Skandapurana 7.9.63_142

7.9.63_142

31 bhrāmayitvā mahābalaḥ - gha. .. 32 ajaikapāda gadayā skandhadeśe vyatāḍayat - gha. .. 33 śataśṛṃgaṃ - gha. . 34 ca tadā - gha. .. 35 pādairjagrāha - 'ā . gādau {? ) .. 36 sovrajat - kha. .. 37 daśabhiśca stanāntare - gha. . 38 kārtasvanasya - kha. .. 39 sa tribhi: - kha. .. 40 bhrāmayitvāsya - kha. .. 41 jagrāh (sa) - kha. . 42 kārtasvarasya tu - gha. .
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yāvad daṇḍo na patati43 rathenaiti44 ca taṃ prati .
tāvat kārttasvano rudraṃ śarairabhyadravad45 balī .47..
chittvā dhvajaṃ dhanuścāsya tathā yoktrāṇi vājinām .
virathaṃ taṃ jvaraṃ46 kṛtvā47 asinā mūrdhnyatāḍayat48 ..48..
asighātaparītātmā sa rudraḥ śatrusaṃsadam .
tyaktvānyato yayau tūrṇaṃ padātirmunisattama .49..
sosighātaviparītacetano raktacandanavilepanaprabha:49 ..
taṃ vihāya ripumagryavikramaṃ50 drudve surabalaṃ yatastataḥ ..8.87.50..
iti skandapurāṇe yuddhe saptāśītitamodhyāyaḥ

Before the staff fell [upon the car] and reached him in his chariot, / the mighty Kārtasvana had rushed at Rudra with arrows.
Cutting down his banner and bow, and likewise the reins of the horses, / having deprived that Jvara of his chariot, he struck him on the head with his sword.
Overwhelmed by the blow of the sword, that Rudra left the enemy assembly / and quickly departed elsewhere on foot, O best of sages!
His mind bewildered by the sword blow, shining with the glow of red sandalwood paste, / leaving that enemy of foremost valor, he fled to where the army of the gods was.
Thus ends the eighty-seventh chapter, on the battle, in the Skandapurāṇa.