[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\_70 # Skandapurana 7.14.8\_70 Skandapurāṇa 7.14.8\_70 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.14.8\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.8_70) 735 sanatkumāra uvāca. saṃkule1 vartamāne tu pramathāsurasainyayoḥ . śrūyante kārmukaravāḥ siṃhanādāśca dāruṇāḥ ..1.. vyāviddhāṅgulayo devaścāraṇoragaguhyakāḥ .. neduruddhūtavastrāntā yuddhoddhavakṛtasvanāḥ ..2.. śūrārasitaśabdena tenodīritavikramāḥ . cakruḥ karmāṇyasahyāni darpitāḥ pramathāsurāḥ ..3.. asibhirvyāyitaiśchinnāḥ paṭṭiśai2 rbhinnavakṣasaḥ . śarasaṃkṛttamarmāṇaḥ4 patanti pramathāsurāḥ ..4.. śirasāṃ pātyamānānāṃ bahūnāṃ5 corubhiḥ saha . rāśayastatra dṛśyante pramathāsurasaṃyuge ..5.. bhagnacakrā vidhvajāśca vivarūthā vikūbarāḥ . dṛśyante śataśo vyaśvā hatasārathayo6 rathāḥ ..6.. > 735 / Sanatkumāra said: / As the confused clash of the pramatha and asura armies raged, / the twang of bows and terrible lion-roars were heard. / With snapped fingers, the gods, cāraṇas, serpents, and guhyakas / cheered, fluttering the edges of their garments, making shouts of joy in battle. / With their prowess inflamed by the loud shouts of the heroes, / the haughty pramathas and asuras performed intolerable deeds. / Struck down by drawn swords, their chests split open by spears, / their vitals severed by arrows, the pramathas and asuras fell. / Piles of severed heads falling along with thighs / were seen there in the clash of the pramathas and asuras. / Broken-wheeled, flagless, stripped of protective sides and poles, / chariots were seen by the hundreds, their horses gone, their charioteers slain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.14.8\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.8_69) - [Next: 7.14.8\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.8_71) - [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_70) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.8_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.8_70) · Pramāṇa