[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) › 7.14.40 # Skandapurana 7.14.40 Skandapurāṇa 7.14.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.40) sa rāhuṇā bahuyugāvabaddho42 vināyaka: sarpasahasramālaḥ . praspadanta43 bhrāmitapuṣkarāgro gajastaran devanadīṃ yathaiva .38.. taṃ rāhubāhupratibaddhaceṣṭaṃ vināyakaṃ vīkṣya tadā divisthāḥ . devāḥ saśakrāḥ saha yakṣasiddhairhāheti hāhetyasakṛdvineduḥ ..39.. kuṇḍodaro yakṣavarastu sotha āṃśvasya sasyaṃ hi yathāmbusiktam . kuṭhāramādāya jaghāna rāhuṃ jatrvantare saṃhatamuṣṭinā ca ..8.136.40.. > Held tight in the pair of Rāhu's arms, Vināyaka, garlanded with a thousand snakes, > thrashed, swinging the tip of his trunk, just like an elephant crossing the river of the gods. > Seeing Vināyaka whose movement was bound by Rāhu's arms, the sky-dwellers then, > the gods headed by Śakra, together with the yakṣas and the siddhas, cried out repeatedly, "Alas, alas!" > Then Kuṇḍodara, the foremost of yakṣas, revived like a crop watered with rain, > and taking an axe, struck Rāhu on the collarbone with his clenched fist. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.14.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.37) - [Next: 7.14.40\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.40_97) - [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.7.14.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.40) · Pramāṇa