Skandapurana 2.4.15
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Nārada said:
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The daityas who had previously been conquered by the gods and were living in Pātāla,
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they too came to the circle of the earth, taking refuge in him without fear.
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Once, seeing Rāhu with his head cut off, that king of daityas
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asked Bhārgava there the reason for his head being severed.
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He told of the churning of the ocean brought about by the gods,
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and the taking away of the jewels, and the defeat of the daityas.
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Hearing of the churning of his own father, his eyes red with rage,
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he dispatched a messenger, Ghasmara, into the presence of Śakra.
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The messenger went to heaven and entered the excellent Sudharmā assembly hall.
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With an unbowed head, he spoke astonishing words to the lord of the gods:
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Ghasmara said:
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"Jalandhara is the son of the ocean, the lord of all daitya folk.
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I am a messenger sent by him; hear what he says:
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'Why was my father, the ocean, churned by you with a mountain?
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All jewels were carried off; give them back to me at once!'"
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Hearing these words of the messenger, the lord of the thirty [gods] was astonished.
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Filled with fear and anger, he addressed the fierce Ghasmara:
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Indra said:
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“Listen, messenger, to why the ocean was churned by me in the past.
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Mountains terrified out of fear of me were placed inside its belly,
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and other Daityas, who were my enemies, were also protected by it long ago.
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Therefore, whatever was produced from it was indeed taken away by me.
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Likewise Śaṅkha, the son of the ocean, previously hated the gods;
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having entered the belly of the ocean, he was slain by my younger brother.
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Therefore go and tell him the entire reason for the churning.”
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Nārada said:
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Thus dismissed by Indra, the messenger then went to earth.
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He then reported all of these words to the Daitya.
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Hearing that, the Daitya, his lip trembling with rage,
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marched to heaven with the Daitya army to fight.
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Then, in the battle, a great destruction of gods and Dānavas took place.
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There in the battle, Bhārgava revived the dead Daityas
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by means of the lore of reviving the dead, with consecrated drops of water.
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Likewise, in that battle, Aṅgiras revived the gods
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by repeatedly bringing divine herbs from Mount Droṇa.
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Seeing the gods thus risen once again in battle,
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Jalandhara, overcome with anger, spoke these words to Bhārgava:
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Jalandhara said:
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“How do the gods slain by me in battle rise again?
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It is renowned that the Saṃjīvinī lore is yours and exists nowhere else.”
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Śukra said:
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“Bringing divine herbs from Mount Droṇa, Aṅgiras revives the gods.
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Therefore, carry off Mount Droṇa quickly.”
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Nārada said:
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Being thus addressed, that lord of Daityas carried off Mount Droṇa
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and swiftly threw it into the ocean, and then returned to the great battle.
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Then, seeing the gods slain, the preceptor went to Mount Droṇa;
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the one worshipped by the gods did not see the king of mountains there.
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Knowing Droṇa had been seized by the Daitya, Dhiṣaṇa, overcome with fear,
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came from afar and spoke, his body agitated by panting:
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“Flee swiftly, O gods! For he cannot be conquered.
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He is indeed born from an aspect of Rudra; remember Śakra's deed!”
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Hearing his words, the gods, then bewildered with fear
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and being slaughtered by the Daitya, fled in the ten directions.
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Seeing the gods routed by the Daityas, the son of the ocean
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entered Amarāvatī amid the sounds of conchs, drums, and cries of victory.
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When the Daitya entered the city, the gods, with Śakra at their head,
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tormented by the Daitya, reached a cave in the Golden Mountain and dwelt [there].
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Then the Asura installed in all the offices of Indra and the others
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the foremost Daityas such as Śumbha individually, and himself went again to the cave in the Golden Mountain.
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Thus ends the fifteenth chapter, named “Attainment of Victory by Jalandhara,” in the eulogy of the month of Kārtika in the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skandamahāpurāṇa, containing eighty-one thousand verses.
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