktametaditi procya surān surapatirjagau . . 9. . gṛhītavarmaśastrāstrāḥ śīghraṃ śīghraparākramāḥ . sāhāyyaṃ karavāmādya6 gaṇānāṃ yudhyatāṃ raṇe . . 8.151.10 . . tato nārāyaṇānantau7 narendrau candra8 eva ca . svayambhuranalo vāyuḥ sūryo dhanada eva ca . . 11 . . pūṣāryamā bhago mitro yamaśca ravinandanaḥ . aṃśa9stvaṣṭā jayaścaiva jayantaścaiva śakrajaḥ . . 1 2. . maruto vasavaḥ sādhyāstathāśvigaruḍoragāḥ . tuṣitāścaiva lekhāśca viśvedevāśca guhyakāḥ . . 13 .. > Thus your purpose will be accomplished, O lord of deities, / and a great service will be rendered to Rudra.” > Having heard the words of the Self-manifest \[Brahmā\], the slayer of Bala and Vṛtra, / saying “This is fitting,” addressed the gods: > “Taking up armour, weapons, and missiles, quick with swift prowess, / let us now give aid to the Gaṇas fighting in battle!” > Then Nārāyaṇa and Ananta, the two best of men, and the Moon, / the Self-manifest \[Brahmā\], Fire, Wind, the Sun, and Kubera, > Pūṣan, Aryaman, Bhaga, Mitra, and Yama the son of the Sun, / Aṃśa, Tvaṣṭṛ, Jaya, and Jayanta the son of Śakra, > the Maruts, the Vasus, the Sādhyas, and the Aśvins, Garuḍa, and the Uragas, / the Tuṣitas, the Lekhas, the Viśvedevas, and the Guhyakas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p5) gandharvāścaiva yakṣāśca10 ye cānye devapakṣiṇaḥ . te sarve vātaran yuddhe11 hantukāmāstathāndhakam..14.. > the Gandharvas and the Yakṣas, and whoever else was on the side of the gods, / all of them descended into battle, eager to slay Andhaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p6) atha dundubhiśabdāśca siṃhanādāśca bhairavāḥ . babhūvurdevasainyeṣu pramathānāṃ priyaṃkarāḥ . . 1 5.. > Then drum-beats and terrible lion-roars / arose among the divine armies, bringing joy to the Pramathas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p7) devaiḥ patadbhistatsainyaṃ dānavānāṃ viloḍitam . prabhūtamīnaṃ kṣīṇāmbu rājahaṃsairyathā saraḥ ..1 6. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 4 dānavaissaha - ka. kha. . 5 yuṣmākamapi - kha. . 6 kurma devasya - ka. kha . 7 nārāyaṇonanto (?) . 8 narendracandra (?) . 9 aṃśu - kha. . 10 yoddhukāmāśca - kha. . 11 .. vataran yuddhe - ka. kha. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 786 tato halahalāśabdaḥ saṃjajñetīvabhairavaḥ . devatādhyuṣite sainye dānavānāṃ samākule . . 17. . sāmudramambhastimibhirghanairiva yathā nabhaḥ . kaphapittairyathā deho garuḍairbhogino yathā . .1 8. . tathā tadandhakabalaṃ balena tridivaukasām . muhūrtena kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ vihastakavacadhvajam12 .. 1 9. . ekataḥ sendrakai13 rdevairekataśca gaṇeśvaraiḥ . hanyate dānavānīkamajā14 vṛkaśatairiva . .8.151.2 0 .. > Attacked by the descending gods, that army of the Dānavas was churned, / like a lake filled with fish whose waters have diminished is churned by royal swans. > Then an exceedingly terrifying clamor arose / in the agitated army of the Dānavas occupied by the gods. > As the water of the ocean \[is disturbed\] by whales, as the sky by clouds, / as the body by phlegm and bile, as serpents by garuḍas, > so that host of Andhaka was made by the power of the dwellers of heaven / in an instant to have its armor and banners shattered and rendered helpless. > On one side by the gods accompanied by Indra, and on the other by the lords of the Gaṇas, / the Dānava army was struck down, like a flock of goats by hundreds of wolves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p8) vajrodyatakaro devo devānāṃ devapuṅgavaḥ . oṅkāra iva vedānāṃ15 teṣāmāsīt purassaraḥ . .2 1 . . vajrāstrapāvakenendro dadāha samare ripūn . duritāni tu sarvāṇi prāyaścittānalo yathā . .22.. > The god with the thunderbolt raised in his hand, the bull among the gods, / went before them, like the syllable Om before the Vedas. > With the fire of his thunderbolt weapon Indra burned the enemies in battle, / just as the fire of expiation burns all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p9) devaiśca pramathaiścaiva hanyamāne balendhakaḥ . uvāca krodharāgāndho dānavāndānavādhipaḥ . .2 3 .. > When his army was being slain by the gods and by the Pramathas, / Andhaka, the lord of the Dānavas, blinded by anger and passion, spoke to the Dānavas: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p10) utpādya vairaṃ rudreṇa sarvalokābhirakṣiṇā . na śakyaṃ pramathān jetumanirviṇṇaiḥ sahāmarān16 ..24.. > "Having engendered enmity with Rudra, the protector of all the worlds, / it is not possible for those who are dispirited to conquer the Pramathas along with the immortals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p11) maraṇācca na17 bhetavyaṃ yudhyadhvaṃ daityadānavāḥ. bhārgavastiṣṭhati hyeṣa yo naḥ saṃjīvayiṣyati ..25.. > And you must not fear death! Fight, Daityas and Dānavas! / For here stands Bhārgava, who will bring us back to life! