[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\_73 # Skandapurana 7.14.18\_73 Skandapurāṇa 7.14.18\_73 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.14.18\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.18_73) 737 śastravarṣaṇa panatāttāḍyamānā hyanekaśaḥ . acintayitvā tatsarvaṃ yuddhāyaiva mano dadhuḥ ..3.. meghāḥ sasyāni hi yathā dviradā: pādapāniva . pṛṣatāniva śārdūlāḥ śarabhā iva vāraṇān ..4.. vajrā iva yathā śailān kāladūtā narāniva . vidhnāniva ca śāntyarthā nathānavinayā iva 5 . 5 .. bhāvāniva yathā bhāvā doṣā doṣānyathāpi ca . tathā nivātakavacān 6 śūlaśaktyṛṣṭivṛṣṭibhiḥ7.5 .. nijaghnuḥ pramathāḥ8 śūrāḥ śataśotha sahasraśaḥ ..6.. śūlanirdāritoraskā muśalairbhinnamastakāḥ . vajrāvaghātamlānāṅgā9 dānavā: patitā bhuvi ..7.. teṣāṃ ninādāḥ śrūyante nadatāmatidāruṇā: . saṃvarttakānāṃ meghānāṃ nadatāmiva10 sarvataḥ .. 8 .. iṣubhirbahudhā viddhā bhagnatrikakaśeravaḥ11 .. 9 .. ceṣṭante12 hyasurā bhūmau bhagnapṛṣṭhā ivoragāḥ ..9.. tatotikadanaṃ vīkṣya śūrāstatra mahāsurāḥ . nivṛttāḥ śataśastatra krodhasaṃraktalocanāḥ ..8.135.10.. tairbhṛśaṃ13 pramathāstepi viddhā vyāsa trapānvitāḥ . saṃmīlitākṣā vṛṣabhā varṣaṃ nipatitaṃ yathā ..11.. sahante tattathā varṣaṃ14 pramathā dānaveritam . te cāpi yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ kṛtvānte15 pīḍitāstadā .12.. > Struck repeatedly by the falling hail of weapons, / they disregarded it all and set their minds solely on battle. // 3 > Just as clouds \[strike\] the crops, or elephants trees, / as tigers \[strike\] spotted deer, as śarabhas strike elephants, // 4 > as thunderbolts strike mountains, as envoys of Yama strike mortals, / as rites for peace \[strike\] obstacles, as good guidance strikes ill conduct, // 5 > as states of mind strike other states, and as faults strike other faults, / so the valiant Pramathas by hundreds and thousands // 6 > slew the Nivātakavacas with showers of javelins, spears, and ṛṣṭis. / With chests ripped open by tridents, with heads shattered by bludgeons, // 7 > their bodies withered by the impact of thunderbolts, the Dānavas fell to the ground. / Terrifying roars of those roaring beings were heard, / like the sounds of dissolutive clouds roaring on all sides. // 8 > Pierced in many ways by arrows, their sacra and spines broken, // 9 > the Asuras writhed on the earth like snakes with broken backs. // 9 > Then, beholding that immense slaughter, the valiant great Asuras there / turned back by the hundreds, their eyes blood-red with rage. // 8.135.10 > Severely pierced by them, those Pramathas too, O Vyāsa, felt overwhelmed; / like bulls closing their eyes against falling rain, // 11 > the Pramathas endured that downpour unleashed by the Dānavas. / Having fought a tumultuous battle, distressed in the end, // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.14.18\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.18_72) - [Next: 7.14.18\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.18_74) - [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_73) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.18_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.18_73) · Pramāṇa