Skanda Purana 7.9.63_151

7.9.63_151

4 dhruvo bhayasamīrita: - gha., bhagnasamīritaḥ - gha. .. 5 jighāṃsūnāṃ (?) . 6 raṇe -gha. .. 7... prabhavā - kha. . 8 niṣṭantogrāstramaṇḍūkā - kha. .. 9 .. phenitā - kha. .. 10 .. kalahaṃsā - gha. .. 11 . śiroruhā - kha. . 12...manuṣyapaṃkā - kha. .. 13 mahā - kha. .. 14 piśācā (?) . 15 nṛtyante - kha. .. 16 stadā - gha. .. 17 jharjharavāyasāḥ - kha. .. 18 mamāyameva ityuta - kha. .. 19 hradaśca - gha. .
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tyaktvānye ca hatām̐statra svadehān sumahārathāḥ .
vimānaiḥ strījanākīrṇaiḥ prayayubrahmaṇaḥ sadaḥ20 ..8.88.20..
apare pāpakarmāṇo hanyamānā ruṣāndhitaiḥ .
patanti narake ghore krandamānā muhurmuhuḥ ..21..
kecidārttāsvaraṃ kṛtvā - - - - - ṣārditāḥ21 ..
mriyante puruṣā yuddhe śataśotha sahasraśaḥ ..22..
daśantaśca tṛṇānyanye bhrātaḥ putreti cāpare .
krandamānā janā22 bhītāḥ prāṇān kṛcchreṇa tatyajuḥ ..23..
saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭāḥ kecid devāsuramahārathāḥ .
śarasannatamarmāṇaḥ patantyurvyām̐ drumā iva ..24..
aśivāni śivā neduraṭṭahāsām̐śva rākṣasāḥ .
āārttanādām̐śca puruṣāstathaiva gajavājinaḥ .25..
siṃhanādāśca śūrāṇāṃ bāhuśabdāśca puṣkalāḥ .
dhanuṣāṃ kṛṣyamāṇānāṃ śabdā vādyaravāstathā23 ..26..

[Variant readings]
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And other great chariot-warriors, abandoning their slain bodies there, / departed in aerial chariots crowded with women to the assembly of Brahmā. // 20
Others of sinful deeds, being struck down by those blinded by wrath, / fell into terrible hell, wailing again and again. // 21
Some making a cry of distress, [...] tormented, / men died in the battle by hundreds, then by thousands. // 22
Some biting blades of grass, and others crying, “O brother! O son!”, / people terrified in their distress yielded up their lives. // 23
With lips bitten tight, some great chariot-warriors among gods and asuras, / their vital points collapsed by arrows, fell onto the earth like trees. // 24
Jackals howled inauspiciously, and rākṣasas uttered loud laughter, / and men let out cries of pain, as did elephants and horses. // 25
And there were lion-roars of the heroes, and abundant clappings of arms, / the twang of bows being drawn, and the sounds of musical instruments. // 26