Garga Samhita · Chapter 2.23

rāsakrīḍāyāṃ śaṃkhacūḍavadhaḥ -
śrīnārada uvāca -
atha kṛṣṇo gopikābhiḥ lokajaṃghavanaṃ yayau /
vasantamādhavībhiśca latābhiḥ saṃkulaṃ nṛpa

tatpuṣpadāmanicayaiḥ sphuratsaugaṃdhiśālibhiḥ /
sarvāsāṃ hariṇā tatra kabaryo guṃphitāstataḥ

bhramaradhvanisaṃyukte sugaṃdhānilavāsite /
kālindīnikaṭe kṛṣṇo vicacāra priyānvitaḥ

karillaiḥ pīlubhiḥ śyāmaiḥ tamālaiḥ saṃkuladrumaiḥ /
mahāpuṇyavanaṃ kṛṣṇo yayau rāseśvaro hariḥ

tatra rāsaṃ samārebhe rāseśvaryā samanvitaḥ /
gīyamānaśca gopībhirapsarobhiḥ svarāḍiva

tatra citramabhūd‌rājan śṛṇu tvaṃ tanmukhānmama /
śaṃkhacūḍo māna yakṣo dhanadānucaro balī

bhūtale tatsamo nāsti gadāyuddhaviśāradaḥ /
manmukādaugraseneśca balaṃ śrutvā mahotkaṭam

lakṣabhāramayīṃ gurvīṃ gadāmādāya yakṣarāṭ /
svasakāśānmadhupurīmāyayau caṇḍavikramaḥ

sabhāyāmāsthitaṃ prāha kaṃsaṃ natvā madoddhataḥ /
gadāyuddhaṃ dehi mahyaṃ trailokyavijayī bhavān

ahaṃ dāso bhaveyaṃ vai bhavāṃśca vijayī yadi /
ahaṃ jayī cedbhavantaṃ dāsaṃ śīghraṃ karomyaham

tathāstu coktvā kaṃsastu gṛhītvā mahatīṃ gadām /
śaṃkhacūḍena yuyudhe raṃgabhūmau videharāṭ

tayośca gadayā yuddhaṃ ghorarūpaṃ babhūva ha /
tāḍanāccaṭcaṭāśabdaṃ kālameghataḍiddhvani

śuśubhāte raṃgamadhye mallau nāṭye naṭāviva /
ibhendrāviva dīrghāṃgau mṛgendrāviva cod‌bhaṭau

dvayośca yudhyato rājan parasparajigīṣayā /
visphuliṃgān kṣarantyau dve gade cūrṇībabhūvatuḥ

kaṃsaḥ prakupitaṃ yakṣaṃ muṣṭinābhijaghāna ha /
śaṃkhacūḍo'pi taṃ kaṃsaṃ muṣṭinā taṃ tatāḍa ca

muṣṭāmuṣṭi tayorāsīddinānāṃ saptaviṃśatiḥ /
dvayorakṣīṇabalayorvismayaṃ gatayostataḥ

śaṃkhacūḍaṃ saṃgṛhītvā kaṃso daityādhipo balī /
balāccikṣepa sahasā vyomni taṃ śatayojanam

śaṃkhacūḍaḥ prapatitaḥ kiṃcid‌vyākulamānasaḥ /
kaṃsaṃ gṛhītvā nabhasi cikṣepāyutayojanam

ākāśātpatitaḥ kaṃsaḥ kiṃcidvyākulamānasaḥ /
yakṣaṃ gṛhītvā sahasā pātayāmāsa bhūtale

śaṃkhacūḍastaṃ gṛhītvā pothayāmāsa bhūtale /
evaṃ yuddhe saṃpravṛtte cakaṃpe bhūmimaṃḍalam

munīndraḥ sarvavitsākṣād‌gargācāryaḥ samāgataḥ /
raṃgeṣu vanditastābhyāṃ kaṃsaṃ prāhorjayā girā

śrīgarga uvāca -
yuddhaṃ mā kuru rājeṃdra viphalo'yaṃ raṇo'tra vai /
tvatsamāno hyayaṃ vīraḥ śaṅkhacūḍo mahābalaḥ

tava muṣṭiprahāreṇa bhṛśamairāvato gajaḥ /
jānubhyāṃ dharaṇīṃ spṛṣṭvā kaśmalaṃ paramaṃ yayau

anye'pi balino daityā muṣṭinā te mṛtiṃ gatāḥ /
śaṃkhacūḍo na patitaḥ saṃdeho nāsti tacchṛṇu

paripūrṇatamo yo vai so'pi tvāṃ ghātayiṣyati /
tathainaṃ śaṃkhacūḍākhyaṃ śivasyāpi varorjitam

tasmātprema prakartavyaṃ śaṃkhacūḍe yadūdvaha /
yakṣarāṭ ca tvayā kaṃse kartavyaṃ prema niścitam

