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Chapter 19

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।। नारद उवाच ।। ।। ते गणाधिपतीन्दृष्ट्वा नंदीभमुखषण्मुखान् ।। अमर्षादभ्यधावंत द्वंद्वयुद्धाय दानवाः ।। १ ।। नंदिनं कालनेमिश्च शुम्भो लंबोदरं तथा ।। निशुम्भः षण्मुखं वेगादभ्यधावत दंशितः ।। २ ।। निशुम्भः कार्तिकेयस्य मयूरं पंचभिः शरैः ।। हृदि विव्याध वेगेन मूर्च्छितः स पपात च ।। ३ ।। ततः शक्तिधरः शक्तिं यावज्जग्राह रोषितः ।। तावन्निशुंभो वेगेन स्वशक्त्या तमपातयत् ।। ४ ।। नंदीश्वरः शरव्रातैः कालनेमिमवध्यत ।। सप्तभिश्च हयान्केतुं त्रिभिः सारथिमच्छिनत् ।। ५ ।। कालनेमिस्तु संक्रुद्धो धनुश्चिच्छेद नंदिनः ।। तदपास्य स शूलेन तं वक्षस्यहनद्बली ।। ६ ।। स शूलभिन्नहृदयो हताश्वो हतसारथिः ।। अद्रेः शिखरमामुच्य शैलादिं सोऽप्यपातयत् ।।७ ।। अथ शुम्भो गणेशश्च रथमूषकवाहनौ ।। युध्यमानौ शरव्रातैः परस्परमविध्यताम् ।। ८ ।। गणेशस्तु तदा शुम्भं हृदि विव्याध पत्रिणा ।। सारथिं च त्रिभिर्बाणैः पातयामास भूतले ।। ९ ।। ततोऽतिक्रुद्धः शुम्भोऽपि बाणषष्ट्या गणाधिपम् ।। मूषकं च त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा ननाद जलदस्वनः ।। 2.4.19.१० ।। मूषकः शरभिन्नांगश्चचाल दृढवेदनः ।। लंबोदरश्च पतितः पदातिरभवन्नृप ।। ११ ।। ततो लंबोदरः शुम्भं हत्वा परशुना हृदि ।। अपातयत्तदा भूमौ मूषकं चारुहत्पुनः ।। १२ ।। कालनेमिर्निशुंभश्चाऽप्युभौ लंबोदरं शरैः ।। युगपज्जघ्नतुः क्रोधात्तोत्रैरिव महाद्विपम् ।। १३ ।। तं पीडयमानमालोक्य वीरभद्रो महाबलः ।। अभ्यधावत वेगेन भूतकोटियुतस्तदा ।। १४ ।। कूष्मांडभैरवाश्चाऽपि वेताला योगिनीगणाः ।। पिशाचयोगिनीसंघा गणाश्चाऽपि तमन्वयुः ।। १५ ।। ततः किलकिलाशब्दैः सिंहनादैः सुघर्घरैः ।। भेरीतालमृदंगैश्च