[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.p10 # Skandapurana 7.15.p10 Skandapurāṇa 7.15.p10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.15.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p10) sanatkumāra uvāca tasmin vartati saṃgrāme pramathāsurasainyayoḥ . dhanuṣāṃ śrūyate śabdaḥ prāvṛḍambudharopamaḥ1 . . 1 . . garjatāñca gajendrāṇāṃ hreṣatāñcaiva vājinām . yuddhagāndharvaraktānāṃ nādāścāmararakṣasām . . 2 . . śrotrāyāsakarā2 ghorā vajrāśaniravā iva . śrūṣante3 hi vivardhante hyarthā4 hyādharmaṇāmiva5(?) ..3.. tataḥ kārtasvano nāma dānavo meghanisvanaḥ . jaghāna pramathān yuddhe kālo martyānivāgataḥ . .4. . sa rathī kārmukī bāṇī kavacī kuṇḍalī tathā . pramathānīkamadahacchuṣkaṃ tṛṇamivānalaḥ . . 5 . . - - -- - - -- - - 23 rurudhu ka.. 24 rdatoddhutāḥ ḥ ka, kha., rditodbhutāḥ gha... 25 vidhārinavāyucañcara - kha. . 26 balāvalokamiti - ka 27 190 kha. pu.. > Sanatkumāra said: > While that battle was raging between the armies of the pramathas and the asuras, / the sound of bows was heard like clouds in the rainy season, > and the roar of mighty elephants, the neighing of horses, / and the cries of the gods and rakṣasas engrossed in the battle-gāndharva, > harsh to the ears, dreadful like the crash of a thunderbolt. / They are heard and indeed swell like the debts of debtors. > Then a Dānava named Kārtasvana, sounding like a cloud, / struck down the pramathas in battle like Death approaching mortals. > Mounted on his chariot, wielding a bow, holding arrows, armored, and wearing earrings, / he burned the army of the pramathas like fire burns dry grass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.15.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p9) - [Next: 7.15.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p11) - [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.p10) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ambikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.ambikakhanda.147.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p10) · Pramāṇa