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p12) tat prāṇeṣvadayanto vai yūyaṃ devagaṇeśvarān . yathābalaṃ yathotsāhaṃ vārayadhvamaśaṅkitāḥ . .26. . māyābhiretān bahvībhirgūḍhābhirgūḍharūpiṇaḥ . nivārayata yuddhena sarvān devān samāgatān ..27. . ityuktā18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - cakrurghorāṇi kalpānte nīradā iva . .28.. > Therefore, having no pity for your lives, / ward off without hesitation the lords of the Gaṇas of the gods according to your strength and enthusiasm! > With many secret illusions, you who possess secret forms, / hold back in battle all these assembled gods!" > Having been thus addressed, \[…\] / \[…\] made terrible \[sounds\] like clouds at the end of an aeon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p13) - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 12 vidhvastakavacadhvajam (?) . 13 sainyakai - kha . 18 śatānīkamājaṃ (?) . 15 devānāṃ - ka. kha.. . 16 sahāmarāḥ sahāmarāre ( ?) - ka. . 17 maraṇānna ca - kha . 18 ityuktvā - ka. kha. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 787 dhanuḥśabdān prakurvāṇāḥ siṃhanādaravāṃstathā19 . dudruvurdānavā devānandhakena pracoditāḥ ..29.. > Making bowstrings twang and uttering roarings like lions, / the Dānavas, incited by Andhaka, rushed toward the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p14) vikṛṣya tu mahācāpaṃ20 sāgarāmbudanardanaḥ 1 . rudramuddiśya vegena sasārāndhakadānavaḥ ..8.151.3 0 .. > Drawing his great bow, roaring like an ocean and a raincloud, / the Dānava Andhaka advanced with speed aiming at Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p15) taṃ dānavendraṃ durvāraṃ dhāvamāna - - - - . vārayāmāsa śailādirdharmacittamivāśubham . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ..31.. > That lord of the Dānavas, difficult to restrain, who was rushing \[…\], / Śailādi warded off, as righteous thought wards off evil. / \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p16) sa' nandinaṃ tribhirbāṇairjvalanādityasannibhaiḥ . nibibhedāndhakaḥ krodhād bāhumadhye nipīḍayan ..32.. > With three arrows resembling blazing suns, / Andhaka pierced Nandī in fury, striking him between the arms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p17) gāḍhaṃ vidāritastena dānavena gaṇeśvaraḥ . saṃ22 jughūrṇa tadā nandī vāyununno yathā drumaḥ ..33.. > Deeply pierced by that Dānava, the lord of the Gaṇas, / Nandī then swayed, like a tree shaken by the wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p18) ghūrṇamāno babhau nandī mṛṣṭakuṇlabhūṣaṇaḥ . calatpallavapuṣpāḍhyo yathāśokatarustathā ..34.. > Reeling, Nandī, adorned with bright earrings, / shone like an aśoka tree rich with trembling sprouts and flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p19) tataścirātsamāśvasya suyaśāḥ suyaśāpatiḥ . vajramūrjitamutkṣipya sondhakāya sasarja ha ..35.. > Then, recovering after a long time, the highly renowned husband of Suyaśā, / lifting a powerful thunderbolt, hurled it at Andhaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p20) tatpāvakaraviprakhyaṃ vajramāgatamūrjitam . vyaṣṭambhayata bāṇaughairandhakaḥ prajahāsa ca . .36.. > That mighty thunderbolt arriving like fire and the sun, / Andhaka stopped with floods of arrows and laughed aloud. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p21) hasatastasya23 netrābhyāṃ subhrūbhyāmaśrubindavaḥ . nyasravanta yathārkasya kiraṇā dīptamaṇḍalāt ..37.. > As he laughed, from his fine-browed eyes drops of tears / flowed down, like rays from the sun's blazing orb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p22) bhūtarāja25stastotpāṭya drumaṃ vyākulapallavam . hatosi hendhaketyuktvā sasarja ca jagarja ca ..38.. > Then the king of spirits, uprooting a tree with agitated foliage, / said, 'You are slain, O Andhaka!' and hurled it and roared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p23) taṃ dhāvamānamākāśe tarumārutavījitāḥ26 . anuvrajanti bhramarā mitraṃ vyasanagaṃ yathā ..39.. > Fanned by the wind of the tree rushing through the sky, / bees followed it, like friends following a friend overtaken by misfortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p24) - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 19.. stadā - ka. . 20 mahaccāpaṃ - ka . 21.. nardanaṃ - ka. kha.,.. vannadan (?) . 22 sa - ka. . 23 hatasya tasya - kha. . 24 śubhrābhyāmaśrubindavaḥ - ka., śubhābhyā.. - kha. . 25 bhūtarājya - ka. . 