Book 3 Chapter 216 | |
1 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca |
1 | grahāḥ sopagrahāś caiva ṛṣayo mātaras tathā
hutāśanamukhāś cāpi dīptāḥ pāriṣadāṃ gaṇāḥ |
2 | ete cānye ca bahavo ghorās tridivavāsinaḥ
parivārya mahāsenaṃ sthitā mātṛgaṇaiḥ saha |
3 | saṃdigdhaṃ vijayaṃ dṛṣṭvā vijayepsuḥ sureśvaraḥ
āruhyairāvataskandhaṃ prayayau daivataiḥ saha vijighāṃsur mahāsenam indras tūrṇataraṃ yayau |
4 | ugraṃ tac ca mahāvegaṃ devānīkaṃ mahāprabham
vicitradhvajasaṃnāhaṃ nānāvāhanakārmukam pravarāmbarasaṃvītaṃ śriyā juṣṭam alaṃkṛtam |
5 | vijighāṃsuṃ tadāyāntaṃ kumāraḥ śakram abhyayāt
vinadan pathi śakras tu drutaṃ yāti mahābalaḥ saṃharṣayan devasenāṃ jighāṃsuḥ pāvakātmajam |
6 | saṃpūjyamānas tridaśais tathaiva paramarṣibhiḥ
samīpam upasaṃprāptaḥ kārttikeyasya vāsavaḥ |
7 | siṃhanādaṃ tataś cakre deveśaḥ sahitaḥ suraiḥ
guho 'pi śabdaṃ taṃ śrutvā vyanadat sāgaro yathā |
8 | tasya śabdena mahatā samuddhūtodadhiprabham
babhrāma tatra tatraiva devasainyam acetanam |
9 | jighāṃsūn upasaṃprāptān devān dṛṣṭvā sa pāvakiḥ
visasarja mukhāt kruddhaḥ pravṛddhāḥ pāvakārciṣaḥ tā devasainyāny adahan veṣṭamānāni bhūtale |
10 | te pradīptaśirodehāḥ pradīptāyudhavāhanāḥ
pracyutāḥ sahasā bhānti citrās tārāgaṇā iva |
11 | dahyamānāḥ prapannās te śaraṇaṃ pāvakātmajam
devā vajradharaṃ tyaktvā tataḥ śāntim upāgatāḥ |
12 | tyakto devais tataḥ skande vajraṃ śakro 'bhyavāsṛjat
tad visṛṣṭaṃ jaghānāśu pārśvaṃ skandasya dakṣiṇam bibheda ca mahārāja pārśvaṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ |
13 | vajraprahārāt skandasya saṃjātaḥ puruṣo 'paraḥ
yuvā kāñcanasaṃnāhaḥ śaktidhṛg divyakuṇḍalaḥ yad vajraviśanāj jāto viśākhas tena so 'bhavat |
14 | taṃ jātam aparaṃ dṛṣṭvā kālānalasamadyutim
bhayād indras tataḥ skandaṃ prāñjaliḥ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ |
15 | tasyābhayaṃ dadau skandaḥ sahasainyasya sattama
tataḥ prahṛṣṭās tridaśā vāditrāṇy abhyavādayan |