Skandapurana 7.9.45_70

7.9.45_70

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.