26 marutajīvitam - kha,, jīvitāḥ - ka. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 788 tamapyasyāndhako bāṇaiścārukāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ . cakarta dhartā27 lokānāṃ ditigarbhaṃ yathāhihā . .8.151.40 .. > Andhaka also cut down that \[tree\] with his arrows adorned with beautiful gold, / as the slayer of Ahi, the supporter of the worlds, \[cut down\] Diti's embryo. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p25) vṛkṣe kṛte tato nandī samṛgavyālapannagam . mandarāgraṃ samutpāṭya dudrāvāndhakamāhave . .41 . . girikūṭaṃ tu taṃ nandī girikūṭavanālayaḥ . apātayadrathe tasya vindhye vajramivāhihā . .42 . . sa rathastena śṛṅgeṇa nandinā dṛḍhamāhataḥ . sacakrakūbarahayaḥ pāṃsusāyujyamāgamat28 . .43 . . tatondhakarathaṃ dṛṣṭvā sacakrākṣaṃ vicūrṇitam . nedurdevāḥ sagandharvāḥ pramathāśca saguhyakāḥ . .44. . tatondhakastriśūlena naditvā kālameghavat . nandinaṃ tāḍayāmāsa gajendra iva pādapam . 45. . triśūlidayitastena triśūlenābhitāḍitaḥ . nandī vihvalasarvāṅgaścakampentarjalenduvat ..46. . nandīśvare ghūrṇamāne prahāreṇa bhṛśārdite . asurāṇāṃ bale jajñe siṃhanādaravo muhuḥ . .47 . . siṃhanādena śatrūṇāṃ tena nandī prabodhitaḥ . paraśvadhenābhyahanadandhakaṃ bhūtabāndhavaḥ . .48. . paraśvadhahato raktaṃ cakṣarāndhakadānavaḥ . gajadantāhato raktaṃ svarasaṃ candano yathā . .49 .. > When the tree was destroyed, Nandī then tore up the peak of Mandara / filled with deer, wild beasts, and serpents, and ran toward Andhaka in battle. > Nandī, whose home is in the forests on mountain peaks, / brought down that mountain peak onto his chariot, like the slayer of Ahi hurling a thunderbolt onto the Vindhya. > Struck forcefully by Nandī with that peak, / that chariot, along with its wheels, yoke-pole, and horses, turned to dust. > Then, seeing Andhaka's chariot crushed along with its wheels and axles, / the gods with the Gandharvas and the Pramathas with the Guhyakas roared. > Then Andhaka, roaring like a storm-cloud of dissolution, struck Nandī / with a trident, as a lord of elephants strikes a tree. > Struck with the trident, the favorite of the Trident-bearer, / Nandī, his limbs trembling in distress, shook like the moon reflected in water. > As Nandīśvara was reeling, severely afflicted by the blow, / a chorus of lion-roars arose repeatedly in the army of the Asuras. > Roused by that lion-roar of the enemies, / Nandī, the kinsman of the spirits, struck Andhaka with an axe. > Struck by the axe, the Dānava Andhaka shed blood, / as a sandalwood tree struck by an elephant's tusk sheds red sap. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p26) andhakaṃ virathaṃ dṛṣṭvā rarakṣuramaradviṣaḥ . āśāsvavasthitā29 devā yathā lokamimaṃ tathā30 ..8.151.50 . . atha bāṇo baleḥ putro bāṇapuṣpasamaprabhaḥ andhakaṃ rathayānena saṃpādayata dānavaḥ31 . . 51 . . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 27 bhartā (?). 28 pāṃśupā?yojyamānayat ka.. 29 vasthā kha. 30 yadā ka. 31 dānavaḥ sumapādayat (?) . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 789 sa taṃ rathaṃ dānavendra āruroha tadāndhakaḥ . yathodayaṃ32 tu bhagavān dinakṛt pūrṇamaṇḍalaḥ33 ..52 .. > Seeing Andhaka deprived of his chariot, the foes of the gods protected him, / just as the gods, stationed in the directions, protect this world. / Then Bāṇa, son of Bali, brilliant as the bāṇa flower, / that Dānava provided Andhaka with chariot transport. / Then Andhaka, lord of the Dānavas, mounted that chariot, / as the blessed sun, with full disc, mounts the mountain of dawn. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p27) tataḥ punaryujyata devadānavaiḥ34 prakartukāmaiḥ kalahaṃ sudāruṇam . triśūlavajrāśaniḥsāyakai raṇe pradhūpitognirjvalitastarāṃ babhau35 ..53 .. > Then battle was joined again by the gods and Dānavas wishing to wage dreadful combat; / fanned by tridents, vajras, thunderbolts, and arrows in the fray, the blazing fire shone exceedingly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p28) iti skandapurāṇe ndhakanandiyuddhe ekapañcāśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ36 > Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-first chapter in the Skandapurāṇa, in the duel between Andhaka and Nandī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p29) sanatkumāra uvāca viṣṇu1 mardyamānaṃ tu dānavān dānavārdanam . jambhombuda ivārāvaṃ kṛtvā dudrāva dānavaḥ . .1 . . tamāpatantaṃ dṛṣṭvā tu jambhamambudanisvanam . na sa saṃvivije devaḥ siṃho dṛṣṭveva kuñjaram . .2 .. kujambhaścaiva jambhaśca yavīyāna dānavācalaḥ . anantamantaṃ śatrūṇāmāvavāra rarāsa ca . .3 . . vṛtroñjanagiriprakhyaḥ saṃvartta kanikāśadṛk2 . jighṛkṣurabhyagādindraṃ nadamānaḥ3 payodavat . .4.. taṃ dhāvantaṃ nadantaṃ ca dānavaṃ śatalocanaḥ . kuhare girīsaṃkāśa4 mājaghāna purandaraḥ . .5. . bhāvayatyo (?) gadāyodhī śatāyuṃ vāyumāhave . yoddhu kāmobhyayāttūrṇaṃ jagarja ca jahāsa ca .. 