Skanda Purana · Verses 1.19-2

//nārada uvāca//
kālanemī ruṣāviṣṭasteṣāṃ rūpaṃ na buddhavān//
tato nimiṃ ca daityendraṃ matvā devaṃ mahājavaḥ

keśeṣu gṛhya taṃ vīraṃ cakarṣa ca nanāda ca//
tato nimiruvācedaṃ kālanemiṃ mahābalam

ahaṃ nimiḥ kālaneme sutaṃ matvā vadhasva mā//
bhavatā mohitenājau devānmatvāsurāḥ svakāḥ

suraiḥ sudurjayāḥ koṭyo nihatādaśa viddhi tat//
sarvāstravāraṇaṃ muṃca brahmamastraṃ tvarānvitaḥ

sa tena bodhito daityo muktvā taṃ saṃbhramākulaḥ//
bāṇaṃ brahmāstravihitaṃ mumoca tvarayānvitaḥ

brahmāstraṃ tatprajajvāla tataḥ khe sumahādbhutam//
devānāṃ cābhavatsainyaṃ sarvameva bhayākulam

śaṃbarāstraṃ tataḥ śāṃtaṃ brāhmapratihataṃ tadā//
tasminpratihate hyastre bhāskaraḥ prabhuḥ

maheṃdrajālamāstāya cakre bhīṣaṇāṃ tanum//
visphūrjatkarasaṃghātasamākrāṃtajagattrayaḥ

tatāpa dānavānīkaṃ galanmajjāṅghriśoṇitam//
cakṣūṃṣi dānavendrāṇāṃ cakārāṃdhāni sa prabhuḥ

gajānāmagalanmedaḥ petuścāpi rathā bhuvi//
turaṃgamāḥ śvasaṃtaśca gharmārtā rathinopi ca

itaścetaśca salilaṃ prārthayaṃtastṛṣāturāḥ//
giridroṇīśca pādāṃśca giriṇāṃ gahanāni ca

teṣāṃ prārthayatāṃ śīghramanyonyaṃ ca visarpiṇām//
dāvāgnirajvalattīvro ghoro nardagdhapādapaḥ

toyārthinaḥ puro dṛṣṭvā toyaṃ kallo lamālitam//
puraḥsthitamapi prāptuṃ na śekurupasāditum

aprāpya salilaṃ bhūmāvabhyāśe drutameva te//
tatratatra vyadṛśyanta mṛtā daityeśvarābhuvi

rathā gajāśca patitāsturaṃgāśca śramānvitāḥ//
sthitā vamaṃto dhāvaṃto galaddrutavasāsrajaḥ

dānavānāṃ koṭikoṭi vyadṛśyatamṛtaṃ tadā//
evaṃ kṣayo jānavānāṃ tasminmahati vartite

prakopodbhūtatāmrākṣaḥ kālanemī ruṣāturaḥ//
babhūva kālamedhābhaḥ sphuradromaśatahradaḥ

gaṃbhīrāsphoṭanirhrādajagaddhṛdayakaṃpanaḥ//
pracchādya gaganaṃ sūryaprabhāṃ sarvāṃ vyanāśayat

vavarṣa śītaṃ ca jalaṃ dānavendrabalaṃ prati//
daityāstāṃ vṛṣṭimāsādya samāśvastāstataḥ kramāt

bījāṃkurā iva mlānāḥ prāpya vṛṣṭiṃ dharātale//
tataḥ sa megharūpeṇa kālanemirmahāsurāḥ

śastravṛṣṭiṃ vavarṣogrāṃ devanīkeṣu durjayaḥ//
tayā vṛṣṭyā pīḍyamānā daityairanyaiśca devatāḥ

gatiṃ kāṃcinna paśyanti gāvaḥ śītārditā iva//
parasparaṃ vyalīyaṃta gajeṣu turageṣu ca//
ratheṣu ca bhayatrastāstatratatra nililyire

evaṃ te līyamānāśca nihatāḥ kālane minā//
dṛśyaṃte patitā devāḥ śastrabhinnaṃgasaṃdhayaḥ

vibhinnā bhinnamūrdhānastathā bhinnorujānavaḥ//
viparyastaṃ rathāṃgaiśca patitaṃ dhvajaśaktibhiḥ

turaṃgāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi gajānāmayutāni ca//
raktena teṣāṃ ghoreṇa dustarā cābhavanmahī

evamājau mahādaityaḥ kālanemirmahāsuraḥ//
jaghne muhurtamātreṇa gaṃdharvāṇāṃ daśāyutam

yakṣāṇāṃ paṃcalakṣāṇi kiṃnarāṇāṃ tathaiva ca//
jaghne piśācamukhyānāṃ saptalakṣāṇi nirbhayaḥ

itareṣāṃ na saṃkhyāsti surajātinikāyinām//
jaghne sa koṭiśaḥ kraddhaḥ kālanemirmadotkaṭaḥ

