Matsya Purana · Chapter 152

tasminvinihate daitye grasane lokanāyake
nirmaryādamayudhyanta hariṇā saha dānavāḥ //

paṭṭiśairmuśalaiḥ pāśair gadābhiḥ kuṇapairapi
tīkṣṇānanaiśca nārācaiś cakraiḥ śaktibhireva ca //

tānastrāndānavairmuktāṃś citrayodhī janārdanaḥ
ekaikaṃ śataśaścakre bāṇairagniśikhopamaiḥ //

tataḥ kṣīṇāyudhaprāṇā dānavā bhrāntacetasaḥ
astrāṇyādātumabhavann asamarthā yadā raṇe //

tadā mṛtairgajairaśvair janārdanamayodhayan
samantātkoṭiśo daityāḥ sarvataḥ pratyayodhayan //

bahu kṛtvā vapurviṣṇuḥ kiṃcicchāntabhujo 'bhavat
uvāca ca garutmantaṃ tasminsutumule raṇe //

garutmankaccidaśrāntas tvamasminnapi sāmpratam
yadyaśrānto 'si tadyāhi mathanasya rathaṃ prati //

śrānto 'syatha muhūrtaṃ tvaṃ raṇādapasṛto bhava
ityukto garuḍastena viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā //

āsasāda raṇe daityaṃ mathanaṃ ghoradarśanam
daityastvabhimukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā śaṅkhacakragadādharam //

jaghāna bhindipālena śitabāṇena vakṣasi
tatprahāramacintyaiva viṣṇustasminmahāhave //

jaghāna pañcabhirbāṇair mārjitaiśca śilāśitaiḥ
punardaśabhir ākṛṣṭais taṃ tatāḍa stanāntare //

viddho marmasu daityendro haribāṇairakampata
sa muhūrtaṃ samāśvāsya jagrāha parighaṃ tadā //

jaghne janārdanaṃ cāpi parigheṇāgnivarcasā
viṣṇustena prahāreṇa kiṃcidāghūrṇito 'bhavat //

tataḥ krodhavivṛttākṣo gadāṃ jagrāha mādhavaḥ
mathanaṃ sarathaṃ roṣān niṣpipeṣātha roṣataḥ //

sa papātātha daityendraḥ kṣayakāle 'calo yathā
tasminnipatite bhūmau dānave vīryaśālini //

avasādaṃ yayurdaityāḥ kardame kariṇo yathā
tatasteṣu vipanneṣu dānaveṣvatimāniṣu //

prakopādraktanayano mahiṣo dānaveśvaraḥ
pratyudyayau hariṃ raudraḥ svabāhubalamāsthitaḥ //

tīkṣṇadhāreṇa śūlena mahiṣo harimardayan
śaktyā ca garuḍaṃ vīro mahiṣo 'bhyahanaddhṛdi //

tato vyāvṛtya vadanaṃ mahācalaguhānibham
grastumaicchadraṇe daityaḥ sa garutmantamacyutam //

athācyuto 'pi vijñāya dānavasya cikīrṣitam
vadanaṃ pūrayāmāsa divyairastrairmahābalaḥ //

mahiṣasyātha sasṛje bāṇaughaṃ garuḍadhvajaḥ
pidhāya vadanaṃ divyair divyāstraparimantritaiḥ //

sa tairbāṇairabhihato mahiṣo 'calasaṃnibhaḥ
parivartitakāyo 'dhaḥ papāta na mamāra ca //

mahiṣaṃ patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhūmau provāca keśavaḥ
mahiṣāsura mattastvaṃ vadhaṃ nāstrairihārhasi //

yoṣidvadhyaḥ purokto 'si sākṣātkamalayoninā
uttiṣṭha jīvitaṃ rakṣa gacchāsmātsaṃgarāddrutam //

tasminparāṅmukhe daitye mahiṣe śumbhadānavaḥ
saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭaḥ kopād bhrukuṭīkuṭilānanaḥ //

nirmathya pāṇinā pāṇiṃ dhanurādāya bhairavam
sajyaṃ cakāra sa dhanuḥ śarāṃścāśīviṣopamān //

sa citrayodhī dṛḍhamuṣṭipātas tatastu viṣṇuṃ garuḍaṃ ca daityaḥ
bāṇairjvaladvahniśikhānikāśaiḥ kṣiptairasaṃkhyaiḥ parighātahīnaiḥ //

viṣṇuśca daityendraśarāhato 'pi bhuśuṇḍimādāya kṛtāntatulyām
tayā bhuśuṇḍyā ca pipeṣa meṣaṃ śumbhasya pattraṃ dharaṇīdharābham //

tasmādavaplutya hatācca meṣād bhūbhau padātiḥ sa tu daityanāthaḥ
tato mahīsthasya hariḥ śaraughān mumoca kālānalatulyabhāsaḥ //

śaraistribhistasya bhujaṃ bibheda ṣaḍbhiśca śīrṣaṃ daśabhiśca ketum
viṣṇurvikṛṣṭaiḥ śravaṇāvasānaṃ daityasya vivyādha vivṛttanetraḥ //

sa tena viddho vyathito babhūva daityeśvaro visrutaśoṇitaughaḥ
tato 'sya kiṃcic calitasya dhairyād uvāca śaṅkhāmbujaśārṅgapāṇiḥ //

kumārivadhyo 'si raṇaṃ vimuñca śumbhāsura svalpatarairahobhiḥ
vadhaṃ na matto 'rhasi ceha mūḍha vṛthaiva kiṃ yuddhasamutsuko 'si //

jambho vaco viṣṇumukhānniśamya nimiśca niṣpeṣṭumiyeṣa viṣṇum
gadāmathodyamya nimiḥ pracaṇḍāṃ jaghāna gāḍhāṃ garuḍaṃ śirastaḥ //

śumbho 'pi viṣṇuṃ parigheṇa mūrdhni pramṛṣṭaratnaughavicitrabhāsā
tau dānavābhyāṃ viṣamaiḥ prahārair nipetururvyāṃ ghanapāvakābhau //

tatkarma dṛṣṭvā ditijāstu sarve jagarjuruccaiḥ kṛtasiṃhanādāḥ
dhanūṃṣi cāsphoṭya surābhighātair vyadārayanbhūmimapi pracaṇḍāḥ
vāsāṃsi caivādudhuvuḥ pare tu dadhmuśca śaṅkhānakagomukhaughān //

atha saṃjñāmavāpyāśu garuḍo 'pi sakeśavaḥ
parāṅmukho raṇāttasmāt palāyata mahājavaḥ //