तयोर्युद्धमभूद्घोरमद्भुतं लोमहर्षणम् । तद्दृष्ट्वाऽकांडकल्पांत शंकया तत्र सुःसुराः
A fierce and wondrous battle arose between the two, hair-raising to behold; seeing it, the gods there suspected the end of the world had come unexpectedly.
सर्वास्त्रैस्तावदन्योन्यं जघ्नतुर्भीमविक्रमौ । पद्भिः पृथ्वीं चालयंतौ कंपयंतौ नभः स्वनैः
With all weapons, those two of terrible might struck each other, shaking the earth with their feet and causing the heavens to tremble with their roars.
अथोत्कटं बलं दृष्ट्वा दानवेंद्रस्य शंकरः । शस्त्रजालं जहाराशु योगमायाबलेन सः
Then, seeing the formidable power of the lord of the demons, Śaṅkara swiftly removed the net of weapons by the force of his yogic illusion.
ततः कोटिभुजो दैत्यो दंष्ट्रा भीषणलोचनः । शस्त्रहीनोऽपि तरसा धावमानो हरं ययौ
Then the demon, with countless arms, dreadful fangs, and terrifying eyes, though deprived of weapons, rushed swiftly at Hara.
विशालकरबंधेन बबंध समरे शिवम् । ततस्तस्य कृपाणेन चिच्छेद करकाननम्
With his massive hands he seized Śiva on the battlefield; then Śiva cut off that forest of hands with his sword.
सिंधुजेन भुजाक्रांतो रुद्रोभून्नीललोहितः । लीलया योधयामास रणेऽसौ सिंधुनंदनः
Seized by the arms of Sindhu's son, Rudra became blue and red; playfully, he began to fight in battle with Sindhu's offspring.
छिन्नहस्तोऽपि युयुधे स्वर्भानुः शिरसा यथा । नियुद्धेन नदीसूनुस्तोषयामास शंकरम्
Though his hand was severed, the river's son continued to fight, like Svarbhānu with his head; by wrestling, he pleased Śaṅkara.
परितुष्टोऽब्रवीच्छंभुर्वरं वरय दुर्लभम् । जालंधरेणसोऽप्युक्तस्त्वं मे देह्यात्मनः पदम्
Pleased, Śambhu said, 'Choose a boon, even one difficult to obtain.' Jālandhara replied, 'Grant me your own supreme state.'
मम दोःशस्त्रहीनस्य नावज्ञां कर्तुमर्हसि । शीघ्रं प्रयच्छ मे सिद्धिं नोचेत्त्वां संहराम्यहम्
'You should not scorn me because I am weaponless; quickly grant me success, or else I will destroy you,' said Jālandhara.
इत्युक्त्वा सभुजो भूत्वा जघ्ने तं मुष्टिनोरसि । ततः सुदर्शनं चक्रं पुरा यन्निर्मितं स्वयम्
Saying this, he regained his arms and struck Hara on the chest with his fists; then, the Sudarśana discus, which had once been created by him, appeared.
मुखादुद्गीर्य तद्धस्ते गृहीत्वा तोलयद्रुषा । सूर्यकोटिसहस्राभं ग्रसंतं सचराचरम्
Emerging from his mouth, he seized it in his hand and spun it with force, shining like ten million suns, devouring all that moves and does not move.
तेन चक्रेण चिच्छेद शिरो जालंधरस्य च । ततस्तच्छीर्षमुत्प्लुत्य गगने शतयोजनम् 6.18.
With that discus, he cut off Jālandhara's head; then that head, leaping up, flew a hundred yojanas into the sky.
दंष्ट्रा शतकरालास्यं स्वर्भूमिनयनं च यत् । व्याघ्रगत्या ततो यातं सदनं ब्रह्मणो नृप
With fangs, a hundred gaping mouths, and eyes blazing like the sun and earth, it sped with tiger-like gait to Brahmā's abode, O king.
भूयः स्वर्गे ततो दृष्ट्वा मृडः शीर्षमधावत । स्रवत्तद्रुधिरं भूरि प्रकुर्वद्भैरवस्वनम्
Then, seeing the head in heaven, Mṛḍa pursued it; blood flowed profusely from it, producing a terrifying sound.
