Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 69
PdP 1 69.1
व्यास उवाच- तारेयो बलसंपन्नः शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमः। जघान विशिखैस्स्कन्दं पितृघातिनमाहवे
vyāsa uvāca- tāreyo balasaṃpannaḥ śakratulyaparākramaḥ| jaghāna viśikhaisskandaṃ pitṛghātinamāhave
Vyāsa said: Tāra's son, endowed with strength, of valour equal to Śakra's, struck Skanda with arrows in the battle — (Skanda) the slayer of his father.
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PdP 1 69.2
ततस्स्कन्दो महाबाहुर्हरितुल्यपराक्रमः। विचकर्त शरांस्तांस्तान्निर्बिभेद शरोत्तमैः
tatasskando mahābāhurharitulyaparākramaḥ| vicakarta śarāṃstāṃstānnirbibheda śarottamaiḥ
Then Skanda of mighty arms, of valour equal to Hari's, cut apart those arrows and pierced (him) with excellent arrows.
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PdP 1 69.3
स दैत्यस्सहसा स्कंदं छादयामास मार्गणैः। असंभ्रान्तः प्रचिच्छेद विशाखो विशिखैस्तदा
sa daityassahasā skaṃdaṃ chādayāmāsa mārgaṇaiḥ| asaṃbhrāntaḥ praciccheda viśākho viśikhaistadā
That Daitya suddenly covered Skanda with his shafts; unperturbed, Viśākha then cut them apart with his arrows.
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PdP 1 69.4
तारेयोग्निशरैः स्कंदं जघान रणमूर्धनि। विशिखं भिदुरप्रख्यं चखान हरनंदने
tāreyogniśaraiḥ skaṃdaṃ jaghāna raṇamūrdhani| viśikhaṃ bhiduraprakhyaṃ cakhāna haranaṃdane
Tāra's son struck Skanda with fire-arrows at the head of the battle, and drove into Hara's son an arrow like the thunderbolt.
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PdP 1 69.5
वैश्वानरेण सेनानीस्तत्र संपर्यवारयत्। रौद्रमस्त्रं पुनर्दैत्यः प्रेषयामास तं प्रति
vaiśvānareṇa senānīstatra saṃparyavārayat| raudramastraṃ punardaityaḥ preṣayāmāsa taṃ prati
The commander of the army warded it off there with the Vaiśvānara (fire weapon). Again the Daitya sent the Raudra weapon against him.
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PdP 1 69.6
तन्निरस्तं कृतं तेन बाणेनास्फालितेन च। अघोरं प्राक्षिपद्दैत्यो घोररूपं सुदारुणं
tannirastaṃ kṛtaṃ tena bāṇenāsphālitena ca| aghoraṃ prākṣipaddaityo ghorarūpaṃ sudāruṇaṃ
That was rendered ineffective by him with an arrow struck (against it); (then) the Daitya hurled the Aghora (weapon), terrible in form and most dreadful.
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PdP 1 69.7
भूधरा विटपास्सिंहास्तथा सर्पादयः शराः। धावंति पार्वतीपुत्रं कोटिकोटिसहस्रशः
bhūdharā viṭapāssiṃhāstathā sarpādayaḥ śarāḥ| dhāvaṃti pārvatīputraṃ koṭikoṭisahasraśaḥ
Arrows (in the form of) mountains, tree-branches, lions, and likewise serpents and the rest run at Pārvatī's son by many thousands of millions.
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PdP 1 69.8
छित्वा तांस्तुशरान्स्कंदो बिभेद दैत्यपुंगवं। आपादं शीर्षपर्यंतं शरैरग्न्यर्कसन्निभैः
chitvā tāṃstuśarānskaṃdo bibheda daityapuṃgavaṃ| āpādaṃ śīrṣaparyaṃtaṃ śarairagnyarkasannibhaiḥ
But Skanda, having cut those arrows, pierced the bull among Daityas from foot to head with arrows resembling fire and the sun.
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PdP 1 69.9
स्वर्णपुंखाः शरा लग्ना देहे दैत्यपतेर्भृशं। रेजुस्ते स्वर्णशकला यथा कृष्णशिलोच्चये
svarṇapuṃkhāḥ śarā lagnā dehe daityapaterbhṛśaṃ| rejuste svarṇaśakalā yathā kṛṣṇaśiloccaye
The gold-feathered arrows stuck fast in the body of the Daitya lord; they shone like flakes of gold on a heap of black rock.
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PdP 1 69.10
तस्य देहात्ततश्चैव बहु सुस्राव शोणितं। यथा च माधवे मासि पुरुपुष्पश्शमी तरुः
tasya dehāttataścaiva bahu susrāva śoṇitaṃ| yathā ca mādhave māsi purupuṣpaśśamī taruḥ
And then much blood streamed from his body, as (sap does from) the śamī tree, full of blossoms, in the month of Mādhava.
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PdP 1 69.11
स्यंदनाधश्चराश्वाश्च शिश्यिरे भूमिलग्नकाः। अथ क्रुद्धो महादैत्यः शूलं भीमं च दारुणं
syaṃdanādhaścarāśvāśca śiśyire bhūmilagnakāḥ| atha kruddho mahādaityaḥ śūlaṃ bhīmaṃ ca dāruṇaṃ
The chariot and the horses beneath it lay down, stuck to the ground. Then the great demon, enraged, (took up) a spear, terrible and cruel,
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PdP 1 69.12
धृत्वा तं प्रतिचिक्षेप कालमृत्युसमप्रभं। पार्वतीनंदनेनापि शूलं पाशुपतेन ह
dhṛtvā taṃ praticikṣepa kālamṛtyusamaprabhaṃ| pārvatīnaṃdanenāpi śūlaṃ pāśupatena ha
and, holding it, hurled it (at him)—(a spear) blazing like Time and Death; and by the son of Pārvatī too the Pāśupata spear (was hurled).
