[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.p10 # Skandapurana 7.14.p10 Skandapurāṇa 7.14.p10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.14.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p10) tato dākṣāyaṇīputrairdakṣādhvaravināśanāḥ . parāṅmukhā na śakitāḥ kartuṃ bhaktyaparāṅmukhāḥ17 sanatkumāra uvāca arohaṇecalāgrasya18 aśaktān nirjitān ripūn . devopalabhya pramathānavārayadaśeṣataḥ . . 23 . . devadeva uvāca ārohantu danoḥ putrā19 mandaraṃ cārukandarama . krīḍārthaṃ mama yudhyadhvamebhissaha gaṇādhipāḥ . . 24. . dadṛśuranekacārukuñjasthitamṛgarājavimuktabhīmanādam . prasṛtagajakulābhighātarugṇa20 kṣitiruhapuṣpasamācitapradeśam bhujagapatiśiromaṇipradīpapratihatacāruśilāgṛhāndhakāram . śiśiravimalanirjharāmbuvegasphuṭitamahopalajāladṛṣṭarandhram . .26.. > Then, by the sons of Dākṣāyaṇī, the destroyers of Dakṣa's sacrifice, / unwavering in their devotion, could not be turned back. / Sanatkumāra said: / Perceiving that the enemies, defeated, were unable / to climb the summit of the mountain, the God restrained the Pramathas completely. / The God of gods said: / "Let the sons of Danu climb Mandara with its lovely caves. / For my sport, O lords of the gaṇas, fight together with them!" / They saw \[the mountain\] where a terrible roar was uttered by the king of beasts standing in many lovely bowers, / whose ground was strewn with the flowers of trees broken by the charges of herds of roaming elephants, / where the darkness of lovely rock caverns was dispelled by the lamps of the crest jewels of serpent kings, / and whose clefts were seen among networks of great rocks split by the speed of cool, clear torrent water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.14.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p9) - [Next: 7.14.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p11) - [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.p10) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ambikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.ambikakhanda.137.25) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.14.p10) · Pramāṇa