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(machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.p4) tattadā3 dānavānīkaṃ visasāra diśo diśaḥ4. pralaye mārutoddhūtamaudanvatamivodakam .. 2 . . nijaghnurbrāhmaṇān kecit kecinniṣpipiṣurviśaḥ5 . tustubhuḥ kṣatriyānanye śūdrānanye babhakṣire6 . . 3 . . > That army of the Dānavas then spread in every direction, / like the water of the ocean stirred up by the wind at the dissolution \[of the world\]. // Some slew the brahmins, some crushed the Vaiśyas, / others overpowered the Kṣatriyas, and others devoured the Śūdras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.p5) jaglasu7rllilihurnnedurbabhañjuśca samantataḥ . yajñeṣvannaṃ havirnādān8 yūpām̐ścāmaravidviṣaḥ . .4. .' > The enemies of the immortals swallowed down, licked up, roared, and broke in pieces everywhere / the food at sacrifices, the eaters of oblation, and the sacrificial posts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.p6) svadhītavedādhyayanābhināditān munipravekācitagulmapādapān . prabhūtacīrājinadarbhasaṃcayān nikāmaparyantahimāmbunirjharān . . 5.. upāntanīvāragavedhukācitān9 prasuptaviśvastamṛgarkṣavānarān . habirbhujo10 dhūmavitānasaṃkulān visṛtya cānye pravijaghnurāśramān11 ..6.. > Resounding with the recitation of properly studied Vedas, their shrubs and trees frequented by eminent sages, / with abundant heaps of bark garments, black antelope skins, and darbha grass, with cool mountain torrents flowing abundantly at their margins, // filled at their edges with wild rice and gavedhuka grass, with deer, bears, and monkeys sleeping in trust, / shrouded with canopies of smoke from the sacrificial fire—other \[demons\] spread out and utterly destroyed the hermitages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.p7) kecinmunīnāmasurā jīrṇoragasamatviṣaḥ12 . jaṭāḥ saṃgṛhya lulucuḥ kṣālitāstīrthavāriṇā . .7 . . 110.... ttamāṅgo ( ? . > Seizing the sages' matted locks, which shone like the skins of old serpents / and had been washed with the water of sacred fords, some Asuras tore them out. // 110 ...ttamāṅgo (? . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10) 1 mattairāvaṇasambādha - gha . 2.. kalitaṃ balam - gha . 3 tattathā - gha. . 4 daśa - gha . 5 ccikṣipuśca diśo daśa - gha- . 6 babhañjire (?) . 7 jagrasu - gha . 8 bahirdānān - ka . 9 upāttanīvāragavedhukācitān - kha . 10 > 1 mattairāvaṇasambādha — \[ms.\] gha. 2 ...kalitaṃ balam — \[ms.\] gha. 3 tattathā — \[ms.\] gha. 4 daśa — \[ms.\] gha. 5 ccikṣipuśca diśo daśa — \[ms.\] gha. 6 babhañjire (?). 7 jagrasu — \[ms.\] gha. 8 bahirdānān — \[ms.\] ka. 9 upāttanīvāragavedhukācitān — \[ms.\] kha. 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_8) havirbhujāṃ (? . 11 parijaghnurāśramān - kha . 12.. miva dvipa (ā ). - kha . 349 > havirbhujāṃ (? . 11 parijaghnurāśramān — \[ms.\] kha. 12 ...miva dvipa (ā). — \[ms.\] kha. / 349 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_9) pātayitvāsurāḥ13 keciccaraṇaiḥ pipiṣuḥ kṣitau . ṛṣīnātmavināśāya hutāśān jvalitāniva14 ..8.. > Throwing the seers to the earth, some Asuras trampled them underfoot, / like blazing fires, to their own destruction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_10) śirāṃsi munipatnīnāṃ karaiḥ kecit talaistathā15 . pūtāni16 vāribhiḥ puṇyaiḥ paspṛśurdānavādhamāḥ ..9. . atha te jagṛhuryātrāṃ17 jñātvābhyudayamātmanaḥ . vikṣiptaṃ18 lokanāśāya balamāhūya sarvaśaḥ ..8.61.1 0 . . > The vilest of Dānavas touched with their hands and palms the heads / of the wives of the sages, purified by sacred waters. // Then, knowing their own prosperity, they undertook the expedition, / having summoned from all sides the army deployed for the destruction of the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_11) praśastehani nakṣatre muhūrtte ca jayānvite19 . sannāhabherīrāhatya kriyāścakrurjayāvahāḥ .. 11 .. > On an auspicious day, asterism, and victory-bringing muhūrta, / they sounded the war drums and performed the victory-bringing rites. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_12) sannāhyān balino sattānānāyya varavāraṇān . samyagabhyarcya varmāṇi babandhurvidhināsurāḥ .. 1 2.. > Bringing up the excellent elephants that were strong, noble, and fit to be armoured, / and properly worshipping the armour, the Asuras fastened it according to rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_13) yantrāṇi dhautairnārācaiḥ pūrṇānyāsanapārśvayoḥ . babandhuḥ śaktipūrṇām̐śca veṇūn tiryagavasthitān ..1 3 .. > They bound engines filled with polished iron arrows on both sides of the seat, / and bamboo tubes filled with javelins, placed crosswise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_14) tomarān kaṇapān20 śaṃkūn śūlacakraparaśvadhān . ābabandhurniyuktāśca madhyamāsanapārśvayoḥ . . 14.. > And the men appointed bound javelins, kaṇapas, spikes, / tridents, discuses, and battle-axes on the sides of the middle seat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_15) sajjāni paramāstrāṇi bāladhīm̐śca susaṃskṛtān . saṃpūrṇān gandhavāsobhirniśitāgraiḥ śilīmukhaiḥ ..1 5.. > \[They prepared\] ready supreme weapons, and well-adorned quivers / filled with fragrant garments and sharp-pointed arrows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_16) sannāhyānakuśām̐llauhān bālendusadṛśadyutīn . graiveyeṣu sitām̐ścakrurmadhye mastakapiṇḍayoḥ . .1 6 .. > On the neck-chains they placed iron goads ready for armor, shining like the crescent moon, / bright between the two frontal globes of the head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_17) kṣurapramālāṃ21 saṃyastāṃ śātakumbhamayīṃ śubhām . ābabandhuśca kumbheṣu gajānāṃ gajasādinaḥ22 ..17.. > And the elephant-riders bound upon the frontal globes of the elephants / an auspicious, fitted garland shaped like razor-pointed blades, made of gold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_18) vaijayantīpatākāśca vicitrāḥ svabhilakṣitāḥ . ucchrayāmāsurāyattā dantyanīkasya dānavāḥ ..18.. > And the ready Dānavas raised manifold, clearly visible victory banners / of the elephant division. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_19) ghaṇṭā vāraṇamukhyānāmāsasajju23 rmahāsvanāḥ . cāmarāṇi sudīrghāṇi haṃsāṃśurucirāṇi24 ca . .1 9. . 13 pāṭayityāsurāḥ - gha . 14 hutānāñjilatāniva - kha. . 15 calaistathā - ka. kha. . 16 yutāni - gha. . 17... rgotrāṃ - ka, ryajñaṃ - gha. . 18 vikṣiptā - kha. . 19 vijayānvite - gha. . 20... yān - ka. . 21 kṣurapramāṇāḥ-gha. . 22.. sādibhiḥ - gha. . 23,. mānasaṃju-ka,. māsasarja ( rju) -gha. . 24 haṃsāṃgarūcirāṇi gha. . > Loud-sounding bells were fastened to the chief elephants, / along with very long chowries, radiant like the rays of a swan. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_20) 350 > 350 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_21) ekaikasya catasraśca kareṇvaścārudarśanāḥ . sthāpitāḥ purato daityaiḥ paravāraṇavāraṇāḥ . .8.61.2 0 .. > And for each one, four fair-looking cow-elephants / were placed in front by the Daityas to ward off enemy elephants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_22) yūno yuvabhirārūḍhān śikṣitānastrakovidaiḥ25 . cakruragresarānaśvān varmiṇo lohajālinaḥ ..21 .. > Young horses mounted by young men, trained by experts in weapons, / armored and clad in iron chain-mail, they placed in the vanguard. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_23) varmiṇo baddhakavacāñchitanistriṃśadhāriṇaḥ . teṣāṃ purassarān pattīnanuyātām̐śca dhanvibhiḥ .. 