[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) › 3.2.41.30 # Skandapurana 3.2.41.30 Skandapurāṇa 3.2.41.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.41.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.41.30) 29 atha lohāsuracaritravarṇanam, tatra lohāsureṇa sarasvatītīre śivasantoṣaṇāya tapa- ścaryākaraṇam, tapasyatastasyendreṇa tapobhaṃgārthaṃ muṣṭibhistāḍanam, tato devaiḥ saha lohāsurasya yuddha uttānapatitasya tasyorasi śaṃkarasya kaṇṭhe brahmaṇaścaraṇayorvi- ṣṇoścāvasthitivarṇanam atha brahmavākyāllohāsurasya svaśarīre brahmaviṣṇumaheśvara- sthityā santuṣṭasya tasmindharmāraṇye tathaivottānapatitasthityāṃ'vasthānam, tato brahmaviṣṇurudrairlohāsurasya varapradānavarṇanam.. 143 1 > 29. Now, the description of the deeds of Lohāsura; there, the performance of austerity by Lohāsura on the bank of the Sarasvatī to please Śiva; Indra striking him with fists while he was performing austerity in order to break his austerity; then the war of Lohāsura with the gods; the description of Śaṃkara remaining on his chest, Brahmā on his neck, and Viṣṇu on his feet as he fell face-upwards; now, by Brahmā's word, Lohāsura, being satisfied by the presence of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara in his body, remained in that very position of falling face-upwards in that Dharmāraṇya; then the granting of boons to Lohāsura by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra. 143 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.2.41.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.41.29) - [Next: 3.2.41.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.41.31) - [Up: 3.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.41) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.2.41.30) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.41.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.41.30) · Pramāṇa