His head having been sundered by the Satwata hero, Shalya dropped down on the Earth along with his best of elephants, like a mountain summit suddenly clapped by the thunder-bolt discharged by the best of the celestials.
हृतोत्तमाङ्गो युधि सात्वतेन पपात भूमौ सह नागराज्ञा। यथाद्रिशृङ्गं सुमहत् प्रणुन्नं वज्रेण देवाधिपचोदितेन॥