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सनत्कुमार उवाच ॥ शृणु व्यास महाप्राज्ञ चरितं शशिमौलिनः ॥ यथा ददाह त्रिपुरं बाणेनैकेन विश्व हृत्॥६॥
Sanatkumāra said: O Vyāsa of great intellect, listen to the story of the moon-crested lord, how the annihilator of the universe burnt the three cities (tripura) with a single arrow.
english translation
शिवात्मजेन स्कन्देन निहते तारकासुरे॥ तत्पुत्रास्तु त्रयो दैत्याः पर्यतप्यन्मुनीश्वर॥७॥
O great sage, when the Asura Tāraka was killed by Skanda, the son of Śiva, his three sons performed austerities.
english translation
तारकाख्यस्तु तज्जेष्ठो विद्युन्माली च मध्यमः ॥ कमलाक्षः कनीयांश्च सर्वे तुल्यबलास्सदा ॥८॥
The eldest of them was Tārakākṣa, the middle one Vidyunmālī and the youngest Kamalākṣa. All of them were of equal strength.
english translation
जितेन्द्रियास्ससन्नद्धास्संयतास्सत्यवादिनः ॥ दृढचित्ता महावीरा देवद्रोहिण एव च ॥ ९ ॥
They were self-controlled, well prepared, disciplined, truthful, of steady mind, heroic and inimical to the gods.
english translation
ते तु मेरुगुहां गत्वा तपश्चक्रुर्महाद्भुतम् ॥ त्रयस्सर्वान्सुभोगांश्च विहाय सुमनोहरान् ॥ 2-5-1-१० ॥
Eschewing all enjoyments captivating the mind, they went to the cavern of the mountain Meru and performed a wonderful penance.
english translation