[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) › 7.13.3\_148 # Skandapurana 7.13.3\_148 Skandapurāṇa 7.13.3\_148 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.13.3\_148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_148) na buddhipūrvaṃ te dagdhā mayā rājan ruṣāpi vā . hatāste kālapakvena phalenaiva yathā khagāḥ ..5. . aśvoyaṃ mama pārśvasthaḥ kenāpi viditātmanā . hṛtasteṣāṃ vināśāya mā krudho5 nīyatāṃ hayaḥ . .6 .. > They were not deliberately burned by me, O king, nor in wrath; / they were killed just as birds \[are knocked down\] by a fruit ripened by time. / This horse was placed beside me by someone who knew what he was doing, / taken for their destruction; do not be angry, let the horse be taken." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.13.3\_147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_147) - [Next: 7.13.3\_149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_149) - [Up: 7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.13.3_148) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_148) · Pramāṇa