पृथिवी समकंपत ।। १६ ।। ततो भूतान्यधावंत भक्षयंतिस्म दानवान्।। उत्पतंत्यापतंति स्म ननृतुश्च रणांगणे ।। १७ ।। नन्दी च कार्तिकेयश्च समाश्वस्य त्वरत्वितौ ।। निजघ्नतू रणे दैत्यान्निरंतरशरव्रजैः ।। १८ ।। छिन्नभिन्ना हतैर्देत्यैः पतितैर्भक्षितैस्तदा ।। व्याकुला साऽभवत्सेना विषण्णवदना तदा ।। १९ ।। प्रविध्वस्तां तदा सेनां दृष्ट्वा सागरनंदनः ।। रथेनाऽतिपताकेन गणानभिययौ बली ।। 2.4.19.२० ।। हस्त्यश्वरथसंह्रादाः शंखभेरीस्वनास्तथा ।। अभवन्सिंहनादाश्च सेनयोरुभयोस्तदा ।। २१ ।। जलंधरशरव्रातैर्नीहारपटलैरिव ।। द्यावापृथिव्योराच्छिन्नमंतरं समपद्यत ।। २२ ।। गणेशं पंचभिर्विद्ध्वा शैलादिं नवभिः शरैः ।। वीरभद्रं च विंशत्या ननाद जलदस्वनः ।। २३ ।। कार्तिकेयस्तदा दैत्यं शक्त्या विव्याध सत्वरः ।। युयुधे शक्तिनिर्भिन्नः किंचिद्व्याकुलमानसः ।। २४ ।। ततः क्रोधपरीताक्षः कार्तिकेयं जलंधरः ।। गदया ताडयामास स च भूमितलेऽपतत् ।। २५ ।। तथैव नंदिनं वेगादपातयत भूतले ।। ततो गणेश्वरः क्रुद्धो गदां परशुनाऽहनत् ।। २६ ।। वीरभद्रस्त्रिभिर्बाणैर्हृदि विव्याध दानवम् ।। सप्तभिश्च हयान्केतुं धनुश्छत्रं च चिच्छिदे ।। २७ ।। ततोऽतिक्रुद्धो दैत्येंद्रः शक्तिमुद्यम्य दारुणाम् ।। गणेशं पातयामास रथं चाऽन्यमथाऽऽरुहत् ।।२८।। अभ्ययादथ वेगेन वीरभद्रं रुषान्वितः ।। ततस्तौ सूर्यसंकाशौ युयुधाते परस्परम् ।। २९ ।। वीरभद्रः पुनस्तस्य हयान्बाणैरपातयत् ।। धनुश्चिच्छेद दैत्येंद्रः पुप्लुवे परिघायुधः ।। 2.4.19.३० ।। स वीरभद्रं त्वरयाऽभिगम्य जघान दैत्यः परिघेण मूर्ध्नि ।। स चाऽपि वीरः प्रविभिन्नमूर्द्धा पपात भूमौ रुधिरं समुद्गिरन्।। ३१ ।। इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखण्डे कार्तिकमासमाहात्म्ये जलंधरोपाख्याने वीरभद्रपतननामैकोनविंशोऽध्यायः ।। १९ ।।

