[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 7.9 # Skandapurana 7.9 Skandapurāṇa 7.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.9.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p1) pūrvavartī pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 71 - 80) | āgāmī pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 91 - 100) > Previous page (Chapters 71–80) | Next page (Chapters 91–100) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p2) 469 sanatkumāra uvāca hiraṇyākṣastadāyāntaṃ dṛṣṭvā devendramagrataḥ1 . uvāca rathayantāramindraṃ prati nayasva mām ..1.. > 469 / Sanatkumāra said: / Then, seeing the lord of the gods approaching in front, Hiraṇyākṣa / said to his charioteer, "Drive me toward Indra!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p3) sa tena coditastasya codayānastadā hayān . anayattaṃ surendrāya hutaṃ bhāgaṃ yathānalaḥ ..2.. > Urged by him, driving his horses, / he brought him to the lord of the gods, as fire \[brings\] an offered oblation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p4) sa gajaskandhagaṃ devaṃ sahasrākṣaṃ sureśvaram . śarapāte tadā sthitvā provācāsurapuṃgavaḥ ..3.. > Standing within the range of an arrow-shot, that bull among the Asuras / spoke to the thousand-eyed god mounted upon the shoulder of his elephant, the lord of the gods: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p5) śakra yatte balaṃ kiñcit tadvidarśaya mā ciram . pūrvadevā vayaṃ caiva trailokyaṃ cākhilaṃ hi naḥ ..4.. > "O Śakra, display whatever strength you have; do not delay! / For we are the elder gods, and the entire triple world belongs to us, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p6) jyeṣṭhakramāgataṃ kṛtvā nyāyena ca surottama . te yūyaṃ nyāyamutsṛjya hatvā me bhrātaraṃ punaḥ . .5.. > by succession of seniority and by right, O best of gods. / But you, having abandoned justice, and having slain my brother, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p7) viśrambheṇa śaṭhā bhūtvā paścād devatvamāgatāḥ . ime vayaṃ pūrvadevā na vā yūyañca devatāḥ ..6.. > having become deceitful through \[our\] trust, attained godhood afterwards. / We here are the elder gods, and you are not gods at all! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p8) yudhyatāṃ vodya sarveṣāṃ jīvitāni harāmyaham . sahānugaistvāmihādya hatvā kṛtvā baliṃ tathā ..7.. > As you fight today, I shall take the lives of you all! / Having slain you here today along with your followers, and having offered \[you\] as an oblation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p9) bhaviṣyāmyanṛṇo bhrāturyastvayā māyayā hataḥ . sa evamuktvā balavaddhanurākṛṣya vīryavān . lalāṭe pañcabhirvyāsa vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ..8.. > I shall become free from debt to my brother who was killed by you through deceit!" / Having spoken thus, drawing his strong bow, the valiant one / pierced \[Indra\] on the forehead with five sharpened arrows, O Vyāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p10) sa viddhastena devānāṃ lalāṭe pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ . rājā babhau yathā meruḥ sūryapādaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ ..9.. > Pierced by him on the forehead with five arrows, the king of the gods / shone like Mount Meru surrounded by the rays of the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p11) atha tasya tadā śakraḥ punaścaṅkramato2 dhanuḥ . ciccheda vajramādāya punaścainamatāḍayat ..8.81.1 0 .. > Then, as \[Hiraṇyākṣa\] was moving about, Śakra cut his bow, / and taking his thunderbolt, he struck him again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p12) sa tena suprahāreṇa diśo dīptā hyapaśyataḥ . anyacca dhanurādāya punareva vyakarṣata . .1 1 .. > From that powerful blow, he saw the directions blazing. / Taking up another bow, he drew it once more. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p13) 1 ..mabhyagāt - kha. . 2 -..ścakramato - kha.. 470 tadapyasyācchinadrājā3 tathānyad bhūya eva ca . atha śaktiṃ samādāya cikṣepa ruṣitastadā . .1 2. . tāmāpatantīṃ dīptāsyāmugrāṃ mṛtyoriva svasām4 . vajreṇa rājā5 ciccheda tadadbhutamivābhavat ..1 3 .. > The king \[Indra\] cut that as well, and likewise another one again. / Then, seizing a spear, \[Hiraṇyākṣa\], enraged, hurled it. / As it flew toward him, blazing at its tip, terrible like the sister of Death, / the king cut it down with his thunderbolt; and that was like a wonder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p14) gadāmanyāṃ samudyamya hiraṇyākṣastadā śubhām . abhidudrāva vegena kruddhaḥ siṃha iva dvipam ..14. . tasyāpatata evāśu gadāṃ hemapariṣkṛtām . ciccheda bahudhā rājā dharmārthāviva6 nāstikaḥ ..15. . athainaṃ vipracittiśca śinirbāṣkalireva ca . mayaśca sambaraścaiva asilomā ca dānavaḥ . .1 6.. > Raising another splendid mace, Hiraṇyākṣa then / rushed forward with speed, like an enraged lion against an elephant. / As he was charging, the king quickly cut into many pieces his gold-adorned mace, / just as an unbeliever \[destroys\] righteousness and wealth. / Then Vipracitti, Śini, Bāṣkali, / Maya, Śambara, and the Dānava Asilomā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p15) tāraśca kārakaścaiva tathendradamanaḥ sa ca . kālanemiśca7 ṣaṇḍaśca vipākaḥ pāka eva ca ..17. . ilvalo namuciścaiva vātāpī kālamuṃjikaḥ8 . ete sarve mahāmāyā devendramabhidudruvuḥ9 . . 18.. > Tāra, Kāraka, and Indradamana, / Kālanemi, Ṣaṇḍa, Vipāka, Pāka, / Ilvala, Namuci, Vātāpi, and Kālamuñjika— / all these masters of great sorcery rushed against the lord of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p16) tānāpatata evātha rudrādityāḥ pramanyavaḥ . rurudhurvijane10 yadvad gajān siṃhāḥ samūrjitāḥ .. 19. . teṣāṃ teṣāṃ ca saṃgrāmaḥ sughoraḥ samapadyata . araṇyenyonyasaṃpātānmattānāṃ dantināmiva ..8.81.2 0 .. > As they were charging, the Rudras and Ādityas, filled with wrath, / checked them, like powerful lions \[checking\] elephants in a desolate wilderness. / A most dreadful battle took place between them, / like that of rutting tuskers clashing with one another in a forest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p17) tatrāṃśo11 nāma ādityo rathenāmbudanādinā . āyamya kārmukaṃ vyāsa dānavān samupādravat . .21 . . sa vipracittiṃ daśabhiḥ śiniṃ pañcabhireva ca . tribhiśca vāṣkaliṃ saṃkhye mayaṃ12 pañcabhireva ca ..22. . saṃvaraṃ caiva viṃśatyā asilomānameva ca . tāraṃ ca tārakaṃ caiva ilvalaṃ namuciṃ tathā . .23 .. > There, the Āditya named Aṃśa, mounted on a chariot rumbling like a cloud, / drew his bow, O Vyāsa, and rushed toward the Dānavas. / He \[struck\] Vipracitti with ten \[arrows\], Śini with five, / Bāṣkali in battle with three, and Maya with five; / Śambara with twenty, and likewise Asilomā, / Tāra, Tāraka, Ilvala, and Namuci... > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p18) 3 tamapyasyācchinadrājā - kha- . 4 snuṣāṃ - kha. . 5 mṛju - kha. . 6 dharmāthāniva - kha. . 7 kālanemī ca - kha. . 8 kālabhuṃjitaḥ - kha. . 9 .. dudruve - kha. . 10. -vijaye - kha. . 11 tatrāṃso - kha. . 12 yamaṃ - kha. . 