Pātāla-khaṇḍa · Chapter 43
Sourceशेष उवाच हनूमान्वीरसिंहं तु समागत्याब्रवीद्वचः । तिष्ठ यासि कुतो वीर जेष्यामि त्वां क्षणादिह ॥१ एवमुक्तं समाकर्ण्य प्लवगस्य वचो महत् । कोपपूरपरिप्लुष्टः कार्मुकं जलदस्वनम् ॥२ विनद्य घोरान्निशितान्बाणान्मुंचन्बभौ रणे । आषाढे जलदस्येव धारासारे मनोहरः ॥३ तान्दृष्ट्वा निशितान्बाणान्स्वदेहे सुविलग्नकान् । चुकोप हृदयेऽत्यतं हनूमानंजनी सुतः ॥४ मुष्टिना ताडयामास हृदये वज्रसारिणा । समुष्टिना हतो वीरः पपात धरणीतले ॥५ मूर्च्छितं तं समालोक्य पितृव्यं स शुभांगदः । रुक्मांगदोऽपि संमूर्च्छां त्यक्त्वागाद्रणमंडलम् ॥६ बाणान्समभिवर्षंतौ मेघाविव महास्वनौ । कुर्वंतौ कदनं घोरं प्लवंगं प्रति जग्मतुः ॥७ तौ दृष्ट्वा समरे वीरौ समायातौ कपीश्वरः । लांगूलेन च संवेष्ट्य सरथौ चापधारकौ ॥८ स्फोटयामास भूदेशे तत्क्षणान्मूर्च्छितावुभौ । निश्चेष्टौ समभूतां तौ रुधिरारक्तदेहकौ ॥९ बलमित्रश्चिरं युद्धं विधाय सुमदेन हि । मूर्च्छामप्रापयत्तं वै बाणैः सुशितपर्वभिः ॥१० पुष्कलेन क्षणान्नीतो मूर्च्छां चैतन्यवर्जिताम् । जयमाप्तं तु कटकं शत्रुघ्नस्य भटार्दनम् ॥११ एतस्मिन्समये सांबः स्यंदनं वरमास्थितः । विस्फारयन्धनुर्दिव्यमुपाधावद्भटानिमान् ॥१२ जटाजूटांतरगतां चंद्ररेखां वहन्महान् । सर्पाभूषां मनःस्पर्शां दधदाजगवं धनुः ॥१३ मूर्च्छितान्स्वजनान्दृष्ट्वा भक्तार्तिघ्नो महेश्वरः । योद्धुं प्रायान्महासैन्यैः शत्रुघ्नस्य भटानिमान् ॥१४ सगणः सपरीवारः कंपयन्पृथिवीतलम् । भक्तरक्षार्थमागच्छंस्त्रिपुरं तु पुरा यथा ॥१५ कोपाच्छोणतरे नेत्रे वहन्प्रलयकारकः । पश्यन्वीरान्बहुमतीन्पिनाकी देववंदितः ॥१६ तमागतं महेशानं वीक्ष्य रामानुजो बली । जगाम समरे योद्धुं सर्वदेवशिरोमणिम् ॥१७ अथागतं तु शत्रुघ्नं रुद्रो वीक्ष्य पिनाकधृक् । उवाच परमापन्नः कोपं सगुणचापधृक् ॥१८ पुष्कलेन महत्कर्म कृतं रामांघ्रिसेविना । मद्भक्तं यो रणे हत्वा गतः समरमंडलम् ॥१९ अद्य क्वास्ति परो वीरः पुष्कलः परमास्त्रवित् । तं हत्वा सुखमाप्स्यामि समरे भक्तपीडनम् ॥२० शेष उवाच इत्युक्त्वा वीरभद्रं स प्रेषयामास पुष्कलम् । याहि त्वं समरे योद्धुं पुष्कलं सेवकार्दनम् ॥२१ नंदिनं प्रेषयामास हनूमंतं महाबलम् । कुशध्वजं प्रचंडं तु भृंगिणं च सुबाहुकम् ॥२२ सुमदं चंडनामानं गणं स्वीयं समादिशत् । पुष्कलस्तु समायांतं वीरभद्रं महागणम् ॥२३ महारुद्रस्य संवीक्ष्य योद्धुं प्रायान्महामनाः । पुष्कलः पंचभिर्बाणैस्ताडयामास संयुगे ॥२४ तैर्बाणैः क्षतगात्रस्तु त्रिशूलं स समादिशत् । स त्रिशूलं क्षणाच्छित्त्वा व्यगर्जत महाबलः ॥२५ छिन्नं स्वीयं त्रिशूलं वै वीक्ष्य रुद्रानुगो बली । खट्वांगेन जघानाशु मस्तके भारतिं द्विज ॥२६ खट्वांगाभिहतः सोऽथ मुमूर्च्छ क्षणमुद्भटः । विहाय मूर्च्छां सद्वीरः पुष्कलः परमास्त्रवित् ॥२७ शरैश्चिच्छेद खट्वांगं करस्थं तस्य तत्क्षणात् । वीरभद्रः स्वकेच्छिन्ने खट्वांगे करसंस्थिते ॥२८ परमक्रोधमापन्नो बभंज रथिनो रथम् । भंक्त्वा रथं तु वीरस्य पदातिं च विधाय सः ॥२९ बाहुयुद्धेन युयुधे पुष्कलेन महात्मना । स पुष्कलो रथं त्यक्त्वा चूर्णितं तेन वेगतः ॥