[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.p40 # Skandapurana 7.15.p40 Skandapurāṇa 7.15.p40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.15.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p40) 762 somanandī ca nandī ca nandiṣeṇaśca pārṣadaḥ . prabhāmayo vīrabhadraḥ sūryāpyāyana41 eva ca . .24.. pañcākṣaḥ kopapālaśca42 trinetraḥ piṅgalekṣaṇaḥ . rākṣasaḥ piṅgalaścaiva śmaśānaninalayonnadaḥ43 .. 25.. ghaṇṭākarṇaḥ śaṃkukarṇaḥ sa ca kuṇḍodaro balī . airāvatamukhaścaiva annapālaḥ kapāladhṛk . pralambapīvarakaraḥ svayameva vināyakaḥ .. 26. . ete cānye ca gaṇapāḥ śataśaḥ śabditā gaṇaiḥ44 . viviśurdānavāndagdhuṃ drumāñchuṣkānivānalāḥ .. 27.. te viṭpatiṃ saṃparivārya45 sarve gajendrapotā iva garjamānāḥ . triśūlacakreṣubhuśuṇḍihastā gaṇeśvarā yuddhadhiyaḥ pratīyuḥ46 ..28.. teṣāṃ ca teṣāṃ ca tato babhūva saṃsaktayuddhaṃ47 samaroddhatānām . madoddhatānāṃ sahavāsitānāṃ mahāgajānāmiva kānaneṣu ..29.. taṃ48 dānavānāṃ sagaṇeśvarāṇāṃ mukhyāhavaṃ vīkṣya divaukasāste . cerurnabho divyavimānayānaiḥ sasiṃhanādāḥ satalābhighātāḥ ..8.143.3 0.. iti skandapurāṇe gaṇayuddhe tricatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ49 > Somanandin, Nandin, the attendant Nandiṣeṇa, / Prabhāmaya, Vīrabhadra, Sūryāpyāyana, / Pañcākṣa, Kopapāla, Trinetra, Piṅgalekṣaṇa, / Rākṣasa, Piṅgala, who roars from his abode in the cremation grounds, / Ghaṇṭākarṇa, Śaṅkukarṇa, the mighty Kuṇḍodara, / Airāvatamukha, Annapāla, Kapāladhṛk, / and Vināyaka himself with his long, stout trunk— / these and other gaṇa leaders, called forth in the hundreds by the hosts, / entered to burn the Dānavas, as fires burn dry trees. / Surrounding Viṭpati, all roaring like young lordly elephants, / with tridents, discus-weapons, arrows, and bhuśuṇḍi guns in hand, the leaders of the gaṇas, minded for battle, advanced. / Then between them there arose close combat, fierce in battle, / like that of rut-maddened bull elephants gathered with cow elephants in the forests. / Beholding that great battle of the Dānavas with the gaṇa leaders, the gods / moved through the sky in celestial aerial chariots, uttering lion-roars and clapping their hands. > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-third chapter in the Skandapurāṇa, on the battle of the gaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.15.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p39) - [Next: 7.15.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p41) - [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.p40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.15.p40) · Pramāṇa