Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 101

PdP 6 101.1

नारद उवाच- ते गणाधिपतीन्दृष्ट्वा नंदीभमुखषण्मुखान् । अमर्षादभ्यधावंत द्वंद्वयुद्धाय दानवाः

nārada uvāca- te gaṇādhipatīndṛṣṭvā naṃdībhamukhaṣaṇmukhān | amarṣādabhyadhāvaṃta dvaṃdvayuddhāya dānavāḥ

Nārada said: Seeing those lords of the gaṇas — Nandin, the Elephant-faced one, and the Six-faced one — the dānavas, out of fury, rushed forward for single combat.

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PdP 6 101.2

नंदिनं कालनेमिश्च शुंभो लंबोदरं तथा । निशुंभः षण्मुखं वेगादभ्यधावत दंशितः

naṃdinaṃ kālanemiśca śuṃbho laṃbodaraṃ tathā | niśuṃbhaḥ ṣaṇmukhaṃ vegādabhyadhāvata daṃśitaḥ

And Kālanemi (rushed) at Nandin, Śumbha at the Pot-bellied one (Gaṇeśa), and Niśumbha, armoured, rushed swiftly at the Six-faced one.

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PdP 6 101.3

निशुंभः कार्तिकेयस्य मयूरं पंचभिः शरैः । हृदि विव्याध वेगेन मूर्छितः स पपात च

niśuṃbhaḥ kārtikeyasya mayūraṃ paṃcabhiḥ śaraiḥ | hṛdi vivyādha vegena mūrchitaḥ sa papāta ca

Niśumbha pierced the peacock of Kārtikeya in the heart with five arrows, forcefully, and it fell down senseless.

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PdP 6 101.4

ततः शक्तिधरः शक्तिं यावज्जग्राह रोषितः । तावन्निशुंभो वेगेन स्वशक्त्या तमपातयत्

tataḥ śaktidharaḥ śaktiṃ yāvajjagrāha roṣitaḥ | tāvanniśuṃbho vegena svaśaktyā tamapātayat

Then, as the bearer of the spear (Kārtikeya), enraged, was taking up his spear, at that very moment Niśumbha with his own spear forcefully struck him down.

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PdP 6 101.5

ततो नंदीश्वरो बाणैः कालनेमिमविध्यत । सप्तभिश्च हयान्केतूंस्त्रिभिः सारथिमच्छिनत्

tato naṃdīśvaro bāṇaiḥ kālanemimavidhyata | saptabhiśca hayānketūṃstribhiḥ sārathimacchinat

Then Nandīśvara pierced Kālanemi with arrows, and with seven he cut down his horses and banners, and with three his charioteer.

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PdP 6 101.6

कालनेमिस्तु संक्रुद्धो धनुश्चिच्छेद नंदिनः । तदपास्य सशूलेन तं वक्षस्य हनद्दृढम्

kālanemistu saṃkruddho dhanuściccheda naṃdinaḥ | tadapāsya saśūlena taṃ vakṣasya hanaddṛḍham

But Kālanemi, greatly enraged, cut Nandin's bow; casting that aside, he struck him hard in the chest with his spear.

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PdP 6 101.7

सशूलभिन्नहृदयो हताश्वो हतसारथिः । अद्रेः शिखरमामुच्य शैलाद्रिं सोऽप्यपातयत्

saśūlabhinnahṛdayo hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ | adreḥ śikharamāmucya śailādriṃ so'pyapātayat

His heart pierced by the spear, his horses slain, his charioteer slain, he (Kālanemi) too hurled the peak of a mountain and felled Śailādi (Nandin).

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PdP 6 101.8

अथ शुंभो गणेशश्च रथमूषकवाहनौ । युध्यमानौ शरव्रातैः परस्परमविध्यताम्

atha śuṃbho gaṇeśaśca rathamūṣakavāhanau | yudhyamānau śaravrātaiḥ parasparamavidhyatām

Then Śumbha and Gaṇeśa, mounted on chariot and on mouse, fighting, pierced each other with volleys of arrows.

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PdP 6 101.9

अथ शुंभं गणाध्यक्षो हृदि विव्याध पत्रिणा । सारथिं पंचभिर्बाणैः पातयामास भूतले

atha śuṃbhaṃ gaṇādhyakṣo hṛdi vivyādha patriṇā | sārathiṃ paṃcabhirbāṇaiḥ pātayāmāsa bhūtale

Then the lord of the hosts (Gaṇeśa) pierced Śumbha in the chest with an arrow, and with five arrows he brought his charioteer down to the ground.

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PdP 6 101.10

ततः शुंभोऽतिक्रुद्धोऽपि बाणषष्ट्या गणाधिपम् । मूषकं च त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा ननाद जलदस्वनः

tataḥ śuṃbho'tikruddho'pi bāṇaṣaṣṭyā gaṇādhipam | mūṣakaṃ ca tribhirviddhvā nanāda jaladasvanaḥ

Then Śumbha, exceedingly enraged, having pierced the lord of the hosts with sixty arrows and the mouse with three, roared with a voice like a thundercloud.

