Skandapurana 7.18.89_88
Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89_88
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7.18.89_88
na buddhyā na ca dharmeṇa prahrādasadṛśosuraḥ .
hiraṇyakaśipurnāsīdrājā tatsadṛśo mahān . .8.172.50 . .
nāndhako na hiraṇyākṣaḥ prahlādasadṛśo bale .
bhṛguśāpāt kilāyāto daityatvaṃ viṣṇureva saḥ ..51 . .
śauryeṇa spṛhayanti sma śrutena vinayena ca .
divaukasopi saṃsiddhāḥ prahrādasya mahātmanaḥ . .52. .
nābhavaṃstasya rājye tu duḥkhaśokānvitāḥ prajāḥ .
evaṃ sa dānavaśreṣṭhaḥ kṛtvā yuddhaṃ tu viṣṇunā . .53 ..
nor in intellect, nor in righteousness was there any Asura equal to Prahrāda. / Even King Hiraṇyakaśipu was not equal to him in greatness;
neither Andhaka nor Hiraṇyākṣa was equal to Prahlāda in strength. / Indeed, it is said that it was Viṣṇu himself who became a Daitya due to the curse of Bhṛgu.
Even the perfected sky-dwellers envied the valor, / sacred learning, and modesty of the great-souled Prahrāda.
During his reign the subjects were never afflicted with misery or grief. / Thus that best of Dānavas, having fought with Viṣṇu,
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