Skanda Purana · Verses 1.20-2

//nārada uvāca//
taṃ dṛṣṭvā dānavāḥ sarve kruddhāḥ svaiḥsvairbalairvṛtāḥ//
saraghā iva mākṣikaṃ rurudhuḥ sarvatastataḥ

parvatābhe gaje bhīme madasrāviṇi durdame//
sitacitrapatāke tu prabhinnakaraṭāmukhe

svarṇavarṇāṃcite yadvannage dāvāgnisaṃvṛte//
āruhyajau nimirdaityo hariṃ pratyudyayau balī

tasyāsandānavā raudrā gajasya parirakṣiṇaḥ//
saptaviṃśatikoṭyaśca kirīṭakavacojjavalāḥ

aśvamāruhya śailābhaṃ harimādravat//
paṃcayojanapragrīvamuṣṭramāsthāya jaṃbhakaḥ

śumbho meṣaṃ samāruhyāvrajaddvādaśayojanam//
apare dānavendrāśca yattā nānāstrāpāṇayaḥ

ājagmuḥ samare kruddhā viṣṇumakliṣṭakāriṇam//
paragheṇa nimirdaityo mathano mudgareṇa ca

śumbhaḥ śūlena tīkṣṇena prāsena grasanastathā//
cakreṇa krathanaḥ kruddho jaṃbhaḥ śaktyā mahāraṇe

jaghnurnārāyaṇaṃ śeṣā viśikhairmarmabhedibhiḥ//
tānyastrāṇi prayuktāni viviśuḥ puruṣottamam

upadeśā guroryadvatsacchiṣyaṃ bahudheritāḥ//
tataḥ kruddho harirgṛhya dhanurbāṇāṃśca puṣkalān

mamarda daityasenāṃ taddharmamarthavaco yathā//
nimiṃ vivyādha viṃśatyā vāṇairanalavarcasaiḥ

mathanaṃ daśabhiścaiva śumbhaṃ paṃcabhireva ca//
śatena mahiṣaṃ kruddho vivyādhorasi mādhavaḥ

jaṃbhaṃ dvādaśabhistīkṣṇaiḥ sarvāṃścaikaika śo'ṣṭabhiḥ//
tasya tallāghavaṃ dṛṣṭvā dānavāḥ krodhamūrchitāḥ

cakrurgāḍhataraṃ yatnamāvṛṇvānā hariṃ śaraiḥ//
cicchedātha dhanurjyāṃ ca nimirbhallena dānavaḥ

hastāccāpaṃ ca saṃraṃbhācciccheda mahiṣāsuraḥ//
ṣīḍayāmāsā garuḍaṃ jaṃbho bāṇāyutaistribhiḥ

bhujāvasya ca vivyādha śaṃbho bāṇāyutena vai//
tato vismitacittastu gadāṃ jagrāha mādhavaḥ

tāṃ prāhiṇotsa vegena mathanāya mahāhave//
tāmāprāptāṃ nimirbāṇairmuśalābhaiḥ sahasraśaḥ

āhatya pātayāmāsa vinadankālameghavat//
tatoṃ'tarikṣe hāheti bhūtānāṃ jajñire kathāḥ

naitadasti balaṃ vyaktaṃ yatrāśīryata sā gadā//
tāṃ hariḥ patitāṃ dṛṣṭvā asthāne prārthanāmiva

jagrāha mudgaraṃ ghoraṃ divyaratnapariṣkṛtam//
taṃ mumocātivegena nimimuddiśya dānavam

tamāyāṃtaṃ viyatyeva trayo daityā hyavārayan//
gadayā daṃbhadaityastu grasanaḥ paṭṭiśena tu

