Skanda Purana 7.9.63_179

7.9.63_179

jagrāha sumahāgrāho matsyāniva45 mahārṇave .
sa tena suprahāreṇa vihvalaḥ prāṇigocaraḥ ..41..
skandhe keśābhisaṃyukto bhrāmito vipracittinā .
sa bhrāmyamāṇo vibabhau srastahārasragambaraḥ .42..
alātamiva sandīptaṃ niśāyāṃ munisattama .
bhrāmyamāṇaṃ samālakṣya punardevāḥ savāsavāḥ .43..
vegaścakrurmahāvegā gṛhṇagṛhṇeti vādinaḥ .
vipracittistu tān daityaḥ saṃrabdhānudyatāyudhān .44..
ālakṣya subahūn saṃkhye garjamāna:46 payodavat .
abhīkṣṇaṃ bhīmasaṃhrādaṃ vāyuṃ dānavayūthapaḥ .45..

seized him, like a huge alligator [seizing] fish in the great ocean. / Stunned by that violent blow, he who moves within living beings, / held by his hair at the shoulder, was whirled around by Vipracitti. / Being whirled around, with his necklaces, garlands, and garments slipping off, he shone (42) / like a blazing firebrand in the night, O best of sages. / Seeing him being whirled around, the gods, along with Indra, (43) / rushed forward with great speed, shouting, “Seize him! Seize him!” / But the daitya Vipracitti, looking upon those many [gods] (44) / agitated in battle with upraised weapons, roaring like a rain-cloud, / that commander of the dānava troops, [whirling] Vāyu with a continuous, terrible noise, (45)