३० मुष्टिना ताडयामास वीरभद्रं महाबलः । अन्योन्यं मुष्टिभिर्घ्नंतावूरुभिर्जानुभिस्तथा ॥३१ परस्परवधोद्युक्तौ परस्परजयैषिणौ । एवं चतुर्दिनमभूद्रात्रिं दिवमपीशयोः ॥३२ न कोपि तत्र हीयेत न जीयेत महाबलः । पंचमे तु दिने वृत्ते वीरभद्रो महाबलः ॥३३ गृहीत्वा नभ उड्डीनो महावीरं तु पुष्कलम् । तत्र युद्धं तयोरासीद्देवासुरविमोहनम् ॥३४ मुष्टिना चरणाघातैर्बाहुभिः सुखुरैर्महत् । तदात्यंतं प्रकुपितः पुष्कलो वीरभद्रकम् ॥३५ गृहीत्वा कंठदेशे तु ताडयामास भूतले । तत्प्रहारेण व्यथितो वीरभद्रो महाबलः ॥३६ गृहीत्वा पुष्कलं पादे जघानास्फालयन्मुहुः । ताडयित्वा महीदेशे पुष्कलं सुमहाबलः ॥३७ त्रिशूलेन चकर्ताशु शिरो ज्वलितकुंडलम् । जगर्ज पुष्कलं हत्वा वीरभद्रो महाबलः ॥३८ गर्जता तेन शार्वेण प्रापितास्त्रा समुद्भटाः । हाहाकारो महानासीत्पुष्कले पतिते रणे ॥३९ त्रासं प्रापुर्जनाः सर्वे रणमध्ये सुकोविदाः । ते शशंशुश्च शत्रुघ्नं पुष्कलं पतितं रणे ॥४० निहतं वीरभद्रेण महेश्वरगणेन वै । इत्याश्रुत्य महावीरः पुष्कलस्य वधं तदा ॥४१ दुःखं प्राप्तो रणेऽत्यतं कंपमानः शुचा महान् । तं दुःखितं च शत्रुघ्नं ज्ञात्वा रुद्रो ऽब्रवीद्वचः ॥४२ शत्रुघ्नं समरे वीरं शोचंतं पुष्कले हते । रे शत्रुघ्न रणे शोकं मा कृथाः सुमहाबल ॥४३ वीराणां रणमध्ये तु पातनं कीर्तये स्मृतम् । धन्यो वीरः पुष्कलाख्यो यश्च वै दिनपंचकम् ॥४४ युयुधे वीरभद्रेण महाप्रलयकारिणा । येन क्षणाद्विनिहतो दक्षो मदपमानकृत् ॥४५ क्षणाद्विनिहता येन दैत्यास्त्रिपुरसैनिकाः । तस्माद्युद्ध्स्व राजेंद्र शोकं त्यक्त्वा महाबल ॥४६ यत्नात्तिष्ठाद्य वीराग्र्य मयि योद्धरि संस्थिते । शोकं संत्यज्य शत्रुघ्नो वीरश्चुक्रोध शंकरम् ॥४७ आत्तसज्जधनुर्बाणैः प्रचच्छाद महेश्वरम् । ते बाणाः सुरशीर्षण्य वपुषं क्षतविक्षतम् ॥४८ अकुर्वत महच्चित्रं भक्तरक्षार्थमागतम् । ते बाणाः शंकरस्यापि बाणा नभसि संस्थिताः ॥४९ व्याप्यैतत्सकलं विश्वं चित्रकारि मुनेरपि । तद्बाणयोर्युद्धबलं वीक्ष्य सर्वत्र मेनिरे ॥५० प्रलयं लोकसंहारकारकं सर्वमोहकम् । आकाशे तु विमानानि संश्रित्य स्वपुरस्थिताः ॥५१ विलोकयितुमागत्य प्रशंसंति तयोर्भृशम् । अयं लोकत्रयस्यास्य प्रलयोत्पत्तिकारकः ॥५२ असावपि महाराज रामचंद्रस्य चानुजः । किमिदं भविता को वा जेष्यति क्षितिमंडले ॥५३ पराजयं वा को वीरः प्राप्स्यते रणमूर्धनि । एवमेकादशाहानि वृत्तं युद्धं परस्परम् ॥५४ द्वादशे दिवसे प्राप्ते मुमोचास्त्रं नराधिपः । ब्रह्मसंज्ञं महादेवं हंतुं क्रोधसमन्वितः ॥५५ सविज्ञाय महास्त्रं तन्मुक्तं शत्रुघ्नवैरिणा । हसन्नप्यपिबत्तेन मुक्तं ब्रह्मशिरो महत् ॥५६ अत्यंतं विस्मयं प्राप्य किं कर्तव्यमतः परम् । एवं विचारयुक्तस्य हृदये ज्वलनोपमम् ॥५७ शरं वै निचखानाशु देवदेव शिरोमणिः । तेन बाणेन शत्रुघ्नो मूर्च्छितो रणमंडले ॥५८ हाहाभूतमभूत्सर्वं कटकं भटसेवितम् । वीराः सर्वे रुद्रगणैः पातिताः पृथिवीतले ॥५९ सुबाहुसुमदोन्मुख्याः स्वबाहुबलदर्पिताः । पतितं मूर्च्छया वीक्ष्य शत्रुघ्नं शरपीडितम् ॥६० पुष्कलं तु रथे स्थाप्य सेवकैः परिरक्षितुम् । हनूमानागतो योद्धुं शिवं संहारकारकम् ॥६१ श्रीरामस्मरणं योधान्स्वीयान्विप्र प्रहर्षितान् । प्रकुर्वन्रोषितस्तीव्रं लांगूलं च प्रकंपयन् ॥६२ इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पातालखंडे शेषवात्स्यायनसंवादे रामाश्वमेधे पुष्कलशत्रुघ्नपराजयोनाम त्रिचत्वारिंशत्तमोऽध्यायः ४३