22. . daityayodhāstataścānye26 varmiṇo lohajālinaḥ . ārūḍhā baddhanistriṃśāḥ snātapītām̐sturaṅgaḥmān27 . .23 .. > Armored foot-soldiers, their cuirasses fastened, wielding sharp swords, / were placed in front of them, followed by archers; / then other Daitya warriors, armored and clad in iron chain-mail, / their swords strapped on, mounted horses that had bathed and drunk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_24) kecidvinītairyuvabhiḥ snapitaiḥ28 kṛtamaṅgalaiḥ . rathān saṃyojayāmāsuraśvairagrajavaistadā29 . .24.. > Some then yoked chariots with well-trained, young horses, / bathed, decorated with auspicious marks, and born of the finest stock. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_25) āyudhān sapatākām̐śca kiṃkiṇījālanāditān . adhitasthustadā kecid rathān hāṭakasaṃskṛtān ..25 . . evaṃ tat kalpitaṃ śrutvā sainyaṃ sainyanamaskṛtaḥ . sundo dānavaśārdūlo niryayau kṛtamaṅgalaḥ . . 26 . . > Some then mounted chariots adorned with gold, / furnished with weapons, bearing banners, and resounding with clusters of tinkling bells. / Having heard that the army was thus arranged, saluted by the army, / Sunda, that tiger among Dānavas, set forth, having performed auspicious rites. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_26) svīṣaṃ sukūbaraṃ30 svakṣaṃ śātakumbhamayaṃ varam . nānāmaṇimayaiścitrairbhaktipuṣpamṛgadvijaiḥ31 . . 27. . yuktaṃ paramasaṃhṛṣṭairmanovegaisturaṅgamaiḥ . āruhyātha rathaṃ divyaṃ patākādhvajaśobhitam ..28.. > Having mounted a divine chariot with fine pole, good yoke, and sound axle, made of gold, / adorned with diverse jewels and decorated with artistic figures of flowers, beasts, and birds, / yoked with exceedingly spirited horses swift as thought, / and beautified with banners and flags, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_27) kavacī baddhanistriṃśo vidhūtasitacāmaraḥ32 . abhitaḥ stūyamānaśca sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ ..29 .. > armored, with his sword buckled on, white chowries waved over him, / and being praised on all sides by sūtas, māgadhas, and bards, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_28) nisundopi33 madaśyāmakapolālīnaṣaṭpadam34 . āruhya nirjagāmāśu sāṃgrāmikamanekapam35 .. > Nisunda also quickly set forth, having mounted a war-elephant / upon whose rut-darkened temples swarmed six-legged bees. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_29) 8.61.30 . . anye ca dānavāstatra rathairaśvairmataṅgajaiḥ . niryayuḥ paramaprītā36 yuddhaśauṇḍāḥ sudaṃśitāḥ ..3 1 . . 25 vāsitāmastrakovidaiḥ - kha. . 26 stathā cānye - gha . 27 snātapītāsturaṅgamāḥ - ka. . 28 snāpitaiḥ - ka. kha. . 29... stathā - gha. . 30 sukuravaṃ - ka. . 31 bhaktāpuṣpasugaṃdhijaiḥ - gha . 32 baddhanistriṃśa uddhūtaśitacāmaraḥ - gha. . 33 upasundo - kha. . 34 nīradaśyāmakapālānīlaṣaṭpadam - gha. . 36 saṃgrāmikamanīkapam - ka., mahādvipaṃ - kha . 36 paramaprītyā - ka gha. . > And other Dānavas there, mounted on chariots, horses, and elephants, / set forth in great joy, skilled in warfare and firmly armored. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_30) 351 > 351 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_31) balasyāgresaraṃ kṛtvā tārakākṣaṃ37 mahāsuram . sahitaṃ bahubhiḥ śūrai rathanāgāśvapattibhiḥ . . 3 2.. > Placing the great Asura Tārakākṣa at the head of the army, / accompanied by many heroic warriors in chariots, on elephants, horses, and foot, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_32) pṛṣṭhataḥ saṃvidhāyāśu balonmattaṃ mahāsuram . balena caturaṅgeṇa38 mahiṣaṃ pārṣṇirakṣiṇam39 . .3 3 . . pārśvayorubhayornyasya40 meghasvanamahāsvanau . sainyena mahatā dṛptau41 dānavāvarisūdanau ..34. . > and quickly stationing the great Asura Mahiṣa, mad with strength, / as the rear-guard with a fourfold army behind him; / and having posted on both flanks Meghasvana and Mahāsvana, / two proud Dānavas, slayers of foes, with a mighty army; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_33) madhye sundo nisundaśca mayaḥ śambhuḥ kharo muraḥ . sannaddhā balinaḥ śūrā parasainyavidāraṇāḥ42 . .3 5. . pratasthire susaṃyattā divaṃ dānavasattamāḥ . pralaye mārutoddhūtā ghanāḥ saṃvarttakā iva . .3 6. . > in the center were Sunda, Nisunda, Maya, Śambhu, Khara, and Mura, / armored, mighty, and heroic, tearers of enemy ranks. / Fully prepared, those foremost of Dānavas set forth toward heaven / like the dissolution-clouds driven by the wind at the end of an aeon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_34) teṣāmāgamanaṃ jñātvā saha svarlokavāsibhiḥ . apasṛtya jagāmāśu janasthānaṃ śatakratuḥ . . 37. . mero śikharamāruhya sarvetha sahitāstadā . senā niveśayāmāsurnandane te suradviṣaḥ43 .. 38.. > Knowing of their approach, Śatakratu, along with the dwellers of heaven, / fled and quickly went to Janasthāna. / Having ascended the peak of Meru, all together then, / those enemies of the gods encamped their army in the Nandana grove. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_35) atha sainyasya daityendrā44 rakṣāmādhāya sarvaśaḥ45 . pravibhaktānasaṃbādhānāvāsān46 jagṛhustataḥ ..3 9 .. > Then, having posted guards for the army on every side, / the Daitya lords took up spacious, divided quarters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_36) dattānujñāstataḥ sarve dānavā dānavottamaiḥ . sannāhyamapaninyuste sarvopakaraṇaṃ tadā ..8.61.40 .. > Then, having received permission from the foremost Dānavas, all the Dānavas / removed their armor and all their equipment at that time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_37) ārūḍhā gajakanyāsu47 varmāṇi mumucuḥ śanaiḥ . āyudhānyapanīyāśu48 sainikā mattadantinām ..41 .. > Mounted on young cow-elephants, the soldiers of the rutting tuskers / slowly took off their armor, quickly removing their weapons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.10\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.10_38) sannāhānapaninyuśca49 mumucuḥ kavacāni ca . tanutrāṇi ca citrāṇi50 tadā dānavasainikāḥ . .42.. > Then the Dānavas’ soldiers removed their gear, took off their cuirasses, / and took off their diverse body-armors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.39) 37 tārakākhyaṃ - gha. . 38 balena ca turaṅgeṇa - ka. kha. . 39 > \[Variants:\] 37 tārakākhyaṃ - gha. 38 balena ca turaṅgeṇa - ka. kha. 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41) pārirakṣiṇam - ka., parirakṣiṇam - kha. gha. . 40... stasya - kha. . 41 > \[Variants:\] pārirakṣiṇam - ka., parirakṣiṇam - kha. gha. 40 ... stasya - kha. 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_39) guptau - ka. gha. . 42.. nivāraṇā - ka kha. . 43 nirjaradvijaḥ - (ṣaḥ) - gha. . 44 daityāste - gha. . 45 sarvataḥ - ka. gha. . 46... vāsaṃ - ka. kha., vāsāste - gha. . 47... jagakanyāsu - ka. . 48.. .nyupanītāni - kha. . 49 parininyuśca - gha. . 50 vicitrāṇi - kha. gha . > \[Variants:\] guptau - ka. gha. 42 .. nivāraṇā - ka. kha. 43 nirjaradvijaḥ - (ṣaḥ) - gha. 44 daityāste - gha. 45 sarvataḥ - ka. gha. 46 ... vāsaṃ - ka. kha., vāsāste - gha. 47 ... jagakanyāsu - ka. 48 ... nyupanītāni - kha. 49 parininyuśca - gha. 50 vicitrāṇi - kha. gha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_40) 352 > 352 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_41) apeta kakṣān51 mātaṅgān52 snātapītān gataklamān53 . babandhuḥ kalpavṛkṣeṣu54 keciddānavasainikāḥ . .43 .. > Some Dānava soldiers tied to the wishing-trees the elephants / whose girths were removed, which had bathed, drunk, and were relieved of fatigue. