[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.p13 # Skandapurana 7.15.p13 Skandapurāṇa 7.15.p13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.15.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p13) śaravrātā gaṇānīke nipatanti girāviva8 ..9 . . praśāntavādyaninadaṃ śaraghātātivejitam . gaṇeśvarabalaṃ jajñe bandhujīvavanaṃ yathā . . 8.142.10 . . ghanāniva9 yathā vāyurvainateya ivoragān . pṛṣatāniva10 śārdūlastamaughāniva bhāskaraḥ . . 11 . . tathā kārtasvanaḥ kruddhaḥ śaravajraiḥ11 sudāruṇaiḥ . nirdadāha gaṇādhyakṣān lokān saṃvartako yathā . . 12 .. > Showers of arrows fell upon the army of the gaṇas as if upon a mountain. > With the sound of musical instruments silenced, terrified by the impact of arrows, / the army of the gaṇa-lords became red like a forest of bandhujīva flowers. > Just as wind scatters clouds, as Garuḍa scatters serpents, / as a tiger scatters spotted deer, as the sun dispels masses of darkness, > so the enraged Kārtasvana, with exceedingly dreadful thunderbolt-like arrows, / burned the commanders of the gaṇas like the fire of cosmic dissolution burns the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.15.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p12) - [Next: 7.15.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p14) - [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.p13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p13) · Pramāṇa