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नारद उवाच- जालंधरस्तु तच्छ्रुत्वा कोपाकुलितविग्रहः । निर्जगामाशु दैत्यानां कोटिभिः परिवारितः १। गतस्तस्याग्रतः शुक्रो राहुर्दृष्टिस्थितोऽभवत् । मुकुटश्चापतद्भूमौ वेगात्प्रस्खलितस्तदा २। दैत्यसैन्यवृतैस्तत्र विमानानां शतैस्तदा । व्यराजत नभः पूर्णं प्रावृषीव बलाहकैः ३। तस्योद्योगं तदा दृष्ट्वा देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः । अलक्षितत्वराजग्मुः शूलिनं ते व्यजिज्ञपन् ४। देवा ऊचुः । न जानासि कथं स्वामिन्देवा विज्ञापयंति भो । तदस्मद्रक्षणार्थाय जहि सागरनंदनम् ५। नारद उवाच- इति देववचः श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य वृषभध्वजः । महाविष्णुं समाहूय वचनं चेदमब्रवीत् ६। ईश्वर उवाच- जालंधरः कथं विष्णो न हतः संगरे त्वया । तद्भयाच्चापयातोऽसि त्यक्त्वा वैकुंठमात्मनः ७। भगवानुवाच- तवांशसंभवत्वाच्च भ्रातृत्वाच्च तथा श्रियः । न मया निहतः संख्ये त्वमेनं जहि दानवम् ८। ईश्वर उवाच- नायमेभिर्महातेजाः शस्त्रास्त्रैर्वध्यते मया । देवैः सर्वैः स्वतेजोंशः शस्त्रार्थे दीयतां मम ९। नारद उवाच- अथ विष्णुमुखा देवाः स्वतेजांसि ददुस्तदा । तान्येकत्वं गतानीशो दृष्ट्वा तेजो महांस्तदा १०। तेनाकरोन्महादेवः सहसा शस्त्रमुत्तमम् । चक्रं सुदर्शनं नाम ज्वालामालातिभीषणम् ११। तेजःशेषेण च तदा वज्रं च कृतवान्हरः । तावज्जलंधरो दृष्टः कैलासतलभूमिषु १२। हस्त्यश्वरथपत्तीनां कोटीभिः परिवारितः । तं दृष्ट्वा हर्षिताः सर्वे देवा जग्मुर्यथागतम् १३। गणाश्च समनह्यंत युद्धायातित्वरान्विताः । नंदीभवक्त्रसेनानीमुखाः सर्वे शिवाज्ञया १४। अवतेरुर्गणाः सर्वे कैलासाद्युद्धदुर्मदाः । ततः समभवद्युद्धं कैलासोपत्यका भुवि १५। प्रमथाधिपदैत्यानां घोरं