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_42) kecit kalpadrumānnāgā madasaṃlīnaṣaṭapadāḥ55 . babhaṃjurbalinastrastamattodbhrāntavihaṅgamān ..44.. > Some mighty elephants, upon whom six-legged bees clung due to rut-fluid, / broke the wishing-trees, frightening, maddening, and scattering the birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_43) cukraśurbalinaḥ kecinmadaśyāmān56 mataṅgajāḥ . kapolān kalpavṛkṣeṣu puṣpālīnālipaṃktiṣu ..45.. > Some mighty elephants rubbed their temples, darkened with rut-fluid, / against the wishing-trees where rows of bees clung to the flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_44) nāgā jagāhire kecinmattā mandākinīṃ nadīm . haimavārijakiñjalkapiñjaropāntarodhasam ..46.. > Some rutting elephants plunged into the river Mandākinī, / whose banks were yellow with the filaments of golden water-lilies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_45) vimuktasāṅgrāmikavarmajālān57 prasannacittān parighṛṣṭakāyān . nipītatoyānapanītakhedān babandhuraśvānpṛthagaśvabandhāḥ ..47.. > Having removed the mail of battle-armor, the grooms tied up the horses separately, / their minds content, their bodies rubbed down, their thirst quenched, and their fatigue removed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_46) atha sūkṣmāṇi vāsāṃsi citrāśca paramāḥsrajaḥ58 . āninyuḥ kalpavṛkṣebhyaḥ phalāni madhurāṇi ca59 ..48.. > Then they brought fine garments and splendid variegated garlands, / and sweet fruits from the wish-fulfilling trees. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_47) haimāni kecit padmāni tadrajoruṇamūrttayaḥ60. babhañjurdānavā hṛṣṭā gatā mandākinīṃ nadīm . .49.. > Their forms reddened by its pollen, some joyful Dānavas / entered the river Mandākinī and plucked golden lotuses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_48) āninyuḥ sainikāḥ kecinmandārakusumotkarān . phalānyājahrire kecit svādūni ca bahūni ca ..8.61.50 .. > Some soldiers brought heaps of mandāra flowers; / others fetched many sweet fruits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_49) tatroṣya rajanīmekāṃ bherīrāhatya dānavāḥ . tenaiva vidhinā yattāḥ prajagmuramarāvatīm ..51 .. > Having spent one night there, the Dānavas, beating their drums, / proceeded with the same discipline, fully prepared, toward Amarāvatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_50) tatastūryaninādena gajānāṃ bṛṃhitena ca . siṃhanādaiśca daityānāṃ cacālevāmarāvatī ..52.. > Then, at the sound of the musical instruments, the trumpeting of the elephants, / and the lion-roars of the Daityas, Amarāvatī seemed to tremble. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_51) atha śūnyāṃ samudvīkṣya purīṃ dānavasattamāḥ . itthamūcuḥ susaṃhṛṣṭā61 nadanto bhairavasvanam62 ..53 . . 51 apetabhakṣyān - ka. . 52 apetakakṣāstānnāgān - gha. . 53 snapitānvigataklamān - gha. . 54 vṛkṣakalpeṣu - ka. . 55... ṣaṭpadān - kha . 56 madaśyānān - (?) . 57... saṅgrāmikavarmajālān - ka. . 58 viciknuyiraya... - ka. kha. . 59 mumucāsurāḥ-- - ka. kha. . 60 bhadrāṇi raṇamūrdhani - gha. . 61 saṃprahṛṣṭā - gha. . 62 bhairavaṃ ravaṃ (?) . > Then, seeing the city deserted, the best of the Dānavas / were exceedingly joyful, and roaring with a terrifying sound, spoke thus: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_52) 353 > 353 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_53) jayati vibudhaśatruḥ sundadaityendrasiṃhaḥ > Victorious is the enemy of the gods, the lion among Daitya lords, Sunda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_54) kaṭhinarucirabāhuḥ pīnavistīrṇavakṣāḥ . śatamakhapurajetā cārupṛthvāyatākṣaḥ > With hard, charming arms and a broad, stout chest, / the conqueror of Śatamakhu's city, with eyes lovely, wide, and long, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_55) sajalaghananinādo mattanāgendragāmī ..54.. > Roaring like a raincloud, striding like an elephant in rut! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_56) tadanu jayati cāruprāntaraktāyatākṣo > Next to him is victorious \[he\] whose wide, charming eyes are red at the corners, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_57) mṛgapatigatilīlaḥ saṃyugeṣvapradhṛṣyaḥ . tridaśavaravijetā dānavendro nisundaḥ > With the playful gait of a lion, unassailable in battles, / the conqueror of the best among the thirty \[gods\], the Dānava lord Nisunda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_58) prahatamurajanādaḥ pīnadīrghorubāhuḥ . .55.. > Sounding like a beaten muraja drum, with thick, long, and massive arms! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_59) iti skandapurāṇe amarāvatīpraveśo nāma ekaṣaṣṭitamodhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the sixty-first chapter, entitled “The Entry into Amarāvatī,” in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_60) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_61) atha nirjitya daityendrau divaṃ1 vikramaśālinau . jagmatuḥ sahitau daityairvindhyaṃ tuṅgaśiloccayam ..1 .. > Then, having conquered heaven, the two valorous Daitya lords, / accompanied by the Daityas, went to the Vindhya, that lofty mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_62) saṃpūjya vidhivaddaityān prasthāpya bhrātarau tadā . remāte vindhyapādeṣu phullapādapasānuṣu ..2.. > Having honored the Daityas according to rule and dismissed them, the two brothers / then disported on the slopes of the Vindhya, on peaks with blossoming trees. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_63) daityābhyāmatha vijñāya brahmā suraparābhavam . vicintyaikamanāḥ samyag vadhopāyaṃ tayostadā ..3 .. > Then Brahmā, learning of the gods' defeat by the two Daityas, / reflected with single-minded focus on the means to slay them both. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_64) tilaṃ tilaṃ samādāya ratnebhyaścārudarśanām . sasarja kamanīyāṅgīmaṅganāṃ valgunisvanām ..4.. > Taking a particle from each jewel, he fashioned a lovely-looking woman / with desirable limbs and a sweet voice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_65) tilottameti tasyāśca nāma cakre pitāmahaḥ . divyānāmapi sā strīṇāmupameva3 tadā babhau ..5.. > And the Grandfather gave her the name Tilottamā. / She shone then as the very ideal even for divine women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_66) atisaṃpūrṇavaktrāṃ4 tāmatīṃdīvaralocanām . atihaṃsasvanālāpāmatimattebhagāminīm ..6.. > Her face was utterly complete, her eyes surpassed the blue lotus, / her speech excelled the cry of the swan, her gait outshone an elephant in rut. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_67) lakṣmīrnirīkṣya savrīḍā paṅkajenāvṛṇonmukham . vapurbhiścaiva cārvaṅgyāstrepurudyānadevatāḥ ..7.. > Seeing her, Lakṣmī covered her face bashfully with a lotus; / and with their forms, the deities of the garden were humbled by that fair-limbed woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_68) 1 devān - gha. . 2... manaṅgāṃ - ka. . 3... matirūpā : - ca. . 4 > \[Variant readings\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_69) sindūravaktrāṃ - gha. . 5. ssvaiśca - ka kha. . 354 > \[Variant readings\] > 354 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_70) tāmutpādya tato dhātā6 pākaśāsanamabravīt . śambhunā madanaḥ pūrvaṃ nirdagdho locanāgninā7 . .8.. > Having created her, the Creator then spoke to the subduer of Pāka: / “Formerly, Madana was burned by Śambhu with the fire of his eye. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_71) tasya prodbhūtaye8 yāma sarve9 pārśva pinākinaḥ . tamārādhya tataḥ10 kurmmo yathā syānmadanaḥ punaḥ . .9.. > For his resurrection, let us all go to the side of the wielder of the Pināka; / having propitiated him, we shall act so that Madana may exist again.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_72) atha te brahmaṇā sārdhaṃ tayā cāsuravidviṣaḥ . jagmurvindhyagireḥ śṛṅgaṃ yatrāste bhagavān haraḥ ..8.62.10 .. > Then the enemies of the Asuras, together with Brahmā and with her, / went to the peak of the Vindhya mountain where the Blessed Lord Hara resides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_73) tatra śarvamapaśyanto dadhyuste surasattamāḥ . gṛṇantaḥ praṇavaṃ sarve śivasanyastacetasaḥ .. 