[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) › 16.282.282 # Skandapurana 16.282.282 Skandapurāṇa 16.282.282 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.282.282](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.282) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye cyavaneśvaramāhātmye cyavanena nāsatyayajñabhāgapratirodhakavajra mocanodyataśakranāśāya kṛtyodbhavamadanāmakamahā'surotpādanavṛttāntavarṇanaṃnāma dvyaśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 282 .. .. > Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-second chapter, titled 'The Description of the Account of the Creation of the Great Asura Named Mada through a Destructive Rite to Slay Śakra Who Was Preparing to Hurl His Thunderbolt Obstructing the Sacrificial Portion of the Nāsatyas by Cyavana,' in the Cyavaneśvara-māhātmya, in the First Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya, in the Seventh Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.282.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.25) - [Next: 16.283.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.283.1) - [Up: 16.282](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.282.282) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.282](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.282.282) · Pramāṇa