तत: सुराणामसुरै रण: परमदारुण: । त्रेतामुखे नर्मदायामभवत्प्रथमे युगे ॥ १६ ॥
tatah suranam asurai ranah parama-darunah treta-mukhe narmadayam abhavat prathame yuge
- tatah
- thereafter
- suranam
- of the demigods
- asuraih
- with the demons
- ranah
- a great battle
- parama-darunah
- very fearful
- treta-mukhe
- in the beginning of Treta-yuga
- narmadayam
- on the bank of the River Narmada
- abhavat
- took place
- prathame
- in the first
- yuge
- millennium.
Thereafter, at the end of Satya-yuga and the beginning of Treta-yuga, a fierce battle took place between the demigods and the demons on the bank of the Narmada.