Both the armies are facing each other alongwith the resounding big trumpet.
The highly egoist warrior of the army thundered.
He is moving towards the war-arena with thousands of mighty warriors.
Mahishasura pulled out his huge double-edged sword from his scabbard.
The fighters entered the field enthusiastically and there occurred formidable fighting.
It appears that the blood flows like the water (of Ganges) from the tangled hair of Shiva.18.
PAURI
When the trumpet, enveloped by the hide of the male buffalo, the vehicle of Yama, sounded, the armies attacked each other.
Durga pulled her sword from the scabbard.
She struck the demon with that Chandi, the devourer of demons (that is the sword).
It broke the skull and face into pieces and pierced through the skeleton.
And it further pierced through the saddle and caparison of the horse, and struck on the earth supported by the Bull (Dhaul).
It moved further and struck the horns of the Bull.
Then it struck on the Tortoise supporting the Bull and thus killing the enemy.
The demons are lying dead in the battlefield like the pieces of wood sawed by the carpenter.
The press of blood and marrow has been set in motion in the battlefield.
The story of the sword will be related in all the four ages.
On the demon Mahisha the period of agony occurred in the battlefield.19.
In this way the demon Mahishasura was killed on the arrival of Durga.
The queen caused the lion to dance in the fourteen worlds.