Skandapurana 7.8.34_215

7.8.34_215

sanatkumāra uvāca
soṣṭābhirdānavaissārdhaṃ gatvā tatpuramantike .
nivedayāmāsa pituḥ kṛtārthondhaka āgataḥ .. 1 ..
priyākhyātustato1 vyāsa hiraṇyākṣosureśvaraḥ2 .
dadau ratnānyanekāni tathā kāmānabhīpsitān ..2. .
svayaṃ rājā tadā3 sarvaiḥ suhṛdbhiḥ sahavāhanaiḥ .
saha strībhiryayau tūrṇaṃ somastārāgaṇairiva .. 3 . .

Sanatkumāra said:
Having gone near that city along with eight Dānavas,
Andhaka announced to his father: ‘[I have] returned successful.’ (1)
Then, O Vyāsa, to the announcer of good news, Hiraṇyākṣa, the lord of the Asuras,
gave manifold jewels as well as desired wishes. (2)
Then the king himself, with all his friends, with vehicles,
and with women, quickly set out like the moon with constellations of stars. (3)