Skandapurana 7.18.2_33

7.18.2_33

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śaktimuddhartumutsehe samakṣaṃ tridivaukasām .
tenāsau cālyamānāpi yasmācchaktirdharātale . . 64. .
na cacāla mahāvīryā skandatejobalānvitā .
tato viṣṇurameyātmā jñātvā tattvārthamādṛtaḥ41 . . 65 ..

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attempted to lift the spear before the eyes of the heaven-dwellers.
Even when moved by him, because that spear in the earth / did not stir, exceedingly heroic and endowed with Skanda's fiery energy and strength, / then Viṣṇu of immeasurable soul, respectfully acknowledging the real truth,