[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) › 7.10.8 # Skandapurana 7.10.8 Skandapurāṇa 7.10.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.8) sanatkumāra utrāca tasminbale tathā1 tena somenāpratimaujasā . hanyamāne mahāmāya: samāśvasya tadāsuraḥ ..1.. hiraṇyākṣo diteḥ putra idamāha ruṣānvitaḥ . garutmataḥ sutaṃ vīraṃ rathayantāramāhave2 ..2.. khageśvara na te lajjā bhavatīha raṇārṇave . yanmāṃ4 rathena saṃgrāmāt5 tvaṃ harasyanyatodya6 vai ..3.. kiṃ vakṣyantyasurāḥ sarve daityāścaiva mahābalāḥ . rājāsmākaṃ jita: saṃkhye śatrubhiḥ śatrutāpanaḥ ..4.. jīvitaiṣī parityajya bālānasmān ḍhurātmavān7 . raṇādapagataḥ kvāpi dhiṅ māmaśubhakāriṇam ..5.. kaśyapasya suto bhūtvā bhrātā daityasya saṃmataḥ9 .. hiraṇyakaśipordaityo10 mahāyogabalānvitaḥ11 .. 1 ..6.. agrataḥ12 sarvadaityānāṃ dānavānāṃ tathaiva ca . rājā svāmī ca śūraśca13 nirjitaḥ śatrubhiḥ katham ..7.. athavā devapakṣasya tvaṃ putro vai garutmataḥ . tameva pakṣaṃ bhajase na māṃ tvaṃ parirakṣase .8. > Sanatkumāra said: / When that army was being struck down thus by Soma of matchless splendour, / the great sorcerer, the asura Hiraṇyākṣa, son of Diti, took heart then and, filled with rage, / addressed the valiant son of Garuḍa, his charioteer in battle: / "O king of birds, have you no shame here in the ocean of battle, / that today you carry me away from the conflict in the chariot to another place? / What will all the asuras and the mighty daityas say? / 'Our king, the tormentor of enemies, has been defeated in battle by the foes; / seeking to save his life, that evil-minded one has abandoned us, his children, / and fled somewhere from the battle.' Fie upon me, the worker of evil! / Having become the son of Kaśyapa, the esteemed brother of the daitya / Hiraṇyakaśipu, a daitya endowed with the power of great yoga, / at the forefront of all the daityas and the dānavas likewise, / king, master, and hero—how could he be conquered by enemies? / Or perhaps you belong to the side of the gods, being indeed the son of Garuḍa; / you serve that very faction and do not protect me!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.10.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.p1) - [Next: 7.10.8\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.8_2) - [Up: 7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.10.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.8) · Pramāṇa