[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) › 7.14.26\_79 # Skandapurana 7.14.26\_79 Skandapurāṇa 7.14.26\_79 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.14.26\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.26_79) mandarāgrapratīkāśamīṣādantaṃ kṣaranmadam . caturdantaṃ samāsthāya dantinaṃ dantabhūṣitam ..2.. sa nāgaskandhagastatra bhrājatesurapuṃgavaḥ . udayāgraṃ samāsthāya sahasrāṃśujvalanniva ..3.. tomaraiḥ saśaraiścāpi divākarakaraprabhai: . pramathānapatastāra śataśotha sahasraśaḥ ..4.. vainateyo yathā nāgān siṃho govṛṣabhān yathā . drāvayāmāsa pramathān tathā śūro virocanaḥ ..5.. yāntamāyāntamaprāptaṃ prāptaṃ dūrasthameva ca . pramathaṃ paśyate yaṃ yaṃ taṃ taṃ dairayate3suraḥ ..6.. mṛgāḥ sihaṃ yathā dṛṣṭvā garuḍaśca yathoragāḥ . virocanaṃ tathā4 dṛṣṭvā pramathā dudruvurbhayāt ..7.. > Mounting a four-tusked elephant adorned with tusks, > resembling the peak of Mount Mandara, with pole-like tusks and exuding rut, // 2 > situated upon the shoulder of that elephant, that foremost of the Asuras shone there, > like the thousand-rayed \[sun\] blazing forth atop the eastern mountain. // 3 > With javelins and arrows possessing the brilliance of the sun's rays, > he felled the pramathas by hundreds and then by thousands. // 4 > Just as the son of Vinatā \[scatters\] serpents, or a lion \[scatters\] bulls, > so did the heroic Virocana put the pramathas to flight. // 5 > Departing or arriving, not yet reached or already reached, or standing far away— > whichever pramatha the Asura caught sight of, that one he tore apart. // 6 > Just as deer \[flee\] seeing a lion, and serpents \[flee seeing\] Garuḍa, > so seeing Virocana, the pramathas fled in terror. // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.14.26\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.26_78) - [Next: 7.14.26\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.26_80) - [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.7.14.26_79) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.26_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.26_79) · Pramāṇa