Skandapurāṇa Adhyāya 86 E-text generated on February 12, 2019 from the original TeX files of: Peter C. Bisschop and Yuko Yokochi, eds. The Skandapurāṇa. Vol. IV. Start of the Skanda and Andhaka Cycles. Critical Edition with an Introduction & Annotated English Synopsis, in cooperation with Diwakar Acharya and Judit Törzsök. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2018. SP0860010: sanatkumāra uvāca| SP0860011: tato dagdhe rathe khastho dānavaḥ sa virocanaḥ| SP0860012: vegenāsiṃ viniṣkṛṣya sa pūṣṇo niśitāñcharān|| 1|| SP0860021: cicchedāpatataḥ sarvānkārmukaṃ caiva vīryavān| SP0860022: tathā cainaṃ punarmūrdhni khaḍgena samatāḍayat|| 2|| SP0860031: sa tena suprahāreṇa kṣaradrudhiramastakaḥ| SP0860032: rathopasthe papātāśu vṛttotsava iva dhvajaḥ|| 3|| SP0860041: patitaṃ taṃ sa daityendraḥ pragṛhyāśu mahābalaḥ| SP0860042: cikṣepa devarājānaṃ nardamānaḥ payodavat|| 4|| SP0860051: baliṃ vivyādha mitraśca jatrudeśe śaraistribhiḥ| SP0860052: balirekena bhallena tasya ciccheda kārmukam|| 5|| SP0860061: athainaṃ punaranyena hṛdaye samatāḍayat| SP0860062: sa mūḍho mṛtakalpaśca rathopasthe sasāda ha|| 6|| SP0860071: taṃ sārathirmṛtyubhayādviṣaṇṇaṃ mitramāsthitam| SP0860072: apovāha tadā vyāsa tato daityā vicukruśuḥ|| 7|| SP0860081: bāṇaṃ vivyādha varuṇaḥ kṣudrakāṇāṃ śatena ha| SP0860082: sa kārmukaśatāni sma pañca bāṇaḥ pratāpavān| SP0860083: ākṛṣya yugapatkruddhaḥ śarāṃścikṣepa tāvataḥ|| 8|| SP0860091: tānāpatata evātha varuṇo laghuhastavān| SP0860092: ekaikaṃ pañcadhā kṛtvā bāṇaṃ vivyādha pañcabhiḥ|| 9|| SP0860101: tato 'sya kārmukānsarvānvaruṇaḥ prahasanbalī| SP0860102: ciccheda sāyakaistīkṣṇaistadadbhutamivābhavat|| 10|| SP0860111: atha cchinnadhanurdaityastasya cikṣepa vai gadām| SP0860112: chinnāṃ dṛṣṭvā ca tāṃ bhūyo gadāḥ pañcāsṛjadbalī|| 11|| SP0860121: sa ekasyāṃ tadāsaktastā gadā nābhyavīkṣata| SP0860122: avīkṣitāśca tāḥ sarvāḥ petustasya tadopari|| 12|| SP0860131: kācinmukuṭamāruhya nipapāta mahītale| SP0860132: kācicca kārmukaṃ ghoraṃ hastādasya nyapātayat|| 13|| SP0860141: kāciddhvajaṃ dṛḍhaṃ divyaṃ cikṣepa dharaṇītale| SP0860142: kāciddhayāṃstadāhatya pāṃsugrāsāṃścakāra ha|| 14|| SP0860151: urasyūrūdare kaṭyāmaparāstasya tā gadāḥ| SP0860152: patatyaḥ sumahāghorā ārtiṃ cakrurmahābhayāḥ|| 15|| SP0860161: evaṃ sa tena virathaḥ kṛtaḥ kṛcchreṇa dhīmatā| SP0860162: varuṇastaṃ samutsṛjya jagāmānyadraṇājiram|| 16|| SP0860171: yamo 'ndhakaṃ samāsādya tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti coditaḥ| SP0860172: andhakasya tato daṇḍaṃ rathaṃ prati samutsṛjat|| 17|| SP0860181: sa rathaṃ tasya saṃcūrṇaṃ kṛtvā śatasahasraśaḥ| SP0860182: yamahastaṃ punargatvā tathaiva samatiṣṭhata|| 18|| SP0860191: andhako 'pi rathaṃ tyaktvā gadāpāṇirmahābalaḥ| SP0860192: yamaṃ samabhidudrāva krodhādvahniṃ samudgiran|| 19|| SP0860201: sa tasya dhāvato vegātpitṛrājo yamaḥ svayam| SP0860202: daṇḍenaiva gadāmugrāṃ bhasmasāyujyamānayat|| 20|| SP0860211: sa prahasya tadā cainamuvāca prasabhaṃ yamaḥ| SP0860212: bhavato dhāma yadabhūttatte vinihataṃ mayā|| 21|| SP0860221: sāmprataṃ tvāmapi punarnayiṣyāmi svamālayam| SP0860222: ahaṃ hi sarvalokasya maraṇe heturīśvaraḥ|| 22|| SP0860231: mayā vairaṃ samāsādya kva me jīvanvimokṣyase| SP0860232: adya tvā nihaniṣyāmi sudṛṣṭaṃ kriyatāṃ jagat|| 23|| SP0860241: athavā tvaṃ gataḥ pūrvamadyaivāndhaka matpuram| SP0860242: punardraṣṭāsi tatraiva sarvānetānsuradviṣaḥ|| 24|| SP0860250: sanatkumāra uvāca| SP0860251: athaivaṃvādinaṃ yuddhe nirbhīrandhakadānavaḥ| SP0860252: uvāca taṃ yamaṃ kruddhaṃ krodhāddīptānalekṣaṇaḥ|| 25|| SP0860261: hiraṇyākṣasuto dṛpta andhako 'smi surāntakaḥ| SP0860262: mahāyogabalopeto nāsmi prākṛtadānavaḥ|| 26|| SP0860271: aṅgādyena samutkṛtya bhāgānmāṃsasya kārṣikān| SP0860272: saṃvatsaraśatānyaṣṭau pañca caiva huto 'nalaḥ|| 27|| SP0860281: tuṣṭo brahmā dadau yasya sadaivāmaratāṃ śubhām| SP0860282: so 'haṃ nāmnā mahāsattvo mṛtyustava na saṃśayaḥ|| 28|| SP0860291: na tvaṃ mama kṛto mṛtyuḥ siṃhasyeva vane śaśaḥ| SP0860292: ahaṃ tu bhavitā mṛtyustava nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ|| 29|| SP0860301: adya tvāhaṃ durātmānaṃ sarvalokabhayaṃkaram| SP0860302: hatvā śreyo vidhāsyāmi trailokyasyeti me matiḥ|| 30|| SP0860311: devānāṃ ca bhavānnityaṃ hantavyo vipriye sthitaḥ| SP0860312: teṣāmapi priyaṃ hṛdyaṃ bhaviṣyati hate tvayi|| 31|| SP0860321: na tvayāsāditaṃ pūrvaṃ haratā jīvitāni ha| SP0860322: kiṃcidbhūtaṃ mahadbhūtaṃ tena tvaṃ nirbhayaḥ sadā|| 32|| SP0860331: devāstava bhayādbhītā aśaktāstvadvadhe tataḥ| SP0860332: amṛtādīni lipsanti pūjayanti sadā ca te|| 33|| SP0860341: adya tvayi hate krūre nirdvandvāste 'pi sāsurāḥ| SP0860342: amṛtena yathā prītiṃ kariṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ|| 34|| SP0860351: adya garvaṃ ca darpaṃ ca yogamāhātmyameva ca| SP0860352: prāṇaiḥ sahaiva dehātte nāśayiṣyāmi sarvaśaḥ|| 35|| SP0860360: sanatkumāra uvāca| SP0860361: sa evamasurendreṇa tarjito bhāskarātmajaḥ| SP0860362: daṇḍenāsuraśārdūlamuttamāṅge 'bhyatāḍayat|| 36|| SP0860371: kālaśca kiṃkareṇaiva hṛdaye samatāḍayat| SP0860372: mṛtyuścāśaninā kṣipraṃ śirasyeva vyatāḍayat|| 37|| SP0860381: kaṇṭhe ca niyatistasya pāśaṃ cikṣepa dāruṇam| SP0860382: kṛtāntaḥ parighenainaṃ gaṇḍadeśe samāhanat|| 38|| SP0860391: sa tairamoghairyāmyaiśca prahato 'ndhakadānavaḥ| SP0860392: puṣpavṛṣṭyā yathā kaścinnārtimānabhavattadā|| 39|| SP0860401: na pāśāstasya līyante daṇḍo vā parigho 'pi vā| SP0860402: anyāni cāsya tīvrāṇi na duḥkhāya bhavantyuta|| 40|| SP0860411: tataḥ sarvaistadotkruṣṭaṃ dānavaiḥ sarvatodiśam| SP0860412: avādyanta ca tūryāṇi mumude cāndhako bhṛśam|| 41|| SP0860421: sa teṣāṃ tuṣṭiśabdena