[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) › 7.14.18\_72 # Skandapurana 7.14.18\_72 Skandapurāṇa 7.14.18\_72 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.14.18\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.18_72) jihvevoragarājasya yamasyājñā ivādbhutā . bhayadā bhīruyodhānāṃ śūrāṇāṃ harṣavardhinī20 . pravṛttā21 rudhirāmbhobhiḥ svargalokavahā nadī ..19.. saṃrabdhadaityendravivṛddhadhūmaṃ22 nandīśvarāgnijvalitāntarālam . babhau balaṃ sāgaratulyanādaṃ vināśi yadvajjagadantakāle ..8.134.20.. iti skandapurāṇe gaṇayuddhe catustriṃśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ23 . sanatkumāra uvāca vivardhamāne saṃgrāme tasmin pāriṣadāsure . girivyūhaprapātasthāḥ1 kruddhā dānavasattamāḥ ..1.. te krodhā2cchūlaśaktyṛṣṭiṃ gadāvarṣamatandritāḥ . vavarṣuḥ pramathānīke4 varṣaṃ jaladharā iva ..2.. -------------------------------------------------------------- 13 pravartate - ka. .. 14 saṃpūrṇā - ka. kha. .. 15 śavamīnasamākīrṇā - gha. .. 16 ... nakrā durāsadā - ka. . 17 sadā - ka., gaja - gha. .. 18 siktāṅgā - dha .. 19 .. phenilā - gha. . 20 harṣavardhanī - ka., harṣavardhanā - kha. .. 21 prakṛtā - kha. .. 22 saṃhaṣṭadaityendravivṛddhadhūmaṃ - kha. .. 23 184 - kha. . 1 girivyūhapravātasthā: - ka. .. 2 kruddhāḥ - kha. .. 3 śaktya - ka. kha. .. 4 pramathānīkaṃ - ka. . > Like the tongue of the serpent king, wondrous like the command of Yama, / bringing fear to timid warriors and increasing the joy of the brave, / that river carrying beings to heaven flowed on with waters of blood. // 19 > With its smoke intensified by the enraged Daitya chiefs, its interior ablaze with the fire of Nandīśvara, / the army roared like the ocean, destructive like the universe at the time of dissolution. // 8.134.20 > Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-fourth chapter in the Skandapurāṇa, in the battle of the Gaṇas. > Sanatkumāra said: > As that battle between the attendants and the Asuras grew fiercer, / the foremost Dānavas, standing upon the precipitous mountain-formation, became enraged. // 1 > In their fury, unwearied, they showered javelins, spears, rṣṭis, / and a rain of maces upon the army of the Pramathas, like clouds pouring down rain. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.18) - [Next: 7.14.18\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.18_73) - [Up: 7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.14.18_72) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ambikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.ambikakhanda.140.20) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.18_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.18_72) · Pramāṇa