6 . . tuhuṇḍahuṇḍāvaśvibhyāmayudhyetāṃ mahāsurau . prahlādena bhagassārdhamaṃśena ca virocanaḥ . .7. . aryamāṇaṃ yamañcaivā7yuddhetāṃ vilvakelvalau8 . vipracittimukhā ye ca baliṣvagrā9 mahāsurāḥ ..8 . . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 32 yathodagraṃ - ka . 33 pūrṇamaṇḍalaṃ - ka. . 34... rgaṇapatidevadānavaiḥ - - ka. . 35 pradhūpitajvālitara babhau raṇam - ka. . 36 ā 200 kha. > Sanatkumāra said: / When Viṣṇu, crusher of Dānavas, was crushing the Dānavas, / the Dānava Jambha rushed forward, roaring like a cloud. / Seeing Jambha rushing forward with a voice like a thundercloud, / the god was not perturbed, like a lion seeing an elephant. / Kujambha and Jambha, the younger mountain-like Dānavas, / checked the endless end of enemies, and roared. / Vṛtra, resembling a mountain of collyrium, looking like the fire of cosmic dissolution, / wishing to seize Indra, advanced, roaring like a rain-cloud. / That Dānava who was running and roaring, the hundred-eyed Purandara / struck in the cavernous cleft, looking like a mountain. / \[…\] a mace-fighter, wishing to fight with Vāyu of a hundred lives in the battle, / rushed forward swiftly, roared, and laughed. / Tuhuṇḍa and Huṇḍa, two great Asuras, fought with the two Aśvins; / Bhaga fought with Prahlāda, and Virocana with Aṃśa; / Vilva and Kelvala fought with Aryaman and Yama; / and those great Asuras who were foremost in Bali's army, headed by Vipracitti, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p30) 1 viṣṇuṃ - ka . 2 pinākadhṛk kha . 3 nardamānaḥ kha. 4 girisaṃkāśe ka. 5 rarāsa kha 6 aryamantaṃ - ka, ārya kha. 7 yamañcaiva ka. kha.. 8 yudhyetāmita? kelvalau ka . grāma - kha. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - > \[Variant readings:\] 1 viṣṇuṃ. 2 pinākadhṛk. 3 nardamānaḥ. 4 girisaṃkāśe. 5 rarāsa. 6 aryamantaṃ, ārya. 7 yamañcaiva. 8 yudhyetāmita? kelvalau. grāma. \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p31) 790 gaṇeśvarām̐ste devām̐śca ayudhyanta sahasraśaḥ . andhakastu samāgamya nandinaṃ10 dānavarṣabhaḥ . .9. . tatakṣe vatsaradanaiḥ11 śaraiḥ kārmukaniḥsṛtaiḥ . sondhakena dṛḍhaṃ viddhaḥ śarairmarmavidāraṇaiḥ . . 8.152.10 .. > fought against the lords of Gaṇas and the gods by the thousands. / But Andhaka, the bull among Dānavas, encountering Nandī, / pierced him with calf-toothed arrows loosed from his bow. / He, deeply pierced by Andhaka with arrows tearing the vitals, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p32) cukopa nandī kruddhaśca sasārāndhakamahāhave . savajramudyamya karaṃ divākarakaraprabham . .1 1 . . rarāsa nandī saṃrabdhaḥ payoda iva saṃkṣaye . vajreṇa śatadhāreṇa sondhakasya gaṇeśvaraḥ . . 12 .. > Nandī grew furious, and in wrath advanced against Andhaka in the great battle. / Raising his hand equipped with a vajra, brilliant as the rays of the sun, / Nandī roared, infuriated, like a cloud at the destruction of the world. / With that hundred-edged vajra, the lord of Gaṇas > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p33) cūrṇayāmāsa turagānniyantāraṃ rathaṃ tathā . tatondhakaṃ karṇamūle kuṇḍalālakaśobhite . . 13 .. > crushed the horses, the charioteer, and the chariot of Andhaka. / Then at the base of Andhaka's ear, adorned with earrings and forelocks, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p34) ājaghāna ghanārāvo varadaścārukuṇḍalaḥ12 . tenāpyapāvṛtya hasto hastihastanibhastataḥ . . 14.. > the boon-giver \[Nandī\], wearing handsome earrings, struck with a deep cloud-like roar. / Turning his arm away, \[an arm\] resembling an elephant's trunk, \[Andhaka\] then > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p35) pātito nandinaḥ kroḍe kuñjareṇeva saṃyuge . apahastāhatastena13 dānavena gaṇeśvaraḥ .. 1 5. . apāsarpat padānyaṣṭau tānyevāpatitaḥ punaḥ . sādhu sādhviti vai daityāstato hyandhakamabruvan . . 1 6.. > brought it down upon Nandī's chest, like an elephant in combat. / Struck by that backhand blow of the Dānava, the lord of Gaṇas / stepped back eight paces, and having fallen there, rose again. / 'Well done! Well done!' the Daityas then cried out to Andhaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p36) sa tena suprahāreṇa dānavaṃ prati roṣitaḥ . krodhamāhārayantīvramabhidudrāva caiva hi14 . . 17. . tasya gatvā dhanuścitraṃ kavacaṃ ca mahāprabham . vajreṇa śatadhāreṇa khaṇḍaśaḥ pracakāra ha .. 