[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\_71 # Skandapurana 7.14.8\_71 Skandapurāṇa 7.14.8\_71 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.14.8\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.8_71) sapatākāḥ sakeyūrāḥ savarmāyudhaketavaḥ . niṣkṛṣṭadantamuśalāḥ7 patanti gajapuṅgavāḥ ..7.. śaraprahārarugṇāṅgāścāmarāpīḍakojjvalāḥ . sasādino nipātyante8 hayāḥ sūryahayopamāḥ ..8.. udbhrāntaisturagaistrastairdānavaiḥ sarathairapi . tadbalaṃ10 prababhau mattaṃ bhrāntagrāhārṇavopamam11 ..9.. vāsobhirātapatraiśva mukuṭairmaṇikuṇḍalaiḥ . hārārdhahāraiḥ keyūrairaṅgulīyaiḥ sraguttamaiḥ ..8.134.10.. karānanaiḥ prakṛttaiśca12 caraṇaiśca nipātitaiḥ . yuddhabhūmirvṛtā bhāti dyaurnakṣatrairivoditaiḥ ..11.. rudhirāsrāvavasanā nānābharaṇabhūṣaṇāḥ . raktavastrāvṛtairgātrairmahī mṛtyurivābabhau ..12.. ------------------------------------------------ 1 saṃyuge (?) . 2 vyāyataśchinnāḥ - ka. .. 3 paṭṭaśai - ka. kha. .. 4 ...varmāṇaḥ - ka. .. 5 bahūnāṃ - ka. kha. . 6 sārathino - ka. .. 7 nikṛṣṭadantamuśalāḥ - ka. . 8 sahasā vinipātyante - ka., sahasādino... - kha. ., 9 māyā - ka. 10kha. . tatkālaṃ - ka. .. 11 . pamāḥ - ka. .. 12 pravṛttaiśca - ka. . > With banners, with armlets, with armors, weapons, and standards, / their pestle-like tusks pulled out, excellent elephants fell. / Their limbs mangled by strikes of arrows, resplendent with chowries and crests, / horses resembling the steeds of the sun were struck down along with their riders. / With agitated horses, terrified dānavas, and chariots, / that frenzied host appeared like an ocean of swimming sea-monsters. / With garments, parasols, diadems, and jeweled earrings, / with necklaces, half-necklaces, armlets, finger-rings, and exquisite garlands, / and with severed hands, faces, and fallen feet, / the battlefield, thus covered, shone like the sky filled with risen stars. / Clad in garments of flowing blood, adorned with manifold ornaments, / the earth, with limbs covered in red garments, appeared like Death itself. / \[Critical apparatus\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.14.8\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.8_70) - [Next: 7.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.14) - [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_71) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.8_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.8_71) · Pramāṇa