|| nārada uvāca || || te gaṇādhipatīndṛṣṭvā naṃdībhamukhaṣaṇmukhān || amarṣādabhyadhāvaṃta dvaṃdvayuddhāya dānavāḥ || 1 || naṃdinaṃ kālanemiśca śumbho laṃbodaraṃ tathā || niśumbhaḥ ṣaṇmukhaṃ vegādabhyadhāvata daṃśitaḥ || 2 || niśumbhaḥ kārtikeyasya mayūraṃ paṃcabhiḥ śaraiḥ || hṛdi vivyādha vegena mūrcchitaḥ sa papāta ca || 3 || tataḥ śaktidharaḥ śaktiṃ yāvajjagrāha roṣitaḥ || tāvanniśuṃbho vegena svaśaktyā tamapātayat || 4 || naṃdīśvaraḥ śaravrātaiḥ kālanemimavadhyata || saptabhiśca hayānketuṃ tribhiḥ sārathimacchinat || 5 || kālanemistu saṃkruddho dhanuściccheda naṃdinaḥ || tadapāsya sa śūlena taṃ vakṣasyahanadbalī || 6 || sa śūlabhinnahṛdayo hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ || adreḥ śikharamāmucya śailādiṃ so'pyapātayat ||7 || atha śumbho gaṇeśaśca rathamūṣakavāhanau || yudhyamānau śaravrātaiḥ parasparamavidhyatām || 8 || gaṇeśastu tadā śumbhaṃ hṛdi vivyādha patriṇā || sārathiṃ ca tribhirbāṇaiḥ pātayāmāsa bhūtale || 9 || tato'tikruddhaḥ śumbho'pi bāṇaṣaṣṭyā gaṇādhipam || mūṣakaṃ ca tribhirviddhvā nanāda jaladasvanaḥ || 2.4.19.10 || mūṣakaḥ śarabhinnāṃgaścacāla dṛḍhavedanaḥ || laṃbodaraśca patitaḥ padātirabhavannṛpa || 11 || tato laṃbodaraḥ śumbhaṃ hatvā paraśunā hṛdi || apātayattadā bhūmau mūṣakaṃ cāruhatpunaḥ || 12 || kālanemirniśuṃbhaścā'pyubhau laṃbodaraṃ śaraiḥ || yugapajjaghnatuḥ krodhāttotrairiva mahādvipam || 13 || taṃ pīḍayamānamālokya vīrabhadro mahābalaḥ || abhyadhāvata vegena bhūtakoṭiyutastadā || 14 || kūṣmāṃḍabhairavāścā'pi vetālā yoginīgaṇāḥ || piśācayoginīsaṃghā gaṇāścā'pi tamanvayuḥ || 15 || tataḥ kilakilāśabdaiḥ siṃhanādaiḥ sughargharaiḥ || bherītālamṛdaṃgaiśca pṛthivī samakaṃpata || 16 || tato bhūtānyadhāvaṃta bhakṣayaṃtisma dānavān|| utpataṃtyāpataṃti sma nanṛtuśca raṇāṃgaṇe || 17 || nandī ca kārtikeyaśca samāśvasya tvaratvitau || nijaghnatū raṇe daityānniraṃtaraśaravrajaiḥ || 18 || chinnabhinnā hatairdetyaiḥ patitairbhakṣitaistadā || vyākulā sā'bhavatsenā viṣaṇṇavadanā tadā || 19 || pravidhvastāṃ tadā senāṃ dṛṣṭvā sāgaranaṃdanaḥ || rathenā'tipatākena gaṇānabhiyayau balī || 2.4.19.20 || hastyaśvarathasaṃhrādāḥ śaṃkhabherīsvanāstathā || abhavansiṃhanādāśca senayorubhayostadā || 21 || jalaṃdharaśaravrātairnīhārapaṭalairiva || dyāvāpṛthivyorācchinnamaṃtaraṃ samapadyata || 22 || gaṇeśaṃ paṃcabhirviddhvā śailādiṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ || vīrabhadraṃ ca viṃśatyā nanāda jaladasvanaḥ || 23 || kārtikeyastadā daityaṃ śaktyā vivyādha satvaraḥ || yuyudhe śaktinirbhinnaḥ kiṃcidvyākulamānasaḥ || 24 || tataḥ krodhaparītākṣaḥ kārtikeyaṃ jalaṃdharaḥ || gadayā tāḍayāmāsa sa ca bhūmitale'patat || 25 || tathaiva naṃdinaṃ vegādapātayata bhūtale || tato gaṇeśvaraḥ kruddho gadāṃ paraśunā'hanat || 26 || vīrabhadrastribhirbāṇairhṛdi vivyādha dānavam || saptabhiśca hayānketuṃ dhanuśchatraṃ ca cicchide || 27 || tato'tikruddho daityeṃdraḥ śaktimudyamya dāruṇām || gaṇeśaṃ pātayāmāsa rathaṃ cā'nyamathā''ruhat ||28|| abhyayādatha vegena vīrabhadraṃ ruṣānvitaḥ || tatastau sūryasaṃkāśau yuyudhāte parasparam || 29 || vīrabhadraḥ punastasya hayānbāṇairapātayat || dhanuściccheda daityeṃdraḥ pupluve parighāyudhaḥ || 2.4.19.30 || sa vīrabhadraṃ tvarayā'bhigamya jaghāna daityaḥ parigheṇa mūrdhni || sa cā'pi vīraḥ pravibhinnamūrddhā papāta bhūmau rudhiraṃ samudgiran|| 31 || iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye jalaṃdharopākhyāne vīrabhadrapatananāmaikonaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 19 ||

