[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 1.4.15 # Skandapurana 1.4.15: adhyāyaḥ 17 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 17 ### [1.4.15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.1) ..nārada uvāca.. tatastayoḥ samāyogaḥ senayorubhayorabhūt.. yugāṃte samanuprāpte yathā kṣubdhasamudrayoḥ.. 17.1 .. > Nārada said: / Then the clash of those two armies occurred, / like that of two agitated oceans when the end of an eon arrives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.2) surāsurāṇāṃ saṃmarde tasminparamadāruṇe.. tumulaṃ sumahatkrāṃte senayorubhayorapi.. 17.2 .. > In that most dread encounter between the gods and asuras, / a very great, tumultuous battle broke out between both armies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.3) garjatāṃ devadaityānāṃ śaṃkhabherīraveṇa ca.. tūryāṇāṃ caiva nirghoṣairmātaṃgānāṃ ca bṛṃhitaiḥ.. 17.3 .. > With the roaring of gods and daityas, and the blast of conches and drums, / and with the noise of horns and the trumpeting of elephants, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.4) heṣitairhayavṛṃdānāṃ rathanemisvanena ca.. ghoṣeṇa caiva tūryāṇāṃ yugāṃta iva cābhavat.. 17.4 .. > with the neighing of troops of horses and the clatter of chariot wheels, / and with the sound of wind-instruments, it became like the end of an eon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.5) roṣeṇābiparītāṃgāstyaktajīvitacetasaḥ.. samasajjanta tenyonyaṃ prakrameṇātilohitāḥ.. 17.5 .. > With limbs overcome by rage, having cast off thought of life, / they clashed with one another in turn, deeply smeared with blood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.6) rathā rathaiḥ samāsaktā gajāścāpi mahāgajaiḥ.. pattayaḥ pattibhiścaiva hayāścāpi mahāhayaiḥ.. 17.6 .. > Chariots locked with chariots, and elephants with great elephants, / foot soldiers with foot soldiers, and horses with great horses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.7) tataḥ prāsāśanigadābhiṃḍipālaparaśvadhaiḥ.. śaktibhiḥ paṭṭiśaiḥ śūlairmudgaraiḥ kaṇayairguḍaiḥ.. 17.7 .. > Then with barbed darts, thunderbolts, maces, slings, and battleaxes, / with spears, flat-swords, tridents, mallets, javelins, and iron balls, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.8) cakraiśca śaktibhiścaiva tomarairaṃkuśairapi.. karṇinālīkanārācavatsadaṃtārddhacaṃdrakaiḥ.. 17.8 .. > and with discs, spears, lances, and elephant goads, / with barbed arrows, reed-arrows, iron arrows, calf-tooth arrows, and crescent-headed arrows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.9) bhallairvetasapatraiśca śukatuṃḍaiśca nirmalaiḥ.. vṛṣṭibhiścādbhutākārairgaganaṃ samapadyata.. 17.9 .. > with broad-headed arrows, reed-leaf shafts, and spotless parrot-beak blades, / the sky became filled as if by showers of wondrous shapes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.10) saṃpracchādya diśaḥ sarvāstamomayamivābhavat.. prājñāyaṃta na te'nyonyaṃ tasmiṃstamasi saṃkule.. 17.10 .. > Covering all the directions, it became as if enveloped in darkness; / in that thick darkness they could not distinguish one another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.11) adṛśyabhūtāstamasi nyakṛṃtaṃta parasparam.. tato bhujairdhvajaiśchatraiḥ śirobhiśca sakuṃḍalaiḥ.. 17.11 .. > Becoming invisible in the darkness, they slashed at one another; / then, with arms, banners, parasols, and heads adorned with earrings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.12) gajaisturaṃgaiḥ pādātaiḥ patadbhiḥ patitairapi.. ākāśaśiraso bhraṣṭaiḥ paṃkajairiva bhūścitā.. 17.12 .. > with elephants, horses, and foot-soldiers falling and fallen, / the earth was strewn as if with lotuses fallen from the crest of the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.13) bhagnadaṃtā bhinnakuṃbhāśchinnadīrghamahākarāḥ.. gajāḥ śailanibhāḥ peturdharaṇyāṃ rudhirasravāḥ.. 17.13 .. > With broken tusks, split frontal globes, and severed long trunks, / mountain-like elephants fell upon the earth, pouring streams of blood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.14) bhagnaiṣāśca rathāḥ peturbhagnākṣāḥ śakalīkṛtāḥ.. pattayaḥ koṭiśaḥ petusturaṃgāśca sahasraśaḥ.. 