Text 68] Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees
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pierce;  haraḥ —Lord Śiva;  atha —in this way;  tri-puraḥ —the three residences of the demons;  nṛpa —O King Yudhiṣṭhira.
TRANSLATION
My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, the most powerful Lord Śiva joined the arrows to his bow, and at noon he set fire to all three residences of the demons and thus destroyed them.
TEXT 68
दिवि दुन्दुभयो नेदुर्विमानशतसङ्कुलाः । 
  देवर्षिपिठ्सिद्धेशा जयेति कुसुमोत्करैः । 
  अवाकिरञ्जगुर्हृष्टा ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणाः ॥६८॥
divi dundubhayo nedur 
  vimāna-śata-saṅkulāḥ 
  devarṣi-pitṛ-siddheśā 
  jayeti kusumotkaraiḥ 
  avākirañ jagur hṛṣṭā 
  nanṛtuś cāpsaro-gaṇāḥ
divi —in the sky;  dundubhayaḥ —kettledrums;  neduḥ —vibrated;  vimāna —of airplanes;  śata —hundreds and thousands;  saṅkulāḥ —endowed;  deva-ṛṣi —all the demigods and saints;  pitṛ —the residents of Pitṛloka;  siddha —the residents of Siddhaloka;  īśāḥ —all the great personalities;  jaya iti —vibrated the chant “let there be victory”;  kusuma-utkaraiḥ —various kinds of flowers;  avākiran —showered on the head of Lord Śiva;  jaguḥ —chanted;  hṛṣṭāḥ —in great pleasure;  nanṛtuḥ —danced;  ca —and;  apsaraḥ-gaṇāḥ —the beautiful women of the heavenly planets.
TRANSLATION
Seated in their airplanes in the sky, the inhabitants of the higher planetary systems beat many kettledrums. The demigods, saints, Pitās, Siddhas and various great personalities showered flowers on