[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.p18 # Skandapurana 7.15.p18 Skandapurāṇa 7.15.p18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.15.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p18) tatastameva niṣkṛṣya dānavaprahitaṃ śaram . kārtasvanāya cikṣepa viṭapatirvinanāda ca .. 23 . . sa viṭpativinirmuktaḥ śaro dānavanāśakṛt . dānavasya śiro yanturjahāreṣupathān daśa25 . .24. . hate yantari tasyāśvāścapalāḥ śabalāḥ26 raṇe . udbhrāntā rathamādāya śyenā iva yathāmiṣam ..25. . kārtasvanarathaṃ yāta27 kimāsata nigṛhṇata . ityevaṃ dānavendrāṇāṃ babhūva ninado mahān . .26 . . vistīrṇe mandaraprasthe bhraman bhāti rathottamaḥ . sāditya iva saptāśvo merau rathavaro28 bhraman . .27.. > Then, having pulled out that very arrow shot by the Dānava, / Viṭpati hurled it at Kārtasvana and roared aloud. > That arrow released by Viṭpati, bringing destruction to Dānavas, / carried off the head of the Dānava’s charioteer ten arrow-lengths away. > When his charioteer was killed, his swift and dappled horses in battle / ran amok, carrying off the chariot like hawks seizing meat. > “Kārtasvana’s chariot is fleeing! Why do you sit idle? Seize it!” / Thus arose a great uproar among the chiefs of the Dānavas. > That best of chariots, wandering across the vast slope of Mount Mandara, / shone like the sun's excellent chariot drawn by seven horses wandering upon Mount Meru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.15.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p17) - [Next: 7.15.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p19) - [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.p18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ambikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.ambikakhanda.147.27) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p18) · Pramāṇa