[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.p12 # Skandapurana 7.15.p12 Skandapurāṇa 7.15.p12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.15.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p12) 757 kārtasvanadhanurmuktāḥ kārtasvaramahāśarāḥ 5 . pramathāndārya nissaṅgaṃ dārayanti raṇāvanim7 . .6 . . śalabhā iva kedārānanayā iva mānavān . khagā iva tarūn pakvāna garuḍaḥ pannagāniva . .7. . tathā te pṛthavo bāṇāḥ kārtasvanadhanuścyutāḥ . pramathān vyākulīcakrurvāsavṛkṣānivāṇḍajāḥ . .8. . . .. . . .. . .. . .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . .. > The great golden arrows released from Kārtasvana's bow, / tearing through the pramathas without clinging, tore through the battleground, > like locusts tearing through fields, like misfortunes ruining men, / like birds tearing through ripe trees, or Garuḍa tearing through snakes. > So those broad arrows loosed from Kārtasvana's bow / threw the pramathas into turmoil, like fledglings in nesting trees. > \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.15.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p11) - [Next: 7.15.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p13) - [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.p12) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ambikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.ambikakhanda.147.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p12) · Pramāṇa