[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) › 5.167.5 # Skandapurana 5.167.5 Skandapurāṇa 5.167.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.167.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.5) tataścaiva jalāhārastāvanmātraṃ vyavasthitaḥ .. kālaṃ sa vāyubhakṣaśca tataścaivāyutaṃ samāḥ.. sūta uvāca.. atha dṛṣṭvā tapaḥśaktiṃ tasya tāṃ tridaśādhipaḥ. pātāyaṣyati māṃ nūnameṣa sthānānnṛpottamaḥ... .. 5 .. > And then he remained for just as long subsisting on water alone; > and then for ten thousand years consuming only air. > Sūta said: > Then, seeing that power of his austerity, Indra thought: > “Surely this best of kings will cast me down from my station!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.167.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.3) - [Next: 5.167.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.6) - [Up: 5.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.167.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.5) · Pramāṇa