471 vātāpiṃ13 cendradamanaṃ vipākaṃ pākameva ca . kālanemiṃ ca ṣaṇḍaṃ ca tathā cāmīsṛmuñjikam14 ..24. . etānsarvān sa vivyādha daśabhirdaśabhiḥ śaraiḥ . vikarṣatāṃ ca saṃgrāme ādityo laghuhastavān . dhanūṃṣi yugapaddevaściccheda ca nanāda ca . .25. . tata eṣāṃ punarvāhān sūtān divyān jayadhvajān . prahasanniva viprendra sāyakairbahudhākarot . .26. . te hatāśvā maheṣvāsā hatasūtāśca sarvaśaḥ . vegena khaṅginaḥ sarve aṃśamevābhidudruvuḥ15 ..27. . tānmūrttīniva śailendrān garjato jaladāniva . asaṃbhrāntastadādityo jānuṣvevāvapūrayat ..28. . śarapūritagulphāste jānuṣveva ca dānavāḥ . aṃśamutsṛjya16 vegena jagmuranyāṃ diśaṃ tadā ..29.. > \[Vātāpi\], Indradamana, Vipāka, and Pāka, / Kālanemi, Ṣaṇḍa, and likewise Amīsṛmuñjika— / each of these he pierced with ten arrows. / And as they drew \[their bows\] in battle, the swift-handed deity, the Āditya, / severed their bows all at once and let out a roar. / Then against their steeds, divine charioteers, and flags of victory, / as though laughing, O best of brahmins, he struck many blows with his arrows. / With their horses slain, those great archers, their drivers killed everywhere, / drew their swords and all rushed toward Aṃśa with speed. / As they were \[rising\] like mountains incarnate and roaring like thunderclouds, / the Āditya, unperturbed, filled them with arrows right up to their knees. / Their ankles and knees pierced with shafts, those Dānavas, / abandoning Aṃśa, then fled in haste toward another direction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p19) tato devāstadā cakrurmahāntaṃ tūryanisvanam . siṃhanādāśca vipulān bāhuśabdām̐śca puṣkalān . .8.81.3 0 . . aṃśopyāyamya bhagavān dhanurindrāyudhopamam . dānavānāṃ sadaityānāmakarot kadanaṃ mahat ..3 1 .. > Then the gods raised a great noise of musical instruments, / loud lion-roars, and plenty of arm-slapping sounds. / Lord Aṃśa, having drawn his bow that resembled the rainbow, / wrought a great slaughter among the Dānavas and Daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p20) śirāṃsi dānavendrāṇāmaṃśaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ . apātayat17 phalānīva pakvāni śvasano yathā18 . .32 .. > Aṃśa, the foremost among striking warriors, / felled the heads of the Dānava lords like a wind \[shaking down\] ripe fruits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p21) dhāvanti kecidaṃśena19 aśiraskāḥ śaraiḥ kṛtāḥ . gatvā vegena saṃgrāmāt patantyūrvyāṃ gatāsavaḥ ..33 .. > Some, decapitated with arrows by Aṃśa, ran on; / having fled with speed from the battle, they fell lifeless to the ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p22) apare bāhubhiśchinnairūrubhiśca mahābalāḥ . patitā niṣṭanantyugraṃ20 nirayasthā yathā narāḥ ..34.. > Others of great strength, their arms and thighs cut off, / fell down and groaned terribly like men dwelling in hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p23) śarapūritasarvāṅgāḥ śarasaṃbaddhabandhanāḥ . bhramanti tatra tatraiva saṃsāra iva dehinaḥ21 ..35 .. > Their entire limbs covered in arrows, bound in knots of arrows, / they wandered here and there like embodied souls in the cycle of existence (saṃsāra). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p24) ------ 13 vātāpī - kha. . 14 muṇḍikaṃ - kha . 15 aṃśumevābhidudruvuḥ - kha. . 16 aṃśumutsṛjya - kha. . 17 apālayat - kha., aphālayat (?) . 18 pakvānīva ghanāvalī - gha., śvasato myathā? -- kha . 19 dantena - kha. . 20 ...ntyugrā - kha. . 21 rāgiṇaḥ (?) ... > \[Apparatus readings\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p25) 472 na sa tatrāsti daityo vā dānavo vā mahābalaḥ . yaṃ22 śarā na viśantyugrā aṃśasya23 sumahātmanaḥ ..3 6. . bandhujīvavanaṃ yadvad vanamābhāti24 puṣpitam . aśokakiṃśukānāṃ vā tathā daityabalaṃ babhau . .37.. ayamaṃśoyamaṃśeti netyayaṃ cāyamityuta . sarvamaṃśamayaṃ daityā hyapaśyanta bhayārditāḥ . .38. . sopi nityāyatadhanuḥ pariveṣīva bhāskaraḥ . yaṃ yataḥ paśyate daityaṃ taṃ taṃ vivyādha patribhiḥ . .3 9. . nādadānastadā hyaṃśaḥ sandadhānastathāpi vā . na vikarṣandhanuścaiva lakṣyate daityadānavaiḥ . .8.81.40 . . maṇḍalīkṛtamevāsya dṛśyante kārmukaṃ mahat . āditya iva madhyāhne dṛśyate sa tadā yudhi ..41 .. sa divyacāpo25 laghuhastavān balī sadā mahāmaṇḍalabhūtakārmukaḥ . dadāha śatrūn pavanerito raṇe vibhāvasuḥ śuṣkamivendhanaṃ mahad26 ..42.. iti skandapurāṇe yuddhe ekāśītitamodhyāyaḥ27 > There was no mighty Daitya or Dānava there / whom the fierce shafts of the noble-souled Aṃśa did not pierce. / Just as a forest of bandhujīva trees or of aśoka and kiṃśuka trees appears ablaze in flower, / so shone the Daitya army \[covered in red blood\]. / 'This is Aṃśa! This is Aṃśa!' 'No, not this one—this one!' / Stricken with fear, the Daityas saw everything as consisting of Aṃśa alone. / He, his bow continuously drawn like the sun enveloped in a halo, / pierced each Daitya with winged arrows wherever he saw him. / Neither taking up \[an arrow\] nor setting it on the string, / nor drawing the bow was Aṃśa seen to do by the Daityas and Dānavas. / His great bow was seen only as a continuous circle; / he appeared in battle then like the midday sun. / Wielding a divine bow, swift-handed and mighty, his bow ever formed into a great circle, / he burned his enemies in battle like fire stirred by the wind \[burns\] a vast heap of dry fuel. / Thus ends the eighty-first chapter in the \[battle narrative of the\] Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p26) sanatkumāra uvāca tāṃstathāṃśena daityendrān kālyamānānitastataḥ . dṛṣṭvā balo mahāmāyo yantāramidamabravīt . .1 . . nayasva māṃ yatoṃśoyaṃ durātmā dahate balam . yāvadenaṃ śitairbāṇairnayāmi yamasādanam ..2. . tasyāpatata evāṃśastadā praharatāṃ varaḥ . dhvajaṃ ciccheda1 bāṇena hayām̐ścaikaikaśastadā . .3 .. > Sanatkumāra said: / Seeing those Daitya lords being driven here and there in that manner by Aṃśa, / Bala of great magical power said this to his charioteer: / 'Take me to where this wicked Aṃśa is burning our army, / until with sharp arrows I send him to the abode of Yama.' / Even as he was rushing forward, Aṃśa, the foremost among striking warriors, / severed his flag with an arrow and then his horses one by one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p27) 22 -yaḥ - ka... 23 ... naṃśasya - kha. . 24 dhanamābhāti - kha. . 25 dīptahasto - gha. . 26 mahāniti -kha. . 27 adhyāyaḥ 139 - kha. . 1 dhvajāściccheda - kha. . 473 bhallena ca śiraḥ kāyādyanturāśu nyapātayat . tañcaiva pañcabhirbāṇairlalāṭe samavidhyata . .4. . tasya daityasya te bhānti lalāṭe pañca sāyakāḥ . ghanodaraviniṣkrāntā bhāskarasyeva raśmayaḥ . .5. . daityopi hi tadā dhanvī2 viyadutpatya roṣitaḥ . > And with a broad-headed arrow he swiftly brought down the driver's head from his body, / and struck Bala himself on the forehead with five arrows. / Those five arrows shone on the Daitya's forehead / like the rays of the sun emerging from within a dense cloud. / Then the Daitya, an archer, leaped into the sky in anger; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p28) sāyakairbahubhirvyāsa soṃśaṃ samakiradbalī . .6. . suvṛṣṭimiva3 jīmūtaḥ - - - - ivāśanim . karān divākaro4 yadvat tuṣāraṃ candramā yathā5 ..7. . tathā sa dānavo darpādbalaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ . aṃśamevākirattīkṣṇaiḥ sāyakairmarmabhedibhiḥ . .8. . dhvajaṃ caivāsya ciccheda bahudhā dānaveśvaraḥ . hayān vegahatān kṛtvā sārathiṃ cāpyasārathim . .9 . . kārmukaṃ bahubhirbāṇairvyadhama - - - - - . > O Vyāsa, that mighty one showered Aṃśa with many arrows. / As a cloud \[showers\] heavy rain, \[and …\] lightning, / as the sun \[showers\] rays, and as the moon \[showers\] dew, / so that Dānava, Bala, foremost among striking warriors, out of pride / showered Aṃśa with sharp, vital-piercing arrows. / And that lord of the Dānavas repeatedly severed his flag, / made his horses struck down with his speed, and left him without a charioteer, / and shattered his bow with many arrows \[…\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p29) yathāṃśaṃ sa cakārograsthānyānapi daivatān6 ..8.82.1 0 . . nirudyamān mahāmāyaścakāra virarāsa ca . kvacid gīṣpatisaṃkāśaḥ7 kvacid bhāskarasaṃnibhaḥ .. 