18.. > Infuriated at the Dānava by that violent blow, / summoning intense anger, he rushed forward against him. / Approaching, with his hundred-edged vajra he cut to pieces / his variegated bow and his splendid armor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p37) bāhupāśena caivainaṃ baddhvā bhūtapatiḥ svayam . iyeṣa bhūmau niṣpeṣṭumandhakaścāvamocayat .. 19. . sa mocayitvā hyātmānaṃ māyāmāsthāya mohanīm . abhidudrāva śailādiṃ tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cocivān15 . .8.152.2 0 .. > And binding him with the noose of his arms, the lord of spirits himself / sought to crush him on the ground, but Andhaka broke free. / Having freed himself and resorting to illusory magic, / he rushed toward the son of Śilāda \[Nandī\], crying: 'Halt, halt!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p38) - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 10 nandinā - ka. kha. . 11 vastravadanai - ka. . 12 kuṇḍalaṃ - ka . 13 apāhastāhatastena - ka., apahastāddhatastena - kha. . 14 ha - kha. . 15 cābravīt - kha. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 791 tamāpatantaṃ vegena gaṇeśvaramahattarāḥ . sarve saṃkruddhamanaso vividhāyudhapāṇayaḥ . .2 1 . . nandiṣeṇaḥ somanandī śaṃkukarṇo mahodaraḥ . ghaṇṭākarṇo vīrabhadraḥ sa ca devaḥ prabhāmayaḥ ..22 . . bharttāramabhirakṣantasteṣāṃ pāriṣadāgragāḥ16 . andhakaṃ yodhayanti sma siṃhāḥ17 śakragajaṃ18 yathā ..23 .. > Seeing him rushing with speed, the elders among the lords of Gaṇas, / all with enraged minds, with various weapons in hand— / Nandiṣeṇa, Somanandī, Śaṅkukarṇa, Mahodara, / Ghaṇṭākarṇa, Vīrabhadra, and the god Prabhāmaya— / guarding their master, the foremost of their attendants / fought Andhaka, like lions against Indra's elephant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p39) taṃ nandiṣeṇaḥ śūlena somanandī ca muṣṭinā . śareṇa vīrabhadraśca ghaṇṭākarṇosināpi ca . .24. . śaṅkukarṇo calāgreṇa pādapena prabhāmayaḥ . andhakaṃ cicchidurdevā dramiḍā19 iva candanam . .25. . nandīśvarastu gaṇapo gaṇapairvimukhīkṛtam . ājaghānottamāṅge tu andhakaṃ dānavādhipam ..26. . dṛṣṭvāsurapatiṃ devairgaṇapaiḥ samabhidrutam . asurāṇāṃ bale jajñe dhāva gṛhṇeti nisvanaḥ . .27. . tatosurāḥ samājagmuḥ prahlādapramukhā drutam . tānyuddhāyāgatāneko viṣṇuḥ sarvānadīdharat ..28. . cakrahastaṃ tu dṛṣṭvaivaṃ vikrāntaṃ raṇamūrdhani . cakāra sumahadvegamandhakaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ . .29. . vyāyacchamānaṃ niśceṣṭaṃ pradhāvantaṃ pragarjitam . yaṃ yataḥ20 paśyatesau vai21 tantaṃ vivyādha sāyakaiḥ .. 8.152.30 .. > Nandiṣeṇa with a pike, Somanandī with a fist, / Vīrabhadra with an arrow, and Ghaṇṭākarṇa with a sword, / Śaṅkukarṇa with a mountain peak, Prabhāmaya with a tree— / the gods cut into Andhaka like Dramiḍas into sandalwood. / Nandīśvara, the leader of the Gaṇas, struck Andhaka, the lord of Dānavas, / on the head when he had been turned back by the Gaṇa leaders. / Seeing the lord of Asuras assailed by the gods and Gaṇa leaders, / a cry arose in the army of the Asuras: 'Run! Seize!' / Then the Asuras, led by Prahlāda, rushed forward quickly; / Viṣṇu alone held back all of them who had arrived to fight. / But seeing him thus, holding a discus, valiant in the vanguard of the battle, / Andhaka, overwhelmed with rage, made a mighty rush. / Exerting himself, whether stationary, running, or roaring, / whomever and wherever he saw, him he pierced with arrows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p40) pṛthavaḥ pītaniśitā garuḍāṅgaruhandharāḥ22 . andhakasya śarā ghorāścyavante23 dhanuṣokṣayāḥ ..3 1 . . mukheṣu dantaveṣṭeṣu udareṣu kareṣu ca . andhakena gajā viddhāstyajantyatimadā madam . .3 2. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 16 ete - ka., eteṣāṃ pārṣadāgragāḥ - kha . 17 siṃhaḥ - ka, siṃhāḥ - kha. . 18 gajān - ka., gajaṃ - kha . 19 drāviḍā (?) . 20 yantu (?) . 21 sori(m) - ka. . 22... svarāḥ - ka. . 23. ścavyante - ka. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 792 anye śrayanti deveśamanye cendraṃ surādhipam . devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ cānye nandinaṃ cāpare gaṇāḥ . . 33 .. > Broad, yellow, sharpened, feathered with eagle plumage, / inexhaustible arrows of Andhaka shot fiercely from his bow. / Pierced by Andhaka in their faces, gums, bellies, and trunks, / elephants of immense rut shed their rutting-juice. / Others took refuge with the lord of gods, others with Indra the king of gods, / others with the god Nārāyaṇa, and other retinues with Nandin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p42) bhajyamānaḥ surairāsīdandhakasya mahārathaḥ . adharme prakṛto33 yadvad vighnairiva manorathaḥ . .43 . . cakrāyudhaṃ sa cakreṇa śakraṃ vajreṇa dānavaḥ . anantamiṣuṇaikena śūlena ca vināyakam . .44.. > Andhaka's great chariot, being broken by the gods, / was like a desire set upon unrighteousness \[broken\] by obstacles. / The Dānava \[struck\] the Discus-armed one with a discus, Indra with a thunderbolt, / Ananta with a single shaft, and Vināyaka with a trident; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p43) - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 24 śarajālāṅkā - kha . 