[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) › 7.15.9\_65 # Skandapurana 7.15.9\_65 Skandapurāṇa 7.15.9\_65 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.15.9\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_65) 768 vismayācca bhayāccaiva draviṣyanti gaṇeśvarāḥ . ityevamuktvā sa tadā bhārgavo dānaveśvaram ..8.146.20.. ekaikaṃ daityamuddiśya vidyāmāvartayat kaviḥ . āvartamānayā tatra vidyayā brāhmaṇena ha ..21 .. uttasthurdānavāḥ suptāḥ śayanādiva nidrayā . vedārthā iva cābhyastāḥ samayeneva cāmbudāḥ . .22 .. kālena pralayaṃ22 prāptau23 yathā vā dhūmaketavaḥ . tathā śukreṇa te daityāḥ pramathaiḥ sanniṣūditāḥ ..23.. utthāpyamānā vibabhuryathā svasthāḥ purātanāḥ . śukreṇojjīvitān dṛṣṭavā dānavān tān gaṇeśvarāḥ ..24.. āścaryametaddeveśā iti tenyonyamabruvan . ujjīvitām̐stu tāndṛṣṭvā tuhuṇḍādyān mahāsurān . vineduḥ pūrvadevāste jalamattā ivāmbudāḥ ..25.. tānutthitānvīkṣya sahasraśonye kuṭhāravajrāśaniśūlahastāḥ . pradudruvuḥ śaṅkarakiṅkarāṇāṃ balaṃ samuddhūtamahārṇavābham24..26. . samāgamastatra punarbabhūva gaṇāsurāṇāmatibhīmanādaḥ25 . yugātyaye mārutavejitānāṃ yathā samudyoga ivārṇavānām ..27.. iti skandapurāṇe gaṇayuddhe daityojjīvane ṣaṭcatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ26 > out of wonder and out of fear indeed the Gaṇa lords will flee." / Having spoken thus to the lord of Dānavas at that time, / the wise Bhārgava recited the lore addressing each Daitya one by one. / As the lore was being repeated there by the brahmin, / the Dānavas arose, like those sleeping \[arising\] from bed after slumber, / like studied Vedic meanings \[arising in the mind\], and like clouds at the proper season, / or like comets arriving at the time of dissolution. / In this way those Daityas, thoroughly slaughtered by the Pramathas, / being raised up by Śukra, shone forth like hale men of old. / Seeing those Dānavas revived by Śukra, the Gaṇa lords / said to one another: "This is a wonder, O chiefs of the gods!" / And seeing those great Asuras, Tuhuṇḍa and the rest, revived, / the ancient gods \[the Daityas\] roared like clouds intoxicated with water. / Seeing them arisen by the thousands, others, with axes, thunderbolts, lightning-bolts, and spears in hand, / rushed against the army of Śaṅkara’s servants, which resembled an agitated great ocean. / There occurred once more a clash of Gaṇas and Asuras of exceedingly terrifying sound, / like the upheaval of oceans stirred by wind at the end of an era. / Thus ends the one hundred and forty-sixth chapter in the Skandapurāṇa, on the battle of the Gaṇas, \[entitled\] "The Revival of the Daityas." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.15.9\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_64) - [Next: 7.15.9\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_66) - [Up: 7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.15.9_65) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.9_65) · Pramāṇa