Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 173
धनदं चैव सप्त्या वरुणं च तथाष्टभिः । विंशत्या निरृतिं दैत्यः पुनश्चाष्टभिरेव च
dhanadaṃ caiva saptyā varuṇaṃ ca tathāṣṭabhiḥ | viṃśatyā nirṛtiṃ daityaḥ punaścāṣṭabhireva ca
ദൈത്യൻ ധനദനായ കുബേരനെ ഏഴ് അമ്പുകളാൽ, വരുണനെ എട്ട് അമ്പുകളാൽ; നിരൃതിയെ ഇരുപത് അമ്പുകളാൽ വേധിച്ചു, പിന്നെയും എട്ട് അമ്പുകളും പ്രയോഗിച്ചു।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)
Scene: The daitya’s arrows strike Kubera (Dhanada) amid scattered jewels, Varuṇa amid waves and a makara-banner, and Nirṛti in a dark, ominous aura; the count of arrows is suggested by clustered shafts embedded in armor and banners.
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When the guardians of the directions are shaken, the Purāṇa signals a cosmic imbalance that calls for divinely sanctioned re-establishment of dharma.
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