Padma Purana · Chapter 5.25

śeṣa uvāca/
atha vīkṣya bhaṭānnijānnṛpo rudhiraugheṇa pariplutāṃgakān /
sukhamāpa na vai śuśoca tānparipapraccha sutasya ceṣṭitam

gadatākhilakarma tasya vai sa kathaṃ cāharadaśvavaryakam /
kathayaṃtu punaḥ kiyadbalaṃ bata vīrāḥ kati yoddhumāgatāḥ

atha śatrubalonmukhaḥ kathaṃ mama vīro damano raṇaṃ vyadhāt /
vijayaṃ ca vidhāya durjayaṃ kila vīraṃ bata ko'pyaśātayat

ityākarṇya vaco rājñaḥ pratyūcuste'sya sevakāḥ /
kṣatajena pariklinna gātravastrādidhāriṇaḥ

rājannaśvaṃ samālokya patracihnādyalaṃkṛtam /
grāhayāmāsa garveṇa tṛṇīkṛtya raghūttamam

tato hayānugaḥ prāptaḥ svalpasainyasamāvṛtaḥ /
tena sākamabhūdyuddhaṃ tumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam

taṃ mūrcchitaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā tava putraḥ svasāyakaiḥ /
yāvattiṣṭhatyathāyātaḥ śatrughnaḥ svabalairvṛtaḥ

tato yuddhaṃ mahadabhūcchastrāstraparibṛṃhitam /
bahuśo jayamāpede tava putro mahābalaḥ

idānīṃ tena muktvāstraṃ śatrughnabhrātṛsūnunā /
mūrcchitaḥ pradhane rājankṛto vīraḥ sutastava

iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya roṣaśokasamanvitaḥ /
sthagitāṃga ivāsītsa samudra iva parvaṇi

uvāca senādhipatiṃ roṣaprasphuritādharaḥ /
dantairdatām̐llihannoṣṭhaṃ jihvayā śokakarśitaḥ

senāpate kuruṣvārānmama senāṃ tu sajjitām /
yotsye rāmasya subhaṭairmamaputropaghātakaiḥ

adyāhaṃ mama putrasya duḥkhadaṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ /
pātayiṣye yadi hyenaṃ rakṣitāpi maheśvaraḥ

senāpatiridaṃ vākyaṃ proktaṃ subhujabhūpateḥ /
niśamya ca tathā kṛtvā sajjībhūto bhavatsvayam

rājñe nivedayāmāsa sasajjāṃ caturaṃgiṇīm /
senāṃ kālabalaprakhyāṃ hatadurjanakoṭikām

śrutvā senāpatervākyaṃ subāhuḥ paravīrahā /
nirjagāma tato yatra śatrughnaḥ svasutārdanaḥ

kuṃjaraiśca madonmattairhayaiścāpi manojavaiḥ /
rathaiśca sarvaśastrāstrapūritai ripujetṛbhiḥ

bhūścakaṃpe tadā tatra sainyabhāreṇa bhūriṇā /
saṃmardaḥ sumahānāsīttatra sainye visarpati

rājānaṃ nirgataṃ dṛṣṭvā rathena kanakāṃginā /
śatrughnabalamudyuktaṃ sarvavairiprahārakam

suketustasya vai bhrātā gadāyuddhaviśāradaḥ /
rathenāśvā jagāmāyaṃ sarvaśastrāstrapūritaḥ

citrāṃgastu suto rājñaḥ sarvayuddhavicakṣaṇaḥ /
jagāma svarathenāśu śatrughnabalamunmadam

tasyānujo vicitrākhyo vicitraraṇakovidaḥ /
yayau rathena haimena bhrātṛduḥkhena pīḍitaḥ

anye śūrā maheṣvāsāḥ sarvaśastrāstrakovidāḥ /
yayurnṛpasamādiṣṭāḥ pradhanaṃ vīrapūritam

rājā subāhuḥ saṃroṣādāgataḥ pradhanāṃgaṇe /
vilokayāmāsa sutaṃ mūrcchitaṃ śarapīḍitam

rathopasthasthitaṃ mūḍhaṃ svasutaṃ damanābhidham /
vīkṣya duḥkhaṃ muhuḥ prāpa vījayāmāsa pallavaiḥ

jalena siktaḥ saṃspṛṣṭo rājñā komalapāṇinā /
saṃjñāmāpa śanairvīro damanaḥ paramāstravit

utthitaḥ kva dhanurme'sti kva puṣkala ito gataḥ /
saṃsajya samaraṃ tyaktvā madbāṇavraṇapīḍitaḥ

iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya subāhuḥ putrabhāṣitam /
paramaṃ harṣamāpede parirabhya sutaṃ svakam

damano vīkṣya janakaṃ nṛpaṃ namraśirodharaḥ /
papāta pādayorbhaktyā kṣatadeho'strarājibhiḥ

svasutaṃ rathasaṃsthaṃ tu vidhāya nṛpatiḥ punaḥ /
jagāda senādhipatiṃ raṇakarmaviśāradaḥ

vyūhaṃ racaya saṃgrāme krauṃcākhyaṃ ripudurjayam /
yamāviśya jaye sainyaṃ śatrughnasya mahīpateḥ

tadvākyamākarṇya subāhubhūpateḥ /
krauṃcākhyasadvyūhaviśeṣamādadhāt /
yanno viśaṃte sahasā riporgaṇā /
mahābalāḥ śastrasamūhadhāriṇaḥ

mukhe suketustasyāsīdgale citrāṃgasaṃjñakaḥ /
pakṣayo rājaputrau dvau pucche rājā pratiṣṭhitaḥ

madhye sainyaṃ mahattasya caturaṃgaistu śobhitam /
kṛtvā nyavedayadrājñe krauṃcavyūhaṃ vicitritam

rājā dṛṣṭvā susannaddhaṃ krauṃcavyūhaṃ sunirmitam /
raṇāya svamatiṃ cakre śatrughnakaṭake sthitaiḥ

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe subāhusainyasamāgamonāma paṃcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