11 .. kvacitsomāgnikalpaśca kvacittārāgrahaissamaḥ8 . kvacitparvatasaṃkāśaḥ kvacid gṛdhravapurdharaḥ .. 12 . . kvaciccākāśamāviśya adṛśyaḥ sosṛjaccharān . śaropacitagātraṃ tacchinnaṃ bhinnaṃ vidāritam . . 13 . . viṣṭabdhaṃ mūkavatsarvaṃ devānāṃ balamābabhau . > Just as he did to Aṃśa, he did to other deities as well, / rendering them incapable of effort; that master of great illusion roared aloud. / In some places resembling Bṛhaspati (Gīṣpati), in some places like the sun, / in some places resembling the moon and fire, and in some places equal to planets and stars, / in some places like a mountain, and in some places assuming the form of a vulture, / in some places entering the sky, invisible, he loosed his arrows. / Their limbs crowded with arrows, cut, pierced, and torn open, / the entire army of the gods appeared stunned, as though dumb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p30) naṣṭavāditraninadaṃ hayaheṣitavarjitam9 .. 14. . gajabṛṃhitavibhraṣṭaṃ śrānta10 yodhogranāditam . niṣpandaṃ tadbalaṃ bhāti citrapratyarpitaṃ yathā .. 15 .. > Devoid of the sound of musical instruments, lacking the neighing of horses, / without the trumpeting of elephants, \[filled only with\] the fierce cries of exhausted warriors, / motionless, that army appeared as if depicted in a painting. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p31) 2 ma(sra) gvī - kha.. 3 savṛṣṭiriva - kha . 4 dityakaro - kha . 5 iva - kha 6 devatān kha . 7 ...cchrīpatisaṃkāśaḥ (?) . 8. grahaissaha - kha. . 9 garjitam - kha. . 10 śānta - (?) . 474 ūrdhvaṃ nirīkṣate tatra yaḥ kaścidvibudho bale . balastasya śarairvaktramakarodvi - vadbalī .. 16. . - - - -- -- -- -- -- -- - . ceṣṭāvirāhitā11 ścāsan yathā mokṣapathi12 sthitāḥ . . 17.. > Whichever god in that army looked upward, / the mighty Bala pierced his face with arrows \[…\]. / \[…\] / And they became devoid of motion, like those standing on the path to liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p32) tāṃstathā sīdataḥ sarvān dṛṣṭvā balamahārṇave . vāyurjayantaḥ pūṣā ca bhagaśca sumahābalāḥ . . 18.. > Seeing them all sinking thus in the great ocean of \[the demon\] Bala, / Vāyu, Jayanta, Pūṣan, and Bhaga, endowed with immense strength, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p33) nadantastāñcharām̐stasya balasya samavārayan . vāyustasya mahābhāga śarānmeghādivoditān13 ..1 9.. > roaring aloud, warded off those arrows of Bala. / O highly fortunate one, Vāyu \[seized\] his arrows rising like clouds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p34) muñcato14 mucyamānām̐śca muktām̐ścaivāharadbalī . bhagosya kārmukaṃ divyamacchinatprahasanniva . .8.82.20 . . dehatrāṇaṃ tathā pūṣā jayantaśceṣudhī tathā . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ..21.. > and the mighty one carried them off as he released them, was releasing them, and after they were shot. / Bhaga severed his divine bow as if smiling, / and likewise Pūṣan his armor, and Jayanta his two quivers; / \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p35) samārdayan śaraistīkṣṇairdevā ravisamaprabhāḥ . sordyamānastadā devairbalī danāvapuṃgavaḥ . .22 .. > The gods, resplendent as the sun, tormented him with sharp arrows. / Then, being oppressed by the gods, the mighty best of Dānavas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p36) vṛkṣaiḥ kānanajairvyāsa yuyudhe bhīmavikramaḥ . tāndrumām̐ste tadākṣiptān balena bahudhā śubhān ..23 .. > of fierce prowess, fought with trees born in the forest, O Vyāsa. / Those splendid trees thrown in many ways by Bala then, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p37) kracuḥśarairdevatendrāstataḥ sa girimāvrajat . gṛhītvā sa mahacchṛṅgaṃ samṛgavyālakinnaram ..24.. > the chiefs of the deities sawed through with arrows. Thereupon he approached a mountain, / and seizing a huge peak, filled with deer, wild beasts, and Kinnaras, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p38) cikṣepa sumahānādaṃ15 prakurvāṇotidāruṇam . tathā patan sa16 vegena pavano balavān balāt ..25.. > he hurled it, raising a tremendous, exceedingly dreadful roar. / As it was thus falling with speed, the powerful Wind forcibly > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p39) jahāra śṛṅgaṃ taccāpi papātāsuramūrdhani . dānavānāṃ tadā koṭimekāṃ vīryavatāṃ yudhi ..26 .. > carried off that peak, and it fell right upon the heads of the Asuras. / Then, one crore of the valiant Dānavas in battle > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p40) jaghāna balamuktaṃ tad giriśṛṅgaṃ mahāsvanam . tān hatān dānavāstena śṛṃgeṇa ditinandanān ..27. . > that mountain peak, released by Bala with a loud roar, crushed. / Seeing those sons of Diti, the Dānavas, slain by that peak, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p41) 11 ceṣṭāvirahitaṃ - gha. . 12 mokṣapathe (?) . 13 ...nivoditān - kha. . 14 mucyato - kha. . 15 sumahat nādaṃ - kha. . 16 patantaṃ - kha. . 475 ( 475) dṛṣṭvā devāṃśca tānugrānabhajyanta17 sahasraśaḥ18 . rathairaśvairgajaiścaiva tathā caiva padātayaḥ ..28. . utsṛjya vāhanānyanye19 jīvitābhyarthinastadā20 . pramuñcanto mahānādān palāyanta21 sahasraśaḥ . .29. . drabatastān tadābhyetya hiraṇyākṣaḥ sa dānavaḥ (?) . vipracittiśca danujaḥ prahlādaśca mahābalaḥ . .8.82.3 0.. > and seeing those fierce gods, they broke in their thousands— / in chariots, on horses, on elephants, and likewise the foot soldiers. / Others, abandoning their mounts, desiring life at that moment, / uttering loud cries, fled in their thousands. / Approaching them as they fled then, that Dānava Hiraṇyākṣa, / and the Danuja Vipracitti, and the mighty Prahlāda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p42) maya - -22 ndhako daityastārakaḥ śakratāpanaḥ . ūcire dānavān sarvān daityāṃśca bhayavihvalān ..3 1 .. > Maya, the Daitya Andhaka, and Tāraka, the tormentor of Śakra, / spoke to all the Dānavas and Daityas who were overwhelmed with fear: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p43) bho bho dānavaśārdūlā daityāśca suraśatravaḥ . kiṃ palāyatha23 tiṣṭhadhvaṃ mā bhayaṃ vostu dānavāḥ ..32. . kva gatā dānavā yūyaṃ sukhaṃ lapsyatha vā na vā . ete balamajānanto24 devāḥ pūrvaṃ mahābalāḥ . .33 . . na pramardanti pātāle sthitānnāpyasurottamāḥ25 . niḥśeṣān pramathiṣyanti pātālepi kulādhamāḥ ..34.. > "Ho, ho, tigers among Dānavas and Daityas, enemies of the gods! / Why do you flee? Halt! Let there be no fear for you, Dānavas! / Where will you go, Dānavas, and will you find happiness or not? / These gods of great strength, not recognizing their strength formerly, / did not crush those abiding in Pātāla, nor the best of Asuras; / \[now\] will the lowest of their race destroy you without remainder, even in Pātāla? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p44) mā yāta vinivartadhvaṃ rirakṣiṣata26 sarvaśaḥ . suyuddhenātmano daityā mā bhayaṃ votra jīvite ..3 5.. > Do not go! Turn back! Strive to protect yourselves in every way / by fighting well, Daityas! Have no fear here for your life! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p45) kva gataṃ danujatvaṃ vaḥ kva gatā daityatā ca vaḥ27 . kva ca vairaṃ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ kva rājyaharaṇaṃ gatam ..3 6. ... > Where has your Danuja-hood gone? Where has your Daitya nature gone? / And where has your enmity with the gods gone? Where has the seizing of the kingdom gone? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p46) yad dhairyaṃ28 yaśca vo darpaḥ kulaṃ janma29 ca yaddhi vaḥ30 . yacca vo30 garjitaṃ pūrvaṃ tasya kāloyamāgataḥ . .37.. > That courage, that pride of yours, that lineage and noble birth of yours, / and whatever roaring was yours formerly—the time for that has now arrived! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p47) tadā bruvata yada32 daityā na bālā33 vayamityuta . vayamekaikaśo yogyā devānāṃ nāśanepi34 ca ..38.. > You said then, 'Daityas, we are not children! / We individually are capable even of destroying the gods!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.p48) tasya kāloyamadyeha prāptaḥ kiṃ vipalāyatha35 . tat sarvaṃ garjitaṃ vodya jānāmyahamataḥ param . .39.. > The time for that has arrived today here! Why do you flee? / All that former roar of yours, I understand it well from this point on! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45) 17 dṛṣṭvānye dānavāḥ sarve vyabhajanta (?) . 18 suraśatravaḥ - gha. . 19 vāhanānanye - kha. . 20 jībitenārthina- stadā - kha. . 21 pravilīnāstadā daityā dānavāśca - gha. . 22 yamamukto - kha. . 23 palāyata - kha . 24 etairbalamajānanto - kha. . 25 sthitvā nāpyasurottamāḥ - kha . 26 rarakṣāruta - kha. . 27 gato daityaśca vaḥ - kha. . 28 yadvairaṃ - kha. . 29 kulajanma - kha. . 30 maharddhimat - gha. . 31 te - kha. . 32 yattadbruvate tadā - kha., yattu brūta tadā - gha. . 33 balino - gha. . 34 nāśaneti - kha. . 35 .. ṣiñci palāyata - kha. . 476 śaradambudavad daityā vyarthaṃ mā yāta bhīriha36 nivartadhvamadharmajñā yudhyadhvaṃ kṛtaniścayāḥ ..8.82.40 . . vīkṣadhvaṃ me saputrasya mahat karma kulādhamāḥ . kaśyapasya sutaḥ śrīmān hiraṇyākṣosmi dānavāḥ ..41 . . andhakaśca sutoyaṃ me brahmadattavaraḥ śubhaḥ . hiraṇyakaśiporvīryaṃ yadabhūdasurottamāḥ ..42 . . dviguṇaṃ tanmamāpyasti vīkṣadhvaṃ tadaśaṃkitāḥ . adya caitān mayā sarvān hatān paśyata dānavāḥ ..43 .. saṃgrāme yadi tiṣṭhanti sarve devā mamāgrataḥ . adya trailokyamavyagraṃ hateṣvasuraśatruṣu . .44. . vijvarā bhokṣyatha37 sukhaṃ mayendreṇāsurottamāḥ . mā vostu bhayamadyeha yathā tiṣṭhanti sādhavaḥ38 . saputraṃ māṃ yudhi yathā vīkṣamāṇāstu tiṣṭhata ..45 . > Like autumn clouds, Daityas, do not disperse here in vain out of fear! / Turn back, you who know unrighteousness, and fight, having made your resolve! / Behold the great deed of me and my son, you lowest of the race! / I am the illustrious Hiraṇyākṣa, son of Kaśyapa, O Dānavas! / And this Andhaka is my son, auspicious, granted a boon by Brahmā. / Whatever was the prowess of Hiraṇyakaśipu, O best of Asuras, / twice as much belongs to me; behold it without apprehension! / And today, behold all these gods slain by me, O Dānavas, / if all the gods stand before me in battle! / Today, when the enemies of the Asuras are slain, the three worlds untroubled, / free from distress, you will enjoy happiness along with me as Indra, O best of Asuras! / Let there be no fear for you here today; just as righteous men stand firm, / so stand watching me and my son in battle!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_49) sanatkumāra uvāca ta evamuktā viprendra gajāstotrārditā iva . vinivṛttāḥ punaḥ sarve lajjayātisamāvṛtāḥ39 . .46. . te chatrasaṃchāditavaktrapadmā lajjāsamāviṣṭavirāgavaktrāḥ40 . na tasya rājño mukhatovatasthustimerivārttāḥ salilelpamīnāḥ ..47.. iti skandapurāṇe yuddhe asurākrośano nāma dvadyaśītitamodhyāyaḥ > Sanatkumāra said: / Addressed in this manner, O best of brahmins, like elephants prodded by goads, / they all turned back again, heavily covered with shame. / With their lotus faces concealed by umbrellas, their faces pale and filled with shame, / they could not stand before the face of that king, like small, distressed fish in water before a Timi whale. / Thus ends the eighty-second chapter, named 'The Rebuking of the Asuras,' in the battle \[section\] of the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_50) sanatkumāra uvāca atha te dānavā vyāsa nivṛttā raṇamūrdhani . duṣkaraṃ taṃ tadā cakrurvegaṃ nadya ivārṇave . . 1 . . 36 bhīvihaḥ - kha., bhītavat - gha .37 bhojya?, - kha. . 38 sāpavaḥ - kha. . 39 sa(śa)yāvṛtāḥ (?) . 40 vicāravaktrāḥ - gha. . > Sanatkumāra said: > Then, O Vyāsa, those Dānavas, turning back at the front of battle, > created an irresistible rush, like rivers into the ocean. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_51) 477 prahrādaścānuhrādaśca śini1 rbāṣkala eva2 ca . virocano balirbāṇo balonyo devakaṇṭakaḥ3 ..2.. > Prahrāda and Anuhrāda, Śini and Bāṣkala, > Virocana, Bali, Bāṇa, and another Bali, the tormentor of the gods; (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_52) vipracittiśca ṣaṇḍaśca hradaśca sa śatodaraḥ . yamosuraśca vyaṃsaśca śatāvartto hutodaraḥ ..3 .. > Vipracitti and Ṣaṇḍa, Hrada and Śatodara, > the Asura Yama, Vyaṃsa, Śatāvarta, and Hutodara; (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_53) keśī ca namuciścaiva tathendradamanosuraḥ . mayo mura4stārakākṣo vidyunmālī prabhākaraḥ . .4.. > Keśin, Namuci, and the Asura Indradamana, > Maya, Mura, Tārakākṣa, Vidyunmālin, and Prabhākara; (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_54) tāraśca tārakaścaiva bakaścāṭiśca viśrutaḥ . mūkaścaiva kubhaścaiva kārtasvanamahāravau ..5.. > Tāra, Tāraka, Baka, and the renowned Āṭi, > Mūka, Kubha, and Kārtasvana and Mahārava; (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_55) vātāpī celvalaścaiva tathaivelvakabalvalau . ketuśca śataketuśca rāhuḥ svarbhānureva ca ..6.. > Vātāpi and Ilvala, as well as Ilvaka and Balvala, > Ketu and Śataketu, and Rāhu and Svarbhānu; (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_56) śambaro namuciścaiva kālaśambara eva ca . dundubhirmahiṣaścaiva śatadundubhireva ca . .7.. > Śambara and Namuci, and Kālaśambara, > Dundubhi, Mahiṣa, and Śatadundubhi; (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_57) kālanemī vipākaśca pāko duryodhanastathā . hastī sundanisundau ca śarabhaḥ kāla eva ca ..8.. > Kālanemi, Vipāka, Pāka, and Duryodhana, > Hastin, Sunda and Nisunda, Śarabha, and Kāla; (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_58) vṛṣaparvā5 śatākrandaḥ6 śatāvarttotha dhenukaḥ . pralambaśca bakaścaiva7 gajo hālāhalastathā ..9.. > Vṛṣaparvan, Śatākranda, Śatāvarta, and then Dhenuka, > Pralamba, Baka, Gaja, and Hālāhala; (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_59) saiṃhikeyāśca vikhyātāḥ paulomāḥ kālakāsutāḥ . nivātakavacāścaiva bāleyāśca tathā gaṇāḥ . .8.83.1 0.. > and the renowned Saiṃhikeyas, the Paulomas, the sons of Kālakā, > the Nivātakavacas, and the hosts of Bāleya; (10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_60) bāṇasya ca sutāḥ sarve kālakhaṃjāśca viśrutāḥ . vṛtro vṛttaśca sagaṇastathānye sumahābalāḥ ..1 1 .. > all the sons of Bāṇa, the renowned Kālakhañjas, > Vṛtra, Vṛtta with his host, and other exceedingly mighty ones. (11) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_61) tasya sainyasya viprendra nardataḥ saṃbabhau tadā . vegaḥ sa sindhurājasya velāṃ prati yathā mahān ..12.. > O best of brahmins, the surge of that roaring army then appeared > like the great surge of the lord of the ocean rushing towards the shore. (12) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_62) vāditraravasaṃmiśraiḥ siṃhanādaiḥ supuṣkalaiḥ . rathanemihayānāṃ ca gajānāṃ bṛṃhitaiḥ saha .. 