Skandapurāṇa Adhyāya 103 E-text generated on July 20, 2022 from the original TeX files of: Bisschop, Peter C. and Yuko Yokochi, eds. The Skandapurāṇa. Vol. V. Adhyāyas 96-112. The Varāha Cycle and the Andhaka Cycle Continued. Critical Edition with an Introduction & Annotated English Synopsis, in cooperation with Sanne Dokter-Mersch and Judit Törzsök. Leiden: Brill, 2021. (SP V) https://brill.com/view/title/59532 SP1030010: sanatkumāra uvāca| SP1030011: atha vyāsa samāṃ bhūmiṃ saṃprāptāndānavarṣabhān| SP1030012: uvāca sarvāngambhīraṃ mṛgānsiṃha ivājane|| 1|| SP1030021: bhavanto dānavāḥ sarve daityāśca sumahābalāḥ| SP1030022: mayā mṛgeṇa samare yudhyatāṃ tu punarbhṛśam|| 2|| SP1030031: na lajjā samare 'styadya yuṣmākaṃ dānaveśvarāḥ| SP1030032: athavā na balaṃ vo 'sti mithyā devā hi vo jitāḥ|| 3|| SP1030041: bahavo balavantaśca mṛgaścāhaṃ vanecaraḥ| SP1030042: na manye dharmayuddhe vo matirdānavasattamāḥ|| 4|| SP1030051: na mamāsti dhanuḥ kiṃcinna śastraṃ ca tathāvidham| SP1030052: saśastrairbahubhiryena yudhyeyamasureśvarāḥ|| 5|| SP1030061: te yūyaṃ yadi manyadhvaṃ śastrāṇi tyajatādhunā| SP1030062: mayā caikaikaśaḥ sarve yudhyadhvaṃ nyāyamāsthitāḥ|| 6|| SP1030070: sanatkumāra uvāca| SP1030071: tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā so 'ndhako dānaveśvaraḥ| SP1030072: uvāca sarvāndaityendrānyugāntāmbudavannadan|| 7|| SP1030081: evametadyathāhāyaṃ mṛgo 'suramahārathāḥ| SP1030082: saṃtyajāmo 'dya śastrāṇi yodhayāmaikaśastataḥ|| 8|| SP1030090: prahlāda uvāca| SP1030091: abuddhireṣā daityendrā yathāhāyaṃ mṛgādhamaḥ| SP1030092: samānānāṃ samaiḥ sārdhametadyuddhaṃ praśasyate|| 9|| SP1030101: na mṛgāṇāṃ ca śastrāṇi na bāhubalamityuta| SP1030102: vadhyante ca sadā śastraireṣa dharmaḥ satāṃ mataḥ|| 10|| SP1030111: te vayaṃ kathamutsṛjya svadharmaṃ dānaveśvarāḥ| SP1030112: mṛgadharmaṃ samāsthāya yudhyema paśavo yathā|| 11|| SP1030121: mṛgādhamo 'yaṃ durvṛtta avadhyo nāsmadādibhiḥ| SP1030122: ghnatainaṃ mā vicāro vo mṛge bhavatu sarvaśaḥ|| 12|| SP1030131: māyāmāsthāya duṣṭātmā ko 'pyayaṃ surapāṃsanaḥ| SP1030132: asmānvañcayituṃ daityāḥ kāṅkṣate sudurātmavān|| 13|| SP1030141: kva vaḥ śrutaṃ vā dṛṣṭaṃ vā mṛgāṇāmasureśvarāḥ| SP1030142: manuṣyavadbāhuyuddhaṃ puruṣaiḥ saha saṃyuge|| 14|| SP1030151: eṣa viṣṇurdurācāro durātmā daityakaṇṭakaḥ| SP1030152: aśaktaḥ svena vīryeṇa māyāmāsthāya saṃsthitaḥ|| 15|| SP1030161: tatastaṃ balavānkruddho dhanuṣāsau 'sureśvaraḥ| SP1030162: śarairavākiradvyāsa bahubhirvirarāsa ca|| 16|| SP1030171: andhako vipracittiśca sarve ca ditidānavāḥ| SP1030172: avākirañcharaistīkṣṇaiḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ|| 17|| SP1030181: atha devaḥ susaṃrabdho viddhastairdānavairbhṛśam| SP1030182: śuśubhe bhāskarakaraiḥ saṃbaddho himavāniva|| 18|| SP1030191: sa vegaṃ balavānkṛtvā vidhunvānaḥ śarāñchitān| SP1030192: salīlaṃ prayayau devaḥ prahlādaṃ prati dānavam|| 19|| SP1030201: sa gatvā tasya sahasā sārathiṃ rathameva ca| SP1030202: daṃṣṭrābhiśca karābhyāṃ ca nāmaśeṣaṃ cakāra ha|| 20|| SP1030211: tato rathādavaprutya hanyamāno 'pi dānavaiḥ| SP1030212: rathadhvajena taṃ daityaṃ mūrdhni devo 'bhijaghnivān|| 21|| SP1030221: prahlādo 'pi tatotpatya gadayā bhīmarūpayā| SP1030222: ājaghānorasi kruddho vighno dharmaṃ yathāsthitam|| 22|| SP1030231: sa tenābhihato devo muktvā tasya rathaṃ tadā| SP1030232: tameva deśamāyāto pūrvaṃ yatrābhavatsthitaḥ|| 23|| SP1030241: tato 'ndhako vipracittiḥ śambaraḥ kālaśambaraḥ| SP1030242: śarairāśīviṣākārairbibhidurnandivardhanam|| 24|| SP1030251: sa bhinnastaistadā vyāsa śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ| SP1030252: bhidyamānaśca bahudhā maṇḍalāni cacāra ha|| 25|| SP1030261: kadācitsiṃhavaccāpi plavate nardate 'pi ca| SP1030262: śārdūlavatkadācicca bhūmāvātmānamāhave|| 26|| SP1030271: vitatya sa mahāvīryastiṣṭhate sāyakānsahan| SP1030272: pādena tata utthāya avakīrya vṛṣo yathā|| 27|| SP1030281: pakṣivatsa tadākāśe maṇḍalāni mṛgeśvaraḥ| SP1030282: bhramitvā niścalastasthau varāhaḥ parvato yathā|| 28|| SP1030291: evaṃ bahuvidhānmārgānvicaritvā mahābalaḥ| SP1030292: vegenaiva karābhyāṃ sa rathau jagrāha nādayan| SP1030293: vipracitteśca balavānandhakasya ca suprabhaḥ|| 29|| SP1030301: bhrāmayitvā muhūrtaṃ ca sahāśvaiḥ saha sāyakaiḥ| SP1030302: bhūmāvutkṣipya cikṣepa babhañja ca punaḥ padā| SP1030303: rathe sthitau ca tau daityau punarmūrdhnanyatāḍayat|| 30|| SP1030311: tau hatāvatisaṃkruddhau gade codyamya vegitau| SP1030312: varāhaṃ mūrdhni yugapatsamāhatya vinedatuḥ|| 31|| SP1030321: tābhyāṃ sa balavānkruddho hastābhyāṃ raktalocanaḥ| SP1030322: gade jagrāha yattābhyāṃ balādeva mṛgeśvaraḥ|| 32|| SP1030331: tato 'caranmaṇḍalāni vividhāni janārdanaḥ| SP1030332: gadāviśāradaḥ samyagvicitrāṇi bahūni ca|| 33|| SP1030341: ākṣiptamatha vikṣiptamavākṣiptaṃ ca maṇḍalam| SP1030342: utkṣiptamatha nikṣiptaṃ visṛṣṭaṃ dhāvitaṃ tathā|| 34|| SP1030351: parāvṛttaṃ nivṛttaṃ ca ardhacandramathāpi ca| SP1030352: viṣṭabdhaṃ codyataṃ caiva haṃsodbhramaṇameva ca|| 35|| SP1030361: gadāviśāradaḥ samyagbhramitvā maṇḍalāni ca| SP1030362: gadāmupari cikṣepa so 'ndhakāya vinādayan| SP1030363: aparāṃ vipracitteśca balavānnandivardhanaḥ|| 36|| SP1030371: te gade tau mahāvegau dānavau sudurāsadau| SP1030372: vañcayitvā raṇe bhūyo varāhaṃ prati dānavau| SP1030373: ādhāvitau yathā deśamutpātau vegitāviva|| 37|| SP1030381: tayorāpatatoreva varāho 'sau mahābalaḥ| SP1030382: muṣṭināndhakamāhatya vipracittiṃ padāvadhīt|| 38|| SP1030391: andhakastasya muṣṭiṃ taṃ vipracittiḥ padaṃ ca ha| SP1030392: kruddhau jagṛhaturdaityau hatastvamitivādinau| SP1030393: nādayānau yathākāle kṛṣṇāviva balāhakau|| 39|| SP1030401: sa gṛhītastadā tābhyāṃ mahātmā surasattamaḥ| SP1030402: utpapāta viyadvegātpakṣirāḍiva kāśyapaḥ|| 40|| SP1030411: viyatstho vibabhau daityāvudvahansa mṛgeśvaraḥ| SP1030412: garutmāniva pakṣīśo bhakṣārthaṃ gajakacchapau|| 41|| SP1030421: vinadya sa tadākāśe vidhūya ca karau balī| SP1030422: pādaṃ caivābhicikṣepa tau daityau bhujagāviva|| 42|| SP1030431: tau kṣiptau petaturvyāsa dānavau yuddhadurmadau| SP1030432: dārayānau mahīṃ ghorāvaśanī khāccyutāviva|| 43|| SP1030441: asāvapi ca deveśo varāho nandivardhanaḥ| SP1030442: rathānvai sarvadaityānāṃ cūrṇayāmāsa vīryavān|| 44|| SP1030451: gṛhītvā kūbare kaṃcitsa cikṣepa mahārṇavam| SP1030452: kaṃcitpadā samāhatya pāṃsusāyujyamānayat|| 45|| SP1030461: kaṃcidrathaṃ rathenaiva padātiṃ ca padātinā| SP1030462: gajaṃ gajena cāhatya sa ninye yamasādanam|| 46|| SP1030470: sanatkumāra uvāca| SP1030471: te 'tha vidrāvitāḥ sarve lajjāṃ paramikāṃ gatāḥ| SP1030472: daityadānavaśārdūlā vinivṛttā yathābalāḥ|| 47|| SP1030481: ekena sarve vijitāsurendrāḥ parasparaṃ vīkṣya mukhāni śūrāḥ| SP1030482: vrīḍānvitāstaṃ punareva devaṃ varāhadehaṃ parivārya tasthuḥ|| 48|| SP1039999: iti skandapurāṇe tryuttaraśato 'dhyāyaḥ||