17.14 .. > Chariots fell with broken poles, broken axles, smashed to pieces; / foot-soldiers fell by the tens of millions, and horses by the thousands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.15) tataḥ śoṇitanadyaśca harṣadāḥ piśitāśinām.. vaitālānaṃdadāyinyo vyajāyaṃta sahasraśaḥ.. 17.15 .. > Then thousands of rivers of blood arose, / giving joy to flesh-eaters and bringing delight to vetālas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.16) tasmiṃstathāvidhe yuddhe senānīrgrasano'rihā.. bāṇavarṣeṇa mahatā devasainyamakaṃpayat.. 17.16 .. > In that sort of battle, the commander Grasana, the slayer of foes, / shook the army of the gods with a great rain of arrows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.17) tato grasanamālokya yamaḥ krodhavimūrchitaḥ.. vavarṣa śaravarṣeṇa viśeṣādagnivarcasā.. 17.17 .. > Then, seeing Grasana, Yama, overcome with fury, / rained down a shower of arrows, especially brilliant with fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.18) sa viddho bahubhirṣāṇairgrasano'tiparākramaḥ.. kṛtapratikṛtākāṃkṣī dhanurānamya bhairavam.. 17.18 .. > Pierced by many arrows, Grasana, endowed with immense prowess, / wishing to return blow for blow, bent his dreadful bow, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.19) śaraiḥ sahasraiśca pañcalakṣaiścaiva vyatāḍayat.. grasanena vimuktāṃstāñcharānsopi nivārya ca.. 17.19 .. > and struck with thousands and five hundred thousand arrows; / having warded off those arrows loosed by Grasana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.20) bāṇavṛṣṭibhirugrābhiryamo grasanamardayat.. kṛtāṃtaśaravṛṣṭīnāṃ saṃtatīḥ pratisarpatīḥ.. ciccheda śaravarṣeṇa grasano dānaveśvaraḥ.. 17.20 .. > Yama harassed Grasana with fierce showers of arrows; / Grasana, lord of dānavas, sliced through the continuous lines of arrows advancing from Kṛtānta with a rain of arrows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.21) viphalāṃ tāṃ samālokya yamaḥ svaśarasaṃtatim.. 17.21 .. > Seeing that line of his own arrows rendered fruitless, Yama / \[turned his wrath toward him\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.22) prāhiṇonmudgaraṃ dīptaṃ grasanasya rathaṃ prati.. sa taṃ mudgaramāyāṃtamutpatya rathasattamāt.. 17.22 .. > He hurled a blazing mallet toward Grasana's chariot; / seeing that mallet arriving, leaping up from his excellent chariot, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.23) jagrāha vāmahastena līlayā grasano'rihā.. tenaiva mudgareṇātha yamasya mahiṣaṃ ruṣā.. 17.23 .. > Grasana, the slayer of enemies, caught it playfully with his left hand; / then, with that very mallet, in anger, at Yama's buffalo > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.24) tāḍayāmāsa vegena sa papāta mahītale.. utpatyātha yamastasmānmahiṣānnipatiṣyataḥ.. 17.24 .. > he struck with force, and it fell to the surface of the earth; / then Yama, springing up from that buffalo about to fall, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.25) prāsena tāḍayāmāsa grasanaṃ vadane dṛḍham.. sa tu prāptaprahāreṇa mūrchito nyapatadbhuvi.. 17.25 .. > struck Grasana firmly in the face with a barbed dart; / he, struck by that blow, fell unconscious upon the ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.26) grasanaṃ patita dṛṣṭvā jaṃbho bhīmaparākramaḥ.. yamasya bhiṃḍipālena prahāramakaroddhṛdi .. 17.26 .. > Seeing Grasana fallen, Jambha of terrifying prowess / dealt a blow to Yama's chest with a sling. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.27) yamastena prahāreṇa susrāva rudhiraṃ mukhāt.. atigāḍha prahārārttaḥ kṛtāṃtomūrchito'bhavat.. 17.27 .. > From that blow, Yama discharged blood from his mouth; / afflicted by the exceedingly deep strike, Kṛtānta fell unconscious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.28) kṛtāṃtamarditaṃ dṛṣṭvā gadāpāṇirdhanādipaḥ.. vṛto yakṣāyutagaṇairjaṃbhaṃ pratyudyayau ruṣaā.. 17.28 .. > Seeing Kṛtānta tormented, the Lord of Wealth, mace in hand, / surrounded by tens of thousands of Yakṣas, advanced against Jambha in wrath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.29) jaṃbho ruṣā tamāyāṃtaṃ dānavā nīkasaṃvṛtaḥ.. jagrāha vākyaṃ rājñastu yatā snigdhena bhāṣitam.. 