11 .. > Not seeing Śarva there, those best of the gods meditated, / all reciting the Praṇava, with their minds surrendered to Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_74) atha liṅgaṃ samuttasthau teṣāṃ madhye divaukasām . susaṃhataṃ11 susaṃśliṣṭaṃ samūhastejasāmiva . .12. . uccacāra tadā tasmāduccairvāg12 viśadākṣarā . nirdagdhoyaṃ mayā pāpastapasvijanakaṇṭakaḥ .. 13 . . > Then a liṅga arose in the midst of those heaven-dwellers, / compact and very cohesive, like an accumulation of fires. / Then from it a voice arose aloud, with clear syllables: / “That sinner, a thorn in the side of ascetics, was burned by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_75) yuṣmadarthe vimokṣyāmi kāryaṃ voyaṃ13 kariṣyati . karotu paritaśceyaṃ māṃ pradakṣiṇamaṅganā .. 14.. > For your sake I will release him; he will accomplish your business. / And let this woman circumambulate me clockwise on all sides.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_76) evamuktā maheśena sā cakāra pradakṣiṇām14 . sannidhāyāñjaliṃ mūrdhni raktendīvarakomalam15 ..15.. > Thus spoken to by the Great Lord, she circumambulated him clockwise, / placing on her head her folded hands, delicate as red lotuses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_77) neme16 mūrtiṃ tadā pūrvāṃ nissasāra tato mukham17 . tryakṣaṃ prasannabimboṣṭhamamitadyuti kāntimat . . 1 6. . atha tejo viniḥsṛtya18 vadanendoḥ pinākinaḥ . tāṃ viveśāṅganāmāśu19 śaradbhāskarabhāsvaram . .17.. > She bowed then to the eastern face, and thereupon a face emerged, / three-eyed, with serene bimba-fruit lips, immeasurably brilliant and lovely. / Then a splendor, shining like the autumn sun, issued from the moon-like face / of the wielder of the Pināka, and swiftly entered that woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_78) atha sā dakṣiṇāṃ mūrttiṃ praṇeme cārudarśanā . nirjagāma tadā dīptaṃ mukhaṃ suragurostataḥ . .1 8.. > Then that lovely-looking woman bowed to the southern form; / thereupon the blazing face of the guru of the gods emerged from it, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_79) vāribhārālasāmbhodarucimad20 bhīmanisvanam . karāladaśaśanodbhāsi dīptaraktāntalocanam .. 19 .. > Possessing the luster of a cloud languid with its burden of rain, with a dreadful sound, / gleaming with fierce fangs, its eyes blazing red at the corners. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_80) 6 tāṃ samutpādya dhātā tu - gha. . 7 netravahninā - gha . 8 proddhṛtaye - gha . 9 yāmassarve - ka. gha. . 10 tathā - ka. kha . 11 susaṃghātaṃ - ka kha, . 12 durbodha... - kha . 13 yaḥ - ka. kha. . 14 pradakṣiṇaṃ - ka gha. . 15... locanaṃ - gha. . 16 reme - gha. . 17 tadā - ka. kha . 18.. .bhiniḥsṛtya - gha. . 19 āviveśāṅganāmāśu - gha. . 20... dhārālasāmmodaruciraṃ - gha. . > \[Variant readings\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_81) 355 > 355 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_82) atyādityaṃ tatastejo mukhānniḥsṛtya dakṣiṇāt . dṛśyamānaṃ suraissarvairviveśa pramadottamām . . 8.62.20 . . praṇeme sā tatastasya paścimāṃ mūrttimañjasā .. > Then a splendor surpassing the sun, issuing from that southern face, / was seen by all the gods and entered that best of women. / Then she straightway bowed to his western form; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_83) niścakrāma tatastasyā21 mukhaṃ tryakṣamanuttamam .. 21 .. > Thereupon his incomparable three-eyed face emerged. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_84) tatastejo viniḥsṛtya mukhendormadanadviṣaḥ22 . dīpyamānaṃ viveśāśu tāmeva pramadottamām . .22 . . uttarāṃ mūtimāgatya praṇeme sā kṛtāñjaliḥ . tasyā23 mukhaṃ susaṃpūrṇaṃ suprasannaṃ viniryayau ..2 3 . . > Then a splendor issuing from the moon-like face of the enemy of Madana, / blazing, swiftly entered that same best of women. / Approaching the northern form, she bowed with folded hands; / his face, utterly complete and very serene, came forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_85) tasmāttejo viniḥsṛtya sūryadīptānalaprabham34. viveśa pramadāmāśu tāmeva varavarṇinīm ..24. . mukhāni devadevasya surāṇāmarthasiddhaye . catvāri niryayurdikṣu na tasyā rūpavismayāt . .25.. > Issuing from it, a splendor with the brilliance of the sun and blazing fire / swiftly entered that very woman of excellent complexion. / Four faces of the God of gods emerged in the directions / for the accomplishment of the purpose of the gods, not out of wonder at her beauty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_86) ātmasaṃsthaṃ purā tejo dagdhvā yanmadanaṃ kṛtam . anujagrāha deveśastena tāṃ pramadottamām ..3 6.. > By means of that splendor belonging to himself, which, having formerly burned Madana, was stored \[in him\], / the Lord of gods favored that best of women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_87) abravīcca surān sarvām̐statredaṃ vacanaṃ śivaḥ . yasmādiyaṃ māṃ yuṣmāṃśca maṇḍalena pradakṣiṇam . .27. . cakre sarvān suraśreṣṭhāḥ sthānaṃ tasmādidaṃ mama . bhaviṣyati girau vindhye maṇḍaleśvarasaṃjñitam . . 28 .. > And Śiva spoke these words to all the gods there: > “O best of gods, because she circumambulated me and all of you > in a circle (maṇḍala), therefore this place of mine > on the Vindhya mountain will be known as Maṇḍaleśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_88) maṃḍaleśvarametacca yaḥ karoti pradākṣiṇam . pradakṣiṇīkṛtā tena saptadvīpā mahī bhavet25 . sānnidhyaṃ sarvadā hyasmin kariṣyāmi varapradaḥ26 ..29. . maṇḍaleśvaramīśānaṃ dṛṣṭavā tu prayato naraḥ . > Whoever performs circumambulation around this Maṇḍaleśvara, > by him the earth of seven islands has been circumambulated. > Indeed, granting boons, I shall always establish my presence here. > Having beheld Maṇḍaleśvara, the Lord, a restrained man, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_89) aśvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya mama lokamavāpsyati . .8.62.3 0 . . naikasiddhasamākīrṇaṃ kinnaroragasevitam . yuṣmābhiḥ sarvadā yuktaṃ bhaviṣyati mama priyam .. 31 .. > obtaining the fruit of a horse sacrifice, shall attain my realm. > Crowded with many siddhas, served by kinnaras and serpents, > and always joined by you, it will be dear to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_90) 21 tatastasmānmukhaṃ - gha. . 22... rvadanatviṣaḥ - ka. . 23 tasmān - gha. . 24 sūryānalaprabhāmiva - gha. . 25 iti padyaṃ dṛśyate gha. pustake, na tu maṇleśvaramīśānamiti . 26 varapradam - ka. . > \[Variant readings: 21 “tatastasmānmukhaṃ” - ms. gha; 22 “...rvadanatviṣaḥ” - ms. ka; 23 “tasmān” - ms. gha; 24 “sūryānalaprabhāmiva” - ms. gha; 25 This verse is seen in manuscript gha, but not “maṇ\[ḍa\]leśvaramīśānam”; 26 “varapradam” - ms. ka.\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_91) 356 > 356 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_92) eṣā tilottamā caiva yadarthaṃ surasattamāḥ . sṛṣṭā yuṣmābhiravyagrā tadvaḥ kāryaṃ kariṣyati . .3 2 . . etāmavekṣya tau daityau mohitau madanārditau . anyonyaṃ yāsyato nāśameṣā caiva bhaviṣyati . .3 3 .. > And this Tilottamā, O foremost of gods, for whose sake > she was created undisturbed by you, will accomplish your purpose. > Seeing her, those two daityas, bewildered and afflicted by love, > will destroy each other, and she will become > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_93) ajarā cāmarā27 caiva sarvāpsaravarā śubhā . pūjyā ceha sadā sthāne vandyā caiva bhaviṣyati ..34. . sanatkumāra uvāca > unaging, immortal, the auspicious foremost of all apsarases, > and she will always be worthy of worship and praise in this place.” > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_94) evamukte28 maheśena surāḥ suprītacetasaḥ . tāṃ striyaṃ preṣayāmāsu29rvadhārthaṃ daityayostadā .. 