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PdP 1 69.13
क्षिप्तं तेन कृतं दग्धं मुहूर्तेन रणाजिरे। पुनः शक्तिं मुमोचाथ ब्रह्मदत्तान्तु दानवः
kṣiptaṃ tena kṛtaṃ dagdhaṃ muhūrtena raṇājire| punaḥ śaktiṃ mumocātha brahmadattāntu dānavaḥ
Hurled by him, it was burnt up in a moment on the battlefield. Then again the Dānava released the spear given by Brahmā.
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PdP 1 69.14
शूलं प्रतिजघानाथ शतकूटसमप्रभम्। ततोऽस्त्रे वज्रसंकाशे जघटाते वियत्यपि
śūlaṃ pratijaghānātha śatakūṭasamaprabham| tato'stre vajrasaṃkāśe jaghaṭāte viyatyapi
Then (Skanda) struck back with a spear shining like a hundred peaks; then the two weapons, like thunderbolts, clashed together in the sky.
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PdP 1 69.15
तयोस्सवीर्ययोरस्त्रे धरण्यां प्रणिपेततुः। ततो दैत्यपतिः स्कंदं शरैरग्निशिखोपमैः
tayossavīryayorastre dharaṇyāṃ praṇipetatuḥ| tato daityapatiḥ skaṃdaṃ śarairagniśikhopamaiḥ
The two weapons of those two, equal in might, fell down to the earth. Then the lord of the demons (assailed) Skanda with arrows resembling flames of fire,
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PdP 1 69.16
अर्दयामास सहसा घनधारेव पर्वतं। तांस्तु च्छित्वा महाबाहुः सेनानीश्चापमस्य वै
ardayāmāsa sahasā ghanadhāreva parvataṃ| tāṃstu cchitvā mahābāhuḥ senānīścāpamasya vai
and suddenly crushed (him), as a dense downpour does a mountain. But the mighty-armed commander (of the gods), cutting those (arrows) apart, (cut) his bow,
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PdP 1 69.17
विचकर्तार्धचंद्रेण तथा यंतुः शिरोमहत्। तथाश्वान्बहुभिर्बाणैः पातयामास भूतले
vicakartārdhacaṃdreṇa tathā yaṃtuḥ śiromahat| tathāśvānbahubhirbāṇaiḥ pātayāmāsa bhūtale
and with a crescent-shaped arrow he severed the great head of the charioteer as well; and with many arrows he brought the horses down to the ground.
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PdP 1 69.18
गृहीत्वा मुसलं वेगात्स दुद्राव स्थले गुहं। जघान तेन दैत्येन्द्रः शिखिनं शिखिवाहनं
gṛhītvā musalaṃ vegātsa dudrāva sthale guhaṃ| jaghāna tena daityendraḥ śikhinaṃ śikhivāhanaṃ
Taking up a club, he rushed swiftly at Guha on the ground; with it the lord of the demons struck the peacock, the mount of the peacock-rider.
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PdP 1 69.19
ततो मोहं गतो बर्ही प्रचकंपे मुहुर्मुहुः। ततः स्कंदः पुनस्तं च जघानासुरपुंगवं
tato mohaṃ gato barhī pracakaṃpe muhurmuhuḥ| tataḥ skaṃdaḥ punastaṃ ca jaghānāsurapuṃgavaṃ
Then the peacock fell into a swoon and trembled again and again. Then Skanda in turn struck that bull among the Asuras,
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PdP 1 69.20
प्रचिच्छेदासिना वेगान्मुसलं चातिदारुणं। तारेयः शक्तिमादाय जघान क्रौंचदारणम्
pracicchedāsinā vegānmusalaṃ cātidāruṇaṃ| tāreyaḥ śaktimādāya jaghāna krauṃcadāraṇam
and with his sword swiftly cut apart the exceedingly terrible club. Tāra's son (?), taking up his spear, struck the render of Krauñca.
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PdP 1 69.21
सोपि शक्तिं मुमोचाथ अमोघां दुष्टघातिनीम्। ततः संदह्य सा शक्तिर्विश्वप्रलयकारिणी
sopi śaktiṃ mumocātha amoghāṃ duṣṭaghātinīm| tataḥ saṃdahya sā śaktirviśvapralayakāriṇī
He too then released his spear, unfailing, slayer of the wicked. Then that spear, which brings about the dissolution of the universe, having burnt (it),
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PdP 1 69.22
यमदंडसमानं च भित्वा पुनर्गुहं गता। स गतासुः पपातोर्व्यां चालयंश्च वसुंधरां
yamadaṃḍasamānaṃ ca bhitvā punarguhaṃ gatā| sa gatāsuḥ papātorvyāṃ cālayaṃśca vasuṃdharāṃ
and having split (that weapon) equal to the rod of Yama, went back to Guha. He, his life gone, fell to the earth, shaking the ground.
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PdP 1 69.23
पुष्पधूपादिभिः स्कंदः सर्वदेवैः प्रपूजितः
puṣpadhūpādibhiḥ skaṃdaḥ sarvadevaiḥ prapūjitaḥ
With flowers, incense and the rest Skanda was worshipped by all the gods.
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