śeṣa uvāca hanūmānvīrasiṃhaṃ tu samāgatyābravīdvacaḥ | tiṣṭha yāsi kuto vīra jeṣyāmi tvāṃ kṣaṇādiha ||1 evamuktaṃ samākarṇya plavagasya vaco mahat | kopapūraparipluṣṭaḥ kārmukaṃ jaladasvanam ||2 vinadya ghorānniśitānbāṇānmuṃcanbabhau raṇe | āṣāḍhe jaladasyeva dhārāsāre manoharaḥ ||3 tāndṛṣṭvā niśitānbāṇānsvadehe suvilagnakān | cukopa hṛdaye'tyataṃ hanūmānaṃjanī sutaḥ ||4 muṣṭinā tāḍayāmāsa hṛdaye vajrasāriṇā | samuṣṭinā hato vīraḥ papāta dharaṇītale ||5 mūrcchitaṃ taṃ samālokya pitṛvyaṃ sa śubhāṃgadaḥ | rukmāṃgado'pi saṃmūrcchāṃ tyaktvāgādraṇamaṃḍalam ||6 bāṇānsamabhivarṣaṃtau meghāviva mahāsvanau | kurvaṃtau kadanaṃ ghoraṃ plavaṃgaṃ prati jagmatuḥ ||7 tau dṛṣṭvā samare vīrau samāyātau kapīśvaraḥ | lāṃgūlena ca saṃveṣṭya sarathau cāpadhārakau ||8 sphoṭayāmāsa bhūdeśe tatkṣaṇānmūrcchitāvubhau | niśceṣṭau samabhūtāṃ tau rudhirāraktadehakau ||9 balamitraściraṃ yuddhaṃ vidhāya sumadena hi | mūrcchāmaprāpayattaṃ vai bāṇaiḥ suśitaparvabhiḥ ||10 puṣkalena kṣaṇānnīto mūrcchāṃ caitanyavarjitām | jayamāptaṃ tu kaṭakaṃ śatrughnasya bhaṭārdanam ||11 etasminsamaye sāṃbaḥ syaṃdanaṃ varamāsthitaḥ | visphārayandhanurdivyamupādhāvadbhaṭānimān ||12 jaṭājūṭāṃtaragatāṃ caṃdrarekhāṃ vahanmahān | sarpābhūṣāṃ manaḥsparśāṃ dadhadājagavaṃ dhanuḥ ||13 mūrcchitānsvajanāndṛṣṭvā bhaktārtighno maheśvaraḥ | yoddhuṃ prāyānmahāsainyaiḥ śatrughnasya bhaṭānimān ||14 sagaṇaḥ saparīvāraḥ kaṃpayanpṛthivītalam | bhaktarakṣārthamāgacchaṃstripuraṃ tu purā yathā ||15 kopācchoṇatare netre vahanpralayakārakaḥ | paśyanvīrānbahumatīnpinākī devavaṃditaḥ ||16 tamāgataṃ maheśānaṃ vīkṣya rāmānujo balī | jagāma samare yoddhuṃ sarvadevaśiromaṇim ||17 athāgataṃ tu śatrughnaṃ rudro vīkṣya pinākadhṛk | uvāca paramāpannaḥ kopaṃ saguṇacāpadhṛk ||18 puṣkalena mahatkarma kṛtaṃ rāmāṃghrisevinā | madbhaktaṃ yo raṇe hatvā gataḥ samaramaṃḍalam ||19 adya kvāsti paro vīraḥ puṣkalaḥ paramāstravit | taṃ hatvā sukhamāpsyāmi samare bhaktapīḍanam ||20 śeṣa uvāca ityuktvā vīrabhadraṃ sa preṣayāmāsa puṣkalam | yāhi tvaṃ samare yoddhuṃ puṣkalaṃ sevakārdanam ||21 naṃdinaṃ preṣayāmāsa hanūmaṃtaṃ mahābalam | kuśadhvajaṃ pracaṃḍaṃ tu bhṛṃgiṇaṃ ca subāhukam ||22 sumadaṃ caṃḍanāmānaṃ gaṇaṃ svīyaṃ samādiśat | puṣkalastu samāyāṃtaṃ vīrabhadraṃ mahāgaṇam ||23 mahārudrasya saṃvīkṣya yoddhuṃ prāyānmahāmanāḥ | puṣkalaḥ paṃcabhirbāṇaistāḍayāmāsa saṃyuge ||24 tairbāṇaiḥ kṣatagātrastu triśūlaṃ sa samādiśat | sa triśūlaṃ kṣaṇācchittvā vyagarjata mahābalaḥ ||25 chinnaṃ svīyaṃ triśūlaṃ vai vīkṣya rudrānugo balī | khaṭvāṃgena jaghānāśu mastake bhāratiṃ dvija ||26 khaṭvāṃgābhihataḥ so'tha mumūrccha kṣaṇamudbhaṭaḥ | vihāya mūrcchāṃ sadvīraḥ puṣkalaḥ paramāstravit ||27 śaraiściccheda khaṭvāṃgaṃ karasthaṃ tasya tatkṣaṇāt | vīrabhadraḥ svakecchinne khaṭvāṃge karasaṃsthite ||28 paramakrodhamāpanno babhaṃja rathino ratham | bhaṃktvā rathaṃ tu vīrasya padātiṃ ca vidhāya saḥ ||29 bāhuyuddhena yuyudhe puṣkalena mahātmanā | sa puṣkalo rathaṃ tyaktvā cūrṇitaṃ tena vegataḥ ||30 muṣṭinā tāḍayāmāsa vīrabhadraṃ mahābalaḥ | anyonyaṃ muṣṭibhirghnaṃtāvūrubhirjānubhistathā ||31 parasparavadhodyuktau parasparajayaiṣiṇau | evaṃ caturdinamabhūdrātriṃ divamapīśayoḥ ||32 na kopi tatra hīyeta na jīyeta mahābalaḥ | paṃcame tu dine vṛtte vīrabhadro mahābalaḥ ||33 gṛhītvā nabha uḍḍīno mahāvīraṃ tu puṣkalam | tatra yuddhaṃ tayorāsīddevāsuravimohanam ||34 muṣṭinā caraṇāghātairbāhubhiḥ sukhurairmahat | tadātyaṃtaṃ prakupitaḥ puṣkalo vīrabhadrakam ||35 gṛhītvā kaṃṭhadeśe tu tāḍayāmāsa bhūtale | tatprahāreṇa vyathito vīrabhadro mahābalaḥ ||36 gṛhītvā puṣkalaṃ pāde jaghānāsphālayanmuhuḥ | tāḍayitvā mahīdeśe puṣkalaṃ sumahābalaḥ ||37 triśūlena cakartāśu śiro jvalitakuṃḍalam | jagarja puṣkalaṃ hatvā vīrabhadro mahābalaḥ ||38 garjatā tena śārveṇa prāpitāstrā samudbhaṭāḥ | hāhākāro mahānāsītpuṣkale patite raṇe ||39 trāsaṃ prāpurjanāḥ sarve raṇamadhye sukovidāḥ | te śaśaṃśuśca śatrughnaṃ puṣkalaṃ patitaṃ raṇe ||40 nihataṃ vīrabhadreṇa maheśvaragaṇena vai | ityāśrutya mahāvīraḥ puṣkalasya vadhaṃ tadā ||41 duḥkhaṃ prāpto raṇe'tyataṃ kaṃpamānaḥ śucā mahān | taṃ duḥkhitaṃ ca śatrughnaṃ jñātvā rudro 'bravīdvacaḥ ||42 śatrughnaṃ samare vīraṃ śocaṃtaṃ puṣkale hate | re śatrughna raṇe śokaṃ mā kṛthāḥ sumahābala ||43 vīrāṇāṃ raṇamadhye tu pātanaṃ kīrtaye smṛtam | dhanyo vīraḥ puṣkalākhyo yaśca vai dinapaṃcakam ||44 yuyudhe vīrabhadreṇa mahāpralayakāriṇā | yena kṣaṇādvinihato dakṣo madapamānakṛt ||45 kṣaṇādvinihatā yena daityāstripurasainikāḥ | tasmādyuddhsva rājeṃdra śokaṃ tyaktvā mahābala ||46 yatnāttiṣṭhādya vīrāgrya mayi yoddhari saṃsthite | śokaṃ saṃtyajya śatrughno vīraścukrodha śaṃkaram ||47 āttasajjadhanurbāṇaiḥ pracacchāda maheśvaram | te bāṇāḥ suraśīrṣaṇya vapuṣaṃ kṣatavikṣatam ||48 akurvata mahaccitraṃ bhaktarakṣārthamāgatam | te bāṇāḥ śaṃkarasyāpi bāṇā nabhasi saṃsthitāḥ ||49 vyāpyaitatsakalaṃ viśvaṃ citrakāri munerapi | tadbāṇayoryuddhabalaṃ vīkṣya sarvatra menire ||50 