35.. > When Maheśa had spoken thus, the gods, with highly delighted minds, > then sent forth that woman for the slaying of the two daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_95) sahāyān pradadau cāsyai brahmā kamalavāhanaḥ . krodhaṃ darpamṛtūtsarvān30 mātsaryaṃ madameva caḥ31 . .3 6.. > And Brahmā, whose vehicle is the lotus, gave her companions: > anger, arrogance, all the seasons, envy, and pride, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_96) kālaṃ mṛtyuṃ ca mohañca viṣādañcāmitadyutiḥ . atha saṃpreṣayitvā tu devatāstāṃ tilottamām ..37. . ātmānaṃ piṇḍayāmāsurdevāste sarva eva hi . kaḥ kaḥ katama āyāta ihādyeti surarṣabhāḥ . . 38.. > time, death, delusion, and despair, he of boundless splendour. > Then, having sent forth that Tilottamā, the deities— > all those gods indeed assembled themselves into a group: > “Who has arrived here today, and which one \[is he\]?” O bulls among gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_97) tato madhye sthitaṃ natvā bhūyaste parameśvaram . piṇḍyamāneṣu deveṣu yasmānmadhye samāsthitaḥ . .3 9. . piṇḍāreśvara ityeva tatrāsāvabhavattataḥ32 . piṇḍāreśvaramīśānaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhaktyā tu33 mānavaḥ . .8.62.40 .. > Then, bowing again to the Supreme Lord who stood in their midst, > since he stood in the midst of the gods as they gathered together, > he then became known there as Piṇḍāreśvara. > A man, having beheld the Lord Piṇḍāreśvara with devotion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_98) sarvāśubhavinirmukto34 dehabhede gaṇo bhavet . pṛthivyāṃ yāni liṅgāni35 caturmukhāyatanāni ca36 . .41 . . 27 hyamarā - gha . 28 evamuktā - gha . 29 śaṃsayāmāsu - gha. . 30 krodhadarpādikān sarvān - gha. . 31 rāgaṃ madanameva ca - ka. kha . 32 tadā - gha. . 33 ca - gha. . 34 > freed from all misfortune, upon the dissolution of the body becomes a gaṇa. > Whatever liṅgas and four-faced shrines there are on earth— > \[Variant readings: 27 “hyamarā” - ms. gha; 28 “evamuktā” - ms. gha; 29 “śaṃsayāmāsu” - ms. gha; 30 “krodhadarpādikān sarvān” - ms. gha; 31 “rāgaṃ madanameva ca” - mss. ka, kha; 32 “tadā” - ms. gha; 33 “ca” - ms. gha; 34\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_99) śubhāśubhavinirmukto - gha. . 35 > \[Variant reading: “śubhāśubhavinirmukto” - ms. gha; 35\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_100) sarvāṇi - ka. kha . 36 caturmukhāni me surāḥ - gha . 357 > \[Variant readings: “sarvāṇi” - mss. ka, kha; 36 “caturmukhāni me surāḥ” - ms. gha.\] > 357 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_101) tāni sarvāṇi dṛśyāni idaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhavanti hi . tatastā devatāḥ sarvāḥ kṛtvā kāryamatandritāḥ ..42.. > all of them indeed become beheld upon seeing this one. > Then all those deities, unwearied, having accomplished their purpose, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_102) praṇasya(mya) parameśānaṃ svāni sadmāni bhejire . sāpi cārumukhāpāṅgī pīnonnatapayodharā37 ..43 .. > bowed to the Supreme Lord and departed to their own abodes. > And she, whose face and eye-corners were lovely, with firm, elevated breasts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_103) ākṣipantīva38 cetāṃsi surāṇāṃ vibhramaistadā39 . pratasthe dakṣiṇāmāśāmāsāte yatra dānavau ..44.. > as if captivating the minds of the gods by her charms, > set forth toward the southern quarter where the two dānavas were. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_104) vindhyapādeṣu ramyeṣu vihagodgītasānuṣu . bhramantāvatha daityendrau sthitāṃ dadṛśatustu tām40 ..45.. > Rambling at the delightful foothills of the Vindhya whose peaks were sung by birds, > the two daitya chiefs saw her standing there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_105) aśokaśākhāmutphullāmālambyonmattaṣaṭpadām . vasānāmaṃśukaṃ citramābaddha41 maṇimekhalām ..46. . gāyantīṃ madhuraṃ raktaṃ samaṃ kalamanākulam42 . tāramandrātitāraiśca svaraiḥ samyagalaṃkṛtam . .47.. > leaning against a blooming aśoka branch with frenzied bees, > wearing a variegated garment, with a jewelled girdle fastened, > singing sweetly, passionately, evenly, softly, and clear, > properly adorned with high, low, and very high notes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_106) sākṣādiva tapaḥsiddhiṃ śriyaṃ mūrttimatīmiva . prāptāmiva ratiṃ sākṣāt kāntiṃ cāndramasīmiva ..48. . mamaiveyaṃ43 mamaiveya44 miti tau dānavottamau45 . abhisṛtya tu tau46 devīṃ pāṇyorjagṛhatuḥ samam47 ..49.. > like the perfection of austerity in visible form, like Lakṣmī embodied, > like Rati herself arrived in person, like the radiance of the moon. > “She is mine alone!” “She is mine alone!” So crying, those two best of dānavas > rushed forward and seized the goddess simultaneously by her hands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_107) atha darpamadakrodhamātsaryāviṣṭacetasau . tau cukrudhaturatyarthamanyonyasyāsurottamau .. > Then, their minds possessed by pride, infatuation, wrath, and jealousy, > those two foremost of asuras became exceedingly enraged at each other. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_108) 8.62.50 . . tayorgadentakaḥ48 kālo mṛtyuścāviviśurdrutam . pragṛhyātha gade kruddhāvanyonyamabhijaghnatuḥ . . 51 .. > Antaka, Time, and Death swiftly entered into their two clubs. > Then, raising their clubs, enraged, they struck each other. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_109) athaikaikena49 tau tatra prahāreṇābhitāḍitau . viṣaṇṇau bhinnasarvāṅgau50 śivaśāpavimohitau51 ..52 .. > Then, violently struck there each by a single blow, > dejected, with all limbs shattered, bewildered by Śiva’s curse, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.41\_110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.41_110) 37 pīnotthitapayodharā - ka. kha . 38 āpikṣantī ca - ka. gha. . 39 > \[Variant readings: 37 “pīnotthitapayodharā” - mss. ka, kha; 38 “āpikṣantī ca” - mss. ka, gha; 39\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51) vidrumaistadā - gha . 40... stataḥ - gha. . 41.. mālambya (mba) - ka,... mānasyā - gha . 42 samadakaguṇyā - gha. . 43 mamaivaiṣā - gha. . 44 mamaiveti - gha. . 45 dānavau rūpamohitau - gha, tau tadā dānavottamau - gha. . 46 ca tāṃ - gha., śubhāṃ - ka . 47 svayaṃ - ka. . 48 tayordaṃ (rde) hentakaḥ - gha . 49 yatha tvaikena - kha. . 50 viṣaṇṇāsdhitasarvāṅgau ka., visaṃjñau - gha. . 51 > \[Variant readings: “vidrumaistadā” - ms. gha; 40 “...stataḥ” - ms. gha; 41 “...mālambya (mba)” - ms. ka, “...mānasyā” - ms. gha; 42 “samadakaguṇyā” - ms. gha; 43 “mamaivaiṣā” - ms. gha; 44 “mamaiveti” - ms. gha; 45 “dānavau rūpamohitau” - ms. gha, “tau tadā dānavottamau” - ms. gha; 46 “ca tāṃ” - ms. gha, “śubhāṃ” - ms. ka; 47 “svayaṃ” - ms. ka; 48 “tayordaṃ (rde)hentakaḥ” - ms. gha; 49 “yatha tvaikena” - ms. kha; 50 “viṣaṇṇāsdhitasarvāṅgau” - ms. ka, “visaṃjñau” - ms. gha; 51\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_111) śirasā parimauhitau - gha. . 358 > \[Variant reading: “śirasā parimauhitau” - ms. gha.\] > 358 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_112) visaṃjñau patitau bhūmau chinnamūlāviva drumau . atha niryayatustatra52 kāmopahatacetasau ..53.. > unconscious, they fell to the ground like trees cut down at the root. > Then there went forth, their minds stricken by desire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_113) ātmānau saha śukreṇa tayordānavamukhyayoḥ . tau tadā53 nirgatau tatra tayorjīvau durātmanoḥ ..54.. > the two souls of those chiefs of dānavas along with their semen. > Those two souls of the wicked-minded ones, having gone forth there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_114) balinau cārusarvāṅgau bālāvāśu babhūvatuḥ . ekastatrābravīdbālaḥ śuṃbhohaṃ dviṣatāmiti ..55.. > immediately became two strong boys with lovely limbs. > One boy there said: “I am Śumbha to my enemies!