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PdP 6 101.11

मूषकः शरभिन्नांगश्चचाल कृतवेदनः । लंबोदरः समुत्तीर्य पदातिरभवन्नृप

mūṣakaḥ śarabhinnāṃgaścacāla kṛtavedanaḥ | laṃbodaraḥ samuttīrya padātirabhavannṛpa

The mouse, its limbs split by arrows, staggered in pain; and Lambodara, dismounting, became a foot-soldier, O king.

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PdP 6 101.12

ततो लंबोदरः शुंभं हत्वा परशुना हृदि । अपातयत्तदा भूमौ मूषकं चारुहत्पुनः

tato laṃbodaraḥ śuṃbhaṃ hatvā paraśunā hṛdi | apātayattadā bhūmau mūṣakaṃ cāruhatpunaḥ

Then Lambodara, striking Śumbha in the chest with his axe, felled him to the ground at that moment, and mounted the mouse again.

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PdP 6 101.13

कालनेमिर्निशुंभश्च उभौ लंबोदरं शरैः । युगपज्जघ्नतुः कोपात्तोत्रेणेव महाद्विपम्

kālanemirniśuṃbhaśca ubhau laṃbodaraṃ śaraiḥ | yugapajjaghnatuḥ kopāttotreṇeva mahādvipam

Kālanemi and Niśumbha, both together, out of anger struck Lambodara with arrows, as one goads a great elephant with a spike.

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PdP 6 101.14

तं पीड्यमानमालोक्य वीरभद्रो महाबलः । अभ्यधावत वेगेन भूतकोटियुतस्तदा

taṃ pīḍyamānamālokya vīrabhadro mahābalaḥ | abhyadhāvata vegena bhūtakoṭiyutastadā

Seeing him being hard pressed, Vīrabhadra of great strength then rushed forward swiftly, accompanied by ten million spirits.

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PdP 6 101.15

कूष्मांडा भैरवाश्चापि वेताला योगिनीगणाः । पिशाचा योगिनीसंघा गणाश्चापि तमन्वयुः

kūṣmāṃḍā bhairavāścāpi vetālā yoginīgaṇāḥ | piśācā yoginīsaṃghā gaṇāścāpi tamanvayuḥ

The Kūṣmāṇḍas, the Bhairavas too, the Vetālas, the troops of Yoginīs, the Piśācas, the bands of Yoginīs, and the Gaṇas as well followed him.

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PdP 6 101.16

ततः किलकिलाशब्दैः सिंहनादैः सघुर्घुरैः । विनादिता डमरुकैः पृथिवी समकंपत

tataḥ kilakilāśabdaiḥ siṃhanādaiḥ saghurghuraiḥ | vināditā ḍamarukaiḥ pṛthivī samakaṃpata

Then, made to resound with shrill shrieking cries, with lion-roars mixed with growls, and with small drums, the earth trembled.

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PdP 6 101.17

ततो भूतानि धावंति भक्षयंति स्म दानवान् । उत्पतंति पतंति स्म ननृतुश्चरणांगणे

tato bhūtāni dhāvaṃti bhakṣayaṃti sma dānavān | utpataṃti pataṃti sma nanṛtuścaraṇāṃgaṇe

Then the spirits ran about and devoured the Dānavas; they leapt up and fell down and danced about on the field where they trod.

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PdP 6 101.18

नंदी च कार्तिकेयश्च समायातौ त्वरान्वितौ । निजघ्नतू रणे दैत्यान्निरंतर शरव्रजैः

naṃdī ca kārtikeyaśca samāyātau tvarānvitau | nijaghnatū raṇe daityānniraṃtara śaravrajaiḥ

And Nandin and Kārtikeya came in haste, and slew the Daityas in the battle with unceasing volleys of arrows.

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PdP 6 101.19

छिन्नभिन्नाह तैर्दैत्यैः पातितैर्भर्त्सितैस्तथा । व्याकुला सा भवत्सेना विषण्णवदना तदा

chinnabhinnāha tairdaityaiḥ pātitairbhartsitaistathā | vyākulā sā bhavatsenā viṣaṇṇavadanā tadā

Cut and broken by those Daityas, and struck down and reviled by them, that army of Bhava was then thrown into confusion, its faces downcast.

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PdP 6 101.20

प्रविध्वस्तां ततः सेनां दृष्ट्वा सागरनंदनः । रथेनातिपताकेन गणानभिययौ बली

pravidhvastāṃ tataḥ senāṃ dṛṣṭvā sāgaranaṃdanaḥ | rathenātipatākena gaṇānabhiyayau balī

Then, seeing the army shattered, the son of the Ocean, the mighty one, advanced against the Gaṇas with his chariot flying lofty banners.

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PdP 6 101.21

हस्त्यश्वरथसंह्रादः शंखभेरीरवस्तदा । अभवत्सिंहनादश्च सेनयोरुभयोस्तदा

hastyaśvarathasaṃhrādaḥ śaṃkhabherīravastadā | abhavatsiṃhanādaśca senayorubhayostadā

Then there arose the din of elephants, horses and chariots, the noise of conches and kettledrums, and lion-roars from both the armies.