evaṃ pratibhaye bhīme tadāmara mahākṣaye//
saṃkruddhāvaśvinau vīrau citrāstrakavacojjavalau

jaghnatustau raṇe daityamekaikaṃ ṣaṣṭibhiḥ śaraiḥ//
nirbhidya te mahādaityaṃ sapuṃkhā viviśurmahīm

tābhyāṃ bāṇaprahāraistu kiṃcitso'vāptacetanaḥ//
jagrāha cakraṃ lakṣāraṃ tailadhautaṃ raṇe'dhikam

tena cakreṇa sośvibhyāṃ ciccheda rathakūbaram//
jagrāhātha dhanurdaityaḥ śarāṃścāśīviṣopamān

vavarṣa bhiṣajormūrdhni saṃchādyākāśagocaram//
tāvapyastraiḥ smṛtaiḥ sarvāśchedaturdaityasāyakān

tacca karama tayordṛṣṭvā vismitaḥ kopamāviśat//
jagrāha mudgaraṃ bhīma kāladaṃḍavibhīṣaṇam

sa tadamudbhrāmya vegena cikṣepāsya rathaṃ prati//
taṃ tu mudgaramāyāṃtamālokyāṃbaragocare

muktvā rathāvubhau vegādāplutau tarasāśvinau//
tau rathau sa tu niṣpiṣya mudgaro'calasaṃnibhaḥ

dārayāmāsa dharaṇīṃ hemajālapariṣkṛtaḥ//
tasya karmātha taddṛṣṭvā bhiṣajau citrayodhinau

vajrāstraṃ ca prakurvāṇau dānaveṃdramayudhyatām//
ghoravajraprahāraistu dānavaḥ sa parikṣataḥ

ratho dhvajo dhanuścaiva chatraṃ ca kavacaṃ tathā//
kṣaṇena śatadhā bhūtaṃ sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ

taddṛṣṭvā dukaraṃ karma so'śvibhyāṃ bhīmavikramaḥ//
nārāyaṇāstraṃ balavānmumoca raṇamūrdhani

tataḥ śaśāma vajrāstraṃ kālanemistato ruṣā//
jīvagrāhaṃ grāhayitumaśvinau tau pracakrame

tāvabhiprāyamālakṣya saṃtyajya samarāṃgaṇam//
padātī vepamānāṃgau pradrutau vāsavoyataḥ

tayoranugato daityaḥ kālanemirnadanmuhuḥ//
prāpyeṃdrasya balaṃ krūro daityānīkapadānugaḥ

sa kāla iva kalpāṃte yadā vāsavamādrutaḥ//
taṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvabhūtāni viviśurvihvalāni tu

hāhārāvaṃ prakurvāṇāstadā devāśca menire//
parājayaṃ maheṃdrasya sarvalokakṣayāvaham

celuḥ śikhariṇo mukhyāḥ peturulkā nabhastalāt//
jagarjurjaladā dikṣu saṃbhūtaśca mahāravaḥ

tāṃ bhūtāvikṛtiṃ dṛṣṭvā devāḥ seṃdrā bhayāvahāḥ//
manasā śaraṇaṃ jagmurvāsudevaṃ jagatpatim

namo brahmaṇyadevāya gobrāhmaṇahitāya ca//
jagaddhitāya kṛṣṇāya goviṃdāya namonamaḥ

sa no rakṣatu goviṃdo bhayārtāste jaguḥ surāḥ//
surāṇāṃ ciṃtitaṃ jñātvā bhagavāngaruḍadhvajaḥ

vibudhyaiva ca paryaṃkādyoganidrāṃ vihāya saḥ//
lakṣmīkarayugāṃbhojalālitāṃghrisaroruhaḥ

śāradaṃbaranīrābjakāṃtidehacchaviḥ prabhuḥ//
kaustubhodbhāsihṛdayaḥ kāṃtakeyūrabhāskaraḥ

vimṛśya surasaṃkṣobhaṃ vainateyamātāhvayat//
āhūte'visthitetasmingaruḍe duḥkhite bhṛśam

divyanānāstratīkṣṇārcirāruhyāgātsurāhavam//
tatrāpaśyata deveṃdraṃ bhayabhītamabhidrutam

dānaveṃdrairnavāṃbhodasacchāyaiḥ sarvathotkaṭaiḥ//
yathā hi puruṣaṃ ghorairabhāgyairarthakāṃkṣibhiḥ

tattrāṇāyāvrajadviṣṇuḥ stūyamāno muhuḥ suraiḥ//
abhāgyebhyaḥ paritrātuṃ sukṛtaṃ nirmalaṃ yathā

athāpaśyata daityeṃdro viyati dyutimaṃḍalam//
sphuraṃtamudayācchīghraṃ kāṃtaṃ sūryaśataṃ yathā