śrīnārada uvāca -
gargeṇoktau tadā tau dvau militvā'tha parasparam /
paramāṃ cakratuḥ prītiṃ śaṃkhacūḍayadūdvahau

atha kaṃsaṃ sanujñāpya gṛhaṃ gantuṃ samudyataḥ /
gacchan mārge'śṛṇod‌rātrau rāsagānaṃ manoharam

tālaśabdānusāreṇa saṃprāpto rāsamaṃḍale /
rāseśvaryā samaṃ rāse'paśyad‌rāseśvaraṃ harim

śrīrādhayā'laṃkṛtavāmabāhuṃ
svacchaṃdavakrīkṛtadakṣiṇāṃghrim /
vaṃśīdharaṃ suṃdaramaṃdahāsaṃ
bhrūmaṃḍalairmohitakāmarāśim

vrajāṃganāyūthapatiṃ vrajeśvaraṃ
susevitaṃ cāmarachatrakoṭibhiḥ /
vijñāya kṛṣṇaṃ hyatikomalaṃ śiśuṃ
gopīṃ samāhartumalaṃ mano'karot

bahulāśva uvāca -
kiṃ babhūva tato rāse śaṃkhacūḍe samāgate /
etanme bhrūhi vipreṃdra tvaṃ parāvaravittamaḥ

śrīrānada uvāca -
vyāghrānanaṃ kṛṣṇavarṇaṃ tālavṛkṣadaśocchritam /
bhayaṃkaraṃ lalajjihvaṃ dṛṣṭvā gopyo'titatrasuḥ

dudruvuḥ sarvato gopyo mahān kolāhalo'bhavat /
hāhākārastadaivāsīh śaṃkhacūḍe samāgate

śatacaṃdrānanāṃ gopīṃ gṛhītvā yakṣarāṭ khalaḥ /
dudrāvāśūttarāmāśāṃ niḥśaṃkaḥ kāmapīḍitaḥ

rudantīṃ kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇeti krośantīṃ bhayavihvalām /
tamanvadhāvacchrīkṛṣṇaḥ śālahasto ruṣā bhṛśam

yakṣo vīkṣya tamāyāntaṃ kṛtāntamiva durjayam /
gopīṃ tyaktvā jīvitecchuḥ prādravad‌bhayavihvahaḥ

yatra yatra gato dhāvan śaṃkhacūḍo mahākhalaḥ /
tatra tatra gataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śālahasto bhṛśaṃ ruṣā

himācalataṭaṃ prāptaḥ śālamudyamya yakṣarāṭ /
tasthau tatsaṃmukhe rājan yuddhakāmo viśeṣataḥ

tasmai cikṣepa bhagavān śālavṛkṣaṃ bhujaujasā /
tena ghātena patito vṛkṣo vātahato yathā

punarutthāya vaikuṃṭhaṃ muṣṭinā taṃ jaghāna ha /
jagarja sahasā duṣṭo nādayam maṃḍalaṃ diśām

gṛhītvā taṃ harirdorbhyāṃ bhrāmayitvā bhujaujasā /
pātayāmāsa bhūpṛṣṭhe vātaḥ padmamivod‌dhṛtam

śaṃkhacūḍastaṃ gṛhītvā pothayāmāsa bhūtale /
evaṃ yuddhe saṃpravṛtte cakaṃpe bhūmimaṇḍalam

muṣṭinā tacchiraśchitvā tasmāccūḍāmaṇiṃ hariḥ /
jagrāha mādhavaḥ sākṣātsukṛtī śevadhiṃ yathā

tajjyotirnirgataṃ dīrghaṃ dyotayanmaṇḍalaṃ diśām /
śrīdāmni śrīkṛṣṇasakhe līnaṃ jātaṃ vraje nṛpa

evaṃ hatvā śaṃkhacūḍaṃ bhagavān madhusūdanaḥ /
maṇipāṇiḥ punaḥ śīghramāyayau rāsamaṃḍalam

caṃdrānanāyai ca maṇiṃ dattvā taṃ dīnavatsalaḥ /
punargopīnaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ rāsaṃ cakre hariḥ svayam

iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ vṛndāvanakhaṇḍe
rāsakrīḍāyāṃ śaṃkhacūḍavadhonāma trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