Skanda Purana · Verses 5.48-3

uttānapāda uvāca -
kasminsthāne'vasaddeva so'ndhako daityapuṃgavaḥ /
sarvāndevāṃśca nirjitya kasminsthāne samāsthitaḥ

śrīmaheśa uvāca -
praviṣṭo dānavo yatra kathayāmi narādhipa /
pātālalokamāśritya kanyā vidhvaṃsate tu saḥ

tatra sthitaṃ taṃ vijñāya cāpamādāya keśavaḥ /
vyasṛjadbāṇamāgneyaṃ dahyatāmiti cintayan

dahyamāno'gninā so'pi vāruṇāstraṃ sa saṃdadhe /
vāruṇāstreṇa mahatā āgneyaṃ śamitaṃ tadā

tato'sau cintayāmāsa kena bāṇo visarjitaḥ /
kasyaiṣā pauruṣī śaktiḥ ko yāsyati yamālayam

tato'ndhako mṛdhe kruddho bāṇamārgeṇa nirgataḥ /
sa dṛṣṭvā bāṇamārgeṇa cāpahastaṃ janārdanam

andhaka uvāca -
na śarma lapsyase hyadya mayā dṛṣṭyābhivīkṣitaḥ /
na śaknoṣi tathā gantuṃ nāgaḥ śārdūladarśanāt

āgacchati yathā bhakṣyaṃ mārjārasya ca mūṣikaḥ /
na śaknoṣi tathā yātuṃ saṃsthitastvaṃ mamāgrataḥ

ahaṃ tvāṃ preṣayiṣyāmi yamamārge sudāruṇe /
ahamanveṣayiṣyāmi kila yāsyāmi te gṛham

upanīto'si kālena saṅgrāme mama keśava /
ye tvayā nirjitāḥ pūrvaṃ dānavā apyanekaśaḥ

na bhavanti pumāṃsaste striyastāścaiva keśava /
paraṃ na śastrasaṅgrāmaṃ kariṣyāmi tvayā saha

vadato dānavendrasya na cukopa sa keśavaḥ /
ayudhyamānaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā cintayāmāsa dānavaḥ

dvandvayuddhaṃ kariṣyāmi niścitya yuyudhe nṛpa /
sa kṛṣṇena padākṣiptaḥ patitaḥ pṛthivītale

muhūrtātsa samāśvasya utthāyedaṃ vyacintayat /
aśakto dvandvayuddhāya tataḥ sāma prayuktavān /
pāṇibhyāṃ sampuṭaṃ kṛtvā sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇataḥ śuciḥ

andhaka uvāca -
jaya kṛṣṇāya haraye viṣṇave jiṣṇave namaḥ /
hṛṣīkeśa jagaddhātre acyutāya mahātmane

namaḥ paṅkajanābhāya namaḥ paṅkajamāline /
janārdanāya śrīśāya śrīpate pītavāsase

govindāya namo nityaṃ namo jaladhiśāyine /
namaḥ karālavaktrāya narasiṃhāya nādine

śārṅgiṇe sitavarṇāya śaṅkhacakragadābhṛte /
namo vāmanarūpāya yajñarūpāya te namaḥ

namo varāharūpāya krāntalokatrayāya ca /
vyāptāśeṣadigantāya keśavāya namonamaḥ

vāsudeva namastubhyaṃ namaḥ kaiṭabhanāśine /
lakṣmyālaya suraśreṣṭha namaste suranāyaka

viṣṇordevādhidevasya pramāṇaṃ ye'pi kurvate /
prajāpaterjagaddhātusteṣāmapi namāmyaham

samastabhūtadevasya vāsudevasya dhīmataḥ /
praṇāmaṃ ye prakurvanti teṣāmapi namāmyaham

tasya yajñavarāhasya viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ /
praṇāmaṃ ye prakurvanti teṣāmapi namāmyaham

guṇānāṃ hi nidhānāya namaste'stu punaḥpunaḥ /
kāruṇyāmbunidhe deva sarvabhaktipriyāya ca

śrībhagavānuvāca -
tuṣṭaste dānavendrāhaṃ varaṃ vṛṇu yathepsitam /
dadāmi te varaṃ nūnamapi trailokyadurlabham

andhaka uvāca -
yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva varaṃ dāsyasi cepsitam /
tadā dadasva me deva yuddhaṃ paramaśobhanam /
avaddhastapūto yenāhaṃ lokāngantāsmi śobhanān

