Skandapurana 7.10.29

7.10.29

[Variant readings: 8 'he likewise' - kha; 9 'he... leaping up then' - gha; 10 'mounting Puṇḍa' - gha; 11 'having taken' - gha; 12 'slaying' - kha; 13 'again the elephant' - kha; 14 'and being slain' - gha; 15 'having leapt down' - kha; 16 'together with the Ādityas' - kha; 17 'they fled (?)'] / 515 / When they were broken, the Daitya lords, with diverse weapons, / rushed after them roaring, making fear visible to them. / Then having gone for a moment, they were restrained by Hiraṇyākṣa; / turned back, they all stood still, brought under the sway of forbearance. / Then Hiraṇyākṣa, skilled in speech, as if smiling, / spoke this word to those wrathful lords of Daityas and Dānavas: / 'What need have you today, O Daityas and Dānavas, of these weaklings, / bound, blocked, and dead in consciousness, the wicked-minded? / Slain are they, there is no doubt of this, whose kingdom has been seized; / they have no life today; do not be in haste, you simpletons!