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Shiva Purana

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अथ नन्दीश्वरो वीरः कालनेमिं महासुरम् ॥ तमपास्य च शूलेन वक्षस्यभ्यहनद्दृढम् ॥११॥

Defying the great demon Kālanemi the heroic Nandīśvara hit him in the chest with his spear.

english translation

स शूलभिन्नहृदयो हताश्वो हतसारथिः ॥ अद्रेः शिखरमुत्पाट्य नन्दिनं समताडयत् ॥ १२ ॥

With his horses and charioteer killed and himself wounded in the chest, he broke the top of a mountain and hit Nandin.

english translation

अथ शुंभो गणेशश्च रथमूषक वाहनौ ॥ युध्यमानौ शरव्रातैः परस्परमविध्यताम् ॥ १३ ॥

Then Śumbha and Gaṇeśa seated respectively in a chariot and on a mouse fought each other with volleys of arrows.

english translation

गणेशस्तु तदा शुंभं हृदि विव्याध पत्रिणा ॥ सारथिं च त्रिभिर्बाणैः पातयामास भूतले ॥ १४ ॥

Gaṇeśa hit Śumbha in his chest with an arrow and felled his charioteer with three arrows on the ground.

english translation

ततोऽतिक्रुद्धश्शुंभोऽपि बाणदृष्ट्या गणाधिपम् ॥ मूषकं च त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा ननाद जलदस्वनः ॥ १५ ॥

Then the infuriated Śumbha covered Gaṇeśa with a shower of arrows. Hitting the mouse with three arrows he roared like thunder.

english translation