śaktyā ca mahiṣo daityo vinadaṃto mahāraravam//
nirākṛtaṃ tamālokya durjanaiḥ sujanaṃ yathā

jagrāha śaktimugrogrāṃ śataghaṃṭāmahāsvanām//
jaṃbhāya tāṃ samuddiśya prāhiṇodbhīṣaṇeraṇe

tāmāyāntīmathālokya jaṃbho'nyasya rathāttvarāt//
āplutya līlayā gṛhṇankāminīṃ kāmuko yathā

tayaiva garuḍaṃ mūrdhni jaghne sa prahasanbalī//
tato bhūyo rathaṃ prāpya ghanurgṛhyabhyayojayat

vicetāścābhavadyuddhe garuḍaḥ śaktipīḍitaḥ//
tataḥ prahasya taṃ viṣṇuḥ sādhusādhviti bhārata

karasparśena kṛtavānvimohaṃ vinatātmajam//
samāśvāsya ca taṃ vāgbhiḥ śaktiṃ dṛṣṭvā ca niṣphalām

kubhāryasya yathā puṃsaḥ sarvaṃsyācciṃtitaṃ vṛthā//
dṛṭhasāramahāmaurvīmanyāṃ saṃyojayattataḥ

kṛtvā ca talanirghoṣaṃ raudramastraṃ mumoca saḥ//
tato'stratejasā sarvamākāśaṃ naiva dṛśyate

bhūmirdiśaśca vidiśo bāmajālamayā bubhuḥ//
dṛṣṭvā tadastramāhātmyaṃ senānīrgrasano'suraḥ

brāhmamastraṃ cakārāśu sarvāstravinivāraṇam//
tena tatpraśamaṃ yātaṃ raudrāstraṃ lokabhīṣaṇam

astre pratihate tasminviṣṇurdānavasūdanaḥ//
kāladaṃḍāstramakarotsarvalokabhayaṃkaram

saṃdhīyamānestre tasminmārutaḥ paruṣo vavau//
cakaṃpe ca mahī devī bhinnāścāṃbudhayo'bhavan

tadastramugraṃ dṛṣṭvā tu dānavā yuddhadurmadāḥ//
cakrurastrāṇi divyāni nānārūpāṇi saṃyuge

nārāyaṇāṃstraṃ grasanastu cakre tvāṣṭraṃ nimiścāstravaraṃ mumoca//
aiṣīkamastraṃ ca cakāra jaṃbho yuddhasya daṇḍāstra nivāraṇāya

yāvacca saṃdhānavaśaṃ prayāṃti nārāyaṇādīni nivāraṇāya//
tāvatkṣaṇenaiva jaghāna koṭīṃdaityeśvarāṇāṃ kila kāladaṃḍaḥ

anaṃtaraṃ śāṃtabhayaṃ tadastraṃ daityāstrayogena ca kāladaṇḍam//
śāṃtaṃ tadālokya hariḥ svamastraṃ kopena kālānalatulyamūrtiḥ

jagrāha cakraṃ tapanā yutaprabhamugrāramātmānamiva dvitīyam//
cikṣepa senāpataye jvalaṃtaṃ caturbhūjaḥ saṃyati saṃpragṛhya

tadāvrajaccakramatho vilokya sarvātmanā daityavarāḥ svavīryāt//
nāśaknunvārayituṃ pracaṃḍaṃ daivaṃ yathā pūrvamivopapannam

tadapratarkyaṃ navahetitulyaṃ cakraṃ papāta grasanasya kaṇṭhe//
tadraktadhārā ruṇaghoranābhi jagāma bhūyopi karaṃ murāreḥ

cakrāhataḥ saṃyati dānavaśca papāta bhūmau pramamāra cāpi//
daityāśca śeṣā bhṛśaśaukamāpuḥ krodhaṃ ca kecitpipiṣurbhujāṃśca

tato vinihate daitye grasane balanāyake//
nirmaryādamayudhyaṃta hariṇā saha dānavāḥ

paṭṭiśairmuśalaiḥ prāsaigni dābhiḥ kaṇapairapi//
tīkṣṇānanaiśca nārācaiścakraiḥ śaktibhireva ca

tadastrajālaṃ tairmuktaṃ labdhalakṣo janārdanaḥ//
ekaikaṃ śatadhā cakre bāṇairagni śikhopamaiḥ

jaghāna teṣāṃ saṃkruddhaḥ koṭikoṭiṃ janārdanaḥ//
tataste sahasā bhūtvā nyapatankeśavopari