शस्त्रास्त्रसंकुलम् । भेरीमृदंगशंखौघनिस्वनैर्वीरहर्षणैः १६। गजाश्वरथशब्दैश्च नादिता भूर्व्यकंपत । शक्तितोमरबाणौघैर्मुशलप्रासपट्टिशैः १७। व्यराजत नभः पूर्णमुल्काभिरिव संवृतम् । निहतैरथ नागाश्वैः सर्वा भूमिर्व्यराजत १८। वज्राहताश्चलशिरः शकलैरिव संवृता । प्रमथाहतदैत्यौघैर्दैत्याहतगणैस्तथा १९। वसासृङ्मांस पंकाद्यैर्भूरगम्याभवत्तदा । प्रमथाहतदैत्यौघान्भार्गवः समजीवयत् २०। युद्धे पुनः पुनश्चैव मृतसंजीवनी बलात् । तं दृष्ट्वा व्याकुलीभूत्वा गणाः सर्वे भयार्दिताः २१। शशंसुर्देवदेवेशं तत्सर्वं शुक्रचेष्टितम् । अथ रुद्रमुखात्कृत्या बभूवातीव भीषणा २२। तालजंघोदरी वक्रा स्तनापीडितभूरुहा । सा युद्धभूमिमासाद्य भक्षयंती महासुरान् २३। भार्गवं स्वकरे धृत्वा जगामांतर्हिताभवत् । विधृतं भार्गवं दृष्ट्वा दैत्यसैन्यगणास्तदा २४। प्रम्लानवदना दर्पान्निजघ्नुर्युद्धदुर्मदाः । अथाभज्यत दैत्यानां सेना गणभयार्दिता २५। वायुवेगहता यद्वत्प्रकीर्णतृणसंहतिः । भग्नां गतभयात्सेनां दृष्ट्वा हर्षं गणा ययुः २६। निशुंभशुंभसेनान्यौ कालनेमिश्च वीर्यवान् । त्रयस्ते वारयामासुर्गणसेनां महाबलाः २७। मुंचतः शरवर्षाणि प्रावृषीव बलाहकाः । ततो दैत्यशरौघास्ते शलभानामिव व्रजाः २८। रुरुधुः खं दिशः सर्वा गणसेनामकंपयन् । गणाः शरशतैर्भिन्ना रुधिरासारवर्षिणः २९। वसंते किंशुकाभासा न प्राज्ञायत किंचन । पतिताः पात्यमानाश्च छिन्नाभिन्नास्तदा गणाः ३०। त्यक्त्वा संग्रामभूमिं ते सर्वेऽपि विमुखाभवन् ३१। ततः प्रभग्नं स्वबलं विलोक्य गजास्यनंदीश्वरकार्तिकेयाः । चिरान्विता दैत्यवरान्प्रसह्य निवारयामासुरमर्षणास्ते ३२। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायामुत्तरखंडे कार्तिकमाहात्म्ये श्रीकृष्णसत्यभामासंवादे दैत्यसेनावधोनाम शततमोऽध्यायः १००।