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_115) niśuṃbhopyahamanyastu bālastatrāvadattadā . atha vindhyaḥ54 samāsādya bālau tāvamitadyutī ..56.. > “And I am Niśumbha!” the other boy said there then. > Then the Vindhya mountain, having approached those two boys of boundless splendour, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_116) ādideśātmanaḥ patnīṃ pāhi tvaṃ bālakāviti . vavṛdhātetha tau tatra dānavendrasutāvubhau ..57.. > instructed his wife: “Protect these two children.” > Then both those sons of the dānava lords grew up there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_117) kṛṣṇapakṣakṣaye yadvad yugapacchaśisāgarau55 . buddhvā tau ca tadā janma56 dānavābhyāmarindamau ..58.. > just like the moon and the ocean together at the end of the dark fortnight. > And those two tamers of foes, having then understood their birth from the dānavas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_118) tapaśceraturatyugraṃ57 parṇāmbupavanāśanau . tapasārādhitastābhyāṃ tatrāgatyābravītprabhuḥ ..59.. > performed very severe austerity, feeding on leaves, water, and wind. > Worshipped by them with austerity, the Lord came there and said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_119) tuṣṭāsmi yuvayoḥ putrau varaṃ kiṃ'58 vā dadānyaham59 . vavrāte tau varaṃ vīrāvajayyā60 vadhyatāṃ sadā ..8.62.60.. > “I am pleased with you two, my sons. What boon shall I give?” > The two heroes chose a boon: to be always unvanquished and invulnerable to death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_120) prārthanāṃ tāṃ tayoḥ śrutvā pratyuvāca pitāmahaḥ . avaśyaṃ putrayoreṣyaṃ maraṇaṃ yenakenacit ..61.. > Hearing their prayer, the grandfather \[Brahmā\] replied: > "O sons, death is inevitable for both of you by one means or another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_121) surebhyonyatra daityendrāvamaratvaṃ na vidyate . ityuktavantaṃ brahmāṇaṃ vavrāte dānavau varam ..62.. > O lords of Daityas, immortality exists nowhere apart from the gods." > When Brahmā had spoken thus, the two Dānavas chose a boon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_122) ubhāvapi61 suniścitya saṃprahṛṣṭatanūruhau . jaganmātuśca62 yā kanyā vinā tasyāḥ pitāmaha ..63. . mā63 bhūtāmāvayordeva sadā mṛtyuparājayau . evamastviti tau procya daityendratanayāvubhau ..64.. > both having firmly resolved, their bodily hair bristling with joy: > "O Grandfather, except for that maiden who is the Mother of the Universe, > may there never be, O Lord, death or defeat for the two of us!" > Having said to those two sons of the Daitya king, "So be it," > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_123) 52 nirvavatustatra - gha. . 53 tatastau - gha . 54 vindhyaṃ - kha gha . 55. cchaṇibhāskarau - ka. kha., ... tsindhusāgarau - gha. . 56 jagmur - gha . 57 tapaścaraturatyugraṃ - gha. . 58 kaṃ (?) . 59 dadāmyahaṃ - ka. kha. . 60... vajeyā - kha . 61 hatāvapi - gha- . 62 jaganmāteva - gha,... nmāte ca - ka., jagatpate - kha. . 63 na - kha. . > \[Critical apparatus: variants\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_124) 359 > 359 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_125) viśvasya jagataḥ sraṣṭā tatraivāntaradhīyata . atha tau tapasastīvrādviramya kṛtamaṅgalau..65. . maulinau64 baddhakavacau65 hārāṅgadavibhūṣitau . haricandanadigdhāṅgau pītakauśeyavāsasau ..66.. > the creator of the entire world vanished right there. > Then, ceasing their fierce austerity, having performed auspicious rites, > wearing crowns, clad in mail, adorned with necklaces and armlets, > their limbs smeared with yellow sandalwood, dressed in yellow silk garments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_126) vindhyaprastheṣu ramyeṣu ceratu66rdānavottamau . pitāmahād varaprāptiṃ śrutvā śuṃbhaniśuṃbhayoḥ ..67.. > the two best of Dānavas roamed the delightful plateaus of the Vindhya. > Hearing of the attainment of the boon from the Grandfather by Śumbha and Niśumbha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_127) ājagmurdānavā hṛṣṭāḥ pātālatalavāsinaḥ . śaṃbhurmayo ghanaḥ keśirnarako namucirdrumaḥ . .68 .. > the Dānavas dwelling in the subterranean realm of Pātāla came forth rejoicing: > Śambhu, Maya, Ghana, Keśin, Naraka, Namuci, Druma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_128) anye ca koṭiśo dṛptā hataśeṣāḥ suradviṣaḥ . vindhyaprasthe niṣeduste sametāḥ sarvadānavāḥ . .69.. > and millions of other proud enemies of the gods who had survived slaughter. > All those Dānavas, assembled together, settled on the Vindhya plateau, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_129) nānādrumalatāgulmavikīrṇakusumotkare67 . dhanvino baddhanistriṃśāścitrābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ ..8.62.70 .. > strewn with heaps of flowers from various trees, creepers, and shrubs, > armed with bows, girded with swords, adorned with colorful ornaments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_130) sendracāpāstaḍitvanto nabhasīva balāhakāḥ . athovāca mayastatra dānavo dānavottamau ..71 .. > like rain-clouds in the sky bearing Indra's rainbows and lightning. > Then the Dānava Maya spoke there to the two foremost Dānavas: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_131) pitṛbhyāṃ yuvayorbhuktaṃ trailokyamakhilaṃ purā . yuvābhyāmadhunā daityo kasmānnādīyate punaḥ . .72.. > "Formerly, the entire threefold world was enjoyed by your two fathers. > Why is it not taken back again by both of you now, O Daityas? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_132) sametānamarān68 sarvānnirjitya raṇamūrdhani . ye sahāyā hi vāṃ pitro69 rbabhūvuḥ suravidviṣaḥ ..73 .. > Having conquered in the vanguard of battle all the gods assembled together, > those very enemies of the gods who were allies of your two fathers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.51\_133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.51_133) ta evāmī balonmattāḥ sahāyā yuvayoryudhi . ityuktavati daityendre maye śumbho mahāsuraḥ . .74. . niśumbhasya mukhaṃ prekṣya vākyamitthaṃ tadābravīt . bhūrlokamakhilaṃ daityā yuṣmābhiḥ saha sāṃpratam . .75. . > the very same, intoxicated with power, are your allies in battle." > When the lord of Daityas, Maya, had spoken thus, the great Asura Śumbha, > gazing at the face of Niśumbha, then spoke these words: > "O Daityas, dividing among yourselves the entire earthly realm at present, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.68) saṃvibhajya surānsarvāñjeṣyāmo raṇamūrdhani . jambūdvīpaṃ svayaṃ sotha jagrāhāsurasattamaḥ ..76 . . 64 bhauminau - dha. . 65 baddhakeyūrau - gha. . 66 caratu.. - gha. . 67.. kīrṇe vistīrṇakusumotkare - kha. . 68 > we shall conquer all the gods in the vanguard of battle." > Then that best of Asuras took Jambudvīpa for himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.68\_134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.68_134) ... vramarān - gha. . 69 putrau - kha. gha. . 