pralayaṃ lokasaṃhārakārakaṃ sarvamohakam | ākāśe tu vimānāni saṃśritya svapurasthitāḥ ||51 vilokayitumāgatya praśaṃsaṃti tayorbhṛśam | ayaṃ lokatrayasyāsya pralayotpattikārakaḥ ||52 asāvapi mahārāja rāmacaṃdrasya cānujaḥ | kimidaṃ bhavitā ko vā jeṣyati kṣitimaṃḍale ||53 parājayaṃ vā ko vīraḥ prāpsyate raṇamūrdhani | evamekādaśāhāni vṛttaṃ yuddhaṃ parasparam ||54 dvādaśe divase prāpte mumocāstraṃ narādhipaḥ | brahmasaṃjñaṃ mahādevaṃ haṃtuṃ krodhasamanvitaḥ ||55 savijñāya mahāstraṃ tanmuktaṃ śatrughnavairiṇā | hasannapyapibattena muktaṃ brahmaśiro mahat ||56 atyaṃtaṃ vismayaṃ prāpya kiṃ kartavyamataḥ param | evaṃ vicārayuktasya hṛdaye jvalanopamam ||57 śaraṃ vai nicakhānāśu devadeva śiromaṇiḥ | tena bāṇena śatrughno mūrcchito raṇamaṃḍale ||58 hāhābhūtamabhūtsarvaṃ kaṭakaṃ bhaṭasevitam | vīrāḥ sarve rudragaṇaiḥ pātitāḥ pṛthivītale ||59 subāhusumadonmukhyāḥ svabāhubaladarpitāḥ | patitaṃ mūrcchayā vīkṣya śatrughnaṃ śarapīḍitam ||60 puṣkalaṃ tu rathe sthāpya sevakaiḥ parirakṣitum | hanūmānāgato yoddhuṃ śivaṃ saṃhārakārakam ||61 śrīrāmasmaraṇaṃ yodhānsvīyānvipra praharṣitān | prakurvanroṣitastīvraṃ lāṃgūlaṃ ca prakaṃpayan ||62 iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe puṣkalaśatrughnaparājayonāma tricatvāriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ 43
English translation
Śeṣa said :
1-7. Hanūmat having come to Vīrasiṃha , said these words: “O brave one, stop; where are you going? In a moment I shall conquer you.” Hearing these powerful words of the monkey, he burning with a flood of (i.e. great) anger sounded his bow having the sound of clouds and discharging sharp arrows shone on the battlefield. Hanūmat, Añjanī ’s son, seeing those sharp arrows firmly stuck to his body, (and therefore looking) charming as in a heavy downpour of rain from a cloud in Āṣāḍha , became extremely angry in his heart. With his fist having adamantine strength he struck (Vīrasiṃha) on his chest. The hero struck with the fist fell on the ground. Seeing his uncle fainting, Śubhāṅgada (came to the battlefield). Rukmāṅgada also abandoning his swoon, went to the battlefield. Both of them showering arrows, loudly thundering like two clouds and causing great destruction, marched against the monkey (i.e. Hanūmat).
8-11. Seeing that the two heroes had come the lord of monkeys having encircled with his tail the two holding bows along with their chariots, broke them (by throwing them) on the ground (and) they became unconscious just at that moment only. With their bodies tinged with blood the two became motionless. Balamitra fought with Sumada for a long time and made him unconscious with (i.e. by striking him with) arrows having very sharp joints. In a moment Puṣkala led him to a swoon (i.e. made him unconscious) which was (characterized by) loss of sensation. Śatrughna ’s army destroying the (enemy’s) warriors got victory.