25 vai iva - ka. . 26 vibhramuḥ - ka., iva vibabhramuḥ - ka. . 27 santataṃ - kha. . 28 sa babhau - ka . 29 nārāyaṇonanto - ka. . 30 ca - kha. . 31 gaṇādhipāḥ - ka. . 32.. śca - ka. kha. . 33 adharmeṣu kṛto - ka. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 793 muṣṭinā nandinaṃ caiva paṭṭiśena34 prabhāmayam . bhallena caiva pūṣāṇaṃ gadayā yamameva ca . .45. . āhatya vairiṇastūrṇaṃ35 sarvāneva raṇendhakaḥ . utpatya cānadad vyomni jalamatta ivāmbudaḥ . .46 . . sa kūṭayodhī kūṭāni girīṇāṃ girisannibhaḥ . savṛkṣakṣupasarpāṇi sasarja ca jagarja ca . .47 . . giryagravarṣaṃ36 tad37 ghoraṃ savṛkṣarkṣamahoragam . papāta devasainyeṣu śotamamburuheṣviva38 . .48 . . avirāmamaviśrāmaṃ39 nirucchvāsaṃ40 bhayākulam . ' ' ' ' ' - ' - - - - - - - - - . .49 . . chinnanāsākṣidantauṣṭhā41 bhagnapādakaṭīkarāḥ . uttrastodbhrāntacakitā dṛśyante pramathāmarāḥ . .8.152.5 0 . . saudhāgraśṛṅgopalaśastravarṣī42 muhuḥ sṛjanbhātyasurombarasthaḥ . tā me - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ..51 . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - śabdam . abjaṃ mahaddhūmalāvṛtañca khadyotatulyaṃ ca mahāgnicūrṇam . .52 . . sopyāyitodvṛttasamudranādo43 nabhogato daivatasaṃghavairī44 . muhuḥ sṛjatyeva mahāmbuvarṣaṃ yathāntakālembumugugravarṣam . .53 . . iti skandapurāṇe andhakayuddhe dvipañcāśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ45 sanatkumāra uvāca tatondhako viyatsthito mahāmbudaughasannibhaḥ . virajya varṣamaupalaṃ1 yathaiva varṣamambudaḥ . . 1 . . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 34 paṭṭaśena - ka. kha. . 35 vairiṇaṃ tūrṇaṃ - kha. . 36 giryagraparvata - ka. . 37 ta - kha. . 38 śītāmtvaru- ruheṣviva - kha. - kha . 39 avirāmañca viśrāmaṃ - kha. . 40 ciraśvāsaṃ - kha. . 4 . bhinnanāsākṣidantauṣṭhā (?) . 44 sauhāryaśṛṅgopalaśastravarṣī - ka., sastravarṣaṃ (?) . 43 soppāyatodavṛttasamudranādo - kha. . 44 devatasaṃdhavairī - ka. kha. . 45 201 - kha. . 1 mauśalaṃ - ka. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 794 punaḥ pragṛhya kārmukaṃ mahendrakārmukopamam . mumoca bāṇadurdinaṃ babhūva cātidurdinam .. 2. . tataḥ suparṇapuṃkhināṃ suparṇapatrapatriṇām . suparṇatulyapātināṃ suparṇatuṅgatuṇḍinām3 ..3 .. > and Nandin with his fist, Prabhāmaya with a paṭṭiśa, / Pūṣan with a broad-headed arrow, and Yama with a mace. / Having swiftly struck all his enemies in battle, Andhaka / leaped up into the sky and bellowed like a cloud drunk with water. / That deceptive fighter, who resembled a mountain, released mountain-peaks, / filled with trees, bushes, and serpents, and roared aloud. / That terrible rain of mountain-summits, along with trees, bears, and great serpents, / fell upon the armies of the gods, like cold frost upon lotuses. / Without pause, without rest, without breath, bewildered by terror, / \[…\] / with noses, eyes, teeth, and lips severed, legs, hips, and arms broken, / terrified, bewildered, and trembling, the Pramathas and immortals were seen. / Raining palace-peaks, stones, and weapons, repeatedly casting them down, the Asura shone in the sky; / \[…\] / \[…\] sound, / a great lotus covered in smoke, and great fiery dust like fireflies. / With a roar like an overflowing, swollen ocean, situated in the sky, that enemy of the hosts of deities / repeatedly poured down a great torrent of water, just as a rain-cloud pours a fierce shower at the end of time. / Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-second chapter in the Skandapurāṇa, in \[the section of\] the battle with Andhaka. / Sanatkumāra said: / Then Andhaka, standing in the sky like a mass of great clouds, / ceased that rain of stones just as a cloud \[stops\] its rain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p44) śataṃ śarīrabhedināṃ śarīrasārabhojinām . sasarja dānavādhipo jagarja cāpi darpitaḥ ..4.. > Seizing once more a bow resembling the great bow of Indra, / he unleashed a storm of arrows, and a deep tempest arose. / Then, \[arrows\] winged with eagle feathers, adorned with eagle plumes, / flying like eagles, with points sharp as an eagle's beak, / a hundred body-piercing arrows, feeding on the marrow of bodies, / the lord of Dānavas discharged, and he roared in pride. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p45) dhanuḥ prapūriteritā raṇapracāritaivṛtāḥ . svamārgayānadeśikā jave manonilopamāḥ . . 5 . . maheṣavondhakasya te patanti devatopari . yathā divākareritāḥ karā mahācaleṣviva .. 6. . śarāhatāśca kuñjarāḥ śarāhatāśca vājinaḥ . śarāhatāśca devatā gaṇeśvarāśca sarvataḥ ..7. . vinirgatāntraśeṇitā4 vikīrṇahārabhūṣaṇāḥ . vimuktakeśabandhanāḥ patanti gāḍhavedanāḥ . .8 .. > Sped from the fully drawn bow, encompassing \[the sky\] as they moved in battle, / guiding their own paths, in speed equal to the mind and wind, / those great arrows of Andhaka fell upon the deities, / just as rays cast by the sun fall upon great mountains. / Elephants were struck by the arrows, horses were struck by the arrows, / and deities and leaders of the Gaṇas were struck on all sides. / With entrails and blood protruding, their garlands and ornaments scattered, / their hair-bindings loosed, they fell in deep agony. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p46) sthitaṃ calantamutthitaṃ pradhāvitaṃ pravalgitam . hayaṃ gajaṃ suraṃ yathā prapaśyate hi yaṃ yataḥ . .9. . tamandhakastadā ripuṃ śaraistamorivigrahaiḥ . balānnipātya narddate jalāgame yathāmbudaḥ ..8.153.1 0 .. > Standing, moving, risen, running, or leaping— / whatever horse, elephant, or god he saw anywhere, / Andhaka forcibly struck down that enemy / with arrows that were the very form of the sun's foe, and bellowed like a cloud at the coming of the rains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p47) vraṇārttamuktanisvanaṃ5 samudbhramatturaṅgamam . balaṃ nadīnavadbabhau6 praśāntatūryanisvanam . . 11 .. > Filled with the cries of the wounded, its horses wandering astray, / with the sound of musical instruments silenced, the army appeared like a river. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p48) vibhinnachinnadāritaṃ pradagdhajagdhanirdhutam . yathā madāndhakuñjara7 praṇaṣṭapādapaṃ vanam .. 1 2. . mukheṣu kecidāhatā nirīkṣaṇeṣu cāpare . urodareṣu8 cāpare9 tathā hatāśca pṛṣṭhataḥ ..1 3 .. > Scattered, severed, torn, burnt, devoured, and tossed about, / \[it was\] like a forest whose trees were destroyed by an elephant blinded by rut. / Some were struck in the face, and others in the eyes; / others were struck in the chest and belly, and likewise in the back. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p49) - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 2 suvarṇapuṃkhināṃ - ka. . 3- tuṇḍatuṇḍinām (?) .tulyatuṇḍinām (?) . 4 ntaṣośitā - kha. . 5 nisvanisvanam - kha. . 6 nadīnavad babhau - ka. . 7 mahāmataṅgaja (?) . 8 urūdarepu - ka, urūta - kha. . 9 cārpitāḥ - ka. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 795 śataghnayo yathācitāḥ śaraistathā marudgaṇāḥ . gaṇāśca bhīmavikramā nabhūmimāpurāhatāḥ .. 14.. > Just as spiked clubs are set closely together, so the hosts of the Maruts were pierced with arrows; / and the gaṇas of terrible valor, when struck, did not reach the ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p50) surāsuraiḥ pravartitā tato vraṇāmbuvāhinī . gajendranakrasaṃkulā rathāṅgacārukacchapā . . 1 5. . nikṛttahastapannagā dhanurdhvajottamadrumā . kirīṭakūṭadardurā dhanurguṇābhitantukā10 . . 16 .. > Then a river carrying the water of wounds was set in motion by the gods and asuras, / crowded with alligator-like lordly elephants, with chariot-wheels for beautiful tortoises, / with severed elephant-trunks for serpents, bows and banner-poles for excellent trees, / crests of diadems for frogs, and bowstrings for its moss. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p51) vikīrṇahāraśarkarā sitāmbarātipheninī . surāsuraiḥ pravartitā surāsurātidustarā . .17 .. > With scattered pearl necklaces for gravel, and white garments for immense foam, / set in motion by the gods and asuras, it was exceedingly hard for gods and asuras to cross. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p52) tatoñjanāstudatviṣastaḍitprahāsahāsinaḥ11 . piśācayakṣarākṣasāḥ pipāsayātikarṣitāḥ . . 18. . surā yathā varāmṛtaṃ papustathaiva śoṇitam . tataḥ punaḥ samākulaṃ babhūva yuddhamadbhutam12 . tadāndhake13 śarāhate14 maheṣuṇātha nandine .. 1 9.. > Then piśācas, yakṣas, and rākṣasas, having the luster of collyrium and grinning with lightning-like smiles, / intensely tormented by thirst, / drank that blood just as gods drink excellent nectar. / Then once more there arose a tumultuous and wondrous battle, / as Nandī was pierced by Andhaka with a great arrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.p53) iti skandapurāṇe yuddhabhūmivarṇane tripañcāśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ15 > Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-third chapter in the Skandapurāṇa, in the description of the battlefield. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.16.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.11.1) sanatkumāra uvāca hanyamāne bale tasmin devaiḥ sapramatheśvaraiḥ . cukrudhurdānavā1 ghorāścaturviṃśatidarpitāḥ .. 1 . . prahrādaścānuhrādaśca saṃhrādaḥ śinibāṣkalau . jambho virocano vṛtro balirbāṇovaniñjayaḥ . .2. . tathā tuhuṇḍo huṇḍaśca śambhuḥ kārtasvanaḥ kubhaḥ2 . śambaro vipracittiśca ilvakaḥ3 pilvakastathā .. 3 . . mayastārastārakākṣo vidyunmālī pramohanaḥ . etemarṣavaśaṃ prāptāścaturviṃśatidānavāḥ ..4.. - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 10 dhanurguṇāditantukā - ka.,.. .ti - (?) . 11 hāsitāḥ - kha. . 12..? surmahādbhutam-kha . 13 tadāndhakaḥ - ka. . 14 śarāhato ta(?) . 15 202 - kha. . 1 cukraśurdānavā - kha. . 2 kuśaḥ - ka, . 3 ilvalaḥ - 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) ### [7.16.24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24.1) tāndṛṣṭvā vidrutān sarvān gaṇān saha sureśvaraiḥ . mahādevosṛjat - - - - - - - - - - ..1 2.. - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 1 evāsma - ka gha. . 2 samupekṣitaḥ - kha . 3 tamabhdhakam (?) . 4 utthitāḥ (?) . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 801 - - - - - - - - - - - - karantadā . - vā vijñāpayāmāsu5rājñāṃ no dātumarhasi . . 13 . . devadevastadā prāha sarvāḥ praharaṇodyatāḥ . asṛgbindusamudbhūtān bhakṣayadhvaṃ mahāsurān . . 14.. evamuktāstu tāssarvā yogeśvaryo mahābalāḥ . hatvā hatvāsurān yuddhe cakhāduśca ma . 15. . devopi jvalitaṃ śūlamabravīdandhakāntakṛt . andhakaṃ paca6 sūryāgnau sahasra śaradāṃ7 śatam . .1 6. . andhakopi hi śūlāgre pacyamānorkatejasā . pūrṇe sahasre varṣāṇāṃ sātvikaṃ bhāvamabhyagāt . . 17. . sātvikaṃ bhāvamāpanno vinirdhūtarajastamaḥ . lokānāṃ kāraṇaṃ devaṃ bubudhe govṛṣadhvajam . . 18.. taṃ buddhvā ca tato bhaktyā nirmalenāntarātmanā . snāyvasthiśeṣastuṣṭāva devaṃ caṃdrārdhamaulinam . 1 9. . andhaka uvāca kṛtsnasya yosya jagataḥ sacarācarasya kartā kṛtasya ca tathā sukhaduḥkhadātā . saṃhāraheturapi yaḥ punarantakāle, taṃ śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi . .8.155.2 0 . . yaṃ yogino vigatamohatamorajaskā bhaktyaikatānamanaso8 vinivṛttakāmāḥ . dhyāyanti niścitadhiyāmitadivyabhāvaṃ, taṃ śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi ..21 .. yaścandrakhaṇḍamamalaṃ vikasanmayūkhaṃ badhvāsayaṃ (?) priyatayā śirasā bibharti . yaścārdhadehamadadād girirājaputryai, taṃ śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi ..2 2 .. > Seeing all the gaṇas, along with the lords of the gods, fleeing, / Mahādeva created \[…\] // 12 > \[…\] then \[…\], / \[…\] addressed \[him\]: ‘You ought to give us an order.’ // 13 > Then the God of gods said to all those \[goddesses\] ready with weapons: / ‘Consume the great asuras born from the drops of blood!’ // 14 > Thus addressed, all those Yogeśvarīs of mighty strength, / continually slaying the asuras in battle, ate \[them\] \[…\]. // 15 > The God also, the slayer of Andhaka, spoke to the blazing trident: / ‘Cook Andhaka in the fire of the sun for a hundred thousand autumns.’ // 16 > Indeed, as Andhaka was being cooked at the tip of the trident by the sun’s radiance, / when a thousand years were completed, he attained a sattvic state. // 17 > Having attained a sattvic state, with passion and darkness shaken off, / he understood the God, the cause of the worlds, whose banner bears the bull. // 18 > Having recognized him then with devotion, with a purified inner self, / reduced to mere sinews and bones, he praised the God whose crest is the crescent moon. // 19 > Andhaka said: / ‘He who is the creator of this entire universe, moving and unmoving, and likewise the dispenser of pleasure and pain for what has been done, / who is also the cause of destruction at the time of the end—to that Śaṅkara, the granter of refuge, I go for refuge. // 20 > Whom yogins, free from delusion, darkness, and passion, their minds singularly intent through devotion, their desires vanished, / meditate upon with resolute intellect, whose divine nature is boundless—to that Śaṅkara, the granter of refuge, I go for refuge. // 21 > Who lovingly bears upon his head the spotless crescent moon with blossoming beams \[…\] / and who gave half his body to the daughter of the king of mountains—to that Śaṅkara, the granter of refuge, I go for refuge. // 22 //’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 60 of 216 passages. 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