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.
न स बालं न वृद्धं च परित्यजति भार्गवः
Bhārgava spares neither child nor elder.
स्वयं जघान भूपान्स तेषां पार्श्वे तथा परान्
He himself slew the kings, both those at their side and others.
तथैवासृक्प्रगृह्णाति गृह्णापयति चादरात्
In the same way, he takes up the blood and has it taken up with reverence.
एवं निःक्षत्रियां कृत्वा कृत्स्नां पृथ्वीं भृगद्वहः
Thus, having made the whole earth devoid of Kshatriyas, O destroyer of the Bhṛgus,
ततस्तै रुधिरैः स्नात्वा समादाय तिलान्बहून्
Then, after bathing in those streams of blood and gathering many sesame seeds,
प्रत्यक्षं सर्वविप्राणां तथान्येषां तपस्विनाम्
In the presence of all the Brahmins and other ascetics,
ततो निःक्षत्रिये लोके कृत्वा हयमखं च सः
Then, having made the world free of Kshatriyas, he performed the horse sacrifice.
अथ लब्धवरा विप्रास्तमूचुर्भृगुसत्तमम् ६.६८.
Then the Brahmins, having obtained their boon, spoke to that best of the Bhṛgus.
तस्मात्त्वं देहि मे स्थानं कृत्वाऽपसरणं स्वयम्
Therefore, grant me a place, having made way yourself.
न करोष्यथवा वाक्यं ममाद्य त्वं नदीपते
If you do not heed my words today, O lord of rivers,
अपसारं ततश्चक्रे यावत्तस्याभिवांछितम्
Then he withdrew as much as she desired.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये परशुरामकृतमहीदानपूर्वकसमुद्रापसारणवृत्तान्तवर्णनंनामा ष्टाषष्टितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the sixty-eighth chapter, named 'The Account of the Ocean's Withdrawal after the Gift of Land by Paraśurāma,' in the section on the greatness of the Hāṭakeśvara field, in the sixth Nāgara-khaṇḍa of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, comprising eighty-one thousand verses.
क्षेत्रजान्ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च सुषुवुस्तनया न्वरान् । ते वृद्धिं च समासाद्य क्षेत्रजाः क्षत्रियोपमाः
They begot sons, the kṣetrajā, on the Brahmins; those kṣetrajā, being like Kshatriyas, grew in strength.
ततस्ते ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे परिभूतिपदं गताः
Then all those Brahmins fell into a state of humiliation.
रामराम महाबाहो या त्वया वसुधा च नः तस्मान्नो देहि तां भूयो हत्वा तान्क्षत्रियाधमान्
O Rāma, Rāma, mighty-armed one, the earth which you gave us—therefore, give it to us again, having slain those base Kshatriyas.
ततो रामः क्रुधाविष्टो भूयस्तैः शवरैः सह
Then Rāma, seized by anger, together with those Śavaras,
तत्रैव क्षत्रियान्हत्वा रक्तमादाय तद्बहु
There itself, having slain the Kshatriyas and taken much of their blood,
प्रददौ ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च वाजिमेधे धरां पुनः
He gave the earth again to the Brahmins at the horse sacrifice.
एवं तेन कृता पृथ्वी सर्वक्षत्त्रविवर्जिता
Thus, by him, the earth was made entirely devoid of Kshatriyas.
तर्पिताः पितरश्चैव रुधिरेण महात्मना ६.६९.
And the ancestors were satisfied by that great soul with the blood.