12-20. At that time Śiva seated in an excellent chariot and stretching his divine bow ran (i.e. rushed) to these warriors. The great one carrying the crescent moon in his twisted hair and having as ornaments serpents touching at will, took up his bow. The great god, the remover of the afflictions of his devotees, seeing his own men unconscious, went along with mighty troops to fight with these warriors of Śatrughna. With his attendants and followers he causing the earth to tremble came there to protect his devotees as he formerly came to Tripura . The trident-holder saluted by gods, the author of deluge, having eyes very red due to anger, saw very intelligent soldiers (there). Seeing the great god who had come there, the powerful younger brother of Rāma went to the battlefield to fight with the crest-jewel of all gods. Seeing Śatrughna having come (there), the holder of the trident, held a bow with the string (stretched), and being very angry said: “Puṣkala, the servant of Rāma’s feet, who went to the battle after having killed my devotee, has done a great feat. Today where is that Puṣkala knowing (i.e. proficient in the use of) great missiles? Killing him who troubled my devotee in the battle, I shall get happiness.”
Śeṣa said
21-28a. Saying so he sent Vīrabhadra to Puṣkala. “Go to fight with Puṣkala who is troubling my servant in the battle.” He sent Nandin to (fight with) the very mighty Hanūmat. He sent Bhṛṅgin of mighty arms to (fight with) Kuśadhvaja . He ordered his own attendant by name Caṇḍa to (fight with) Sumada. The large-minded Puṣkala seeing that the great attendant of Mahārudra (i.e. Śiva) had come went to fight (with him). In the battle Puṣkala struck him with five arrows. With his body wounded by those arrows he directed the trident (towards him). The very strong one, having cut off the trident in a moment, roared. O brāhmaṇa , seeing his trident cut off the mighty follower of Rudra quickly hit Bharata ’s son on his head with (the missile called) Khatvāṅga. That great warrior, hit with the Khatvāṅga, became unconscious for a moment. That good warrior Puṣkala knowing (i.e. proficient in the use of) great missiles, giving up his swoon (i.e. regaining consciousness) that moment only cut off with his arrows the Khatvāṅga in his hand.
