Skandapurana 7.18.2_3

7.18.2_3

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prabhāvāttejasā caiva sa mahānnau bhaviṣyati .
bāḍhamityevamuktvātha kumāraḥ12 ṣaṇmukhastadā . . pa 3 . .
śakreṇa saha saṃgatya mayūravaramāsthitaḥ .
mahendrasyāgrato gacchan cakre krauñcaṃ pradakṣiṇam13 . . 14. .
atha buddhvā mahendrastu nyūnamātmānamānalāt .
kumāramabhisandhitsurmanasaiva pradakṣiṇam . . 1 5. .
kṛtvā sunirvṛtastasthau upaviṣṭaḥ4 śilātale .

he shall be the greater of us two through his might and fiery energy.’ / Saying, ‘So be it,’ Kumāra, the six-faced one, then,
having joined with Śakra, mounted on the excellent peacock, / went ahead of Mahendra and circumambulated Krauñca.
Then Mahendra, realising that he was inferior to the son of Fire, / wishing to deceive Kumāra, made a circumambulation only in his mind, / and remained quite at ease, seated on a stone slab.