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PdP 6 101.22

जालंधरशरव्रातैर्नीहारपटलैरिव । द्यावापृथिव्योराच्छन्नमंतरं समपद्यत

jālaṃdharaśaravrātairnīhārapaṭalairiva | dyāvāpṛthivyorācchannamaṃtaraṃ samapadyata

By Jalandhara's volleys of arrows, as though by masses of fog, the space between heaven and earth became covered over.

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PdP 6 101.23

गणेशं पंचभिर्विध्वा शैलाद्रिमपि पंचभिः । वीरभद्रं च विंशत्या ननाद जलदस्वनः

gaṇeśaṃ paṃcabhirvidhvā śailādrimapi paṃcabhiḥ | vīrabhadraṃ ca viṃśatyā nanāda jaladasvanaḥ

Having pierced Gaṇeśa with five (arrows), Śailādri too with five, and Vīrabhadra with twenty, he roared with a voice like a thundercloud.

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PdP 6 101.24

कार्तिकेयस्ततो दैत्यं शक्त्या विव्याध सत्वरः । व्याघूर्णः शक्तिनिर्भिन्नः किंचिद्व्याकुलमानसः

kārtikeyastato daityaṃ śaktyā vivyādha satvaraḥ | vyāghūrṇaḥ śaktinirbhinnaḥ kiṃcidvyākulamānasaḥ

Then Kārtikeya swiftly pierced the demon with his spear; he reeled, pierced by the spear, somewhat confused in mind.

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PdP 6 101.25

ततः क्रोधपरीताक्षः कार्तिकेयं जलंधरः । गदया ताडयामास स च भूमितलेऽपतत्

tataḥ krodhaparītākṣaḥ kārtikeyaṃ jalaṃdharaḥ | gadayā tāḍayāmāsa sa ca bhūmitale'patat

Then Jalandhara, his eyes filled with wrath, struck Kārtikeya with his mace, and he fell to the surface of the earth.

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PdP 6 101.26

तथैव नंदिनं वेगादपातयत भूतले । ततो गणेश्वरः क्रुद्धो गदां परशुनाच्छिनत्

tathaiva naṃdinaṃ vegādapātayata bhūtale | tato gaṇeśvaraḥ kruddho gadāṃ paraśunācchinat

In the same way he violently felled Nandin to the ground; then the lord of the Gaṇas, enraged, cut through the mace with his axe.

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PdP 6 101.27

वीरभद्रस्त्रिभिर्बाणैर्हृदि विव्याध दानवम् । सप्तभिश्च हयान्केतून्धनुश्छन्नं च चिच्छिदे

vīrabhadrastribhirbāṇairhṛdi vivyādha dānavam | saptabhiśca hayānketūndhanuśchannaṃ ca cicchide

Vīrabhadra pierced the Dānava in the chest with three arrows, and with seven he cut down the horses, the banners, and the bow together with its cover.

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PdP 6 101.28

ततोऽतिक्रुद्धो दैत्येंद्रः शक्तिमुद्यम्य दारुणाम् । गणेशं पातयामास रथमन्यं समारुहत्

tato'tikruddho daityeṃdraḥ śaktimudyamya dāruṇām | gaṇeśaṃ pātayāmāsa rathamanyaṃ samāruhat

Then the lord of the Daityas, exceedingly enraged, raising up his terrible spear, brought Gaṇeśa down, and mounted another chariot.

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PdP 6 101.29

अभ्ययादथ वेगेन वीरभद्रं रुषान्वितः । ततस्तौ सूर्यसंकाशौ युयुधाते परस्परम्

abhyayādatha vegena vīrabhadraṃ ruṣānvitaḥ | tatastau sūryasaṃkāśau yuyudhāte parasparam

Then, filled with rage, he rushed swiftly upon Vīrabhadra; thereupon those two, resembling the sun, fought with each other.

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PdP 6 101.30

वीरभद्रस्तस्य हयांस्तथा बाणैरपातयत् । धनुश्चिच्छेद दैत्येंद्रो युयुधे परिघायुधः

vīrabhadrastasya hayāṃstathā bāṇairapātayat | dhanuściccheda daityeṃdro yuyudhe parighāyudhaḥ

Vīrabhadra likewise brought down his horses with arrows; the lord of the Daityas cut his bow, and fought armed with an iron club.

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PdP 6 101.31

स वीरभद्रं त्वरयाभिगम्य जघान दैत्यः परिघेन मूर्ध्नि । स चापि दैत्यः प्रविभिन्नमूर्द्धा पपात भूमौ रुधिरं समुद्गिरन्

sa vīrabhadraṃ tvarayābhigamya jaghāna daityaḥ parighena mūrdhni | sa cāpi daityaḥ pravibhinnamūrddhā papāta bhūmau rudhiraṃ samudgiran

That Daitya, swiftly approaching Vīrabhadra, struck him on the head with the club; and that Daitya too, his head split open, fell to the ground vomiting blood.

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