madavīryasamīritaḥ| SP0860422: vinadyāmbudavadvyāsa yamamevābhidudruve|| 42|| SP0860431: sa gatvā tasya vegena hanyamāno 'pi kiṃkaraiḥ| SP0860432: ājaghāna mahāvego muṣṭinorasi taṃ yamam| SP0860433: puṇḍraṃ ca mahiṣaṃ tasya śirasyabhyahanatpadā|| 43|| SP0860441: tāvubhau vihvalau tatra bhramitvā kiṃcidantaram| SP0860442: hitvāndhakaṃ tatastūrṇaṃ yayaturmunisattama|| 44|| SP0860451: jayantaścelvalaṃ prāpya vivyādha daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ| SP0860452: tasyelvalaścakartāśu dhvajaṃ ratnavibhūṣitam| SP0860453: hayānāṃ caiva yoktrāṇi pratodaṃ caiva kāñcanam|| 45|| SP0860461: vinā yoktrairhayāstasya rathaṃ tyaktvā samuddhatāḥ| SP0860462: nānā vijagmurheṣanto jayanto viratho 'bhavat|| 46|| SP0860471: sa rathaṃ saṃparityajya bhūsthaḥ śakrātmajaḥ prabhuḥ| SP0860472: ilvalasya hayānsūtaṃ dhvajaṃ caiva nyapātayat|| 47|| SP0860481: tāvubhau virathau bhūtvā anyonyavijayaiṣiṇau| SP0860482: avidhyetāṃ tadānyasya kārmukaṃ sāyakaiḥ śitaiḥ|| 48|| SP0860491: parasparavinirmuktānubhau saṃvārya sāyakān| SP0860492: astrairastrāṇi saṃvārya nedatuḥ sāgarāviva|| 49|| SP0860501: atha śakrasutaḥ śrīmāṃl labdhvā tasya tadāntaram| SP0860502: dhanuściccheda bhallena nanāda ca punaḥ punaḥ|| 50|| SP0860511: sa vikṛttadhanurdaityaḥ khaḍgaṃ dīptānalaprabham| SP0860512: bhrāmayitvā vicikṣepa tamapyasyācchinattadā|| 51|| SP0860521: gṛhītvāthāsya patitāṃ gadāṃ hemavibhūṣitām| SP0860522: bhrāmayitvā tu cikṣepa sā pradudrāva vegavat|| 52|| SP0860531: sa yāvattāṃ gadāṃ ghorāṃ śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ| SP0860532: viciccheda diteḥ putrastāvadasyācchinaddhanuḥ|| 53|| SP0860541: atha yāvanna nistriṃśaṃ jagrāhāditinandanaḥ| SP0860542: tāvadenaṃ padā daityo vāmenorasyatāḍayat|| 54|| SP0860551: tameva tasya jagrāha pādaṃ tu sa mahābalaḥ| SP0860552: jayanto 'bhrāmayaccainaṃ nardamāno yathāmbudaḥ|| 55|| SP0860561: tato hāhākṛtamabhūdasurāṇāṃ bale mahat| SP0860562: yāta trāyata daityendramilvalaṃ śīghramityuta|| 56|| SP0860571: devānāṃ siṃhanādāśca śaṅkhaśabdāśca puṣkalāḥ| SP0860572: tūryāṇi cāpyavādyanta sādhu sādhviti cābhavat|| 57|| SP0860581: jayanto 'pi yathā cakraṃ vidhātā balavāṃstathā| SP0860582: bhrāmayāmāsa taṃ daityaṃ yugāntāmbudavannadan|| 58|| SP0860591: atha svayaṃ hiraṇyākṣaḥ so 'ndhako balireva ca| SP0860592: bāṇo 'tha vipracittiśca śambaro 'tha virocanaḥ|| 59|| SP0860601: kālakeyāśca te daityāḥ paulomāḥ siṃhikāsutāḥ| SP0860602: nivātakavacāścainaṃ samantātparyavārayan|| 60|| SP0860611: sa taiḥ śarairgadābhiśca parighairdīrghavedhanaiḥ| SP0860612: anyaiśca bahubhiścitrairāyudhaiḥ prahato bhṛśam|| 61|| SP0860621: sa hanyamānastaṃ devo jayantaḥ śakranandanaḥ| SP0860622: hiraṇyākṣopari kṣiptvā prādravadyena devatāḥ|| 62|| SP0869999: iti skandapurāṇe ṣaḍaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ||