[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 7.8.34\_18 # Skandapurana 7.8.34\_18 Skandapurāṇa 7.8.34\_18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.8.34\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.34) - [Next: 7.8.34\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.34_19) - [Up: 7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.8.34_18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ambikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.ambikakhanda.76.44) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.34_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.34_18) · Pramāṇa