13 . . sa śabdastumulo vyāsa trailokyamavapūrayat . devāhyapi8 susaṃyattāḥ sarvodyogena saṃsthitāḥ . .14.. > Mingled with the sound of musical instruments and abundant lion-roars, > along with the rumbling of chariot rims and horses, and the trumpeting of elephants, > that tumultuous noise, O Vyāsa, filled the three worlds. > Even the gods, fully prepared, stood ready with all their exertion. (13–14) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_63) 1 niśi - kha, śivi - gha. . 2. .rbāṣkalireva - gha. . 3 vātotha kaṃpanaḥ - gha. . 4 ...sura - kha. . 5 viśaparvā - kha. . 6 śatānandaḥ - kha. . 7 dhvakaścaiva - kha . 8 devāpi hi - kha. . 478 pratyagṛhṇanta tān9 daityān krodhatāmrāyatekṣaṇāḥ10 . ----- -- - - - - - - - - - .. 15 . . asibhiḥ pātyamānaiśca śataghnībhiśca sarvataḥ . ulkābhiriva tad vyoma cicitramabhavattadā . .1 6. . śarāsibhinnakṛttāni11 patantyurvyāṃ śirāṃsi hi12 . tālebhya13 iva pakvāni phalāni munisattama .. 17. . mukuṭairhārakeyūraiḥ śroṇīsūtraiśca saprabhaiḥ . niṣkairdukūlaiḥ kaṭakairaṃgulīyaiḥ sakuṇḍalaiḥ . .18.. > Their long eyes red with rage, they faced those Daityas. > \[— — —\] (15) > With falling swords and iron clubs \[thrown\] on every side, > the sky then became wondrous, as if filled with meteors. (16) > Heads split and severed by arrows and swords indeed fell onto the earth, > like ripe fruits from palm trees, O best of sages. (17) > With crowns, necklaces, armlets, and lustrous girdles, > with gold coins, silken garments, bracelets, rings, and earrings, (18) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_64) uracchadaiḥ kaṅkatībhiḥ14 karapālaiśca dantinām . vyajanairbālavṛntaiśca15 chatrairmaṇibhireva ca . .1 9.. > with breastplates, combs, and curved swords of the elephants, > with fans, flywhisks, umbrellas, and gems, (19) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_65) paṭṭaiśca kāñcanairdivyaiḥ kavacaiśca mahāprabhaiḥ . śirobhiścaraṇaiścaiva karai16rvaktrairmahāprabhaiḥ ..8.83.2 0 .. > and with divine golden diadems, and armours of great splendor, > with heads, feet, hands, and faces of immense radiance, (20) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_66) pratodaiśca kuthābhiśca yoktraiśca kanakojjvalaiḥ . tatra yuddhaniśā bhāti17 tārābhirdyaurivāparā ..21.. > and with goads, elephant-blankets, and yokes bright with gold— > the battlefield shone in the night like a second sky with its stars. (21) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_67) tiṣṭha tiṣṭha kva me yāsi nāsti mokṣastavādya vai . sthitohaṃ praharasveti na me bhīstiṣṭha megrataḥ ..22. . kiṃ garjasi vṛthā vyomni śaradīva balāhakāḥ . karmaṇā darśaya kṣipraṃ garjitaṃ tedya niṣphalam . .23 . . naivaṃ prahriyate mūḍha mā18 vīkṣasva dṛḍho bhava . tiṣṭha tiṣṭha kva gantāsi mama hatvā priyaṃ sutam . .24.. > “Halt, halt! Where will you go from me? Today there is no escape for you. > I stand here; strike! I have no fear; stand before me! (22) > Why do you thunder in vain, like autumn clouds in the sky? > Quickly show \[it\] by your deeds; today your roaring is fruitless! (23) > One does not strike like this, fool! Do not look away; be firm! > Halt, halt! Where will you go, having slain my beloved son? (24) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_68) sthitosmyeṣa nayiṣyāmi19 tvāmadya yamasādanam20 . adya te - ratāṃ sarvāṃ devādhama sudussahām ..25.. > Here I stand; today I will send you to Yama's abode! > Today, all of your unbearable \[…\] O lowest of gods! (25) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_69) nāśayiṣyanti madbāṇāstiṣṭha tiṣṭha mamāgrataḥ . dānavādhama devosmi nāsmi21 bhītohamāhave22 ..26. . 9 pragṛhṇastāṃśca - kha. . 10 krodhatāmrāyatekṣaṇā(na?ḥ?) - kha. . > My arrows will destroy you! Halt, halt before me! > I am a god, O lowest of Dānavas; I am not afraid in battle!” (26) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_70) 11 .. .bhirnikṛttāni (?) . 12 tu - kha- . 13 talebhya - kha. . 14 kaṅkaṭībhiḥ - kha. . 15 ..stālavṛntaiśca - (?) . 16 kalau - kha . 17 yuddhadiśā - kha, yuddhāyanirbhāti? - gha. .' 18 mo - kha. . 19 kariṣyāmi - kha. . 20 tvāmapyadya - kha., yamātithim (?) . 21 nāsti - kha. . 22,bhītahamāhave - kha. . 479 evaṃ vadanto yuyudhuryathā mattā mahāgajāḥ . parasparavadhāsaktā yodhāstatra sahasraśaḥ ..27.. anyonyamevamābhāṣya praiṣayanyamasādanam . siddhāśca cāraṇāścaiva vyomni sarve vyavasthitāḥ ..28.. sādhayanti23 ramante ca nadanti24 ca yathāmbudāḥ . mamāyaṃ dānavaḥ25 saṃkhye hato bhartā vinirmitaḥ ..29.. ayaṃ devastava patirmā pārakye manaḥ kṛthāḥ . kimevaṃ lobhayuktāsi śreṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ parīkṣase . .8.83.3 0 .. svayaṃgrāho na cehāsti26 lekhyaṃ vācaya mā tvara27 . asantuṣṭaṃ manaḥ kinte28 saṃtuṣṭā bhava sundari ..3 1 .. bhāgoyaṃ te surairdattastaṃ gṛhītvā vrajālayam29 . evamapsarasaścātra vadanti ca hasanti ca ..3 2.. samare30 nihate31 yodhe32 kurvanti kalahaṃ tathā . mekhalāvalayonmiśraṃ tāsāṃ tat kalabhāṣitam ..3 3 . . śrutvā śrutvā ca te yodhā yuyudhurbhayavarjitāḥ . valgitā sphoṭitai33ścaiva diśaḥ sarvā vyanādayan ..34.. tat tapravāditagajopabṛṃhitavalgitākupitasiṃhanāditam . devadānavabhayapravarttanaṃ34 jīvitāntakaramābabhau35 raṇam ..3 5 .. iti skandapurāṇe yuddhe tryaśītitamo36dhyāyaḥ > Speaking thus, thousands of warriors intent on slaying one another > fought there like rutting great elephants. (27) > Addressing one another thus, they dispatched \[each other\] to Yama's abode. > Siddhas and Cāraṇas, all stationed in the sky, (28) > acclaimed them, made merry, and roared like clouds: > “This Dānava slain in battle has been appointed my husband! (29) > This god is your husband; do not set your mind on another’s! > Why are you filled with greed, examining the best of the best? (30) > There is no self-selection here; read the written decree, do not hurry! > Why is your mind discontented? Be satisfied, O beautiful one! (31) > This share is allotted to you by the gods; take him and go home!” > Thus the apsarases there spoke and laughed, (32) > and they quarrelled when a warrior was slain in battle. > Listening repeatedly to that sweet chatter of theirs, > mingled with the clinking of their girdles and bangles, those warriors fought without fear, > and they made all directions resound with prancing and loud slaps. (33–34) > Resounding with musical instruments, elephant trumpeting, prancing, and furious lion-roars, > that battle shone forth, causing terror between gods and Dānavas and bringing an end to life. (35) > Thus ends the eighty-third chapter, on the battle, in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_71) sanatkumāra uvāca sa yuddhayajñastatrāgryo1 rājyārthamabhavattadā . tatra yajvā2 svayaṃ devaḥ3 sahasrākṣaḥ pratāpavān ..1.. > Sanatkumāra said: > That foremost battle-sacrifice then took place for the sake of sovereignty. > There, the illustrious thousand-eyed god himself was the sacrificer. