हरिवंश पुराण विष्णु पर्व अध्याय 106 श्लोक 1-20

harivansh puran: vishnu parv: shadadhikashatatam adhyay: shlok 1-20 ka hindi anuvad shambarasur aur pradyumn ka mayamay yuddh, shambar ki chinta, devaraj iandr ki ajna se narad ji ka pradyumn ko unake poorvasvaroop ka smaran dilana aur avashyak kartavy sujhana vaishampayan ji kahate haian- prajanath! tab shambarasur ne kupit hokar apane sarathi se kaha- 'vir! tum shighr hi mere rath ko shatru ke samane le chalo, jisase apana apriy karane vale is pradyumn ko maian apane banoan se mar dalooan. tab svami ka yah vachan sunakar unaka priy karane vale soot ne us suvarn bhooshit rath ko age badhaya. us rath ko ate dekh pradyumn ke netr harsh se khil uthe. unhoanne atyant kupit ho dhanush lekar us par ekasuvarnabhooshit ban rakha aur use ban se shambarasur ka krodh badhate hue use ranabhoomi mean ghayal kar diya. us ban ne usaki chhati mean chot pahuanchayi thi, isase vah devashatru shambar atyant vyakul ho achet ho gaya aur rathashakti ka sahara lekar tika raha. phir hosh mean ane par kupit hue. shambarasur ne dhanush hath mean le sat paianne banoan dvara shrikrishnakumar par prahar kiya. un banoan ko apane pas pahuanchane se pahale hi pradyumn sat sayakoan se marakar sat bar khandit kiya, sath hi sattar tikhe banoan se shambarasur ko ghayal kar diya. isake bad gidh aur mor ki paankh lage hue ek hajar banoan ki krodhapoorvak varsha karake unhoanne pun: shambarasur ko ahat kar diya, thik usi tarah jese megh jal ki dharaoan se parvat ko aplavit kar deta hai. samast dishaean aur vidishaean ban dhara se avrit ho gayian. akash mean andhakar chha gaya. dinakar soory ka dikhana band ho gaya. jab shambarasur ne vaidyutastr ka prayog karake andhakar ka nivaran kar diya aur pradyumn ke rath ki baithak mean banoan ki varsha arambh kar di. rajan! pradyumn ne apane hathoan ki phurti dikhate hue jhuki huee gaanth vale ban se shatru ke us ash‍tr jal ke anek tukadoan mean chhinn-bhinn kar diya. shrikrishnakumar dvara jab banoan ki vah mahavrishti shant kar di gayi, tab kalashambar ne maya dvara vrishoan ki varsha prarambh kar di. vrikshoan ki us varsha ko badhati dekh pradyumn krodh se moorchchhit-se ho gaye, phir to unhoanne agneyastr ka prayog kiya aur usake dvara samast vrikshoan ka nash kar dala. vrikshoan ki varsha nashh‍t ho jane par usane shila samooh barasana arambh kiya, parantu pradyumn yuddh sthal mean vayu vyastr ka prayog karake un shilaoan ko door hata diya. prajanath! tab pratapi devashatru shambar ne doosari maya prakat ki. usane dhanush tanakar pradyumn ke rath par sianh, vyaghr, varah, tarakshu (seee), richh, vanar, meghoan ke saman kale-kale hathi, gho de aur ooant ke roopoan mean banoan ka prahar kiya. pradyumn ne gandharvastr ka prayog karake un sab ke tukade़-tukade़ kar dale. pradyumn ne vah maya nasht kar di, yah dekhakar krodh se moorchchhit hue shambarasur ne doosari maya ka prayog kiya. usane sath varshoan ki avastha vale navayauvan sampann bahut-se gajaraj prakat kiye, jinake mastak se mad ki dhar phoot rahi thi. unake oopar achchhe-achchhe mahavat baithe the. unhean yuddh ki sajja se sajaya gaya tha. ve sab-ke-sab yuddh kala mean chatur jan p date the. us gajakar maya ko apani or ati dekh kamalanayan mahamana shrikrishnakumar ne sianharoopini maya ke prayog ka vichar kiya.