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# Skandapurana 7.14.49

Skandapurāṇa 7.14.49

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.14.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.49)

( 743 )  
mayastu kuṇḍodaramājaghāna śūlena tāro muśalena kukṣau .  
balastu lambāmbudasannikāśaṃ taṃ 48 muṣṭinā vajranibhena cāpi ..45.. hiraṇyanetrāvarajātmajaśca vināyakaṃ bhīmabalaṃ talena .  
tasyātmajaścāpi jaghāna roṣāt sa cāpi gatvā balavām̐stuhuṇḍaḥ .46..  
vināyakastaṃ tu tadā gṛhītvā kareṇa vikramya tuhuṇḍamājau .  
āākṣipya cotkṣipya 49 ca bhīmavegaścikṣepa dūraṃ yamadūtakalpam50 .47. .  
prahrādamāhatya tataḥ sa devo mayaśca mattāñjanatulyavakṣāḥ .  
utpāṭya taṃ ghoraravaṃ nanāda śubhrāmbupūrṇo nabhasīva meghaḥ ..48..  
kuṇḍodaraścāpi balaṃ satāraṃ kujambhamāhatya51 ca yakṣavaryaḥ .  
ubhau raṇasthau52 gajayūthapālau53 vyādhūtamālau54 bhṛśajātakopau ..49..

> ( 743 )  
> Maya struck Kuṇḍodara with a trident, and Tāra struck him in the belly with a mace;  
> Bala struck him, who resembled a hanging cloud, with a fist like a thunderbolt;  
> and the son of Hiraṇyanetra's younger brother struck the terribly powerful Vināyaka with his palm.  
> His son also struck out of rage, and the mighty Tuhuṇḍa advanced as well.  
> Then seizing him, Vināyaka powerfully overpowered Tuhuṇḍa in battle with his trunk,  
> and dashing him down and tossing him up with terrible force, flung far away that \[warrior\] who was like an emissary of Yama.  
> Then striking Prahrāda, that god, alongside Maya whose chest was like dark collyrium,  
> uprooted \[weapons\] and roared a dreadful roar, like a cloud filled with bright water in the sky.  
> Kuṇḍodara too, the foremost of yakṣas, striking Bala, Tāra, and Kujambha,  
> \[faced\] both of those guardians of elephant-herds standing in battle, their garlands swaying, inflamed with fierce wrath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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