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_72) 23 sīdhayantī - kha. . 24 nadanto (nte) - kha . 25 dānavāḥ - kha. . 26 nadīhāsti - kha. . 27 mā tvarī - kha. . 28 kaste - kha. . 29 prajānnaye - kha. . 30 apare (?) . 331 hityaṃ?, . 32 yodhaṃ - kha. . 33 sphoṭitā - kha. . 34 pravarddhanaṃ (?) . 35 jīvitāntakaraṇaṃ babhau -kha. . 36-39 kha . 1 statrogro (?) . 2 yaṣṭā - gha. . 3 devaṃ - kha. . 480 saha devaiḥ surādhyakṣaḥ kuśāstasya śarā matāḥ . āyudhāni vicitrāṇi sruvā4 yairhūyate haviḥ . .2 . . haviḥ prāṇāḥ samākhyātā5 agnirmṛtyurmahāprabhā6 . mantrāścāstrāṇi divyāni puroḍāśāḥ śirāṃsyapi . . 3 . . somastatra jayobhūnnu7 rudrāścādhvaryavobhavan8 . ādityā bahvṛcaścāsan hotraṃ ca9 vasubhiḥ kṛtam . .4.. > Along with the gods, the lord of the gods \[was the sacrificer\]; his arrows were considered the kuśa grass. / The diverse weapons were the sruva-ladles with which the oblation was offered. > The vital breaths were declared to be the oblation; the great-splendored fire was death. / The divine missiles were the mantras, and the heads were the sacrificial cakes. > Soma there was victory, and the Rudras were the adhvaryu priests; / the Ādityas were the ṛgvedic reciters, and the hotṛ-office was performed by the Vasus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_73) brahmā samabhavaccātra svayaṃ devo bṛhaspatiḥ . śāmitraṃ cāśvinau tau tu yajña evaṃ vyavarttata10 . .5.. > The god Bṛhaspati himself was the brahmā priest there, / and the two Aśvins were the slaughterers of the victim; thus did that sacrifice proceed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_74) paśustatrābhavaddaityo hiraṇyākṣaḥ sahānugaḥ11 . evaṃ babhau tadā yajño daityānāṃ śiśirādhipaḥ(?) .. 6.. > The sacrificial victim there was the daitya Hiraṇyākṣa along with his followers. / Thus then did that sacrifice shine forth, the lord of coolness \[…\] of the daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_75) hiraṇyākṣobhavadyajvā daityadānavanāyakaḥ . vipracittirabhūd hotā prasthātāraśca12 dānavāḥ ..7.. > Hiraṇyākṣa, the leader of the daityas and dānavas, was the sacrificer; / Vipracitti was the hotṛ, and the dānavas were the prasthātṛs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_76) udgātā caiva prahlādaḥ śukro brahmā ca suvrataḥ . paśurindraḥ sahasrākṣa evaṃ soyajadavyayaḥ . .8. . tasmim̐stadā mahāyajñe vartamāne mahābhaye . indraḥ samāsadaddaityaṃ hiraṇyākṣaṃ mahābalam ..9 .. > Prahlāda was the udgātṛ, and the dutiful Śukra was the brahmā; / Indra of a thousand eyes was the victim: thus did that imperishable one sacrifice. > While that great and terrifying sacrifice was taking place, / Indra confronted the mighty daitya Hiraṇyākṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_77) vāyurabhyāyayau tūrṇaṃ vipracittiṃ mahābalaḥ . saktobhūt saṃvareṇāṃśo balena13 bhaga eva ca ..8.84.1 0. . virocanena pūṣā ca mitro balimathāsajat . bāṇena varuṇaḥ sārdhamandhakena yamassaha . .1 1 . . jayantenelvalaḥ sārdhaṃ mayena15 saha candramāḥ . ahirbudhnyena rāhuśca kāpālī śataketunā . .1 2 .. > The mighty Vāyu swiftly rushed against Vipracitti; / Aṃśa was engaged with Saṃvara, and Bhaga with Bala; > Pūṣan \[fought\] with Virocana, and then Mitra engaged with Bali; / Varuṇa \[fought\] together with Bāṇa, and Yama together with Andhaka; > Ilvala \[fought\] together with Jayanta, and the Moon together with Maya; / Rāhu \[fought\] with Ahirbudhnya, and Kāpālī with Śataketu; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_78) ajaikapāt kālanemiṃ jvaraḥ kārtasvanena ca . prahlādenāryamā sārdhamanuhlādena vai dharaḥ . . 13 .. > Ajaikapāt \[fought\] Kālanemi, and Jvara \[fought\] with Kārtasvana; / Aryaman together with Prahlāda, and Dhara indeed with Anuhlāda; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_79) 4 sruvo - kha. . 5 .ścāndhaka (ākhyā?) - gha. . 6 prabhuḥ - gha.. ...prabhaḥ (?) . 7 jayobhūcca - gha. . 8 parvaṇābhavan - gha. . 9 ... nnotraṃ - kha., udgātrā - gha. . 10 nyavartata - kha., pravartata - gha.. 11 sahānugaiḥ - gha. . 12 prastotāraśca (?) . 13 saṃvareṇāśurbalena - kha. . 14 ...mathāsṛjat - kha., mayudhyata - gha. . 15 yamena - kha. . 481 dhruvo hradena16 saṃsakto hyanye cānyairmahābalāḥ . hiraṇyākṣastadendrasya17 dṛḍhamāyamya kārmukam ..14. . vivyādha gajamekena kumbhadeśe mahābalaḥ . devendraṃ pañcabhirbāṇairjatrudeśe samāhanat18 . ṣaḍbhirlalāṭe vivyādha gajaṃ bhūyaśca saptabhiḥ . .1 5. . sa gajastaiḥ śarairbhinnaḥ kṣaran rudhiramābabhau . gairikāmbuparisrāvī śvetaḥ parvatarāḍiva .. 1 6.. > Dhruva was joined in battle with Hrada, and other mighty warriors with others. / Then Hiraṇyākṣa, drawing tight his bow, > that mighty one pierced the elephant with one arrow in the frontal globe; / he struck the king of the gods with five arrows in the collarbone, > pierced the elephant with six in the forehead, and again with seven. / Struck by those arrows and shedding blood, that elephant shone > like the white king of mountains pouring forth streams of red-chalk water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_80) tasya kruddhastadā śakro vajreṇa śataparvaṇā . prahāramadadad vyāsa gaṇḍadeśe nanāda ca . . 17. . sa vajraghātaṃ daityendraḥ puṣpaghātamivorjitam . acintayānaḥ sagajaṃ śakramevārdayadbalī . . 1 8.. > Then Śakra, enraged at him, dealt a blow / with his hundred-jointed thunderbolt upon his cheek, O Vyāsa, and roared. > Regardlessly counting that thunderbolt-stroke as merely a stroke of flowers, / that mighty lord of daityas oppressed Śakra along with his elephant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_81) gajopi tena nirbhinnaḥ kṣaradrudhira ābabhau19 . haviṣevānalaḥ krodhāt prajajvāla jagarja ca . .1 9.. > The elephant too, pierced by him, shone as it shed blood; / it flared up in anger like fire fed with clarified butter, and trumpeted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_82) sa vegaṃ mahadāsthāya aṃkuśena ca coditaḥ . hiraṇyākṣarathaṃ tūrṇaṃ jagrāha rathakūbare .. 8.84.20 .. > Summoning immense momentum and urged by the goad, / it swiftly seized Hiraṇyākṣa's chariot by its chariot-pole. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_83) gṛhītvā sa tamutkṣipya20 cikṣepa gajasattamaḥ . meruśṛṃgamivotkṣipya sameghaṃ śvetakuṇḍalī . .2 1 . . gatvā muhūrttaṃ vegena patan rathavaro21 babhau22 . svarbhānunā hataḥ pūrvaṃ saratho bhāskaro yathā . .22 . . tatra samyak sthitaṃ bhūmau hiraṇyākṣarathaṃ punaḥ . ājagāma gajastūrṇaṃ23 jighṛkṣurmunisattama . . 23 . . prasāritakaro dantī stabdhadṛkkarṇabāladhiḥ . abhyadhāvata vegena garutmāniva pannagam . .24. . tamāpatantaṃ vegena samīkṣyāsurasattamaḥ . babhāra24 sa tadā vyomni garutmāniva pannagam . .25.. > Grasping it and lifting it up, that best of elephants hurled it, / like \[a serpent\] with white coils lifting a cloud-capped peak of Mount Meru. > Moving swiftly for an instant and falling, that excellent chariot looked / like the sun in his chariot of old when struck by Svarbhānu. > Then, as Hiraṇyākṣa's chariot came to rest properly upon the ground, / the elephant quickly came back, O best of sages, wishing to seize it again. > With outstretched trunk, stiffened gaze, ears, and tail, the tusker / charged with speed like Garuḍa against a serpent. > Seeing him rushing on with speed, that best of asuras / then whirled him around in the air, like Garuḍa \[whirling\] a serpent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_84) 16 hrādena (?) . 