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# Skandapurana 7.9.58

Skandapurāṇa 7.9.58

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.9.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.58)

42 puṇḍraśca kha. . 43 mahiṣastasya - kha .. 44 bhitvāndhakastatastūrṇaṃ - kha. .. 45 nānā - kha. . 46 vyapātayat - kha. .. 47 atha tau - kha. .. 48 vijigīṣiṇau (?) .. 49 paśya - kha. .. 50 ...vubhau - kha. . 51 tatastasyācchinattadā kha.  
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sa yāvattāṃ gadāṃ ghorāṃ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ .  
viciccheda diteḥ putrastāvadasyācchinaddhanuḥ ..54..  
atha yāvatsa nistriṃśaṃ jagrāhāditinandanaḥ .  
tāvadenaṃ padā daityo vāmenorasyatāḍayat ..55..  
tameva tasya52 jagrāha pādaṃ sa53 ca mahābalaḥ .  
jayanto bhrāmayaccainaṃ nardamāno yathāmbudaḥ ..56..  
tato hāhākṛtamabhūdasurāṇāṃ bale mahat .  
yāta trāyata daityendramilvalaṃ54 śīghramityuta ..57..  
devānāṃ sihanādāśca śaṃkhaśabdāśca puṣkalāḥ .  
tūryāṇi cāpyavādyanta sādhusādhviti cābhavat ..58..

> As soon as the son of Diti cut that terrible mace with sharp-jointed arrows, / so soon did \[Jayanta\] cut his bow. // 54 // / Then, just as the son of Aditi took up a sword, / so soon did the daitya strike him on the chest with his left foot. // 55 // / That very foot of his the mighty Jayanta seized, / and whirled him around, roaring like a raincloud. // 56 // / Then a great cry of despair arose in the army of the asuras: / "Go, save the lord of the daityas, Ilvala, quickly!" // 57 // / And there were abundant lion-roars and sounds of conches of the gods; / musical instruments were sounded, and cries of "Well done! Well done!" arose. // 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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