[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › 9.45.48 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 9.45.48 Mahābhārata 9.45.48 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.45.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.48) senāpatyamanuprāpya skando devagaṇasya ha | śuśubhe jvalito'rciṣmāndvitīya iva pāvakaḥ | tataḥ pāriṣadaiścaiva mātṛbhiśca samanvitaḥ || 48 || > Having obtained the command of the celestial forces, Skanda looked resplendent like a blazing fire of bright flames. Accompanied by those companions and the mothers, he proceeded for the destruction of the daityas, gladdening all the foremost of the gods. The terrible host of celestials, furnished with standards adorned with bells, and equipped with drums and conchs and cymbals, and armed with weapons, and decked with many banners, looked beautiful like the autumnal firmament bespangled with planets and stars. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 9.45.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.47) - [Next: 9.45.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.49) - [Up: 9.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.9.46.8) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.9.47.53) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.9.46.54) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.48) · Pramāṇa