English translation

Nārada said :

1. On seeing Nandin , Gajānana and Ṣaṇmukha , the leaders of Gaṇas , those Dānavas rushed at them angrily to engage them in duels.

2. Kālanemi rushed at Nandin, Śuṃbha at Laṃbodara (Gajānana) and Niśuṃbha rushed hurriedly at Ṣaṇmukha. He had his armour on.

3. With five arrows Niśuṃbha hit with force the peacock of Kārttikeya in its chest and it fell down unconscious.

4. By the time the infuriated lord holding the Śakti (i.e. Kārttikeya) took up his javelin, Niśuṃbha hurriedly made him fall down by means of his own javelin.

5. With volleys of arrows, Nandīśvara struck at Kālanemi. He pierced his horses and cut the flagstaff with seven arrows and the charioteer with three arrows.

6. Kālanemi became furious and he cut off the bow of Nandin. Discarding it, that powerful one hit him on his chest with his spear.

7. With his heart pierced by the spear, with his horses and the charioteer killed, Kālanemi uprooted the peak of a mountain and made Nandin, the son of Śilāda , fall down (with it).

8. Śuṃbha and Gajānana having a chariot and a mouse respectively for their vehicles, fought and hit each other with volleys of arrows.

9. Gajānana pierced the chest of Śuṃbha with an arrow and struck down the charioteer to the ground with three arrows.

10. Then Śuṃbha became extremely infuriated. He hit Gajānana with sixty arrows and his mouse with three and roared like thunder.

11. When his body was pierced with arrows, the mouse squirmed and writhed with excessive pain. Laṃbodara (i.e. Gajānana) fell down, O king, and became a pedestrian.

12. Then Laṃbodara struck Śuṃbha on his chest with his axe and felled him down to the ground and mounted on his mouse once again.

13. Kālanemi and Śuṃbha both simultaneously hit Laṃbodara furiously with arrows as they would a great elephant with goads.

14. On seeing him harassed, Vīrabhadra of great strength rushed immediately, accompanied by crores of Bhūtas (goblins).

15. The spirits such as Kūṣmāṇḍas , Bhairavas , Vetālas , groups of Yoginīs , Piśācas (ghosts) etc. and the Gaṇas followed him.

16. With the chattering noises, roarings like thunder, leonine shouts and the sounds of Bherī and Mṛdaṅga drums and cymbals the earth shook and quaked.

17. Then the goblins and spirits rushed at the Dānavas and devoured them. They jumped up and leaped down and began to dance on the battlefield.

18. Nandin and Kārttikeya composed themselves. Regaining confidence, they hurriedly hit and killed the Daityas with uninterrupted volleys of arrows on the battlefield.

19. With the Daityas killed, fallen or devoured the entire ( Daitya ) army became broken and scattered. The faces of all turned pale and the whole army became bewildered.

20. On seeing the army crushed, the powerful son of the Ocean rushed against the Gaṇas in a tall bannered chariot.

21. Then a tumultuous sound arose from both the armies inclusive of the trumpeting of elephants, the neighing sounds of horses, the rumblings of chariots, the sounds of conchs and Bherī drums and leonine roars of warriors.

22. The intervening space between heaven and earth became covered by clusters of the arrows of Jalandhara as though with layers of fog and mist.

23. After hitting Gaṇeśa (Gajānana) with five arrows, Nandin with nine arrows arid Vīrabhadra with twenty, he roared like thundering clouds.

24. Kārttikeya then hurriedly pierced the Daitya with his Śakti (Javelin). Though split and rent with the Śakti, he fought on. He was only slightly agitated in his mind.

25. With eyes full of anger, Jalandhara struck Kārttikeya with his iron club and he fell on the ground.

26. Similarly he made Nandin too fall on the ground with force. Thereupon Gaṇeśvara became furious and struck his iron club with his axe.

27. With three arrows Vīrabhadra struck and pierced the Dānava in his heart and cut down his horses, flagstaff, bow and umbrella.

28. Then the Daitya king became excessively angry. He raised his terrible Śakti and struck down Gaṇeśa and got into another chariot.

29. He rushed at Vīrabhadra with great force and anger. Then both of them who shone like the Sun fought with each other.

30. Again Vīrabhadra struck down his horses with his arrows and cut down his bow. The Daitya king then leaped (forward).

31. He rushed at Vīrabhadra. The demon hit him on his head with his iron club. Vomitting blood profusely, the hero fell down on the ground with his head deeply wounded.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 22997, revision 71262 (2016-06-14T08:46:06Z). English is G. V. Tagare’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc371661.html and the archival publication witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.