17... stathendrasya - kha., ssurendrasya - gha . 18 samāhataḥ - kha. . 1 9... mābabhau - kha. 20 na (ta) dotkṣipyā - kha. . 21 drathavaro - kha . 22 matau - kha. . 23 rathaṃ tūrṇaṃ - kha . 24 dagāra (?) - kha, vaghāra - gha. . 482 taṃ tu maṇḍalamāvṛttaṃ gajopyanu tathaiva hi . stabdhadṛkkarṇalāṃgūlaḥ prasāritakarobhramat . .26.. > As he wheeled him in a circle, the elephant likewise / circled around, with stiffened gaze, ears, and tail, and outstretched trunk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_85) hāhākṛtamabhūt sarvaṃ sādhusādhviti cobhayoḥ . balayordevadaityānāṃ mūkavaccābhavatpunaḥ .. 27.. > A cry of woe went up, and also cries of 'Bravo! Bravo!' / in both armies of the gods and daityas, and then they fell silent as mutes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_86) sādhu daityeti cānyeṣāṃ hiraṇyākṣeti caiva hi25 . sa gajaskandhago bhāti bhraman suragaṇeśvaraḥ ..28.. > And there were cries from others: 'Well done, Daitya!' and 'Hiraṇyākṣa!' / Riding on the shoulder of the elephant, the whirling lord of the divine host shone, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_87) sapakṣa iva26 śailendre mahiṣograṃ samāsthitaḥ27 . hiraṇyākṣaśca daityendro bhramitvā trirmahāsuraḥ . .29.. > as if a winged mountain mounted on a fierce buffalo. / And having whirled \[the elephant\] three times, the great asura, the lord of daityas Hiraṇyākṣa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_88) gajaṃ drutamivotsārya rathe tasthau mahābalaḥ . yudhyamānastu daityendro dṛḍhamāyamya kārmukam . .8.84.3 0 . . devarājaṃ śaraistīkṣṇaiḥ samantāt paryavārayat . sa taiḥ śaraistadā vyāsa marmasaṃdhiṣu tāḍitaḥ ..3 1 . . vajreṇa śatadhā tasya kavacaṃ pravyaśātayat . hayānāṃ caiva yoktrāṇi sarvāṇyeva tvakṛntata ..3 2.. > set the elephant down swiftly, as it were, and stood in his chariot, full of might. / Fighting on, the lord of daityas drew tight his bow, > and surrounded the king of gods on all sides with sharp arrows. / Then, O Vyāsa, struck by those arrows in vital joints, > \[Indra\] shattered his armor into a hundred pieces with the thunderbolt, / and severed all the harnesses of his horses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_89) raśmīm̐śca sūtahastasthān pratodaṃ caiva kāñcanam . ciccheda vahudhā śakraḥ prahasanniva vīryavān . .33 .. > The reins in the charioteer's hands and the golden whip, / the valiant Śakra cut into many pieces, smiling as it were. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_90) chinnayoktrāstatosyāśvāḥ svachandāḥ saṃpratasthire28 . hiraṇyākṣopyavaplutya gadayā samatāḍayat29 ..34.. > With their harnesses severed, his horses galloped off at will. / Leaping down, Hiraṇyākṣa struck with his mace > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_91) gajaṃ surapatiṃ caiva khaṅgena sa mahāsuraḥ . sa gajastena ghātena tyaktvā taṃ rathasattamam . . 35.. > the elephant and the lord of gods, and that great asura \[struck\] with his sword. / Stunned by that blow, that elephant abandoned that excellent chariot, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_92) śakṛnmūtraṃ sṛjan vyāsa prādravad balavāṃstadā . mardayāno nadam̐ścaiva bhrāmayan surasattamam30 ..3 6 .. > Discharging dung and urine, O Vyāsa, the mighty \[elephant\] then dashed away, / trampling and roaring, shaking the best of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_93) asinābhyāhataścāpi devarājo mahābalaḥ . nārttimānabhavat saṃkhye na - - - - - - -31 . .37. . > Struck by the sword, the mighty king of the gods / did not feel distress in the battle, nor \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_94) 25 ha - kha. . 26 sapakṣamiva - kha. . 27 mahiṣognisamāsthitaḥ - kha. . 28 samatasthire - kha. . 29 māsa ... - kha. . 30 babhrāmāśu rasam̐stadā (?) . 31 na cāpya.. .kṣamābabhau - kha., ca kṣatamanā - gha. . 483 sa dānavendraprahatena dantinā mahābalaḥ prasrutadānagandhinā . amṛṣyamāṇaḥ prayayau pramāthinā hiraṇyanetreṇa yudhi pramāthitaḥ ..38.. iti skandapurāṇe yuddhe caturaśītitamodhyāyaḥ . > \[Critical apparatus and page break\] > Unable to endure that, the mighty \[god\], having been battered in battle by Hiraṇyākṣa the tormentor, / departed on the elephant that had been struck by the lord of the Dānavas and reeked of flowing rutting-juice. > Thus ends the eighty-fourth chapter on the battle, in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_95) sanatkumāra uvāca vipracittirmahāmāyo vāyuṃ bahubhirāśugaiḥ . avākiraddanusuto vṛṣṭyeva hi jalapradaḥ . .1 .. saṃchādayan tadā vyāsa maṇḍalīkṛtakārmukaḥ . iṣūm̐ścikṣepa tīkṣṇāgrāñchalabhān sāgaro yathā ..2.. dhārā balāhakādyadva1 jjyotsnāścandramaso yathā . raśmayo bhāskarādyadvad2 himaṃ himagireriva .. 3 .. tathā3 te śarasaṃghātā4 dhanuṣo maṇḍalīkṛtāt . vipracitterviniṣpetu - - - - - - - -5 ..4. . bhāskaraṃ chādayānām̐stāñcharānāpatato balī . bhagavānanilo vegādasureṣu nyapātayat ..5.. taiḥ śaraistasya daityasya dānavā bahavo7 hatāḥ . chinnāśca niṣṭanantyurvyāṃ nirayasthā yathā narāḥ . .6 .. tāṃstathā nihatān8 dṛṣṭvā vipracittirmahāsuraḥ . avaplutya rathād vāyorbāhuyuddhamayudhyata ..7.. tasya yuddhaprasaktasya vāyorbalamavardhata . amanyanta surāścaiva nigṛhītaṃ danoḥ sutam ..8.. athotpatya tadā vegād gadayā pavanaṃ dṛḍham . atāḍayat hiraṇyākṣo gaṇḍadeśe mahābalaḥ . .9. . > Sanatkumāra said: / The Dānavas’ son Vipracitti, of great illusions, showered Vāyu / with many swift arrows, just like a cloud bearing water with rain. / Covering \[him\] then, O Vyāsa, bending his bow into a circle, / he shot sharp-pointed arrows, as the ocean \[sends forth\] locusts. / As streams from a cloud, as moonlight from the moon, / as rays from the sun, as snow from the snow-mountain, / so those swarms of arrows shot forth from the circled bow / of Vipracitti \[…\]. / As those arrows flew, covering the sun, the powerful / Lord Wind swiftly hurled them down upon the Asuras. / By those arrows of that Daitya, many Dānavas were slain; / and pierced, they wailed on the earth like men dwelling in hell. / Seeing them thus slain, the great Asura Vipracitti / leaped down from his chariot and fought Vāyu in close combat. / As he was engaged in the fight, Vāyu's strength increased, / and the gods thought that Diti's son was subdued. / Then, leaping up swiftly with his mace, the mighty Hiraṇyākṣa / struck Wind firmly upon the region of the cheek. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_96) 1 balāhakānāṃ ca - gha. . 2.. ścai (ccai?) va - kha. . 3 kuthā - kha. . 4 śaraṇaṃyātrā - kha. . 5 ...rvīkṣāmṛnmathabhedataḥ (?) - kha. . 6 balā(t) - kha. . 7 bahuśo - kha. . 8 vihatān - kha. . 9 vāyuṃ bāhuyuddhena yodhayat (?) . 