Skanda Purana · Verses 1.17-2

//nārada uvāca//
tatastayoḥ samāyogaḥ senayorubhayorabhūt//
yugāṃte samanuprāpte yathā kṣubdhasamudrayoḥ

surāsurāṇāṃ saṃmarde tasminparamadāruṇe//
tumulaṃ sumahatkrāṃte senayorubhayorapi

garjatāṃ devadaityānāṃ śaṃkhabherīraveṇa ca//
tūryāṇāṃ caiva nirghoṣairmātaṃgānāṃ ca bṛṃhitaiḥ

heṣitairhayavṛṃdānāṃ rathanemisvanena ca//
ghoṣeṇa caiva tūryāṇāṃ yugāṃta iva cābhavat

roṣeṇābiparītāṃgāstyaktajīvitacetasaḥ//
samasajjanta tenyonyaṃ prakrameṇātilohitāḥ

rathā rathaiḥ samāsaktā gajāścāpi mahāgajaiḥ//
pattayaḥ pattibhiścaiva hayāścāpi mahāhayaiḥ

tataḥ prāsāśanigadābhiṃḍipālaparaśvadhaiḥ//
śaktibhiḥ paṭṭiśaiḥ śūlairmudgaraiḥ kaṇayairguḍaiḥ

cakraiśca śaktibhiścaiva tomarairaṃkuśairapi//
karṇinālīkanārācavatsadaṃtārddhacaṃdrakaiḥ

bhallairvetasapatraiśca śukatuṃḍaiśca nirmalaiḥ//
vṛṣṭibhiścādbhutākārairgaganaṃ samapadyata

saṃpracchādya diśaḥ sarvāstamomayamivābhavat//
prājñāyaṃta na te'nyonyaṃ tasmiṃstamasi saṃkule

adṛśyabhūtāstamasi nyakṛṃtaṃta parasparam//
tato bhujairdhvajaiśchatraiḥ śirobhiśca sakuṃḍalaiḥ

gajaisturaṃgaiḥ pādātaiḥ patadbhiḥ patitairapi//
ākāśaśiraso bhraṣṭaiḥ paṃkajairiva bhūścitā

bhagnadaṃtā bhinnakuṃbhāśchinnadīrghamahākarāḥ//
gajāḥ śailanibhāḥ peturdharaṇyāṃ rudhirasravāḥ

bhagnaiṣāśca rathāḥ peturbhagnākṣāḥ śakalīkṛtāḥ//
pattayaḥ koṭiśaḥ petusturaṃgāśca sahasraśaḥ

tataḥ śoṇitanadyaśca harṣadāḥ piśitāśinām//
vaitālānaṃdadāyinyo vyajāyaṃta sahasraśaḥ

tasmiṃstathāvidhe yuddhe senānīrgrasano'rihā//
bāṇavarṣeṇa mahatā devasainyamakaṃpayat

tato grasanamālokya yamaḥ krodhavimūrchitaḥ//
vavarṣa śaravarṣeṇa viśeṣādagnivarcasā

sa viddho bahubhirṣāṇairgrasano'tiparākramaḥ//
kṛtapratikṛtākāṃkṣī dhanurānamya bhairavam

śaraiḥ sahasraiśca pañcalakṣaiścaiva vyatāḍayat//
grasanena vimuktāṃstāñcharānsopi nivārya ca

bāṇavṛṣṭibhirugrābhiryamo grasanamardayat//
kṛtāṃtaśaravṛṣṭīnāṃ saṃtatīḥ pratisarpatīḥ//
ciccheda śaravarṣeṇa grasano dānaveśvaraḥ

viphalāṃ tāṃ samālokya yamaḥ svaśarasaṃtatim

prāhiṇonmudgaraṃ dīptaṃ grasanasya rathaṃ prati//
sa taṃ mudgaramāyāṃtamutpatya rathasattamāt