garuḍaṃ jagṛhuḥ kecitpādayoḥ śataśo'surāḥ//
lalaṃbire ca pakṣābhyāṃ mukhe cānye lalaṃbire

keśavasyāpi dhanuṣi bhujayoḥ śīrṣa eva ca//
lalaṃbire mahādaityā ninadaṃto muhurmuhuḥ

tadadbhutaṃ mahaddṛṣṭvā siddhacāraṇavārtikāḥ//
hāheti mumucurnādasaṃbare cāstuvanharim

tato harirvinirdhūya pātayāmāsa tānbhuvi//
yathā prabuddhaḥ puruṣo doṣānsaṃsārasaṃbhavān

vikośaṃ ca tataḥ naṃdakaṃ khaḍgamuttamam//
carma cāpyamalaṃ viṣṇuḥ padātistānadhāvata

tato muhūrtamātreṇa padmāni daśa keśavaḥ//
cakartta mārge bahubhirvicarandaityasattamān

tato nimiprabhṛtayo vinadyāsurasattamāḥ//
adhāvaṃta maheṣvāsāḥ keśavaṃ pādacāriṇam

garutmāṃścābhyayāttūrṇamāruroha ca taṃ hariḥ//
uvāca ca garutmaṃtaṃ tasmiṃśca tumule raṇe

aśrāṃto yadi tārkṣyāsi mathanaṃ prati tadvraja//
śrāṃtaścecca muhūrtaṃ tvaṃ raṇādapasṛto bhava

//tārkṣya uvāca//
na me śramo'sti lokeśa kiṃcitsaṃsmarataśca me//
yanme sutānvāhanatve kalpayāmāsa tārakaḥ

iti bravanraṇe daityaṃ mathanaṃ prati so'gamat//
daityastavabhimukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā śaṃkhacakragadādharam

jaghāna bhiṃḍipālena śitadhāreṇa vakṣasi//
taṃ prahāramaciṃtyaiva viṣṇustasminmahāhave

jaghāna paṃcabhirbāṇairgirīṃdrasyāpi bhedakaiḥ//
ākarṇakṛṣṭairdaśabhiḥ punarviddhaḥ stanāṃtare

vicetano muhūrtātsa saṃstabhya mathanaḥ punaḥ//
gṛhītvā parighaṃ mūrdhni janārdanamatāḍayat

viṣṇustena prahāreṇa kiṃcidāghūrṇito'bhavat//
tataḥ kopavivṛttākṣo gadāṃ jagrāha mādhavaḥ

tayā saṃtāḍayāmāsa mathanaṃ hṛdaye dṛḍham//
sa papāta tathā bhūmau cūrṇitāṃgo mamāra ca

tasminnipatite bhūmau mathane mathite bhṛśam//
avasādaṃ yuyurdaityāḥ sarve te yuddhamaṇḍale

tatasteṣu viṣaṇṇeṣu dānaveṣvatimāniṣu//
cukopa raktanayano mahiṣo dānaveśvaraḥ

pratyudyayau hariṃ raudraḥ svabāhubalamāśritaḥ//
rīkṣṇadhāreṇa śūlena mahiṣo harimardayan

śaktyā ca garuḍaṃ vīro hṛdaye'bhyahanaddṛḍham//
tato vivṛtya vadanaṃ mahāmalaguhānibham

grastumaicchadraṇe daityaḥ sagarutmaṃtamacyutam//
athāc‌yuto'pi vijñāya dānavasya cikīrṣitam

vadanaṃ pūrayāmāsa divyaistrairmahābalaḥ//
sa tairbāṇairabhihato mahiṣo'calasaṃnibhaḥ

parivartitakāyārdhaḥ papātātha mamāra ca//
mahiṣaṃ patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā jīvayitvā punarhariḥ

mahiṣaṃ prāha mattastvaṃ vadhaṃ nārhasi dānava//
yoṣidvadhyaḥ puroktastvaṃ sākṣātkamalayoninā