śrībhagavānuvāca -
kathaṃ dadāmi te yuddhaṃ toṣito'haṃ tvayā punaḥ /
na tvāṃ tu prabhavetkopaḥ kathaṃ yudhyāmi te'ndhaka

yadi te vartate buddhiryuddhaṃ prati na saṃśayaḥ /
tato gacchasva yuddhāya devaṃ prati maheśvaram

andhaka uvāca -
na tatra sidhyate kāryaṃ devaṃ prati maheśvaram

śrībhagavānuvāca -
putra tvaṃ śikharaṃ gatvā dhūnayasva balena ca

vidhūte tatra deveśaḥ kopaṃ kartā sudāruṇam /
kopitaḥ śaṅkaro raudraṃ yuddhaṃ dāsyati dānava

viṣṇuvākyādasau pāpo gato yatra maheśvaraḥ /
kailāsaśikharaṃ prāpya dhunoti sma muhurmuhuḥ

dhūnite tatra śikhare kampitaṃ bhuvanatrayam /
nipetuḥ śikharāgrāṇi kampamānānyanekaśaḥ

catvāraḥ sāgarāḥ kṣipramekībhūtā mahīpate /
nipeturulkāpātāśca pādapā apyanekaśaḥ

umayā sahito devo vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ /
gāḍhamāliṅgya girijā devaṃ vacanamabravīt

kimarthaṃ kampate śailaḥ kimarthaṃ kampate dharā /
kimarthaṃ kampate nāgo martyaḥ pātālameva ca /
kiṃ vā yugakṣayo deva tanmamākhyātumarhasi

īśvara uvāca -
kasyaiṣā durmatirjātā kṣiptaḥ sarpamukhe karaḥ /
lalāṭe ca kṛtaṃ varma sa yāsyati yamālayam

kailāsamāśrito yena supto'haṃ yena bodhitaḥ /
taṃ vadhiṣye na sandehaḥ sammukho vā bhavedyadi

cintayāmāsa deveśo hyandhako'yaṃ na saṃśayaḥ /
upāyaṃ cintayāmāsa yenāsau vadhyate kṣaṇāt

āgatāśca surāḥ sarve brahmādyā vasubhiḥ saha /
rathaṃ devamayaṃ kṛtvā sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutam

keciddevāḥ sthitāścakre kecittuṇḍāgrapārśvayoḥ /
kecinnābhyāṃ sthitā devāḥ keciddhuryeṣu saṃsthitāḥ

dhurīṣu niścalāḥ kecitkecidyūpeṣu saṃsthitāḥ /
kecitsyandanasaṃstambhāḥ kecitsyandanaveṣṭakāḥ

āmalasārake'nye'pi anye'pi kalaśe sthitāḥ /
riporbhayaṃkaraṃ divyaṃ dhvajamālādiśobhitam

rathaṃ devamayaṃ kṛtvā tamārūḍho jagadguruḥ /
niryayau dānavo yatra kopāviṣṭo maheśvaraḥ

tiṣṭha tiṣṭhetyuvācātha kva prayāsyasi durmate /
śarāsanaṃ kare gṛhya śarāṃścikṣepa dānave

dānave'dhiṣṭhite yuddhe śaraiścicheda sāyakān /
śarāsaneṇa tatraiva andhakaśchāditastadā

na tatra dṛśyate sūryo nākāśaṃ na ca candramāḥ /
āgneyamastraṃ vyasṛjaddānavo'pi śivaṃ prati

dahyamānāḥ śarāṅgāraistatrasuḥ sarvadevatāḥ /
rakṣa rakṣa mahādeva dahyamānāṃstu dānavāt

tato devādhidevo'sau vāruṇāstramayo'jayat /
vāruṇāstreṇa nimiṣādāgneyaṃ nāśitaṃ tadā

dānavena tadā muktaṃ vāyavyāstraṃ raṇājire /
vāruṇaṃ ca gataṃ tāta vāyavyāstravināśitam

devo vyasarjayatsārpaṃ krodhāviṣṭena cetasā /
mārutaṃ nāśitaṃ bāṇaiḥ sarpaistatra na saṃśayaḥ

dānavena tato muktaṃ garuḍāstraṃ ca līlayā /
gāruḍāstraṃ ca taddṛṣṭvā sārpaṃ naiva vyadṛśyata

tato devādhidevena nārasiṃhaṃ visarjitam /
nārasiṃhāstrabāṇena gāruḍāstraṃ praśāmitam

astramastreṇa śamyeta na bādhyeta parasparam /
mahadyuddhamabhūttātasurāsurabhayaṃkaram

cakranālīkanārācaistomaraiḥ khaḍgamudgaraiḥ /
vatsadantaistathā bhallaiḥ karṇikāraiśca śobhanaiḥ

evaṃ na śakyate hantuṃ dānavo vividhāyudhaiḥ /
tadā jvālākarālāśca khaḍganārācatomarāḥ

vṛṣāṅkena vimuktāstu samare dānavaṃ prati /
na saṃspṛśanti śastrāṇi gātraṃ gauḍavadhūriva

āyudhāni tatastyaktvā bāhuyuddhamupasthitau /
karaṃ kareṇa saṃgṛhya praharantau svamuṣṭibhiḥ /
raṇaprayogairyudhyantau yuyudhāte śivāndhakau

