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Shiva Purana

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देवाः प्रदुद्रुवुः सर्वे येऽन्ये नन्दीश्वरादयः ॥ एक एव कार्त्तिकेयस्तस्थौ समरमूर्द्धनि ॥२१॥

The gods Nandīśvara and others fled. Only Kārttikeya stayed behind in the battle field.

english translation

पर्वतानां च सर्पाणां नागानां शाखिनां तथा ॥ राजा चकार वृष्टिं च दुर्निवार्या भयंकरीम् ॥ २२ ॥

The king of Dānavas showered mountains, serpents, pythons and trees so terrifyingly that it could not be withstood.

english translation

तद्दृष्ट्या प्रहतः स्कन्दो बभूव शिवनन्दनः ॥ नीहारेण च सांद्रेण संवृतौ भास्करौ यथा ॥२३॥

Oppressed by that shower Kārttikeya, the son of Śiva, looked like the sun enveloped by thick sheets of frost.

english translation

नानाविधां स्वमायां च चकार मयदर्शिताम् ॥ तां नाविदन् सुराः केपि गणाश्च मुनिसत्तम ॥२४॥

He exhibited many types of illusions in the manner indicated by Maya. O excellent sage, none of the gods or Gaṇas understood it.

english translation

तदैव शङ्खचूडश्च महामायी महाबलः ॥ शरेणैकेन दिव्येन धनुश्चिच्छेद तस्य वै ॥२५॥

At the same time, the powerful Śaṅkhacūḍa of great illusion split his bow with a divine arrow.

english translation