ततो दिशः प्रणष्टास्ता गगनं विलयं गतम् । न तेजसां प्रकाशोऽस्ति चचाल वसुधा भयात्
Then the directions vanished, the sky dissolved, there was no radiance of lights, and the earth trembled in fear.
आपतंतं जघानाशु रुद्रश्चक्रेण तच्छिरः । द्विधा भूत्वाथ राजेंद्र पपात हिमवद्गिरौ
Rudra swiftly struck the falling head with the discus; split in two, O king, it fell upon Mount Himavat.
ततो जालंधरस्याशु शिरसः शकले किल । विशतः सर्वभूतानां पश्यतां स्म वृषाकपौ
Then, as all beings looked on, fragments of Jālandhara's head entered the Bull-bannered One.
तस्य कंठात्समुद्भूता दैत्याः शतसहस्रशः । ते हतास्तेन चक्रेण कपर्दिकरशालिना
From his throat arose hundreds of thousands of demons; they were all slain by the discus of the matted-haired Lord.
जालंधरकबंधं तन्ननर्त रुधिरारुणम् । पुनः पुनः समुद्भूतास्तस्य कंठात्तु दानवाः
From the neck of Jalandhara, bound and writhing, blood-red and trembling, the Dānavas emerged again and again.
पुनः पुनर्बलवता छिन्नाश्चक्रेण शंभुना । मेदसा सिंधुपुत्रस्य पूरिता सकला मही
Again and again, those who were struck down by Śambhu with the discus, powerful as they were, filled the whole earth with the fat of the son of the ocean.
मेदिनी मेदसैवैषा ख्यातिं प्राप्ता तु पार्थिव । यत्र दैत्यवरस्यास्य शोणितं शैलतां गतम्
O king, this earth became known as Medinī because it was filled with that fat; there, the blood of this foremost Daitya turned into stone.
कैलासस्योत्तरे भागे तत्राभूच्छोणितं पुरम् । अथ मांसचयान्दृष्ट्वा सर्वतो व्याप्य तिष्ठतः
To the north of Kailāsa, there was the city of Śoṇita; seeing heaps of flesh spread everywhere, they stood.
तदा सस्मार देवेशश्चतुःषष्टिगणं रणे । विज्ञानस्मरणाद्देव्यः संप्राप्ताः शंकरांतिकम्
Then the Lord of the gods remembered the sixty-four goddesses in battle; by his thought, the goddesses came to the presence of Śaṃkara.
कृतांजलिपुटाः प्रोचुः शिव किं करवामहे
With hands joined in reverence, they said, 'Śiva, what shall we do?'
महादेव उवाच- य एते दैत्यमांसस्य राशयो गिरिसन्निभाः । भक्षयध्वं युताः शीघ्रं दत्तानुज्ञा मया तु वः
Mahādeva said: 'All of you, quickly consume these heaps of Daitya flesh, as large as mountains; I give you permission.'
ब्राह्मी माहेश्वरी चैव कौमारी वैष्णवी तथा । वाराही चैव माहेंद्री सर्वाः स्वगणशोभिताः
Brāhmī, Māheśvarī, Kaumārī, Vaiṣṇavī, Vārāhī, and Māheṃdrī, all adorned with their own retinues,
एवं शंकरनिर्दिष्टा देव्यस्ता मांससंचयान् । क्रूरेण चक्षुषालोक्य निन्युश्चादर्शनं क्षणात्
Thus instructed by Śaṃkara, those goddesses, with fierce gaze, made the heaps of flesh disappear in a moment.
अथ जालंधरवपुः क्षीणं क्रांतं तु शक्तिभिः । ताभिर्ग्रस्ते शरीरे तु तस्य देहाद्विनिःसृता
Then the body of Jalandhara, weakened and overcome by their powers, was devoured by them, and from his body emerged—
प्रभासा शंकरं प्राप्ता जगामादर्शनं क्षणात् । तत्तेजः सूर्यसंकाशं लयं प्राप्तं महेश्वरे
A shining radiance reached Śaṃkara and vanished in a moment; that energy, equal to the sun, merged into the Great Lord.
एवं स विलयं प्राप्तः त्रिदिशारिस्त्रिलोचनात् । वृणुध्वं च वरं सर्वाः प्रीतः प्राह महेश्वरः
Thus, he was dissolved by the three-eyed enemy of the gods; then Maheśvara, pleased, said to all, 'Choose your boon.'