360 > \[Critical apparatus: variants\] > 360 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.68\_135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.68_135) śākadvīpaṃ niśumbhāya dadau bhrātre kanīyase . śālmalidvīpagomedau70 dānavebhyo dadau prabhuḥ . .77.. > He gave Śākadvīpa to his younger brother Niśumbha; > the lord gave Śālmalidvīpa and Gomedadvīpa to the Dānavas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.68\_136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.68_136) krauñcadvīpakuśadvīpau daityebhyaḥ pradadau ca saḥ . daityendraḥ puṣkaradvīpaṃ bhārgavāya nyavedayat ..78. . evaṃ prativibhajyāśu71 bhūrlokamakhilaṃ tadā . ijyāñjalinamaskārān yajñān sarvā72śca satkriyāḥ73 ..79.. > and he bestowed Krauñcadvīpa and Kuśadvīpa upon the Daityas. > The Daitya lord offered Puṣkaradvīpa to the descendant of Bhṛgu. > Having thus quickly divided the entire earthly realm at that time, > worship, folded-hand salutations, all sacrifices, and reverential offerings— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.68\_137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.68_137) ācchidya daivatebhyaste jagṛhurdaityadānavāḥ . babhūvātha tato yajñaḥ kaśyapasya74 mahātmanaḥ ..8.62.80 . . āgatya taṃ75 tadā yajñaṃ mamṛduḥ76 suraśatravaḥ . > having seized these from the gods, the Daityas and Dānavas took them. > Then there took place a sacrifice of the great-souled Kaśyapa; > approaching that sacrifice then, the enemies of the gods trampled it: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.68\_138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.68_138) ādhipatyaṃ hi naḥ kṛtsne77 bhūrloke kaśyapādhunā . .8 1 . . sarvāvasthāsu yajñe78sminnasmān tvaṃ yaṣṭumarhasi . evamuktastato daityairmārīcaḥ kaśyapastadā . .82. . gambhīramarthavadvākyamuvācetthaṃ smayanniva . > "Our sovereignty indeed extends over the entire earth now, O Kaśyapa. > You ought to sacrifice to us in this sacrifice under all circumstances!" > Addressed thus by the Daityas, Kaśyapa the son of Marīci then > spoke these grave and meaningful words, as if smiling: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.68\_139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.68_139) trailokyamātmanaḥ79 kṛtvā jitvā sarvāmarān raṇe ..83 . . yajñabhāgām̐stato daityāḥ sarvānādātumarhatha . evamuktāstadā tena daityadānavasattamāḥ . .84.. > "Having made the threefold world your own and having conquered all the gods in battle, > then, O Daityas, you will be worthy to receive all the sacrificial shares!" > Spoken to thus by him at that time, those best of Daityas and Dānavas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.68\_140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.68_140) balaṃ sarvaṃ samādāya80 kṛtvā sāṅagrāmikīḥ81 kriyāḥ . praśasteṣu kṛtācārā muhūrtta82 rkṣadineṣu te ..85. . rathairnāgaisturaṅgaiśca niryayurdaityadānavāḥ . pṛṣṭhataḥ purataḥ samyak pārśvayorubhayorapi . .86. . > gathering all their army and performing the rites pertaining to war, > having observed traditional ceremonies at auspicious lunar hours, asterisms, and days, > those Daityas and Dānavas set out with chariots, elephants, and horses. > Properly arranging protection behind, ahead, and on both flanks, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.68\_141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.68_141) vidhāya rakṣo saṃyattā yayurdevān jigīṣavaḥ . teṣāmāgamanaṃ jñātvā dviṣatāṃ pākaśāsanaḥ . .87.. > prepared for battle, they marched, desiring to conquer the gods. > Learning of the approach of those enemies, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.68\_142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.68_142) saṃhatānāṃ83 susaṃyatto84 yuddhvā nākaṃ jigīṣatām85 . vidhiṃ vidhāya svapure86 samastaṃ daurgakarmikam . .88.. > who were banded together and desiring to conquer heaven in battle, Pākaśāsana \[Indra\], fully prepared, > having made every defensive fortress arrangement in his own city, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78) 70 śālmaliplakṣadvīpau ca (?),... gomeyā (?) - kha. . . 71 prativibhajyātha - gha. . 72 sarvāṃ - ka. . 73 satkriyāṃ - ka. . 74 kāśyapasya - ka . 75 tu - gha. . 76 saṃgṛhya - gha- . 77 kṛtsnaṃ - kha. gha. . 78 > \[Critical apparatus: variants\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_143) tasmāttvaṃ dānavān - gha . 79 manvilaṃ? - gha . 80 samānāyya - gha. . 81 saṃgrāmikīḥ - ka. . 82 mūhūrte - kha. . .8 3 saṃghātānāṃ - kha. . 84 dānavānāṃ - gha . 85 yodhānāṃ vijigīṣatām - gha. . 86 samare - gha. . > \[Critical apparatus: variants\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_144) 361 > 361 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_145) puṇyeṣu87 tithinakṣatra88 -muhūrtta89 karaṇeṣu saḥ90 . munīn vidhivadabhyarcya namaskṛtvā pinākine . .89.. > at an auspicious lunar day, asterism, hour, and division of the day, > having duly worshipped the sages and bowed down to Pinākin \[Śiva\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_146) sārdhaṃ suragaṇaiḥ sarverniryayau kṛtamaṅgalaḥ . himavacchikharākāraṃ caturdantamanekapam ..8.62.90 .. > set forth together with all the hosts of gods, having performed auspicious rites. > Mounting Airāvata, the elephant resembling the peak of the Himālaya, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_147) āruhyairāvataṃ śaśvanmadatoyaughavarṣiṇam . mahatāhaimadaṇḍena91 ratnāṃśupariveṣiṇā . .91 .. > having four tusks, constantly showering streams of rut-fluid, > under a large, radiant, raised umbrella held \[aloft\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_148) ucchritenātapatreṇa dhriyamāṇena bhāsvatā92 . vījyamānaḥ śaraccandrakiraṇotkaranirmalaiḥ ..92.. > with a golden shaft and encircled by rays of gems, > fanned with fly-whisks spotless like a mass of rays of the autumn moon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_149) cāmarai ratnadaṇḍāṃśusamūhakhacitodaraiḥ . āśīrbhirjayaśabdaiśca munibhiḥ parivarddhitaḥ .93 .. > their inner parts inlaid with a multitude of rays from gem-encrusted handles, > magnified by the sages with blessings and cries of "Victory!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_150) abhitaḥ stūyamānaśca sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ . athāvakāśe vistīrṇe93 same pādapavarjite ..94.. > and praised on all sides by bards, heralds, and panegyrists, > then, in an extensive, level space devoid of trees, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_151) racayāmāsa devānāṃ padmavyūhaṃ94 bṛhaspatiḥ . marudbhiḥ sahitaṃ kṛtvā kaṇikāyāṃ śatakratumra95..95.. > Bṛhaspati arranged the lotus battle-formation for the gods, > placing Śatakratu \[Indra\] together with the Maruts in the pericarp. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_152) patreṣu ca vasūn rudrānādityām̐śca nyaveśayat . keśareṣu yamaṃ96 kālaṃ kuberavaruṇāvapi . .96 .. > And on the petals he placed the Vasus, the Rudras, and the Ādityas, / and on the filaments Yama, Kāla, as well as Kubera and Varuṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_153) anantaṃ sahitaṃ nāgairnāle97 gururakalpayat . devānanyān sametām̐śca rakṣogandharvasenayā ..97.. > On the stalk the Preceptor stationed Ananta together with the Nāgas, / and the other gods assembled alongside an army of Rākṣasas and Gandharvas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_154) punaḥ saraḥ98 sa padmasya paritaḥ99 paryakalpayat . atha dānavatūryāṇāṃ śabdaṃ śrutvā divaukasaḥ . .98.. > Then around the lotus he arranged the lake. / Hearing the roar of the Dānavas' musical instruments, the gods > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_155) ājaghnurmuditā bherīrnedurnādām̐śca saṃghaśaḥ . vimiśrān100 tūryaśabdena śrutvā nādān101 divaukasām ..99.. > delightedly struck their kettledrums and sounded their war-cries in multitude. / Hearing the shouts of the gods mingled with the sound of musical instruments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_156) saṃyattāḥ102 sutarāṃ cakruḥ prayatnaṃ dānaveśvarāḥ . atha te dānavā dṛṣṭvā padmavyūhaṃ divaukasām ..8.62.1 0 0.. > the Dānava lords made ready and exerted themselves to the utmost. / Then, beholding that lotus battle-array of the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_157) 87 puṇye ca - kha. . 88 tithinakṣatre - kha . 81 mūhūrte - kha. . 90 ca saḥ - (?) . 91 hemadaṇḍena - kha. gha. . 92 mūrdhani - ca. . 93 - athākāśe suvistīrṇe - gha . 94 prativyūha - gha. . 95 śatakratuḥ - ka. gha. . 96 mayaṃ - ka . 97 nali ka., nāle samupakalpayat - gha. . 98 puraḥ sarān - ka. gha., purastātsa - kha. . 