Padma Purana · Chapter 2.44

catuścatvāriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ
sukalovāca-
svasainyaṃ durdharaṃ dṛṣṭvā nirjitaṃ durdhareṇa tam /
cukopa bhūpatiḥ krūraṃ duḥsahaṃ śūkaraṃ prati

dhanurādāya vegena bāṇaṃ kālānalopamam /
tasyābhimukhamevāsau hayenābhisasāra saḥ

sa yadā nṛpatiṃ hayapṛṣṭhagataṃ varapauruṣayuktamamitrahaṇam /
paripaśyati śūkarayūthapatiḥ pragatobhimukhaṃ raṇabhūmitale

niśitena śareṇa hato hi yadā nṛpaterhayapādatale pragataḥ /
tamihaiva vilaṃghya ca vegamanāḥ prakhareṇa javena ca kolavaraḥ

vyathitasturagaḥ sakiriḥkiṭinā na hi yāti kṣitau sa hi viddhagatiḥ /
turagaḥ patito bhuvi tuṃḍahato laghusyaṃdanameva gato nṛpatiḥ

sa hi garjati śūkarajātiravairathasaṃsthitakośala yena javaiḥ /
gadayā nihataḥ kila bhūpatinā raṇamadhyagataḥ sa hi yūthapatiḥ

parityajya tanuṃ ca svakāṃ hi tadā gata eva harergṛhameva varam

kṛtvā hi yuddhaṃ samare hitena rājñā samaṃ śūkararājarājaḥ /
papāta bhūmau ca hato yadā tu vavarṣire devavarāḥ supuṣpaiḥ

tasyordhvagaḥ puṣpacayaḥ sujātaḥ saṃtānakānāmiva saurabhaśca /
sakuṃkumaiścaṃdanavṛṣṭimeva kurvaṃti devāḥ parituṣyamāṇāḥ

vimṛśyamānaḥ sa hi tena rājñā caturbhujaḥ sopi babhūva rājan /
divyāṃbarobhūṣaṇadivyarūpaḥ svatejasā bhāti divākaro yathā

divyena yānena divaṃ gato yadā supūjyamānaḥ surarājadevaiḥ /
gaṃdharvarājaḥ sa babhūva bhūyaḥ pūrvaṃ svakaṃ kāyamihaiva hitvā

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne sukalācaritre/
catuścatvāriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