nārada uvāca- jālaṃdharastu tacchrutvā kopākulitavigrahaḥ | nirjagāmāśu daityānāṃ koṭibhiḥ parivāritaḥ 1| gatastasyāgrataḥ śukro rāhurdṛṣṭisthito'bhavat | mukuṭaścāpatadbhūmau vegātpraskhalitastadā 2| daityasainyavṛtaistatra vimānānāṃ śataistadā | vyarājata nabhaḥ pūrṇaṃ prāvṛṣīva balāhakaiḥ 3| tasyodyogaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ | alakṣitatvarājagmuḥ śūlinaṃ te vyajijñapan 4| devā ūcuḥ | na jānāsi kathaṃ svāmindevā vijñāpayaṃti bho | tadasmadrakṣaṇārthāya jahi sāgaranaṃdanam 5| nārada uvāca- iti devavacaḥ śrutvā prahasya vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | mahāviṣṇuṃ samāhūya vacanaṃ cedamabravīt 6| īśvara uvāca- jālaṃdharaḥ kathaṃ viṣṇo na hataḥ saṃgare tvayā | tadbhayāccāpayāto'si tyaktvā vaikuṃṭhamātmanaḥ 7| bhagavānuvāca- tavāṃśasaṃbhavatvācca bhrātṛtvācca tathā śriyaḥ | na mayā nihataḥ saṃkhye tvamenaṃ jahi dānavam 8| īśvara uvāca- nāyamebhirmahātejāḥ śastrāstrairvadhyate mayā | devaiḥ sarvaiḥ svatejoṃśaḥ śastrārthe dīyatāṃ mama 9| nārada uvāca- atha viṣṇumukhā devāḥ svatejāṃsi dadustadā | tānyekatvaṃ gatānīśo dṛṣṭvā tejo mahāṃstadā 10| tenākaronmahādevaḥ sahasā śastramuttamam | cakraṃ sudarśanaṃ nāma jvālāmālātibhīṣaṇam 11| tejaḥśeṣeṇa ca tadā vajraṃ ca kṛtavānharaḥ | tāvajjalaṃdharo dṛṣṭaḥ kailāsatalabhūmiṣu 12| hastyaśvarathapattīnāṃ koṭībhiḥ parivāritaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣitāḥ sarve devā jagmuryathāgatam 13| gaṇāśca samanahyaṃta yuddhāyātitvarānvitāḥ | naṃdībhavaktrasenānīmukhāḥ sarve śivājñayā 14| avaterurgaṇāḥ sarve kailāsādyuddhadurmadāḥ | tataḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ kailāsopatyakā bhuvi 15| pramathādhipadaityānāṃ ghoraṃ śastrāstrasaṃkulam | bherīmṛdaṃgaśaṃkhaughanisvanairvīraharṣaṇaiḥ 16| gajāśvarathaśabdaiśca nāditā bhūrvyakaṃpata | śaktitomarabāṇaughairmuśalaprāsapaṭṭiśaiḥ 17| vyarājata nabhaḥ pūrṇamulkābhiriva saṃvṛtam | nihatairatha nāgāśvaiḥ sarvā bhūmirvyarājata 18| vajrāhatāścalaśiraḥ śakalairiva saṃvṛtā | pramathāhatadaityaughairdaityāhatagaṇaistathā 19| vasāsṛṅmāṃsa paṃkādyairbhūragamyābhavattadā | pramathāhatadaityaughānbhārgavaḥ samajīvayat 20| yuddhe punaḥ punaścaiva mṛtasaṃjīvanī balāt | taṃ dṛṣṭvā vyākulībhūtvā gaṇāḥ sarve bhayārditāḥ 21| śaśaṃsurdevadeveśaṃ tatsarvaṃ śukraceṣṭitam | atha rudramukhātkṛtyā babhūvātīva bhīṣaṇā 22| tālajaṃghodarī vakrā stanāpīḍitabhūruhā | sā yuddhabhūmimāsādya bhakṣayaṃtī mahāsurān 23| bhārgavaṃ svakare dhṛtvā jagāmāṃtarhitābhavat | vidhṛtaṃ bhārgavaṃ dṛṣṭvā daityasainyagaṇāstadā 24| pramlānavadanā darpānnijaghnuryuddhadurmadāḥ | athābhajyata daityānāṃ senā gaṇabhayārditā 25| vāyuvegahatā yadvatprakīrṇatṛṇasaṃhatiḥ | bhagnāṃ gatabhayātsenāṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣaṃ gaṇā yayuḥ 26| niśuṃbhaśuṃbhasenānyau kālanemiśca vīryavān | trayaste vārayāmāsurgaṇasenāṃ mahābalāḥ 27| muṃcataḥ śaravarṣāṇi prāvṛṣīva balāhakāḥ | tato daityaśaraughāste śalabhānāmiva vrajāḥ 28| rurudhuḥ khaṃ diśaḥ sarvā gaṇasenāmakaṃpayan | gaṇāḥ śaraśatairbhinnā rudhirāsāravarṣiṇaḥ 29| vasaṃte kiṃśukābhāsā na prājñāyata kiṃcana | patitāḥ pātyamānāśca chinnābhinnāstadā gaṇāḥ 30| tyaktvā saṃgrāmabhūmiṃ te sarve'pi vimukhābhavan 31| tataḥ prabhagnaṃ svabalaṃ vilokya gajāsyanaṃdīśvarakārtikeyāḥ | cirānvitā daityavarānprasahya nivārayāmāsuramarṣaṇāste 32| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe kārtikamāhātmye śrīkṛṣṇasatyabhāmāsaṃvāde daityasenāvadhonāma śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 100|

