[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) › 7.14.8 # Skandapurana 7.14.8 Skandapurāṇa 7.14.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.8) 734 vāditrāṇyabhyahanyanta jaguśca suragāyanāḥ . rambhādyā nanṛtuścāpi śubhāpāṅgāḥ surāṅganāḥ ..5.. atha vajragirivyūhau parasparajayaiṣiṇau . samīyatu2 rmahānādai3rvātoddhūtau4 yathārṇavau ..6.. mā tvaradhvamiti5 proktā:6 śukreṇa su7mahātmanā . yodhā nivāryamāṇāpi cakruryuddhamasaṃhatam8 ..7.. tataḥ śaṃkhāśca bheryaśca paṇavā goviṣāṇikāḥ . āḍambarā ḍiṇḍimāśva maṇḍūkāḥ9 paṇavā hyapi ..8.. > 734 / Musical instruments were played, and celestial singers sang; / Rambhā and other heavenly nymphs of lovely sidelong glances danced. / Then the two battle arrays, the Vajra and the Giri, eager for mutual victory, / met with mighty roars like two oceans tossed by the wind. / "Do not rush!" thus commanded by the very noble Śukra, / the warriors, though restrained, engaged in loose combat. / Then conches and kettle-drums, paṇavas and cow-horns, / āḍambaras and ḍiṇḍimas, and maṇḍūkas and paṇavas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.14.p68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p68) - [Next: 7.14.8\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.8_69) - [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.7.14.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.8) · Pramāṇa