ततस्तानब्रवीद्रामो विनिःश्वस्य मुनीश्वरान्
Thereupon Rama, after sighing deeply, spoke to the great sages.
अपराधं विना तातः क्षत्रियेण हतोमम
My father was slain by a kshatriya without any offense.
तस्मान्निःक्षत्रियामुर्वीं यद्यहं न करोमि वै
Therefore, if I do not make the earth free of kshatriyas,
पितृमातृवधाज्जातं यत्कृतं तेन पाप्मना
because of the sin committed by that murderer of my father and mother,
ततस्तस्यैव चान्येषां क्षत्रियाणां दुरात्मनाम् तर्पयिष्यामि रक्तेन पितरं नाहमंभसा
therefore, I will satisfy my father with the blood of that one and of other wicked kshatriyas, not with water.
परं विस्मयमापन्ना नोचुः किंचित्ततः परम्
They were all struck with the utmost astonishment and said nothing further.
सर्वैस्तैः शबरैः सार्धं पुलिन्दैर्मेदकैस्तथा ६.६७.
Along with all the Shabaras, Pulindas, and Medakas,
तथाऽर्जुनोऽपि तं श्रुत्वा समायातं भृगूत्तमम्
Likewise, Arjuna, having heard that the best of the Bhargavas had come,
ततस्तु सम्मुखो दृष्टो युद्धार्थं स विनिर्ययौ
then, seeing him face to face, he went out for battle.
अथाभवन्महायुद्धं पुलिन्दानां द्विजोत्तमाः
Then there was a great battle between the Pulindas and the best of the twice-born.
ततस्ते हैहयाः सर्वे शरैराशीविषोपमैः
Then all the Haihayas, with arrows like venomous serpents,
ब्रह्महत्यासमुत्थेन पातकेन ततश्च ते
were afflicted by the sin arising from brahminicide.
न कश्चित्पौरुषं तत्र संप्रदर्शयितुं क्षमः
No one there was able to display any heroism.
अथ भग्नं बलं दृष्ट्वा हैहयाधिपतिः क्रुधा शक्नोति नारोपयितुं सुयत्नमपि चाश्रितः
Then, seeing his army broken, the lord of the Haihayas, though enraged and making every effort, was unable to rally them.
ततश्चाकर्षयामास खङ्गं कोशात्सुनिर्मलम्
Then he drew forth his sword from the scabbard, perfectly pure.
गदया निर्जितो रौद्रो रावणो लोकरावणः
Rāvaṇa, the terror of the worlds, was defeated by the mace of Rudra.
नर्मदायाः प्रवाहो यैः सहस्राख्यैः करैः शुभैः ६.६७.
By those auspicious thousand arms, the flow of the Narmadā was restrained.
न शस्त्रं शेकुरुद्धर्तुं दैवयोगात्कथंचन
By the will of fate, no weapon could remove them in any way.
एतस्मिन्नंतरे रामः संप्राप्तः क्रोधमूर्छितः
At that moment, Rāma arrived, overcome with wrath.
हैहयाधिपते पाप यैः करैर्जनको मम
O sinful lord of the Haihayas, by whose arms my father—
ब्रह्मतेजोहतः सोऽपि प्रोक्तस्तेन सुनिष्ठुरम्
He too, struck down by the radiance of Brahman, was harshly addressed by him.
ततो भुजवनं तस्य रामः शस्त्रभृतां वरः
Then Rāma, best of those who bear arms, attacked his forest of arms.
ततश्छित्त्वा शिरस्तस्य कुठारेण भृगूद्वहः
Then Bhṛgu’s scion, with his axe, severed his head.
पूरयित्वा महाकुम्भाञ्छबरेभ्यो ददौ ततः
Filling great jars, he then gave them to the ascetics.
हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे गर्ता मे भ्रातृभिः कृता
In the field of Hāṭakeśvara, a pit was made for me by my brothers.
प्रक्षिपध्वं द्रुतं गत्वा तस्यां रक्तमिदं महत्
Go swiftly and pour this great blood into it.
येन तातं निजं भक्त्या तर्पयित्वा विधानतः ६.६७.
By which, with devotion and according to the rite, you may satisfy your own father.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशातिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये सहस्रार्जुनवधवर्णनंनाम सप्तषष्टितमोऽ ध्यायः
Thus, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the section of sixty-one thousand verses, in the sixth Nāgara-khaṇḍa, in the greatness of the Hāṭakeśvara field, the sixty-seventh chapter named 'The Slaying of Sahasrārjuna' is concluded.
तत्र निन्युः स्थिता यत्र गर्ता सा पितृसंभवा
There they brought it, where that pit born of the ancestors was situated.
भार्गवोऽपि च तं हत्वा रक्तमादाय कृत्स्नशः
And Bhārgava, having slain him, took all the blood.