jagrāha vāmahastena līlayā grasano'rihā//
tenaiva mudgareṇātha yamasya mahiṣaṃ ruṣā

tāḍayāmāsa vegena sa papāta mahītale//
utpatyātha yamastasmānmahiṣānnipatiṣyataḥ

prāsena tāḍayāmāsa grasanaṃ vadane dṛḍham//
sa tu prāptaprahāreṇa mūrchito nyapatadbhuvi

grasanaṃ patita dṛṣṭvā jaṃbho bhīmaparākramaḥ//
yamasya bhiṃḍipālena prahāramakaroddhṛdi

yamastena prahāreṇa susrāva rudhiraṃ mukhāt//
atigāḍha prahārārttaḥ kṛtāṃtomūrchito'bhavat

kṛtāṃtamarditaṃ dṛṣṭvā gadāpāṇirdhanādipaḥ//
vṛto yakṣāyutagaṇairjaṃbhaṃ pratyudyayau ruṣaā

jaṃbho ruṣā tamāyāṃtaṃ dānavā nīkasaṃvṛtaḥ//
jagrāha vākyaṃ rājñastu yatā snigdhena bhāṣitam

grasano labdhasaṃjño'tha yamasya prāhiṇodgadām//
maṇihemapariṣkārāṃ gurvī parighamardinīm

tāmāpataṃtīṃ saṃprekṣya gadāṃ mahiṣavāhanaḥ//
gadāyāḥ pratighātārthaṃ jagajjvalanabhairavam

daṃḍaṃ mumoca kopena jvālāmālāsamākulam//
sa gadāṃ viyati prāpya rarāsāṃbudharoddhatam

saṃvaṭṭaścābhavattābhyāṃ śailābhyāmiva duḥsahaḥ//
tābhyāṃ niṣpeṣanirhrāda jaḍīkṛtadigaṃtaram

jagadvyākulatāṃ yātaṃ pralayāgamaśaṃkayā//
kṣaṇātpraśāṃtanirhrādaṃ jvaladulkāsamācitam

niṣpeṣaṇaṃ tayorbhīmama bhūdganagocaram//
nihatyātha gadāṃ daṇḍastato grasanamūrdhani

papāta pauruṣaṃ hatvā yathā daivaṃ purārjitam//
satu tena prahāreṇa dṛṣṭvā satimirādiśaḥ

papāta bhūmau niḥsaṃjño bhūmireṇuvibhūṣitaḥ//
tato hāhāravo ghoraḥ senayorubhayorabhūt

tato mahūrtamātreṇa grasanaḥ prāpya cetanām//
apaśyatsvāṃ tanuṃ dhvastāṃ vilolābharaṇāṃbarām

sa cāpi ciṃtayāmāsa kṛtapratikṛtakriyām//
dhigastu pauruṣaṃ mahyaṃ prabhoragresaraḥ katham

mayyāśritāni sainyāni jite mayi jitāni ca//
asaṃbhāvitarūpo hi sajjano modate sukham

saṃbhāvitastvaśaktaścettasya nāyaṃ paro'pi vā//
evaṃ saṃciṃtya vegena samuttasthau mahābalaḥ

mudgaraṃ kāladaṇḍābhaṃ gṛhītvā girisaṃnibham//
grasano ghorasaṃkalpaḥ saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭacchadaḥ

rathena tvarito'gacchadāsasādāṃtakaṃ raṇe//
samāsādya yamaṃ yuddhe grasano bhrāmya mudgaram

vegena mahatā raudraṃ cikṣepa yamamūrdhani//
vilokya mudgaraṃ dīptaṃ yamaḥ saṃbhrāṃtalocanaḥ

vaṃcayāmāsa durddharṣaṃ mudgaraṃ taṃ mahābalaḥ//
tasminnapasṛte dūraṃ caṃḍānāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām

yāmyānāṃ kiṃkarāṇāṃ ca ayutaṃ niṣpipeṣa ha//
tatastadayutaṃ dṛṣṭvā hataṃ kiṃkaravāhinī