English translation

Nārada said :

1-4. Hearing that Jalandhara with his body overcome by anger went out surrounded by crores of (soldiers in the) army of the demons. Śukra went before him. Rāhu remained within (the range of) his sight. His crown quickly slipped and fell on the ground. The entire sky shone with hundreds of aeroplanes occupied by the army of the demons as with clouds in the rainy season. Then seeing his exertion, gods led by Indra and with their hurry unnoticed, respectfully said to Śiva :

The gods said :

5. O master, how do you not know that the gods are respectfully speaking to you. For our protection kill the Ocean’s son.

Nārada said :

6. Hearing these words of the gods Śiva laughed and calling the great Viṣṇu said these words to him:

The lord said :

7. O Viṣṇu, how (i.e. why) did you not kill Jalandhara in the battle? Afraid of him, you left your Vaikuṇṭha and went away.

Lord (Viṣṇu) said :

8. In the battle I did not kill the demon, since he was born from your portion, and since he is also Lakṣmī ’s brother. (Now) you (please) kill that demon.

The lord said :

9. He, of a great lustre, cannot be killed by me with these weapons and missiles. All the gods should give me a portion of their lustre.

Nārada said :

10-17a. Then gods, led by Viṣṇu, gave their own lustres. The lord saw a great lustre (formed) by their coming together suddenly. Mahādeva fashioned an excellent weapon, the disc (called) Sudarśana , very fierce(-looking) because of a series of flames (issuing forth). Then Śiva fashioned the thunderbolt with the remaining lustre. (Just) then Jalandhara was seen at the region at the footof Kailāsa (mountain).

He was surrounded by crores of elephants, horses, chariots and foot-soldiers. Seeing him as he came there, the gods being delighted went (to fight). (Śiva’s) attendants hurriedly got ready to fight. All the attendants led by Nandin , Gajānana , Kārtikeya , and maddened to fight, got down from Kailāsa by Śiva’s order. Then on the land at the foot of Kailāsa a war between the lordly Pramathas (Śiva’s attendants) and the demons took place. It was fierce, and full of weapons and missiles. The earth that resounded with the sounds of multitudes of drums, tabors, conches, giving joy to the heroes, so also with the sounds of elephants, horses and chariots, trembled.

17b-26. With the multitudes of śaktis , iron clubs and arrows, with pestles, barbed missiles and sharp-edged spears, the entire sky shone, as if it was covered with meteors. The entire land shone with the chariots, elephants and horses that were struck down. (The ground) was as it were covered with the tops of mountains struck by thunderbolt. The ground was inaccessible due to the multitudes of demons killed by Pramathas (attendants), and with marrow, blood, mire of flesh etc. Bhārgava brought back to life the multitudes of demons killed by Pramathas. Seeing (Bhārgava) bringing repeatedly back to life by the power of the Sañjīvanī - vidyā those that died in the battle, all the attendants (of Śiva) were perplexed and struck by fear. They told the lord of the god of gods all that Śukra had done. Then from Rudra ’s mouth a destructive, very fearful deity was produced. Having shanks like tāla (trees), fat, crooked, and pressing the trees with her breasts, she reached the battlefield, and ate the great demons. Seizing Bhārgava in her hand she went and vanished. Seeing Bhārgava seized the divisions of the demon-army had their faces dejected; (but) maddened for fighting, they struck through pride. Struck by the fear of (Śiva’s) attendants, the demon army was dispersed like the scattered heap of grass struck by the speed of wind. (Śiva’s) attendants seeing the demon army broken, rejoiced.

27-32. The three very powerful ones—the two generals viz. Niśumbha and Śumbha and the brave Kālanemi —warded off the army of the attendants. They discharged arrows as clouds (discharge water) in the rainy season. Then the volleys of arrows of (i.e. discharged by) the demons, like swarms of locusts, blocked the sky and all directions, and they made the entire army of (Śiva’s) attendants tremble. The attendants pierced by hundreds of arrows and shedding showers of blood appeared like kiṃśuka (trees) in spring season. Nothing could be clearly seen. Then (Śiva’s) attendants fell, were knocked down, cut off and pierced. Leaving the battlefield, they all turned back. Then Gajānana, lordly Nandin and Kārtikeya, overpowered for long, seeing their army broken and unable to stand (the demon-force) forcibly warded off the excellent demons.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44670, revision 336531 (2022-04-23T23:40:41Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365679.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.