99 saritaḥ - ka. . 100 vimiśra - gha. . 201 nādaṃ gha. . 102 saṃyatau - gha . > \[Apparatus readings: 87 puṇye ca — kha; 88 tithinakṣatre — kha; 89 muhūrte — kha; 90 ca saḥ — (?); 91 hemadaṇḍena — kha, gha; 92 mūrdhani — ca; 93 athākāśe suvistīrṇe — gha; 94 prativyūha — gha; 95 śatakratuḥ — ka, gha; 96 mayaṃ — ka; 97 nali — ka, nāle samupakalpayat — gha; 98 puraḥsarān — ka, gha, purastātsa — kha; 99 saritaḥ — ka; 100 vimiśra — gha; 101 nādaṃ — gha; 102 saṃyatau — gha.\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_158) 362 > 362 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_159) papracchurbhārgavaṃ tatra tadbhedamamitaujasaḥ . sa pṛṣṭo dānavaśreṣṭhairvyūhabhedamanākulaḥ103 . . 101 . . vicintya bhārgavo dhīmānītthamāhāsurām̐stadā . vikīrṇāḥ104 paritaḥ105 sarve tuṣāranikarā iva106 . . 102 . . > the ones of boundless might asked Bhārgava there about breaking it. / Asked by the foremost Dānavas how to breach the battle-array, the wise Bhārgava, / undaunted, reflected and then spoke thus to the Asuras: / 'Scattered all around like masses of frost, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_160) padmavyūhaṃ surendrāṇāṃ hata107 samyak suradviṣaḥ . evamuktāstato108 daityā bhārgaveṇa mahātmanā . . 103 .. > destroy completely the lotus battle-array of the lords of the gods, O enemies of the gods!' / Having been thus addressed by the noble Bhārgava, the Daityas > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_161) siṃhanādaṃ109 vinadyāśu paritastebhisaṃpatan110 . tato yuddhaṃ samabhavad devadānavasainyayoḥ . . 1 04. . āyudhairvividhaistīkṣṇaiḥ parasparamabhidhnatoḥ . sādinaḥ sādibhiḥ sārdhaṃ nāgā nāgai rathā rathaiḥ .. 10 5. . > roared a lion-roar and swiftly rushed forth from all sides. / Then the battle commenced between the armies of the gods and Dānavas, / striking each other down with various sharp weapons: / horsemen against horsemen, elephants against elephants, and chariots against chariots. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_162) pattayaḥ pattibhirdṛptairdṛptā yuyudhire111 yudhi . kecidvibhinnā nārācaiśchinnāḥ kecit paraśvadhaiḥ .. 10 6. . nipeturvyasavo112 yaudhāḥ senayorubhayorapi . chindhi bhindhi sahedānīṃ tiṣṭha mūḍha kva gacchasi . . 107 .. > Proud foot-soldiers fought in battle against proud foot-soldiers. / Some were pierced through by iron shafts; others were cut down by battle-axes; / warriors of both armies fell lifeless. / 'Cleave! Pierce! Endure this! Halt, fool, where are you going?'— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_163) iti vācaḥ sumuttasthuryudhi yodhairudīritāḥ113 . vasārudhirasaṃsiktaṃ114 tanutrāvaraṇācitam . . 10 8. . hatanāgāśvakalalaṃ115 tadbabhūva raṇājiram . atha tairdānavaistatra116 pīḍyamānā divaukasaḥ . . 109 . . > such were the fierce shouts uttered by the warriors in battle. / Drenched in fat and blood, crowded with armor and shields, / and piled with fallen elephants and horses, such became the battlefield. / Then, being oppressed there by those Dānavas, the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_164) savraṇā hatabhūyiṣṭhāḥ śakramevābhiśiśriyuḥ117 . anantaṃ nāgamukhyāśca kuberaṃ yakṣarākṣasāḥ . . 8.62.110 . . bhinne vyūheya devānāṃ prahṛṣṭā daityadānavāḥ . > wounded and mostly slain, took refuge with Śakra alone, / the chief Nāgas with Ananta, and the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas with Kubera. / When the battle-array of the gods was broken, the Daityas and Dānavas rejoiced. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_165) siṃhanādān vinadyoccai118 stūryāṇyāhatya bhūyaśaḥ . . 111 . . abhyadravantaḥ saṃyattāḥ samare pākaśāsanam . athotthāpya gajaṃ śakro vajreṇa śataparvaṇā . . 112 . . 103 menākulam - kha . 104 vīstīṃrṇāḥ -kha. 105 patataḥ ka. 106 tuṣāreṇa himāgame kha. 107 hataṃ - gha., hatā - kha., hatāḥ - ka . 108 stadā - kha. . 109 siṃhanādān - gha. . 110.. bhyapetya ca - gha. . 111 saṃyuyu? kha . 112 rbahavo - gha. . pa 13... rudāhṛtāḥ - gha. . 114 saṃsaktaṃ - ka., sa?- - - . . 115 ? . 116 te dānavaistatra - ka. kha. . 117 .saṃśrayuḥ - ka., saṃśritāḥ - kha. gha. . 118 vadantyuccai - gha > Roaring loud lion-roars and repeatedly striking their drums, / they rushed prepared in battle against the slayer of Pāka. / Thereupon, raising up his elephant, Śakra with his hundred-jointed thunderbolt, / \[Apparatus readings: 103 menākulam — kha; 104 vistīrṇāḥ — kha; 105 patataḥ — ka; 106 tuṣāreṇa himāgame — kha; 107 hataṃ — gha, hatā — kha, hatāḥ — ka; 108 stadā — kha; 109 siṃhanādān — gha; 110 bhyapetya ca — gha; 111 saṃyuyu... — kha; 112 rbahavo — gha; 113 rudāhṛtāḥ — gha; 114 saṃsaktaṃ — ka; 115 ?; 116 te dānavaistatra — ka, kha; 117 saṃśrayuḥ — ka, saṃśritāḥ — kha, gha; 118 vadantyuccai — gha.\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_166) 363 > 363 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_167) cūrṇayāmāsa saṃkruddho vetyadānavavāhinīm . dadāha dānavāmākaṃ paritaḥ119 pākaśāsanaḥ . . 11 3 . . nidāghasamaye dīptaḥ śuṣkakakṣamivānalaḥ120 . atha śumbhaḥ samabhetya samare śakramabravīt . .1 14.. > enraged, pulverized the Daitya and Dānava army. / The slayer of Pāka burned the Dānavas all around, / like a blazing fire burning dry underbrush in the summer season. / Then Śumbha, drawing near, said to Śakra in the combat: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_168) dṛṣṭosyadya121 mayā śakra na122 jīvan pratiyāsyasi123 . athāgatya tadā brahmā prāhetthaṃ surasattamān . .1 15. . na yoddhavyaṃ surā daityairavadhyā vaḥ suradviṣaḥ . na yoddhavyaṃ na yoddhavyaṃ surā daityairmahābalaiḥ . . 11 6.. > 'You have been seen by me today, O Śakra! You will not return alive!' / Then Brahmā, having arrived, spoke thus to the foremost gods: / 'The Daityas are not to be fought, O gods! The enemies of the gods are unslayable by you! / The Daityas of immense might must not be fought, must not be fought, O gods! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_169) pūrvalabdhavarā hyete avadhyāśca suradviṣaḥ . antardadhustatastasya vākyaṃ śrutvā divaukasaḥ . vihāya samaraṃ sarve kṣipraṃ sabalavāhanāḥ . . 117 .. > For these enemies of the gods have previously obtained boons and cannot be slain.' / Hearing his words, all the gods then vanished, / leaving the battlefield swiftly together with their armies and mounts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_170) atha daityāḥ susaṃhṛṣṭāstūryāṇyāhatya bhūyaśaḥ124 . neduruccairvacaścedamūcuḥ samaraśālinaḥ125 . . 1 18.. > Then the Daityas, immensely rejoiced, beat their drums repeatedly, / roared loudly, and spoke these words, glorious in battle: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_171) turagakhurapuṭāntakṣuṇṇareṇvandhakāre126 > 'In the darkness of dust crushed beneath the rims of horses' hooves, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_172) dviradarathaninādatrastapādātavṛnde127 . vigatabhayaviṣādaḥ saṃyuge śuṃbhasiṃho > while the infantry ranks cower at the roar of elephants and chariots, / devoid of fear and despondency in combat, the lion-like Śumbha > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.7.78\_173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.7.78_173) jayati suravijetā vārivāhorunādaḥ . . 1 19. . tadanu jayati dīrghapīnathubāhuḥ pṛthurucironnatasaṃhatoruvakṣāḥ . mṛgapatigamanombuvāhanādaḥ samaravare128 vijayī niśuṃbhasiṃhaḥ129 . .8.62.1 20 .. > triumphs, conqueror of the gods, roaring deeply like a rain-cloud! / Next to him triumphs the lion-like Niśumbha—of long and plump arms, of broad, radiant, elevated, and compact chest, / having the gait of the king of beasts, roaring like a thundercloud, victorious in the great battle!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 179 of 696 passages. 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