daśārbudamitā kruddhā grasanāyānvadhāvata//
grasanastu samālokya tāṃ kiṃkaramayāṃ śubhām

mene yamasahasrāṇi tādṛgrūpabalā hi sā//
vigāhya grasanaṃ senā vavarṣa śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ

kalpāṃtaghorasaṃkāśo babhūva sa mahāraṇaḥ//
kecicchailena bibhiduḥ kecidbāṇairajihyagaiḥ

pipiṣurgadayā kecitkocinmudgaravṛṣṭibhiḥ//
kecitprāsaprahāraiśca tāḍayāmāsuruddhatāḥ

apare kiṃkarāstasya lalaṃburbāhumaṃḍale//
śilābhirapare jaghnurdrumairanye mahocchrayaiḥ

tasyāpare ca gātreṣu daśanāṃścanyapātayan//
apare muṣṭibhiḥ pṛṣṭhaṃ kiṃkarāstāḍayaṃti ca

evaṃ cābhidrutastaiḥ sa grasanaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ//
utsādya gātraṃ bhūpṛṣṭhe niṣpipeṣa sahasraśaḥ

kāṃścidutthāya jaghne'sau muṣṭibhiḥ kiṃkarānraṇe//
kāṃścitpādaprahāreṇa dhāvannanyānacūrṇayat

kṣaṇaikena sa tānninye yamalokāyabhārata//
sa ca kiṃkarayuddhena vavṛdhe'gnirivaidhasā

tamālokya yamo'śrāṃtaṃ śrāṃtaṃstāṃśca hatānsvakān//
ājagāma samudyamya daṃḍaṃ mahiṣavāhanaḥ

grasanastu tamāyāṃtamājaghne gadayorasi//
aciṃtayitvā tatkarma grasanasyāṃtako'rihā

vyāghrāndaṃḍena saṃjaghne sa rathānnya patadbhuvi//
tataḥ kṣaṇena cotthāya saṃciṃtyātmānamuddhataḥ

vāyuvegena sahasā yayau yamarathaṃ prati//
padātiḥ sa rathaṃ taṃ ca samāruhya yamaṃ tadā

yodhayāmāsa bāhubhyāmākṛṣya balināṃ varaḥ//
yamo'pi śastrāṇyutsṛjca bāhuyuddhe pravartate

grasanaṃ kaṭivastre tu yamaṃ gṛhya balotkaṭaḥ//
bhrāmayāmāsa vegena saṃbhramāviṣṭacetasam

vimocyātha yamaḥ kaṣṭātkaṃṭhe'vaṣṭabhya cāsuram//
bāhubhyāṃ bhrāmayāmāsa so'pyātmānamamocayat

tato jaghnaturanyonyaṃ muṣṭibhirnirdayau ca tau//
daityeṃdrasyātivīryatvātpariśrāṃtataro yamaḥ

skaṃdhe nidhāya daityasya mukhaṃ viśrāṃtimaicchata//
tamā lakṣya tato daityaḥ śrāṃtamutpāṭya caujasā

niṣpipeṣa mahīpṛṣṭhe vinighnanpārṣṇipāṇibhiḥ//
tato yamasya vadanātsusrāva rudhiraṃ bahu

nirjīvamiti taṃ dṛṣṭvā tataḥ saṃtyajya dānavaḥ//
jayaṃ prāpyoddhataṃ nādaṃ muktvā saṃtrāsya devatāḥ

svakaṃ sainyaṃ samāsādya tasthau giririvācalaḥ

nādena tasya grasanasya saṃkhye mahāyudhaiścārditasarvagātrāḥ//
gate kṛthāṃte vasudhāṃ ca niṣprabhe cakaṃpire kāṃdiśikāḥ surāste

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe tārakasainyadevasainyayormadhye yamagrasanayoryuddhavarṇanaṃ nāma saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