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
andhakaṃ prati deveśaścintayāmāsa nigraham /
haniṣyāmi na sandeho duṣṭātmānaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

sa śivena yadā kṣiptaḥ patitaḥ pṛthivītale /
ūrdhvabāhuradhovaktro dānavo nṛpasattama

krodhāviṣṭena deveśaḥ saṅgrāme devaśatruṇā /
kakṣayoḥ kuhare kṣiptvā bandhenākramya pīḍitaḥ

nispandaścābhavaddevo mūrcchāyukto maheśvaraḥ /
mūrcchāpannaṃ tu taṃ jñātvā cintayāmāsa dānavaḥ

hāhā kaṣṭaṃ kṛtaṃ me'dya duṣkṛtaṃ pāpakarmaṇā /
kiṃ karomi kathaṃ karma kasminsthāne tu mocaye

gṛhītvā devamutsaṅge gataḥ kailāsaparvatam /
śayyāyāṃ śaṅkaraṃ nyasya niryayau daityarāṭtataḥ

śayyāyāṃ patito devaḥ prapede vedanāṃ tataḥ /
tāvaddadarśa cātmānaṃ svakīyabhavanasthitam

parābhavaḥ kṛto madyaṃ kathaṃ tena durātmanā /
krodhavegasamāviṣṭo niryayau dānavaṃ prati

āyasīṃ laguḍīṃ gṛhya prabhurbhārasahasrajām /
dānavaṃ ca tato dṛṣṭvā prākṣipattasya mūrdhani

khaḍgena tāḍayāmāsa dānavaḥ prahasanraṇe /
devenāthasmṛtaṃ cāstraṃ kauccherākhyaṃ mahāhave

dīpyamānaṃ samutsṛjya hṛdaye tāḍitaḥ kṣaṇāt /
tataḥ sa tāḍitastena rudhirodgāramudvaman

patito'dhomukho bhūtvā tataḥ śūlena bheditaḥ /
punaśca devadevena śūlena dvidalīkṛtaḥ

śūlāgre'sau sthitaḥ pāpo bhrāntavāṃścakravattadā /
ye ye bhūmyāṃ patanti sma tatkāyādraktabindavaḥ

te te sarve samuttasthurdānavāḥ śāstrapāṇayaḥ /
vyākulastu tato devo dānavena tarasvinā

devenātha smṛtā durgā cāmuṇḍā bhīṣaṇānanā /
āyātā bhīṣaṇākārā nānāyudhavirājitā

mahādaṃṣṭrā mahākāyā piṅgākṣī lambakarṇikā /
ādeśo dīyatāṃ deva ko yāsyati yamālayam

īśvara uvāca -
pibāsya rudhiraṃ bhadre yatheṣṭaṃ dānavasya ca /
nipatadrudhiraṃ bhūmau durge gṛhṇīṣva māciram

nihanmi dānavaṃ yāvatsāhāyyaṃ kuru sundari /
evamuktā tu sā durgā papau ca rudhiraṃ tataḥ

nihatā dānavāḥ sarve deveśena sahasraśaḥ /
andhako'pi ca tān dṛṣṭvā dānavānavaniṃ gatān /
tato vāgbhiḥ pratuṣṭāva devadevaṃ maheśvaram

andhaka uvāca -
jayasva devadeveśa umārdhārdhāśarīradhṛk /
namaste devadeveśa sarvāya triguṇātmane

vṛṣabhāsanamārūḍha śaśāṅkakṛtaśekhara /
jaya khaṭvāṅgahastāya gaṅgādhara namo'stu te

namo ḍamaruhastāya namaḥ kapālamāline /
smaradehavināśāya maheśāya namo'stu te

pūṣṇo dantanipātāya gaṇanāthāya te namaḥ /
jaya svarūpadehāya arūpabahurūpiṇe

uttamāṅgavināśāya viriñcerapi śaṅkara /
śmaśānavāsine nityaṃ nityaṃ bhairavarūpiṇe

tvaṃ sarvago'si tvaṃ kartā tvaṃ hartā nānya eva ca /
tvaṃ bhūmistvaṃ diśaścaiva tvaṃ gururbhārgavastathā

sauristvaṃ devadeveśa bhūmiputrastathaiva ca /
ṛkṣagrahādikaṃ sarvaṃ yaddṛśyaṃ tattvameva ca

evaṃ stutiṃ tadā kṛtvā devaṃ prati sa dānavaḥ /
saṃhatābhyāṃ tu pāṇibhyāṃ praṇanāma maheśvaram

īśvara uvāca -
sādhu sādhu mahāsattva varaṃ yācasva dānava /
dātāhaṃ yācakastvaṃ hi dadāmīha yathepsitam

andhaka uvāca -
yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa yadi deyo varo mama /
tadātmasadṛśo'haṃ te kartavyo nāparo varaḥ

bhasmī jaṭī trinetrī ca triśūlī ca caturbhujaḥ /
vyāghracarmottarīyaśca nāgayajñopavītakaḥ

etadicchāmyahaṃ sarvaṃ yadi tuṣṭo maheśvara

īśvara uvāca -
dadāmi te varaṃ hyadya yastvayā yācito'nagha /
gaṇeṣu me sthitaḥ putra bhṛṅgīśastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

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