Skandapurana 7.8.34_18

7.8.34_18

vipracittipradhānām̐śca sarvānāhūya dānavān .
provāca tvaritaṃ gatvā baddhvā siṃhaṃ mamāntikam . .3 5..
samānayata daityendrā na hantavyaḥ kathañcana .
krīḍanaṃ32 siṃhapotosau devyā mama bhaviṣyati .. 36 . .
iti śrutvāsurāssarve vipracittipurogamāḥ .
udyānaṃ sahitā gatvā nṛsiṃhaṃ dadṛśuḥ sthitam ..37..
dūrasthāścikṣipuḥ pāśām̐stām̐nsa33 ciccheda mādhavaḥ .
atha vidrāvayāmāsa dānavān keśarī bhṛśam ..3 8..
tato hatasahāyāste daityā vimanaso yayuḥ .
pārśvaṃ dānavarājasya sarvañcākathayam̐stadā ..3 9 .
atha kruddhaḥ svayaṃ rājā hiraṇyakaśipurbalī .
rathamāsthāya sannaddhā nṛsiṃhaṃ prādravadruṣā . .8.71.40 . .
sa rathaḥ siṃharājena sāyudhaḥ parvatopamaḥ .
saṃbhrāmya pātitastūrṇaṃ cūrṇamāgānmahītale ..41 . .
tato bhagnaratho daityaḥ krodhātsaṃraktalocanaḥ .
vṛkṣamutpāṭya vegena nṛsiṃhāya vyasarjayat . .42. .
athāsau patito gātre siṃharājasya pādapaḥ .
mṛtkhaṇḍa34 iva pāṣāṇe kṣiptaścūrṇaṃ35 jagāma ha ...43 ..
gṛhītvā sa tadā siṃho hiraṇyaśipuṃ sakṛt .
talenāhatya36 taṃ prāṇairvyayojayata satvaram ..44..
siṃhanādaṃ mahat kṛtvā nakhairvajramayairvibhuḥ .
uro bibheda daityasya mahāśailopamaṃ hariḥ . .45..

And summoning all the Dānavas headed by Vipracitti, / he said: 'Go swiftly, bind that lion, and bring him before me, / O leaders of the Daityas! He must not be killed by any means; / this lion cub will become a plaything for my queen.' / Having heard this, all the asuras, led by Vipracitti, / went together to the pleasure garden and saw Nṛsiṃha standing there. / Standing far off, they cast nets; Mādhava cut them to pieces. / Then the maned lion thoroughly routed the Dānavas. / Thereupon those Daityas, their comrades slain, went despondently / to the presence of the king of the Dānavas and recounted everything then. / Then the mighty King Hiraṇyakaśipu himself, enraged, / mounted his chariot, armed, and rushed furiously against Nṛsiṃha. / That mountain-like chariot, equipped with weapons, was whirled around / and quickly hurled down by the king of lions; it was reduced to powder upon the earth. / Then, with his chariot broken, his eyes red with rage, the Daitya / violently tore up a tree and flung it at Nṛsiṃha. / But when that tree fell upon the body of the lion king, / it was shattered to dust like a lump of clay dashed against a rock. / Then seizing Hiraṇyakaśipu all at once, / that lion struck him with his palm and quickly deprived him of his life. / Giving a great lion's roar, with his adamantine claws the omnipresent Lord, / Hari, tore open the Daitya's chest, which resembled a great mountain.