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# Nandipurana 2.13

Nandipurāṇa 2.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.13.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.32) — 1 part

### [2.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.1)

brahmovāca  
śṛṇu vatsa mahādivyāṃ kathāṃ paurāṇikiṃ śubhāṃ  
dvayoryuddhaṃ pravakṣyāmi kautukaṃ śṛṇu sattama

> I shall declare them and their functions, O purifier of the lineage:  
> hearing, skin, eyes, tongue, and fifth the nose;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.2)

jayacaṃdro mahārājaḥ anāthanātha suṃdaraḥ  
adṛṣṭapraṣṭhako vāhaḥ dātā ca balīvikramī

### [2.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.3)

gobrāhmaṇa prajāpālaḥ dharmarājā prajāpatiḥ  
gajāsano mahāvīraḥ śvetachatraṃ śirodhṛtaṃ

### [2.13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.4)

hemakalaśa saṃyukta dīpta maṇī paridhṛtaṃ  
asaṃkhyāta sahasrāṇāṃ bhṛtyānāṃ pariveṣṭitaḥ

### [2.13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.5)

saptalakṣa mahāśvāśca prācīyā rdhadalakṣatāḥ  
athāto duṃdu rājāsauvaruṇaṃ chatra prastake

### [2.13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.6)

taptahāṭaka saṃdīptaṃ maṇīvṛṃdaiḥ parivṛtaṃ  
cāmarairvījyamāno sau mudgalaiḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ

### [2.13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.7)

kurgaḍānāsikā sphoṭā caṃpagaṃgājalā śubhāḥ  
utpātā śastrasaṃghātai ravatāraṇa varjitāḥ

### [2.13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.8)

tataḥ samudra lopyāha māyāvairaṃ paṭaṃ likhet  
naṃdavāṇa dvijātīnāṃ tvayāvīraṃ nirarthakaṃ

### [2.13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.9)

ityukto duṃdurājena jayacaṃdro vaco'bravīt  
guruvairaṃ gurubhaktāḥ vayaṃvatamihe sadā

### [2.13.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.10)

devasya ca jayaṃdadyāt rāmacaṃdro mahāyaśāḥ  
bhavānīṃ hṛdaye dhyātvā utpatya lovidaṃ haraṃ

### [2.13.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.11)

jayacaṃdro mahāvīro mṛtyebhya ida mabravīt  
amoghaṃ vāṇaṃ mumuce dvitīyaṃ siddha madbhutaṃ

### [2.13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.12)

āhūśca tatoyoddhā mudgalasya bhayaṃkaraḥ  
bhalla śakti kuṭhāraiśca prahṛtāśca dharātale

### [2.13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.13)

ciccheda bhinnagātrāṇi śroṇi tena alaṃkṛtāḥ  
vidhāyāpadiśa statra aśvānāṃ ghātamāpatat

### [2.13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.14)

amoghā vāṇasaṃvṛṣṭi statāvidhā dharātale  
cakramadanasaṃkruddha patitāśca mahāhave

### [2.13.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.15)

aparākīghūrṇitāyāti nṛpaniddhā pataṃti ca  
yāṃtiśūlaṃ yathāpuṣpā dharādṛṣṭānaraiḥ śiraḥ

### [2.13.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.16)

vāṇaṃvāṇena saṃvṛttaṃ varītatra taṭātaṭī  
hayānāṃ ca gajānāṃ ca prahāraiśca diśastadā

### [2.13.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.17)

amoghavāṇa ścakrakaccha kṣuraprālī prahārakaiḥ  
aśaktā vāṇameghaiśca patitāścaiva vihvalāḥ

### [2.13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.18)

tatastukupitā daityāḥ dāruṇaṃ yuddhamad bhutaṃ  
gajadaṃta padairbhinnā yuddhāvāji gaṇā stathā

### [2.13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.19)

gajāgajaiḥ prapadyaṃta aśvavīrā anekaśaḥ  
rathārathai prayāṃtyaṃte tathāvājī paraspara

### [2.13.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.20)

padātathaścapādātaiḥ uṣṭrāuṣṭrai gajāgajaiḥ  
garjaṃti paṃcaśabdāni garjanvai rājaduṃdubhiḥ

### [2.13.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.21)

bhivillairballikānādai romāṃcitaśiroruhāḥ  
raṇatkāra kṣaṇe nādaṃ ārāvaavagarjite

### [2.13.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.22)

raṇāturāmahogrāśca maradaṃṭala ghoṣiṇaḥ  
dharā ca kaṃpitā nādaiḥ hayānāṃ heṣaṇodbhavai

### [2.13.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.23)

gajānāṃśabdasaṃghātaiḥ kaṃpate parvatā balī  
yuddhanāda ravaṃ ghoraṃ śrutvāgarbha prapātanaṃ

### [2.13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.24)

kaṃpitāugragirayaḥ surāṇāṃ nāda miśritaiḥ  
garjitāśca diśo nādaiḥ ṣaḍegajvālamākulāḥ

### [2.13.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.25)

vidyujjvalatihyākāśe khaḍgabhāśakti tomaraiḥ  
ubhau parasparaṃ yuddhaṃ tato yuddhaṃ mahābalaṃ

### [2.13.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.26)

karīkarā hatā nāgā bhūpari pariveṣṭitāḥ  
śuṃḍādaṃḍaiśca daṃtaiśca vakradaṃḍe namarditāḥ

### [2.13.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.27)

bhramaṃti mattanāgendrā stato yoddhā pataṃti ca  
kṣatrapai ghatisaṃghāte tato yuddhā sahasraśaḥ

### [2.13.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.28)

evaṃ raṇaṃ mahāghoraṃ ṣaṇṇamāsaṃ rājasuṃdaraṃ  
patitā pātyamānāśca saṃgrāme mudgalā drutaṃ

### [2.13.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.29)

yuddhānāṃ ca mahāmleccha strigrāyuktaṃ narādhipaiḥ  
ṣaṇṇamāsaṃ ca tato yuddhaṃ ekaikasya ca troṭitaṃ

### [2.13.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.30)

saṃpūrṇe dvādaśe varṣe yuddhe mleccho raṇe hataḥ  
mudgalaśca raṇe hatvā rākṣaseneśa nāyakān

### [2.13.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.31)

harṣitaśca mahārājo jayacaṃdro narādhipaḥ  
tatsainye utsavo jāto gobrāhmaṇa hitānvitaḥ

### [2.13.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.32)

vinaṣṭā mudgalāḥ sarve rājākuśalavāna bhūt  
rājāsainyenakuśalaṃ saṃdīptaṃ raṇagarjitaṃ

### [2.13.32.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.13.32.p1)

iti śrīvahnipurāṇe caturāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ brahmamārīca saṃvāde naṃdavāṇa mahātmye daitya vadho nāma trayodaśodhyāyaḥ

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi~en-mt.2.13) — English, machine translation

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