uttiṣṭha gaccha manmukto drutamasmānmahāraṇāt//
ityukto hariṇā tasmāddeśādapagato'suraḥ

tasminparāṅmukhe daitye mahiṣe śuṃbhadānavaḥ//
saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭāṭopo bhṛkuṭīkuṭilānanaḥ

nirmadhya pāṇinā pāṇiṃ dhanurādāya bhairavam//
sajjīkṛtya mahāghorānmumoca śataśaḥ śarān

sa citrayodhī dṛḍhamuṣṭipātastataśva viṣṇuṃ ca daityaḥ//
bāṇairjvaladvahniśikhānikāśaiḥ kṣiptairasaṃkhyaiḥ pratighāhīnaiḥ

viṣṇuśca daityeṃdraśarārdito bhṛśaṃ bhuśuṃḍimādāya kṛtāṃtatulyām//
tayā mukhaṃ cāsya pipeṣa saṃkhye śuṃbhasya jatruṃ ca dharādharābham

tatastribhiḥ śaṃbhubhujaṃ dviṣaṣṭyā sūtasya śīrṣaṃ daśakṣiśca ketum//
viṣṇurvikṛṣṭaiḥ śravaṇāvasānaṃ daityasya bāṇairjvalanārkavarṇaiḥ

sa taiśca viddho vyathito babhūva daityeśvaro visrutaśoṇitāktaḥ//
tato'sya kiṃciccalitasya dhairyāduvāca śaṃkhāṃbujasārṅgapāṇiḥ

yoṣitsuvadhyo'si raṇaṃ vibhuṃca śuṃbhā'śubha svalpatarairahobhiḥ//
mattorhasi tvaṃ na vṛthaiva mūḍha tato'payātaḥ sa ca śaṃbhadānavaḥ

jambho'tha tadviṣṇumukhānniśamya jagarja coccaiḥ kṛtasiṃhanādaḥ//
provāca vākyaṃ ca salīlamājau mahāṭṭahāsena jagadvikaṃpya

kimebhiste jalāvāsa daityairhīnaparākramaiḥ//
māmāsādaya yuddhe'sminyadi te pauruṣaṃ kvacit

yatte pūrvaṃ hatā daityā hiraṇyākṣamukhāḥ kila//
jaṃbhastadābhavannaiva paśya māmadya saṃsthitam

paśya tālapratī kāśau bhujāvetau hare mama//
vakṣo vā vajrakaṭhinaṃ mayi prahara tatsukham

ityuktaḥ keśavastena sṛkkiṇī saṃlihanruṣā//
mumoca parighaṃghoraṃ virīṇāmapi dāraṇam

tatastasyāpyanupadaṃ kālāyasamayaṃ dṛḍham//
mumoca mudgaraṃ viṣṇurdvitīyaṃ parvataṃ yathā

tadāyudhadvayaṃ dṛṣṭvā jaṃbho nyasya rathe dhanuḥ//
āplutya parighaṃ gṛhya garuḍaṃ tena jaghnivān

dvitīyaṃ mudgaraṃ cānu gṛhītvā vinadanraṇe//
sarvaprāṇena goviṃdaṃ tena mūrdhni jaghāna saḥ

tābhyāṃ cātiprahārābhyāmubhau garuḍakeśavau//
mohāviṣṭau vicetaskau mṛtakalpāvivāsatām

tadadbhutaṃ mahaddṛṣṭvā jagarjurdaityasattamāḥ//
naitānharṣamadoddhūtānidaṃ sehe jagattadā

siṃhanādaistalonnāhairdhanurnādaiśca bāṇajaiḥ//
jaṃbhaṃ te harṣayāmāsurvāsāṃsyādudhuvuśca te

śaṃkhāṃśca pūrayāmāsuścikṣipurdevatā bhṛśam

saṃjñāmavāpyātha mahāraṇe hariḥ savainateyaḥ parirabhya jaṃbham//
parāṅmukhaḥ saṃyugādapradhṛṣyātpalāyanaṃ vegaparaścakāra

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṃḍe daityaiḥ saha viṣṇoryuddhavarṇanaṃnāma viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