484 sa tena suprahāreṇa hiraṇyākṣasya - - - . ---nyanna10 kiñcicca tata11 eva sa dānavam12 ..8.85.10.. parityajya yayau tūrṇamanyadeśaṃ13 mahābalaḥ . aṃśasaṃvarayoścāpi sumahanmunisattama ..11.. yuddhaṃ samabhavad ghoraṃ draṣṭṝṇāṃ14 tuṣṭivardhanam . aṃśosyāpatatastūrṇam̐ saṃvarasya mahābalaḥ ..12.. darśayam̐llāghavaṃ samyag dhvajaṃ ciccheda kāṃcanam . dhanuśca paṃcadhā kṛtvā hyānninye yamakṣayam .. 13 .. tatosya sāratheḥ kāyācchiro bhūmāvapātayat . bhūya enaṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā sāyakānāmavidhyata ..14.. sa māyāṃ tāmasīṃ ghorāṃ samāviśyāśu dānavaḥ . upalaiścāpi vajraiśca gadābhiḥ parighairapi ..15.. kaṃkaṭaiḥ karavālaiśca bhindipālairayoghanaiḥ . jaghāna sarathaṃ devamaṃśaṃ15 vyāsa raṇājire .16.. sa saṃdṛśya16 samantācca pātyamānaṃ17 mahābhayam . aṃśo mūḍho raṇaṃ tyaktvā prayayāvanyato bhayāt ..17.. > \[Critical apparatus and page break\] > From that powerful blow of Hiraṇyākṣa \[…\] / \[…\] nothing, and from that very spot, the mighty one, / having abandoned the Dānava, quickly went to another place. / Then between Aṃśa and Śaṃbara, O best of sages, / a very great and terrible fight took place, delighting the onlookers. / As Śaṃbara rushed up, the mighty Aṃśa, quickly / displaying full lightness of hand, cut down his golden standard, / and having split his bow into five pieces, sent his horses to the abode of Yama. / Then he brought the head of his charioteer down from the body to the ground; / again he pierced him with sixty-four arrows. / The Dānava, swiftly entering a terrible darkness of illusion, / with stones, with thunderbolts, with maces, and with iron bars, / with armours, with swords, with javelins, and with iron clubs, / struck the god Aṃśa along with his chariot on the battlefield, O Vyāsa. / Seeing that great danger falling upon him from all sides, / Aṃśa, bewildered, abandoned the battle and fled elsewhere out of fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_97) bhago balaṃ18 samāsādya rathenāmbudanādinā . tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti taṃ daityamuktvā vivyādha patriṇā ..18.. sa sāyakaṃ samādāya balosuramahārathaḥ . bhagaṃ19 hastatale tūrṇam̐ nirbibheda rarāsa ca ..19.. tata enaṃ samāsādya māyayā prahasanniva . āāhatyorasi pādena svarathaṃ punarāvrajat ..8.85.20.. tasya tallāghavaṃ śauryamamūḍhatvaṃ savīryatām20 . dṛṣṭvā devāsurāḥ sarve sādhusādhvityapūjayan ..21.. > Bhaga approached Bala in a chariot rumbling like a cloud; / saying to that Daitya, “Halt, halt!”, he pierced him with a feathered arrow. / Taking up an arrow, the great Asura car-warrior Bala / quickly pierced Bhaga through the palm of the hand and roared. / Then, approaching him as if laughing in illusion, / he struck him on the chest with his foot and returned again to his own chariot. / Seeing that agility, valour, composure, and courage of his, / all the gods and Asuras praised him, crying, “Well done! Well done!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_98) 10 tyanta - kha. .. 11 tapa - kha. .. 12 dānava: - kha. .. 13 madhyadaśaṃ - kha. .. 14 daṃṣṭrin (? ) - kha. . māśu - kha. .. 16 samadṛśyan - kha. .. 17 pātayān - kha. .. 1= bali - kha. .. 19 bhago - kha. . 20ca vīryavān - kha. . 485 bhagopi lajjayāviṣṭaḥ padā tenāhatastadā . muśalena hyām̐stasya rathañcaiva sasārathim .22.. nāmaśeṣām̐stadā kṛtvā vinanāda yathāmbudaḥ . syandanaṃ tu balastyaktvā cūrṇitaṃ sahayaṃ tadā ..23.. bhagasya kārmuka divyaṃ bhūmisthaścācchinad21 balī . tata enaṃ pṛṣatkena lalāṭe samatāḍayat ..24.. hastayośca punarvyāsa śarairvivyādha saptabhiḥ . gṛhṇataḥ kārmukaṃ cāsya pṛṣṭhadeśe22 balocchinat23 .25.. punaścānyat punaścānyat sa jagrāha tato bhagaḥ24.. muśalaṃ kālamūlaṃ tat sarvaghātyanalaprabham ..26.. hatosīti tamuktvaiva cikṣepa balanāśanam . tamāpatantaṃ muśalaṃ balo dānavapuṃgavaḥ ..27.. śarairviṣṭambhayāmāsa nandī mṛtyuṃ yathātmanaḥ . atha25 pratihtaṃ matvā muśalaṃ sosuraḥ punaḥ ..28.. dhanuṣkoṭayā bhagaṃ mūrdhni balavān samatāḍayat . rathaśca saha sūtena gṛhītvā kūbare punaḥ .. 29.. > \[Critical apparatus and page break\] > Bhaga too, filled with shame at being struck by his foot, / then with a club reduced his horses, chariot, and charioteer / to nothing but a name, and roared like a cloud. / But Bala, having abandoned that crushed chariot together with the horses, / standing on the ground, the powerful one cut through Bhaga’s divine bow. / Then he struck him on the forehead with a reed-arrow, / and again, O Vyāsa, he pierced his hands with seven shafts. / And as he grasped \[another\] bow, Bala cut it away from his back. / Then Bhaga seized yet another and another; / \[then\] a club, root of death, destroying everything, blazing like fire. / Saying to him, “You are slain!”, he hurled it to destroy Bala. / As that club flew, Bala, the bull among Dānavas, / stopped it with arrows, as Nandī \[subdued\] his own death. / Then, seeing the club thwarted, that powerful Asura again / struck Bhaga on the head with the tip of his bow; / and seizing the chariot together with the charioteer by the pole again, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_99) cikṣepa dakṣiṇasyāṃ sa26 vāyurgirimivārṇave . pūṣā virocanaṃ devaḥ śarairbahubhirāśugaiḥ ..8.85.30.. vivyādha samare kruddhaḥ sa ca taṃ pratyavidhyata . saptabhirniśitairbāṇai (?)riṣubhirmarmabhedibhiḥ ..31.. kruddhaḥ pūṣā tathākṛṣya balavān kārmukaṃ mahat . \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ ....32.. > he hurled it to the south, like the wind \[hurling\] a mountain into the sea. / Enraged in the battle, the god Pūṣan pierced Virocana / with many swift arrows, and he struck back at him / with seven sharp shafts, arrows piercing the vitals. / Enraged, the mighty Pūṣan thus drew his great bow / \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_100) jīvitāntakaraṃ ghoraṃ yugāntādityavarcasam . mumoca ripumuddiśya hṛtastvamiti cocivān .33.. > \[and\] released \[an arrow\], terrible, bringing an end to life, radiant as the sun at the end of an era, / aiming at the enemy, and spoke: “You are destroyed!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.9.45\_101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.9.45_101) 21. ścicchidu(de) - kha. .. 22 pucchideśe - kha. .. 23 balācchinat - kha. .. 24 dhanurbhaṃgaḥ - khaḥ . 25 athā • kha, . 26 dakṣiṇāmāśāṃ - kha. . 486 tamāpatantaṃ bahudhā nadantaṃ27 diśaśca sarvā avabhāsayantam . ulkāḥ sphuliṃgāśca samudgirantaṃ yayau ripūn vegavadutpatantam (?) .34.. sa cāpyavaplutya mahāsurendro dṛṣṭvā tamādityasamānabhāsam . matvāviṣahyaṃ svarathaṃ vihāya viyat samāviśya tatovatasthe ..35.. tattasya sūtañca28 hyopapannaṃ mahārathaṃ sarvagamastravaryam . kṛtvāśu bhasmeva yathā hutāśo29 jagāma khaṃ divyamadṛśyarūpam30 .36.. iti skandapurāṇe yuddhe pañcāśītitamodhyāyaḥ > \[…\] > Seeing it rushing forward, roaring manifoldly, illuminating all the directions, > vomiting meteors and sparks, swooping down swiftly upon the enemies, > that great lord of asuras, leaping down upon seeing it shining like the sun > and deeming it unendurable, abandoned his chariot, entered the sky, and stationed himself there. > Having swiftly turned his charioteer, the formidable chariot, and his excellent, all-traversing weapons into ash like fire, > that divine weapon of invisible form departed into the sky. > Thus ends the eighty-fifth chapter in the War in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 102 of 209 passages. 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