[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\_176 # Skandapurana 7.13.3\_176 Skandapurāṇa 7.13.3\_176 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.13.3\_176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_176) 39 tāṃ varam ka. kha. . 40... kṣayaṃ ka. . 41 tadarthe ka . 42 tripiṣṭapāt ka. 702 svayaṃbhūryadyasau43 brahmā śakro vāpi44 sureśvaraḥ . viṣṇurvāpyaditeḥ putro nayāmyeva na saṃśayaḥ . .46 . . adya paśyantu me lokā45 mahadvegaṃ durāsadam . patantyā bhuvi durdharṣamevaṃ sā saridabravīt . .47. . sanatkumāra uvāca tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā sāvalepaṃ46 ca śaṃkaraḥ . cakāra nigrahītuṃ tāṃ saṃkalpaṃ saritāṃ varām ..48.. > \[Variant readings: 39 tāṃ varam (ka., kha.); 40 ... kṣayaṃ (ka.); 41 tadarthe (ka.); 42 tripiṣṭapāt (ka.).\] / 702 / "Whether it be the self-manifest Brahmā, or Śakra, the lord of the gods, / or Viṣṇu, the son of Aditi, I will surely carry him away, of this there is no doubt. / Today let the worlds behold my immense, irresistible rush / as I plunge down to the earth, invincible!" Thus spoke the river. / Sanatkumāra said: / Hearing her haughty words, Śaṃkara / made up his mind to suppress that foremost of rivers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.13.3\_175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_175) - [Next: 7.13.3\_177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_177) - [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_176) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_176) · Pramāṇa