Skandapurāṇa Adhyāya 108 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 SP1080010: sanatkumāra uvāca| SP1080011: tasminvinihate daitye surāḥ sarve 'bhituṣṭuvuḥ| SP1080012: ṛṣayaśca tapoyuktāḥ puṣpavṛṣṭyaśca petire|| 1|| SP1080021: devadundubhayo neduradṛśyāḥ sumahāsvanāḥ| SP1080022: bhūtānāṃ cābhavaccharma prakṛtisthaṃ jagadbabhau|| 2|| SP1080031: jagāmādṛśyatāṃ cakraṃ tataḥ svasthā babhuḥ surāḥ| SP1080032: ṛṣayaścaiva lokāśca daityaṃ ca dadṛśurhatam|| 3|| SP1080041: asurāpi hi te sarve puradvārāṇi sarvaśaḥ| SP1080042: pidhāya yatnātsaṃnaddhāḥ prākāreṣvavatasthire|| 4|| SP1080051: te bhītā muktakeśāśca rajodhvastā bhayārditāḥ| SP1080052: jīvitaṃ saṃparīpsantaḥ sthitāḥ prākāragāstadā|| 5|| SP1080061: bhagavānapi dīptārcirhaviṣeddha ivānalaḥ| SP1080062: bhīṣayāno 'surānsarvānpṛthivīmanvacinvata|| 6|| SP1080071: sa bahiḥ sarvato 'nviṣya utpāṭya ca mahīruhān| SP1080072: praṇaṣṭāmiva gāṃ gopaḥ samantādanvacinvata|| 7|| SP1080081: parvatānsa tadotpāṭya devodyānānyacūrṇayat| SP1080082: ārāmānsa taḍāgāni babhañja ca rarāsa ca|| 8|| SP1080091: tato dakṣiṇato gatvā muhūrtaṃ devasattamaḥ| SP1080092: śaṅkhaṃ parvatamāsādya nanarda jalado yathā|| 9|| SP1080101: asurāpi hi te bhītāḥ prākārāntarasaṃsthitāḥ| SP1080102: avekṣanta mṛgendraṃ taṃ dhāvantaṃ sarvatodiśaḥ|| 10|| SP1080111: so 'pi devastadā śaṅkhamutpāṭya nagamuttamam| SP1080112: apaśyatpṛthivīṃ baddhāṃ rakṣyamāṇāṃ ca dānavaiḥ|| 11|| SP1080121: sāgarāmbhasi vikṣipya śaṅkhaṃ taṃ parvatottamam| SP1080122: avadhīddānavānsarvānmedinyā ye 'bhirakṣiṇaḥ|| 12|| SP1080131: tato vidrāvya nāgendrānpragṛhya pṛthivīṃ balāt| SP1080132: jagāma daityānsaṃdṛśya ratnānyādāya sarvaśaḥ|| 13|| SP1080141: sa tāṃ daṃṣṭrāṅkure lagnāṃ vahanbhāti mṛgeśvaraḥ| SP1080142: viṣāṇalagnāṃ lambantīṃ mṛṇālīṃ gajarāḍiva|| 14|| SP1080151: sa tāṃ sāgaramadhyena vahanbhāti mṛgeśvaraḥ| SP1080152: varāharūpī kālānte brahmeva vasudhāṃ purā|| 15|| SP1080161: sa sāgaraṃ tamuttīrya bhagavānnandivardhanaḥ| SP1080162: sve sthāne sthāpayāmāsa mahīṃ tāṃ punareva hi|| 16|| SP1080171: tataḥ śakrāya lokāṃstrīnadātsa madhusūdanaḥ| SP1080172: uvāca rājā tvaṃ no 'dya mitraṃ cāhaṃ tavānagha|| 17|| SP1080181: ye 'nye 'pi te 'rayaḥ kecidbhaviṣyantyasureśvarāḥ| SP1080182: teṣāmapi vadhaṃ ghoraṃ kariṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ|| 18|| SP1080191: tatastamṛṣayaḥ sarve devatāśca savāsavāḥ| SP1080192: ūcuḥ svāṃ mūrtimāsthāya yathā pūrvaṃ tathā bhava|| 19|| SP1080200: varāha uvāca| SP1080201: iyaṃ mūrtirmayā devāḥ prāptā paramavarcasaḥ| SP1080202: na cānayā ratiḥ kācitprāptā me sadṛśī bhuvi|| 20|| SP1080211: so 'haṃ kaṃcidvihṛtyeha kālaṃ mūrtyānayā sukham| SP1080212: bhaviṣyāmi punardevaḥ satyametadbravīmi vaḥ|| 21|| SP1080220: sanatkumāra uvāca| SP1080221: tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ| SP1080222: pradakṣiṇamupāvṛtya jagmuḥ sthānāni sarvaśaḥ|| 22|| SP1080231: gateṣu devasaṃgheṣu bhagavānnandivardhanaḥ| SP1080232: vijahāra sukhaṃ tatra hatvā dānavapuṃgavam|| 23|| SP1080241: tasya tatropatiṣṭhanta mṛgyo bhūtvā sahasraśaḥ| SP1080242: vaidikyo 'psarasaḥ śubhrāstābhiḥ saha rarāma saḥ|| 24|| SP1080251: sa tābhirvicarandevo mahātmā nandivardhanaḥ| SP1080252: reme matto mahānāgo yathāraṇye kareṇubhiḥ|| 25|| SP1080261: sa siṃha iva siṃhībhiḥ śārdūla iva connadan| SP1080262: rarāma sāgarānūpe airāvata ivāparaḥ|| 26|| SP1080271: ramamāṇasya siddhāśca ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ| SP1080272: puṣpāṇāṃ rucirā vṛṣṭīḥ pātayanti viyatsthitāḥ|| 27|| SP1080281: tuṣṭuvuścāpare nityaṃ cakruścainaṃ pradakṣiṇam| SP1080282: devadundubhayo nityaṃ sarva eva nyavādayan|| 28|| SP1080291: nṛtyantyapsarasaścāpi varāhasyāgratastadā| SP1080292: vādayanti ca gandharvā gāyanti ca mahātmanaḥ|| 29|| SP1080301: ramayanto varāhaṃ taṃ devāścendrapurogamāḥ| SP1080302: yakṣāḥ puṇyajanā ye ca tathā devajanāśca ye|| 30|| SP1080311: yātudhānāśca ye kecidbrahmadhānāśca sarvaśaḥ| SP1080312: manuṣyāḥ paśavaścaiva ṛṣayaścaiva sarvaśaḥ|| 31|| SP1080321: rājanyāḥ kṣatriyāḥ sarve nikāyāścaiva sarvaśaḥ| SP1080322: tatrājagmurnirīkṣanto varāhasyotsavaṃ śubham| SP1080323: bahvāścaryasamākīrṇaṃ bahvālakṣyaṃ sadaiva ca|| 32|| SP1080331: evaṃ tasyābhavadvyāsa varāhasya mahātmanaḥ| SP1080332: utsavaḥ sumahāndivyaḥ pratyahaṃ nandivardhanaḥ|| 33|| SP1080341: tasyotsavo 'sau ṛṣisaṃghajuṣṭaḥ sadā suraiḥ siddhajanaiśca juṣṭaḥ| SP1080342: gandharvayakṣoragarākṣasaiśca vidyādharaiścaiva sahāpsarobhiḥ|| 34|| SP1089999: iti skandapurāṇe 'ṣṭottaraśato 'dhyāyaḥ||