[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.p15 # Skandapurana 7.15.p15 Skandapurāṇa 7.15.p15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.15.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p15) kārtasvana balaṃ vīryaṃ pratāpaśca tavottamaḥ . kimetānabalān haṃsi13 dānavendra gaṇeśvarān . . 1 5. . āgaccha yadi te śaktiryadi vā vidyate balam . mayā kuruṣva saṃmardaṃ mānadaṃ(ḥ?)14 paśya me balam . . 16 . . kuṇḍalālaṃkṛtaṃ tedya daṃṣṭrāṃkuravibhūṣaṇam15 . pātayāmi śiro daitya tālād vātaḥ16 phalaṃ yathā . . 17. . - - -- - - -- - - 6 kārtasvanamahāśarāḥ - kha . 7 raṇāvaraṃ (jira?) - kha. . 8 patanti girayo yathā - kha . 2 ghanānīva - gha. . 3 0 pṛṣatānīva - gha. . 11 śarava(ca?)kraiḥ - gha., śaravarṣaiḥ (?) . 12 naiṣaṅgānudvahan śarān - gha., ... duddhahana - ka. . 13 hantuṃ - kha. . 14 mā nardīḥ (?) . 15 dīptāṃguravabhīṣaṇam - gha. . 16 vāyuḥ - kha. . - - -- - - -- - - > “Kārtasvana, your might, valor, and majesty are supreme! / Why do you strike down these powerless gaṇa-lords, O lord of Dānavas? > Come if you have the power, or if you possess strength! / Engage in combat with me, O proud one; behold my strength! > Today I shall strike down your head adorned with earrings / and decorated with pointed fangs, O daitya, like the wind blows fruit from a palm tree! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.15.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p14) - [Next: 7.15.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p16) - [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.p15) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ambikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.ambikakhanda.147.15) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p15) · Pramāṇa