स्कन्द: प्रद्युम्नबाणौघैरर्द्यमान: समन्तत: । असृग् विमुञ्चन् गात्रेभ्य: शिखिनापक्रमद् रणात् ॥ १५ ॥
skandaḥ pradyumna-bāṇaughair ardyamānaḥ samantataḥ asṛg vimuñcan gātrebhyaḥ śikhināpakramad raṇāt
- skandaḥ
- Kārtikeya
- pradyumna-bāṇa
- of Pradyumna’s arrows
- oghaiḥ
- by the torrents
- ardyamānaḥ
- distressed
- samantataḥ
- on all sides
- asṛk
- blood
- vimuñcan
- exuding
- gātrebhyaḥ
- from his limbs
- śikhinā
- on his peacock carrier
- apākramat
- went away
- raṇāt
- from the battlefield
Lord Kārtikeya was distressed by the flood of Pradyumna’s arrows raining down from all sides, and thus he fled the battlefield on his peacock as blood poured from his limbs.