17.29 .. > Jambha, surrounded by his host of Dānavas, as he came in wrath, / grasped the words that were spoken affectionately by the king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.30) grasano labdhasaṃjño'tha yamasya prāhiṇodgadām.. maṇihemapariṣkārāṃ gurvī parighamardinīm.. 17.30 .. > Then Grasana, having regained consciousness, hurled a mace at Yama, / adorned with jewels and gold, heavy, and crushing iron bars. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.31) tāmāpataṃtīṃ saṃprekṣya gadāṃ mahiṣavāhanaḥ.. gadāyāḥ pratighātārthaṃ jagajjvalanabhairavam.. 17.31 .. > Seeing that mace hurtling toward him, he whose mount is the buffalo, / to thwart the mace, \[loosed a rod\] terrible as the fire of the universe, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.32) daṃḍaṃ mumoca kopena jvālāmālāsamākulam.. sa gadāṃ viyati prāpya rarāsāṃbudharoddhatam.. 17.32 .. > In anger he loosed his rod, blazing with garlands of flames; / reaching the mace in the sky, it roared like a swollen cloud. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.33) saṃvaṭṭaścābhavattābhyāṃ śailābhyāmiva duḥsahaḥ.. tābhyāṃ niṣpeṣanirhrāda jaḍīkṛtadigaṃtaram.. 17.33 .. > A collision occurred between the two, unbearable as that of two mountains; / with the crash of their impact, it stunned the quarters of the horizon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.34) jagadvyākulatāṃ yātaṃ pralayāgamaśaṃkayā.. kṣaṇātpraśāṃtanirhrādaṃ jvaladulkāsamācitam.. 17.34 .. > The world fell into agitation out of fear of the arrival of dissolution; / in an instant the noise died down, \[yet\] filled with blazing meteors, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.35) niṣpeṣaṇaṃ tayorbhīmama bhūdganagocaram.. nihatyātha gadāṃ daṇḍastato grasanamūrdhani.. 17.35 .. > The terrible collision of the two took place in the sky. / Then, having struck down the mace, the rod \[fell\] onto Grasana's head; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.36) papāta pauruṣaṃ hatvā yathā daivaṃ purārjitam.. satu tena prahāreṇa dṛṣṭvā satimirādiśaḥ.. 17.36 .. > It fell, striking down his human effort, just as previously earned destiny \[strikes a man\]. / From that blow, seeing the directions enveloped in darkness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.37) papāta bhūmau niḥsaṃjño bhūmireṇuvibhūṣitaḥ.. tato hāhāravo ghoraḥ senayorubhayorabhūt.. 17.37 .. > He fell to the ground unconscious, covered with the dust of the earth. / Then a dreadful cry of "Alas, alas!" arose from both armies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.38) tato mahūrtamātreṇa grasanaḥ prāpya cetanām.. apaśyatsvāṃ tanuṃ dhvastāṃ vilolābharaṇāṃbarām.. 17.38 .. > Then in just a moment, Grasana regained consciousness / and saw his body shattered, his ornaments and garments disheveled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.39) sa cāpi ciṃtayāmāsa kṛtapratikṛtakriyām.. dhigastu pauruṣaṃ mahyaṃ prabhoragresaraḥ katham.. 17.39 .. > He too reflected upon retaliation for the deed done: / "Fie on my prowess! How can I be the leader of my lord? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.40) mayyāśritāni sainyāni jite mayi jitāni ca.. asaṃbhāvitarūpo hi sajjano modate sukham.. 17.40 .. > The troops depend on me; if I am defeated, they too are defeated. / A good man unburdened by expectations indeed rejoices in comfort; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.41) saṃbhāvitastvaśaktaścettasya nāyaṃ paro'pi vā.. evaṃ saṃciṃtya vegena samuttasthau mahābalaḥ.. 17.41 .. > But if an esteemed man proves incapable, neither this world nor the next belongs to him." / Thinking thus, the mighty warrior rose up with swiftness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.42) mudgaraṃ kāladaṇḍābhaṃ gṛhītvā girisaṃnibham.. grasano ghorasaṃkalpaḥ saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭacchadaḥ.. 17.42 .. > Taking up a club resembling a mountain, like the staff of Death, / Grasana, dreadful in his resolve, bit his lips. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.43) rathena tvarito'gacchadāsasādāṃtakaṃ raṇe.. samāsādya yamaṃ yuddhe grasano bhrāmya mudgaram.. 17.43 .. > Quickly mounted on his chariot, he went and approached Antaka in battle; / having approached Yama in battle, Grasana swung his club > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.44) vegena mahatā raudraṃ cikṣepa yamamūrdhani.. vilokya mudgaraṃ dīptaṃ yamaḥ saṃbhrāṃtalocanaḥ.. 17.44 .. > And hurled the fierce \[weapon\] with great force at Yama's head. / Seeing the blazing club, Yama, his eyes wide in agitation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.45) vaṃcayāmāsa durddharṣaṃ mudgaraṃ taṃ mahābalaḥ.. tasminnapasṛte dūraṃ caṃḍānāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām.. 17.45 .. > That mighty one dodged the irresistible club. / When it had flown far away, it crushed ten thousand > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.46) yāmyānāṃ kiṃkarāṇāṃ ca ayutaṃ niṣpipeṣa ha.. tatastadayutaṃ dṛṣṭvā hataṃ kiṃkaravāhinī.. 17.46 .. > Of Yama's attendants, who were fierce and performed terrible deeds. / Then, seeing that ten thousand slain, the army of attendants, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.47) daśārbudamitā kruddhā grasanāyānvadhāvata.. grasanastu samālokya tāṃ kiṃkaramayāṃ śubhām.. 17.47 .. > Numbering a billion, ran furiously against Grasana. / But Grasana, beholding that splendid host of attendants, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.48) mene yamasahasrāṇi tādṛgrūpabalā hi sā.. vigāhya grasanaṃ senā vavarṣa śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ.. 17.48 .. > Thought them to be thousands of Yamas, for they were identical in form and strength. / Plunging toward Grasana, the army showered rains of arrows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.49) kalpāṃtaghorasaṃkāśo babhūva sa mahāraṇaḥ.. kecicchailena bibhiduḥ kecidbāṇairajihyagaiḥ.. 17.49 .. > That great battle became dreadful, like the end of a cosmic cycle: / some tore \[him\] with rocks, some with straight-flying arrows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.50) pipiṣurgadayā kecitkocinmudgaravṛṣṭibhiḥ.. kecitprāsaprahāraiśca tāḍayāmāsuruddhatāḥ.. 17.50 .. > Some crushed \[him\] with maces, some with showers of clubs, / and some haughtily struck him with thrusts of javelins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.51) apare kiṃkarāstasya lalaṃburbāhumaṃḍale.. śilābhirapare jaghnurdrumairanye mahocchrayaiḥ.. 17.51 .. > Other attendants clung to his arms; / others struck him with stones, and others with lofty trees. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.52) tasyāpare ca gātreṣu daśanāṃścanyapātayan.. apare muṣṭibhiḥ pṛṣṭhaṃ kiṃkarāstāḍayaṃti ca .. 17.52 .. > And others sank their teeth into his limbs; / other attendants pounded his back with their fists. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.53) evaṃ cābhidrutastaiḥ sa grasanaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ.. utsādya gātraṃ bhūpṛṣṭhe niṣpipeṣa sahasraśaḥ.. 17.53 .. > Thus attacked by them, Grasana, frantic with rage, / shook his body and crushed thousands onto the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.54) kāṃścidutthāya jaghne'sau muṣṭibhiḥ kiṃkarānraṇe.. kāṃścitpādaprahāreṇa dhāvannanyānacūrṇayat.. 17.54 .. > Rising up, he struck some attendants in battle with fists; / he pounded some with kicks of his feet, and running, pulverized others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.55) kṣaṇaikena sa tānninye yamalokāyabhārata.. sa ca kiṃkarayuddhena vavṛdhe'gnirivaidhasā.. 17.55 .. > In a single moment he dispatched them to the realm of Yama, O Bhārata; / and by the fight with the attendants, he grew like fire with fuel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.56) tamālokya yamo'śrāṃtaṃ śrāṃtaṃstāṃśca hatānsvakān.. ājagāma samudyamya daṃḍaṃ mahiṣavāhanaḥ.. 17.56 .. > Seeing him unwearied and his own men weary and slain, / Yama, whose mount is the buffalo, came forward, raising his rod. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.57) grasanastu tamāyāṃtamājaghne gadayorasi.. aciṃtayitvā tatkarma grasanasyāṃtako'rihā.. 17.57 .. > Grasana struck him upon the chest with a mace as he approached; / Antaka, the slayer of foes, paid no heed to that deed of Grasana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.58) vyāghrāndaṃḍena saṃjaghne sa rathānnya patadbhuvi.. tataḥ kṣaṇena cotthāya saṃciṃtyātmānamuddhataḥ.. 17.58 .. > And struck down his tigers with his rod; \[Grasana\] fell from the chariot to the earth. / Then, rising in an instant and considering his dignity, proud, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.59) vāyuvegena sahasā yayau yamarathaṃ prati.. padātiḥ sa rathaṃ taṃ ca samāruhya yamaṃ tadā.. 17.59 .. > He rushed suddenly with the speed of wind toward Yama's chariot; / on foot, mounting that chariot, he then > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.60) yodhayāmāsa bāhubhyāmākṛṣya balināṃ varaḥ.. yamo'pi śastrāṇyutsṛjca bāhuyuddhe pravartate.. 17.60 .. > Engaged Yama, pulling him with both arms, he the best of the strong; / Yama too, casting aside his weapons, engaged in arm-to-arm combat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.61) grasanaṃ kaṭivastre tu yamaṃ gṛhya balotkaṭaḥ.. bhrāmayāmāsa vegena saṃbhramāviṣṭacetasam.. 17.61 .. > Seizing Grasana by the waistcloth, Yama, vehement in strength, / whirled him around with speed as his mind became bewildered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.62) vimocyātha yamaḥ kaṣṭātkaṃṭhe'vaṣṭabhya cāsuram.. bāhubhyāṃ bhrāmayāmāsa so'pyātmānamamocayat.. 17.62 .. > Then, freeing himself with difficulty, Yama gripped the Asura by the neck / and whirled him with both arms; he too freed himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.63) tato jaghnaturanyonyaṃ muṣṭibhirnirdayau ca tau.. daityeṃdrasyātivīryatvātpariśrāṃtataro yamaḥ.. 17.63 .. > Then the two mercilessly struck each other with fists; / because the Daitya lord possessed excessive strength, Yama became utterly exhausted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.64) skaṃdhe nidhāya daityasya mukhaṃ viśrāṃtimaicchata.. tamā lakṣya tato daityaḥ śrāṃtamutpāṭya caujasā.. 17.64 .. > Placing his face on the shoulder of the Daitya, he sought rest. / Perceiving him exhausted, the Daitya then ripped him up with his might > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.65) niṣpipeṣa mahīpṛṣṭhe vinighnanpārṣṇipāṇibhiḥ.. tato yamasya vadanātsusrāva rudhiraṃ bahu.. 17.65 .. > And crushed him upon the surface of the earth, striking him with heels and fists; / then copious blood flowed from Yama's mouth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.66) nirjīvamiti taṃ dṛṣṭvā tataḥ saṃtyajya dānavaḥ.. jayaṃ prāpyoddhataṃ nādaṃ muktvā saṃtrāsya devatāḥ.. 17.66 .. > Seeing him lifeless, the Dānava then released him; / having attained victory, he let out a fierce roar, terrifying the deities, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.67) svakaṃ sainyaṃ samāsādya tasthau giririvācalaḥ.. 17.67 .. > And having returned to his own army, he stood immovable like a mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.68) nādena tasya grasanasya saṃkhye mahāyudhaiścārditasarvagātrāḥ.. gate kṛthāṃte vasudhāṃ ca niṣprabhe cakaṃpire kāṃdiśikāḥ surāste.. 17.68 .. > At that roar of Grasana in the battle, all their limbs tormented by mighty weapons, / when Kṛtānta had fallen to the earth and lost his luster, those gods fled in all directions, trembling. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15.68\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15.68_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe tārakasainyadevasainyayormadhye yamagrasanayoryuddhavarṇanaṃ nāma saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 17 .. cha .. > Thus ends the seventeenth chapter, named 'Description of the Battle between Yama and Grasana in the Midst of the Armies of Tāraka and the Gods', in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the first \[section\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.15.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāraṇāgama (another edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.siva.karana*alt.30.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.15) · Pramāṇa