prabhavaṃ jñātumicchaṃto dānavāstasya tejasaḥ//
garuḍaṃ tamathā paśyankalpāṃtānalabhairavam

tatra sthitaṃ caturbāhuṃ hariṃ cānupamadyutim//
tamālokyāsureṃdrāstu harṣasaṃpūrṇamānasāḥ

ayaṃ sa devaḥ sarveṣāṃ śaraṇaṃ keśavo'rihā//
asmiñjite jitāḥ sarvā devatā nātra saṃśayaḥ

enamāśritya lokeśā yajñabhāgabhujo'marāḥ//
ityuktvā te samāgamya sarva eva tatastataḥ

taṃ jaghnurvividhaiḥ śastraiḥ parivārya samaṃtataḥ//
kālanemiprabhṛtayo daśa daityamahārathāḥ

ṣaṣṭyā vivyādhabāṇānāṃ kālanemirjanārdanam//
nimiḥ śatena bāṇānāṃ mathano'śītibhiḥ śaraiḥ

jaṃbhakaścaiva saptatyā śuṃbho daśabhireva ca//
śeṣā daitye śvarāḥ sava viṣṇumekaikaśaḥ śaraiḥ

daśabhirdaśabhiḥ śalyairjaghnuḥ sagaruḍaṃ raṇe//
teṣāmamṛṣyattatkarma viṣṇurdānavasūdanaḥ

ekaikaṃ dānavaṃ jaghne ṣaḍbhiḥ paḍbhirajihnagaiḥ//
ākarṇakṛṣṭairbhūyaśca kālanemistribhiḥ śaraiḥ

viṣṇuṃ vivyādha hṛdaye roṣādraktavilocanaḥ//
tasyāśobhaṃta te bāṇā hṛdaye taptakāṃcanāḥ

mayūkhā iva saṃdīptāḥ kaustubhasya sphurattviṣaḥ//
tairbāṇaiḥ kiṃcidāyasto harirjagrāha mudgaram

sa tamudgrāhya vegena dānavāya mumoca vai//
dānavendrastamaprāptaṃ viyatyeva śataiḥ śaraiḥ

ciccheda tilaśaḥ kruddho darśayanpāṇilāghavam//
tato viṣṇuḥ prakupitaḥ prāsaṃ jagrāha bhairavam

tena daityasya hṛdayaṃ tāḍayāmāsa vegataḥ//
kṣaṇena labdhasaṃjñastu kālanemirmahāsuraḥ

śaktiṃ jagrāha tīkṣṇāgrāṃ hemaghaṃṭāṭṭahāsinīm//
tayā vāmaṃ bhujaṃ viṣṇorbibheda ditinaṃdanaḥ

bhinnaṃ śaktyā bhujaṃ tasya srutaśoṇitamābabhau//
nīle balā hake vidyudvidyotaṃtī yathā muhuḥ

tato viṣṇuḥ prakupito jagrāha vipulaṃ dhanuḥ//
saptadaśa ca nārācāṃstīkṣṇāgrānmarmabhedinaḥ

daityasya hṛdayaṃ ṣaḍbhirvivyādha ca śaraistribhiḥ//
caturbhiḥ sārathiṃ cāsya dhvajaṃ caikena patriṇā

dvābhyāṃ dhanurjyādhanuṣī bhujaṃ caikena patriṇā//
sa viddho hṛdaye gāḍhaṃ doṣairmūḍho yathā naraḥ

srutaraktāruṇaḥ prāṃśuḥ pīḍācalitamānasaḥ//
cakaṃpe māruteneva coditaḥ kiṃśukadrumaḥ

tataḥ kaṃpitamālakṣya gadāṃ jagrāha keśavaḥ//
tāṃ ca vegena cikṣepa kālanemivadhaṃ prati

sā papāta śirasyugrā sahasā kālaneminaḥ//
saṃcūrṇitottamāṃ gastu niṣpiṣṭamukuṭosuraḥ

srutaraktaugharaṃdhraśca srutadhāturivācalaḥ//
papāta sve rathe bhagno visaṃjñaḥ śiṣṭajīvanaḥ

patitasya rathopasthe dānavasyācyuto'rihā//
smitapūrvamuvācedaṃ vākyaṃ cakrāyudhaḥ prabhuḥ

gacchāsura vimukto'si sāṃprataṃ jīva nirvṛtaḥ//
tataḥ svalpena kālena ahameva tavāṃtakaḥ

evaṃ vacastasya niśamya viṣṇoḥ sarveśvarasyātha rathaṃ nimeṣāt//
nināya dūraṃ kila kālanemino bhītastadā sārathirlokanāthāt

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe devāsurāsaṃgrāme kālanemikṛtayuddhasaṃmarde viṣṇunā saha kālanemiyuddhavarṇanaṃnāmaikonaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