28b-42a. Vīrabhadra, with the Khatvāṅga in his hand cut off became extremely angry and shattered the warrior’s chariot. Having broken the chariot of the warrior and having (thus) made him a foot-soldier, he fought with the magnanimous Puṣkala in a close fight. That very mighty Puṣkala abandoning the chariot shattered to pieces by him (i.e. Vīrabhadra), hit Vīrabhadra with his fist. They hit each other with fists, thighs and knees. They were eager to kill each other. They desired to conquer each other. Thus (the fight) between the two powerful ones lasted for days, going on day and night. None lost in it and none of the very powerful ones won it. When the fifth day came, the very mighty Vīrabhadra seized the great hero Puṣkala and jumped into the sky. There a great fight, attracting (even) the gods, took place between the two, with fists, strokes of feet, arms and excellent hoofs (i.e. feet). Then Puṣkala who was extremely angry seizing Vīrabhadra by the neck struck (i.e. threw) him on the ground. The very mighty Vīrabhadra distressed by that stroke seized Puṣkala by the foot and repeatedly shaking him and throwing him on the ground the very mighty one cut off his head with blazing ear-rings with his trident. The very strong Vīrabhadra having killed Puṣkala roared. That roaring follower of Śiva frightened great warriors. When Puṣkala fell in the battle, there was a very great wailing. All the very proficient men became frightened on the battlefield. They informed Śatrughna that Puṣkala killed by Vīrabhadra, the attendant of Śiva, had fallen on the battlefield. The great hero, the mighty (Śatrughna) having thus heard about Puṣkala’s being killed in the battle, was very much grieved and due to great grief trembled.
42b-47a. Knowing that Śatrughna was distressed Rudra spoke to him who was grieving for the hero (viz. Puṣkala) when Puṣkala was killed in the battle: “O very powerful Śatrughna, do not be distressed on the battlefield. The fall of heroes in a battle is said (to lead) to fame. The hero named Puṣkala who fought for five days with Vīrabhadra who causes great destruction and who in a moment killed Dakṣa that insulted me, and who in a moment killed the demons, the soldiers of Tripura, is blessed. Therefore, O lord of kings, O very powerful one, giving up your distress fight; When I—the warrior—am standing (before you), stand (i.e. wait) carefully, O best among the heroes.
47b-54. The brave Śatrughna, having abandoned his grief got angry with Śaṅkara , and making his bow ready he covered the great god with arrows. Those arrows, it was a great wonder, did not produce any wound on the body of the lord of gods who had come there for the protection of his devotees. Those arrows (of Śatrughna) and also the arrows of Śaṅkara remained in the sky, pervading this entire universe of the sage (i.e. Brahmā ) working wonders. Everywhere (people) on seeing that war of arrows thought it to be the deluge, destroying the world and deluding everyone. Those (gods) who had remained in their own cities having come to see it by resorting to (their) divine cars, praised very much that (fight) of the two: “This one is the author of the destruction and the creation of the three worlds. This one is also the younger brother of the great king Rāmacandra . What will be this (i.e. what will it lead to)? Who, on the earth, will be victorious? Which hero will meet with a defeat on the battlefield?” The fight between the two thus continued for eleven days.
55-62. When the twelfth day came, the king (i.e. Śatrughna) full of anger discharged the missile called ‘Brahmā’ to kill Mahādeva . Knowing that (his) enemy Śatrughna had discharged the great missile he laughed and absorbed it and discharged the great (missile called) Brahmaśiras . Being very much astonished (he thought) what should be done hereafter? Into the chest of him (i.e. of Śatrughna) who was thinking like this, the crest-jewel of gods (i.e. Śiva) quickly struck an arrow resembling fire. (Being struck) by that arrow Śatrughna became unconscious on the battlefield. The entire army served by the warriors, wailed. All heroes, led by Subāhu , Sumada, and proud of the strength of their arms, were knocked down on the earth by the attendants of Śiva. Seeing Śatrughna pained by the arrow and fallen unconscious and Puṣkala being put in a chariot by the servants to protect him, the angry Hanūmat, wagging his dreadful tail, remembering Rāma, and delighting his own (colleagues) came to fight with Śiva, the author of destruction.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43937, revision 332851 (2022-02-20T22:23:02Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365354.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.